School Psych Week 3

Question 1

what is the Problem solving model?

Answer 1

1. Focuses on the problem
2. Emphasis on early intervention
3. Evidenced-based practice
4. Applies quantitative and qualitative methods in order to directly measure academic and behavioral outcomes in the setting where they are observed
5. Links evaluation to intervention

Question 2

what are the parts of the problem solving model?

Answer 2

Problem Identification
Problem Evaluation
Reasons for the problem to be occurred
Intervention

Question 3

what are the parts of problem identification?

Answer 3

1. Varies on academic work/behavior.
2. The aim is to reduce the distance between the actual and students expected behavior/performance.
3. What are our expectations concerning the student
4. Where the student is actually located, academically and behaviorally.

Question 4

what are the parts of problem evaluation?

Answer 4

1. Methods used in evaluation
2. Evaluation of the problem

Question 5

what are the Methods used in evaluation?

Answer 5

a. Accurate
b. Practical
c. Objective
d. Reliable
e. Valid

Question 6

what are the parts of Evaluation of the problem?

Answer 6

a. Intensity
b. Frequency
c. Duration
d. Severity
e. Dimension
f. Complexity
g. Resistance to intervention

Question 7

what are the parts of Reasons for the problem to be occurred?

Answer 7

1. Identification of the conditions that trigger/maintain the problem
2. Sources of information
3. Evaluation methods

Question 8

Identification of the conditions that trigger/maintain the problem

Answer 8

a. Recognition of behavioral patterns.
b. Insufficient knowledge/skill VS Difficulty performing (can do vs. won’t do)
c. Case configuration

Question 9

what are the Sources of information?

Answer 9

a. Student
b. Teacher
c. Parent
d. Peers
e. School principal
f. School address

Question 10

what are the evaluation methods?

Answer 10

formal and non formal

Question 11

what is a Psychometric Assessment?

Answer 11

1. 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)
2. Assessment is one of the most basic dimensions of school psychologists duties and role

Question 12

what are the areas that assessments measure?

Answer 12

a. Cognitive Abilities
b. Personality
c. Learning difficulties
d. Learning potential
e. Learning performance
f. Behavior
g. Adaptation to different cultural environments

Question 13

what are Psychological measurement (psychometrics)?

Answer 13

It concerns the administration and interpretation of the results of some psychodiagnostic tests

Question 14

what are the Basic conditions for the construction and use of psychometric tests are

Answer 14

a. Reliability
b. Validity
c. Standardization and adaptation to a large sample of individuals

Question 15

what are the Differential diagnostic manuals?

Answer 15

i. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V), American Psychiatric Association (APA)
ii. International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), World Health Organization

Question 16

what are Cognitive Abilities Assessment?

Answer 16

1. School psychologists specialize in the evaluation and mainly in the evaluation of cognition / cognitive abilities
2. Stanford– Binet and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC; Fagan & Wise, 2007).

Question 17

what are the Advantages of tests assessing cognitive abilities?

Answer 17

1. Objective measurements
2. Allow developmental and standard comparisons based on the standardized sample of each tool (normative comparisons)
3. Idiographic interpretation (e.g. George knows the meaning of the word “window” but does not know the meaning of the word “imperative”) in standardized interpretations (e.g. George performs lower based on what is expected for age in word comprehension/vocabulary)
4. They allow the prediction of other factors, e.g. academic performance
5. Identification of people with learning and other difficulties or abilities

Question 18

what are the different Assessment tests?

Answer 18

i. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale(WAIS)
ii.Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
iii. Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI).
iv. Stanford– Binet and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC; Fagan & Wise, 2007)

Question 19

what are the different IQ classifications?

Answer 19

i. 130+ very superior
ii. 120-129 superior
iii. 110-119 high average
iv. 90-109 average
v. 80-89 low average
vi. 70-79 borderline
vii. 69 and below retarded

Question 20

what is Curriculum based assessment?

Answer 20

Curriculum-based tests, include the assessment of basic academic skills such as reading, writing and mathematics

Question 21

Standardized Curriculum Based Assessment Tests

Answer 21

1. Woodcock Johnson
2. Wechsler individualised assessment

Question 22

Identify advantages of tests

Answer 22

1. Monitoring children’s academic performance as well as the effectiveness of the teaching they receive
2. Children’s identification of children who need extra educational support, or need to be placed to special education programs