M.Ed. School Psychology (Study Guide) Flashcards
Rowley v. Board of Education
Provide education but not the BEST education
Education for All Handicapped Children (1975)
-turned to IDEA
-Free Appropriate Public Education emphasizing special education and related services
-Ensure rights of handicapped students and parents are protected
-Assist states in educating handicapped children
-Assess and assure effectiveness of efforst in this education
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964)
Ensure equal educational opportunity for children with “handicaps” in public schools -LEA required to provide English training & access to curriculum
PARC vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Cannot discriminate because of disability;
- Provide FAPE regardless of disability
- Educate next to gen ed peers (LRE)
- Annual census to locate children with
disabilities
- Cease and desist from exclusion laws
- Notify parents before SpEd assessment
- Establish due process procedures
- Reevaluate students on a regular basis
- pay for private school if LEA cannot
reasonably meet students’ needs
Mills vs Board of Education D.C.
cannot discriminate because of disibility
Which SpEd law?
High achievement expectations
IDEIA
Which SpEd law?
Ensure access to GenEd classroom
IDEIA
Which SpEd law?
Mad SPED a service not a place
IDEIA
Which SpEd law?
Funds for evidence based early reading programs, positive behavior interventions, and early intervening services
IDEIA
Which SpEd law?
requires greater responsiveness to culturally and linguistically diverse students
IDEIA
Which SpEd law?
Nondiscriminatory assessment procedures to determine eligibility
IDEIA
Protection in Evaluation Procedures (PEP) in IDEIA
-Comprehensive, individualize evaluation
-Nondiscriminatory procedures for CLD students (FAIR)
-Evaluation of multiple domains (MULTIFACETED)
-Team based decision making
-Make it valid and useful
1. Comprehensive
2. Fair
3. Multifaceted
4. Useful
5.
Which SpEd law?
Assistance to all children with disabilities (3-21)
IDEIA Part B
Which SpEd law? Which lawsuit?
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
IDEIA Part B
Turnbull & Turnbull (2000)
Which sped law?
Child Find: Actively seek and find every child with a disability
IDEIA Part B
Which Sped law?
early intervention services for infants and toddlers (birth - 3 years old)
IDEIA Part C
Specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions and in other settings.
Special Education
Three-Prong Test of Eligibility for Special Education
- The student has a DISABILITY according the the established Idaho Criteria
- The student’s conditions ADVERSELY AFFECTS education performance
- The student NEEDS SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTIONS
Adverse Impact
student’s progress is impeded by the disability to the extent that the student’s educational performance measures significantly (1.5-2 standard deviations) and consistently (6 months) below the level of similar aged peers, preventing success in GenEd
Consent
Requirement that the parent be fully informed, in native language off all information relevant to the activity for which consent is sought
Consent must be…
knowing, competent, voluntary
13 Disability Categories
- Deaf-Blind
- Blind
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Hearing Impairment
- Visual Impairment
- Orthopedic Impairment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Other Health Impairment (OHI)
- Emotional Disturbance
- Intellectual Disability
- Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
- Speech & Language
- Multiple Disabilities
8 Areas of Learning Disabilities
- Basic Reading (Phonological Deficit)
- Reading Comprehension (Language
Comprehension - Reading Fluency
- Math Calculation
- Math Problem Solving
- Written Expression
- Oral Expression
- Listening Comprehension
percentage of basic reading (phonological deficit) learning disability
70-80%
percentage of reading comprehension (language comprehension) learning disability
10-15%
percentage of reading fluency learning disability
10-15%
Three typical methods for SLD eligibility
- Ability-Achievement Discrepancy
- Response to Intervention
- Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses
Ability-Achievement Discrepancy
model that assesses whether there is a significant difference between a student’ scores on a test of general intelligence and scores obtained on achievement test
Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses
model that uses a cognitive evaluation which breaks out student performance into key areas, focusing on what the student already knows. To qualify, the student must show a set of number of cognitive strengths, plus at least one cognitive weakness. The student must additionally show an associated academic weakness in an area which matches the cognitive weakness.
Exclusionary Factors
discrepancy between ability and achievement is primarily the result of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage. The extent to which these external factors affect their academic performance must be established and may not be the PRIMARY cause of the deficit in question.
