Increased consultation opportunities for school psychologists: A service delivery model
✍ Scribed by Krista J. Stewart-Lester
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 457 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3085
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✦ Synopsis
A model of delivery of services that enables school psychologists to meet testing demands while initiating a broad range of consultative services is described. Requirements of the model include: (a) having funds available for contract testing, (b) having conferences with teachers prior to formal referral of children, and (c) having qualified contract evaluators available. Benefits, as well as obstacles to be expected in implementing the model, are discussed.
Over the past few years, school psychologists have been expressing increasing interest in the possibility of initiating a consultation role in the schools (e.g., Grubb, Petty,