SPSY Midterm Flashcards

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Hybrid Years

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1890-1969
-Development of professional identity
-Blend of education & Psychological practitioners
-SPED programs emerged in early 1900’s (small #)
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Thoroughbred years

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1970-Present
Growth in the # of training programs
Increase in the number of practioners, associations
expansion of lit and regulations

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1st School Psych

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Arnold L. Gesell

  • Held position in 1915
  • Provided direct/indirect services to adults/children
  • experiences mirror that of SP’s today
  • developed an evalution measure for children
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Gertrude Hildreth

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-Wrote book in 1930 describing historical development of SP roles and functions called “Psychological Service for School Problems”

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Lightner Witmer

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  • Founder of Clinical and school psych

- established 1st psychological clinic in the US at University of Pennsylvania 1896

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Granville Stanley Hall

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Founded the APA

“father of child student movement”

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Alfred Binet

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-Developer of first modern IQ test “Binet-Simon Scale (1905)”

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Lewis Terman

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Adapted the Simon-Binet into an English language version for use in the US.
-Called “Stanford-Binet”

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13 Conditions covered under IDEA

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  1. Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
  2. Other Health Impairment (OHI)
  3. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  4. Emotional Disturbance (ED)
  5. Speech or Language Impairment (SLI)
  6. Visual Impairment, including blindness
  7. Deafness
  8. Hearing Impairment
  9. Deaf-Blindness
  10. Orthopedic Impairment
  11. Intellectual disability (ID)
  12. Traumatic Brain Injury
  13. Multiple Disabilities
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1975 Public Law 94-142 Education for All Handicapped Children Act

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provided that a FAPE and other procedural guarantees are mandated for all special needs children from birth to age 21

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1974 Public Law 93-380 Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act

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Due Process procedure put in place to address issues of non-discriminatory assessment, appropriate placement and confidentiality of school records

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1973 Public Law 93-112 Section 504

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Guaranteed the rights of special needs individuals in employment and educational settings who are receiving federal funding.

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Testing vs. Assessment

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Testing: Tools that may be used to gather info as part of assessment process
Assessment: Planning, collection, & evaluation for info pertinent to a psychoeducational concern.

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5 Ethical-Legal Concerns

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  1. Multifaceted- multiple method to address
  2. Comprehensive-assessed in all areas of suspected disability
  3. Fair- non-discriminatory
  4. Valid-validated for purposed of utilization
  5. Useful- must provide profile of child’s S&W
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3 Basic sources of Public School Law

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  1. US constitution- supreme law of the land
  2. Statutes & Regulations- legislation that shapes educational practices & policies
  3. Case Law- law that emerges from court decisions
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Educationally Pertinent Amendments

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  1. 10th
  2. 14th
  3. 1st
  4. 4th
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10th Amendment

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Endows state governments with the duty to educate, the power to tax citizens to finance education & the power to compel school attendance

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14th Amendment

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  • Prevents state Govs. from trespassing on the right of individual citizens
  • equal protection clause: state must provide equal education to all (FAPE)
  • Procedural Due Process: Safeguard from unfair/wrongful infringement of rights
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Substantive Due Process

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State may not pass a law that deprives citizen of life, liberty, or property if the law is not related to a legitimate governmental purpose.
eg.- school rules restricting student rights must be reasonably related to purpose of schooling

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Ethics

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Internal principles that guide individual’s external behavior
-influences character

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Non-Maleficence

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DO NO HARM

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Fidelity

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commitment to responsibilities of our field

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beneficence

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work that benefits others

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Justice

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striving towards equity for all people

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Autonomy

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respect for individuals’ self determination

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Ethical Codes

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  • Provides guidance for the professional in their decision making
  • Protect the public
  • may be ambiguous and vague (serve as general guide)
  • can contradict state/federal law
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27
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Ethical Conduct

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Involves careful choices based on knowledge of broad ethical principles and code statements, ethical reasoning, & personal values
- “Act on the guidance”

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Procedural due process

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State may not take way life, liberty interest, or property right without some sort of procedural fairness to safeguard citizens from unfair/wrongful infringement of rights by government (EDUCATION IS A PROPERTY RIGHT)

eg: right to receive notice & to be heard- parents must be notified/receive hearing for student suspension/expulsion

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Elementary & Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)

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  • 1st major federal program to aid education
  • Congress indicated that education is primarily a state function but federal gov. has obligation to ensure basic floor under essential services for adult/children
  • schools decide how funds are spent
30
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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) 2015

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  • reauthorization of ESEA with most recent set of amendments.
  • replaces NCLB
  • purpose: to provide significant opportunity to receive fair, equitable, high quality education, and close educational achievement gaps
  • Provides funds for low performing schools
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEIA 2004)

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  1. Allocates funds to states that prove FAPE to all children with disabilities
  2. Provides funds to states that offer early intervention programs for infants/toddlers with known/suspected disabilities
  3. children to be assessed in non-discriminatory manner
  4. Education must be provided in LRE
  5. Educational decisions are made by a team
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No Child Left Behind Act 2001 (NCLB)

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  • reauthorization of ESEA with most recent amendments

- Provides financial assistance for schools with high concentrations of low SES in order to close achievement gap.