Exclusionary Factor Criteria
MICEE
A) Motor impairment
B) Intellectual disability
C) Cultural factors
D) Emotional and/or behavioral disorders
E) Environmental and economic disadvantage
Can’t Do vs Won’t Do
Skill deficit (can’t) vs. performance deficit (won’t)
Formula for reading
Word Recognition + Language Comprehension
Four principles of professional ethics (NASP)
- Respecting the Dignity and Rights of All
Persons - Professional Competence and
Responsibility - Honesty and Integrity in Professional
Relationships - Responsibility to Schools, Families,
Communities, the Profession, and the
Society
FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act)
-must adhere to record keeping procedures to get federal funds
-confidentiality o student records without consent
-parents have access to all records
-parents have right to challenge accuracy
5 Guiding Moral Prinicples:
- Non-Maleficence
- Fidelity
- Beneficence
- Autonomy
- Justice
Non-Malficence
strive to benefit those whom they work with and take care of DO NO HARM
Fidelity
establish relationships of trust
Beneficence
Responsible caring, engage in actions to benefit others
Autonomy
Right to self-determination - person gets to participate in decisions
Justice
Equal opportunity
Tarsoff I:
Duty to WARN individual who is in potential danger (break confidentiality laws)
Tarsoff II:
Duty to PROTECT (warn authorities)
Ethical standards are ________ than the law
higher
Ethical standards = ____________;
ethical principles = ______________
Ethical standards = Mandatory
Ethical principles = Aspirational
1 Guiding principle in any ethical situation
Do no harm
Education is a ___________ right protected by the ____ amendment
property right; 14th
Are ethical codes perfect?
no
Are ethical codes derived from federal legislation?
No, they are derived from the profession
Codes tend to be reactive (true or false)
true
What are the foundations of psychologist’s service delivery? (example: diversity v. development)
Student shars they are going to get revenge and have a plan. What is the psych’s responsibility?
breach confidentiality (Tarsoff)
Which standard suggest psych avoid multiple relationships and conflicts of interest?
Honesty and Integrity in Professional Relationships
Does every evaluation require norm referenced standardized assessment?
No
Are all assessment results automatically confidential or do you have to wait to be told?
Automatically confidential
Assent
affirmitive agreement of minor to participate in psychological services
Brown v. Board of Education’s major identifier
RACE
Mills v. board of education’s major identifier
disability
Tarasoff
duty to warn and protect
Rowlee’s major identifier
Must provide education but not the best educaiton
Riles’ major identifier
mentally retarded based on color (culturally biased IQ test. placed on one measure)
P.A.R.C. vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Mills
every child has a right to an education; Federal laws to ensure educational opportuities for ALL children (child find)
Child Find
a result of PARC and Mills; obligation to recognize (actively seek to locate) and provide special education services to all children with disabilities from ages 3-21
IDEAL Problem Solving Model
I = Identity problem and parameters
(IDENTIFY the problem)
D = Define alternative goals (DEFINE the
problem)
E = Explore possible strategies
(INTERVENTION options)
A = Anticipate and Act (ACTIONS taken during
intervention and how did they work)
L = Look and Learn (LOOK at the results)
8 Step Problem Solving Model
- Describe the parameters of the situation
- Define potential legal-ethical issues
- Consult legal-ethical guidelines and district
policies - Evaluate rights, responsibilities, and
welfare of all affected parties (consider
culture) - Generate alternative decisions
- Enumerate the consequences of each
decision (short term and long term) - Consider evidence that consequences will
actually occur - Make the decision
Larry P. vs Riles
Cannot test using discriminatory IQ tests that do not take culture into account; African Americans being given IQ testing in Cali is illegal
Diana vs Board of Education (California)
Students must be evaluated in their native language or given a nonverbal assessment
BICS
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (nonverbal cues; highly contextual) 2 years
CALPS
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency Skills (low verbal cues; low contextual) 5-7 years
5 Areas of Cultural Competence
- Value cultural diversity
- Conduct a cultural self-assessment
- Manage they dynamics of difference
- Acquiring and institutionalizing cultural
knowledge - Adapting to diversity and cultural context
Acculturation
multidirectional process in which individuals carry knowledge of heritage culture while at the same time, accessing new and diverse cultural patterns of the dominant society; learning new culture while not sacrificing heritage culture
Multicultural Competence Framework
- Awareness of own cultural values and
biases - Awareness of client’s worldview
- Culturally appropriate intervention
strategies (scaffolding)
Multicultural Flashpoints ?????
Definable, measureable evidence ?????
Four Components for Change
- Awareness (a. self; b. others; c. systematic
change and bias; d. relational cultural
identities - Acknowledgement and Knowledge:
Individuals worldview and own personal
cultural self-awareness
Stage 1: School personnel realize
cognitions regarding multiculture
within school
Stage 2: forming a new reconsideration
of knowledge - Advocacy: takes ones own awareness,
beliefs, knowledge, and transform them
into a plan for effective change - Action: act and art of doing something in a
proactive way to promote multiculturalism
Title IV of Civil Rights Act of 1964
LEA are required to provide EL students alternative language services to: (1) enable them to acquire English proficiency; (2) provide them meaningful access to the content of the educational curriculum available to all students including SPED and RS
Mills vs Board of Education
FAPE
Due Process be established
Students receive SPED regardless of LEA financial capacity
Guadalupe Organization vs. Tempe Elementary
Consent decree = IQ test cannot be the sole criteria or primary basis of diagnosis of mild MR and adaptive behavior must be assessed outside of school setting
Dual Discrepancy Model
(1) Student must be significantly below same aged peers on measure of academic performance
(2) Student must perform poorly in response to carefully planned and precisely delivered instruction