School Psych Week 3 Flashcards
what is the Problem solving model?
- Focuses on the problem
- Emphasis on early intervention
- Evidenced-based practice
- Applies quantitative and qualitative methods in order to directly measure academic and behavioral outcomes in the setting where they are observed
- Links evaluation to intervention
what are the parts of the problem solving model?
Problem Identification
Problem Evaluation
Reasons for the problem to be occurred
Intervention
what are the parts of problem identification?
- Varies on academic work/behavior.
- The aim is to reduce the distance between the actual and students expected behavior/performance.
- What are our expectations concerning the student
- Where the student is actually located, academically and behaviorally.
what are the parts of problem evaluation?
- Methods used in evaluation
- Evaluation of the problem
what are the Methods used in evaluation?
a. Accurate
b. Practical
c. Objective
d. Reliable
e. Valid
what are the parts of Evaluation of the problem?
a. Intensity
b. Frequency
c. Duration
d. Severity
e. Dimension
f. Complexity
g. Resistance to intervention
what are the parts of Reasons for the problem to be occurred?
- Identification of the conditions that trigger/maintain the problem
- Sources of information
- Evaluation methods
Identification of the conditions that trigger/maintain the problem
a. Recognition of behavioral patterns.
b. Insufficient knowledge/skill VS Difficulty performing (can do vs. won’t do)
c. Case configuration
what are the Sources of information?
a. Student
b. Teacher
c. Parent
d. Peers
e. School principal
f. School address
what are the evaluation methods?
formal and non formal
what is a Psychometric Assessment?
- Complex process, which takes into consideration, information arising from various sources (family/school setting, child or adolescent himself/herself, peers) and from various sources (by interviewing, observing, administering questionnaires or other psychodiagnostic and psychometric tests)
- Assessment is one of the most basic dimensions of school psychologists duties and role
what are the areas that assessments measure?
a. Cognitive Abilities
b. Personality
c. Learning difficulties
d. Learning potential
e. Learning performance
f. Behavior
g. Adaptation to different cultural environments
what are Psychological measurement (psychometrics)?
It concerns the administration and interpretation of the results of some psychodiagnostic tests
what are the Basic conditions for the construction and use of psychometric tests are
a. Reliability
b. Validity
c. Standardization and adaptation to a large sample of individuals
what are the Differential diagnostic manuals?
i. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V), American Psychiatric Association (APA)
ii. International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), World Health Organization