A school psychology program's initial evaluation of its competency-based training model

✍ Scribed by Steven I. Pfeiffer

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 495 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-3085
• DOI: 10.1002/1520-6807(198101)18:1<60::aid-pits2310180113>3.0.co;2-7

✦ Synopsis

This study describes a school psychology program's first attempt at evaluating its competency-based training model. Two competencies were selected for investigation: psychological report writing and consultation. A set of videotaped simulation and situational response tests were developed, and a group of first-year school psychology students who had completed the program's assessment and consultation sequence were compared to newly admitted graduate students. Results confirmed the training program's success in teaching report writing and generating behavioral recommendations during consultation, but found no difference in interpersonal effectiveness between the two groups. Although support was found for the feasibility of conducting a program evaluation, questions were raised regarding the practicality of such an enterprise. Suggestions are made to deal with the problem of the expense and tremendous energy required to evaluate a CBTP.