BEGINNINGS OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
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Credited as the founder of both school psychology and clinical psychology.
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1896 First psychological clinic by Lightner Witmer at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. “First child guidance clinic”
2
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What was the publication of the Binet-Simon scales?
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1905
3
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By the 1920’s
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the terms school psychology and school psychologist had emerged but it was unregulated
4
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Arnold Gesell
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was the first person appointed to the position of school psychologist 1915-1919
5
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Gertrude Hildredth
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published the first book on school psychology “Psychological Service for School Problems”
6
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Establishment of NASP
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-1969
-First Conference
7
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Division 16
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1954 a division of APA emerged (Division 16) specifically for school psychology
