SPSY Midterm Flashcards
Hybrid Years
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
1970-Present
Growth in the # of training programs
Increase in the number of practioners, associations
expansion of lit and regulations
1st School Psych
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
Gertrude Hildreth
-Wrote book in 1930 describing historical development of SP roles and functions called “Psychological Service for School Problems”
Lightner Witmer
- Founder of Clinical and school psych
- established 1st psychological clinic in the US at University of Pennsylvania 1896
Granville Stanley Hall
Founded the APA
“father of child student movement”
Alfred Binet
-Developer of first modern IQ test “Binet-Simon Scale (1905)”
Lewis Terman
Adapted the Simon-Binet into an English language version for use in the US.
-Called “Stanford-Binet”
13 Conditions covered under IDEA
- Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
- Other Health Impairment (OHI)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Emotional Disturbance (ED)
- Speech or Language Impairment (SLI)
- Visual Impairment, including blindness
- Deafness
- Hearing Impairment
- Deaf-Blindness
- Orthopedic Impairment
- Intellectual disability (ID)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Multiple Disabilities
1975 Public Law 94-142 Education for All Handicapped Children Act
provided that a FAPE and other procedural guarantees are mandated for all special needs children from birth to age 21
1974 Public Law 93-380 Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act
Due Process procedure put in place to address issues of non-discriminatory assessment, appropriate placement and confidentiality of school records
1973 Public Law 93-112 Section 504
Guaranteed the rights of special needs individuals in employment and educational settings who are receiving federal funding.
Testing vs. Assessment
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.
5 Ethical-Legal Concerns
- Multifaceted- multiple method to address
- Comprehensive-assessed in all areas of suspected disability
- Fair- non-discriminatory
- Valid-validated for purposed of utilization
- Useful- must provide profile of child’s S&W
3 Basic sources of Public School Law
- US constitution- supreme law of the land
- Statutes & Regulations- legislation that shapes educational practices & policies
- Case Law- law that emerges from court decisions
Educationally Pertinent Amendments
- 10th
- 14th
- 1st
- 4th
10th Amendment
Endows state governments with the duty to educate, the power to tax citizens to finance education & the power to compel school attendance
14th Amendment
- 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
Substantive Due Process
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
Ethics
Internal principles that guide individual’s external behavior
-influences character
Non-Maleficence
DO NO HARM
Fidelity
commitment to responsibilities of our field
beneficence
work that benefits others
Justice
striving towards equity for all people
Autonomy
respect for individuals’ self determination
Ethical Codes
- 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