33
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Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act of 1974

FERPA

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Ensures confidentiality of records & parent access to school records concerning their child

34
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Protection of Pupil Rights Act 1978 (PPRA)

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requires schools to obtain written parental consent before a pupil can be required to submit to a survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals certain types of personal info

35
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Rehabilitation Act of 1973- SECTION 504

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Prohibits discrimination against any otherwise qualified individual solely on the basis of a handicapping condition

36
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American with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

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Guarantees equal opportunity to individuals with disabilities in employment, public accommodation, transportation & state/local government services

37
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Civil Rights Act of 1871

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Any person whose rights have been violated by a school official, can sue for damages in federal court and the official may be held liable for damages

38
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Federal Anti-discriminatory Legislation

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Statues that prohibit state/school authorities from discriminating against individuals based on race, color, national origin, sex, or handicapping condition in any program or activity receiving federal funding

39
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Civil Liability

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SP are state actors/district employees that have legal duty to take steps to protect ALL students in the schools from reasonably foreseeable risk of harm

40
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T/F:

In most states, the state DOE certifies SP for practice in the school setting.

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TRUE

41
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T/F:

In almost all states, SP can obtain a license for private practice if they have a specialist degree?

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FALSE

42
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T/F:

Parents and other recipients of SP services have little or no access to the codes of ethics for SP, so they are unlikely to know about the parameters of appropriate professional conduct.

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FALSE

43
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T/F:

An important job responsibility of SP is to gather info about individual teacher’s competence to share with the building principal?

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FALSE

44
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CODES OF ETHICS ARE DEVELOPED TO:

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A. Protect public
B. Enhance the prestige of a profession
C. Reduce the perceived need for external regulation of a profession
(D. All of the above)

45
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With the passage of _________ Congress proposed that although “education is primarily a state function, the Fed. Gov. has a secondary obligation to see that there is a basic floor under those essential services:

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The Elementary & Secondary Education Act of 1965

46
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According to the NASP’s Principles for Professional Ethics, SP ordinarily consider __________ to be their top priority in the delivery of SP services.

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The Pupil!

47
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According to NASP code of ethics and Ballentine (1979), when codes of ethics and law conflict, the practitioner should:

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  1. ) Clarify the conflict & take steps to resolve the conflict in a responsible manner
  2. ) Abide by the law as long as doing so would not violate basic human rights
48
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List 3 reasons why SP practitioners might engage in unethical conduct:

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  1. ) unaware of the laws
  2. ) Poorly trained
  3. ) inexperienced
49
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__________ allocates funds to states that offer a FAPE to children with disabilities as defined by the law

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IDEA or IDEIA

50
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T/F:

IDEA is a fully funded federal statute.

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FALSE

It funds only a modest proportion of the extra expenses schools incur in providing SPED to students w/ disabilities

51
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T/F:

The Local Education Agency(LEA) has the responsibility to provide SPED services to students ages 3-21.

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TRUE!

The school is considered the LEA

52
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Zero reject Principle

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SEA must locate & evaluate students w/ disabilities & provide them with full educational opportunity regardless of the severity of the disability.

53
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Child Find Requirement

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SEA must implement policies/procedures to assure that all children with disabilities or who are suspected of having a disability are identified, located, & evaluated.
Ex: homeless, wards of state, attending private school, migrant student, highly mobile students

54
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Private School Placement

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  • Children entitled to same benefits/services as those attending public school(if placed by the state)
  • Placement is NO COST to parents, including program, non-medical care, room/board
55
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4 parts of IDEIA

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Part A: general Provisions
Part B: assistance for children w/ disabilities ages 3-21
Part C: infants/toddlers w/ disabilities
Part D: National activities to improve education of children w/ disabilities

56
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Who is responsible for monitoring local school districts compliance with IDEIA?

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THE STATES

57
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Assessment timeline for Initial

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15 calendar days from date of referral to respond to request (a referral from parent/teacher/etc.).
60 calendar days to determine eligibility. (Assessments, RIOT, etc) IEP to take place by end of 60 days.
30 days to develop the IEP after SPED determination

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Assessment timeline for Triennial

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  • every 3 years based on date of last tri review

- Propose consent= 15 calendar days after receipt of proposed assessment plan

59
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timeline for annual IEP

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  • no longer than 12 months from date of last annual IEP

- IEP team to meet and review= 60 calendar days after receipt of parental consent

60
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what is SEA?

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  • State Education Agency
  • Ensures SPED services to all students w/ disabilities if LEA cannot provide.
  • ensures rights to students enrolled by private schools
61
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What is LEA?

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  • Local Education Agency

- Usually the board of ed. of public school district/educational admin of a public school

62
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Larry P. v. Riles 1984

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  • Court case which focused on the issues of minority assessment & placement.
  • Curtailed use of IQ test as the sole basis for placing students in SPED
63
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what is RIOT?

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R- Review
I- Interview
O- Observe
T- Test

64
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Name 3 major life activities under the term “disability” under section 504

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Seeing,
Hearing, 
eating,
sleeping, 
concentrating,
speaking, 
learning, 
thinking
65
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4 Themes of NASP’s Broad Ethical Principles

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  1. Dignity and Rights of all persons
  2. Competency and Responsibility
  3. Honesty and Integrity in professional relationships
  4. Responsibility to families, community, school, profession, and society