Date of Award
1-1-1991
Document Type
Practicum
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Child and Youth Care Administration
Advisor
Mary Ellen Sapp
Committee Member
Abe Gonzales
Keywords
administrators, care teams, consultation services, elementary secondary education, parents, principals, program improvement, psychological services, referral teams, regular education, resource specialist teachers, school-based services, school district, school psychologists, special education, student study teams, systems, teacher support services, teachers, student assessment, student referrals
Abstract
This practicum presented a plan to expand school psychology services for regular education students at the elementary ana middle school levels. In order to have an effective delivery system of school psychology services for all students, school psychologists needed to be school-based and given time to provide consultation services to teachers, administrators, and parents. The goals were to broaden school psychology services and make others aware of the consultant role which may be provided by the school psychologist at their school.
The writer's objectives to resolve the problem were to increase the time spent by school psychologists in support of regular education students and teachers, to gain the assistance of Resource Specialist Teachers (RSP) in assessing students for special education services, to have the school principal participate in the process, and to gain the support of the school district's Student Study Teams and Care Teams in making referrals to school psychologists for regular education interventions.
The results of the practicum included the increase of regular education contact hours by school psychologists as evidenced on their monthly cost-accounting calendars, the support of principals for school psychology consultation services, and the cooperation of referral teams in requesting regular education support iron school psychologists.