Title The school psychologist's survival guide / Rebecca Branstetter

Edition 1st ed Published San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Series Jossey-Bass teacher Jossey-Bass teacher survival guide series Jossey-Bass teacher. Jossey-Bass teacher survival guide series. Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Wearing Many Hats: The Roles Of The School Psychologist -- Assessment -- Consultation -- Prevention and Intervention -- Counseling -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 2. Finding Where You Belong: Logistics And Building Relationships In Your Schools -- Getting Situated at a New School Site -- Building Relationships with Key Staff Members -- School Secretary: Your New Best Friend -- Principal: Captain of the Ship -- Counselors and Other Support Staff -- Special Educators -- General Education Teachers -- Custodian -- Beginning-of-School Logistics -- What to Do in the First Few Days and Weeks of School -- Managing Multiple Sites -- Finding a Work Space at Your School Site -- Getting Needed Materials -- Other Considerations in the First Few Weeks -- Once You Are Settled In: Introducing Yourself -- Introducing Yourself to Staff -- Introducing Yourself to Families and Students -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 3. Help! I'm Drowning In Paperwork! How To Tame The Bureaucracy Monster -- Managing Your Assessment Caseload -- Completing Your Assessments Within Timelines -- Check Your Assessment Caseloads for Accuracy -- Make Your Yearly Assessment Calendar -- Documenting and Tracking Interventions, Counseling, and Crisis Counseling -- Documenting Interventions -- Documenting Counseling and Crisis Counseling -- Documenting Child Protective Services Calls and Reports -- What's Next? Time Management Tips for Balancing Assessment Caseloads with Other Roles -- Scheduling Your Week -- Scheduling Your Day -- What to Do When You Are Drowning in a Sea of Assessments -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 4. Intervention And Prevention -- How to Be Preventive When You Have No Time -- Being Effective on Leadership and Prereferral Intervention Teams -- Schoolwide Support Teams -- Student-Focused Support Teams -- Developing and Supporting Academic Interventions -- Developing and Supporting Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Interventions -- Developing Your Own Prevention Activities and Programs -- Common Pitfalls and What to Do About Them -- When Special Education Intervention Is the Only Game in Town -- When Your School Is Sending You Inappropriate Referrals -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 5. Response To Intervention (Rti): Changing Your Role From Special Education Gatekeeper To Keymaster Of Interventions -- School Psychologists' Roles in RtI -- Academic RtI: Data-Based Decision Making -- Tier 1 Interventions -- Developing Individual Intervention Plans and Data-Tracking Tools -- Behavioral RtI: Data-Based Decision Making -- Universal Screening -- Assessment and Intervention Audits -- Monitoring Tier 1 Effectiveness -- Tiers 2 and 3: Gathering Baseline Data and Using Progress Monitoring Tools -- How to Track Individual Student Progress with Your RtI Team -- Navigating Your Role Change -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 6. Special Education Assessment -- Assessment Process: From Parental Consent to Report Writing -- Determining Timelines and Informing All Involved Parties of the Assessment -- Reviewing the History and Gathering Environmental Data -- Conducting a Developmental History with Parents or Guardians -- Deciding If You Need to Do a Full Social-Emotional-Behavioral Evaluation -- Selecting Appropriate Testing Instruments -- Selecting Your Testing Tools -- Beginning Your Testing with the Student -- Writing Quality Reports -- Note About Other Types of Evaluations -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 7. Individualized Education Plan (Iep): Friend Or Foe? -- Before the IEP Meeting -- Learning About Your Role and Presentation Style in IEP Meetings -- Building Consensus on Your IEP Team -- When to Share Results with Parents Before the IEP Meeting -- Collaborating with Outside Team Members in the IEP -- During the IEP Meeting -- Laying the Groundwork for Presenting Results -- Other Helpful Tips When Presenting at an IEP Meeting -- After the IEP Meeting -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 8. Do You Have A Minute? How To Be An Effective Consultant -- Where Theory Meets Real Life -- Behavioral Consultation -- Social-Emotional and Crisis Consultation -- Academic Consultation -- Consultation During the IEP-Writing Process -- Dealing with Negative Nancy and Naysayer Ned: Working with "Involuntary" Consultees -- Uncomfortable Teachers' Lounge Consultation -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 9. Individual Counseling -- Counseling Roles -- Types of School-Based Individual Counseling -- Psychodynamic ("Insight-Oriented") Therapy -- Play and Art Therapy -- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) -- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy -- Beginning Counseling -- During Counseling: Documentation and Sticky Situations -- Documentation -- When You Need to Call Child Protective Services (CPS) -- When a Child Is a Danger to Himself or Others -- Sticky Confidentiality Issues -- Terminating Counseling -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 10. Group Counseling -- Starting a Group: Factors to Consider -- Conduct a Needs Assessment at Your School -- Deciding What Type of Group to Run -- Deciding Who Is in Your Group -- Choosing a Cofacilitator -- Deciding on When and Where to Hold Your Group -- Deciding on the Level of Structure in the Group -- What to Do When Things Get Messy -- Student Wants to Drop Out of Group -- Group Members "Gang Up" on Another Group Member or Members -- Group Is Out of Control -- Student Leaves the Group Without Permission -- Group Member Does Not Participate -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 11. Dreaded Late-Night Phone Call: How To Deal With A Crisis At Your School -- Preparation for a Crisis -- Types of Crises -- Individual Student Crises: Danger to Self and Danger to Others -- Schoolwide Crises: Determining the Ripple Effect and Implementing Psychological First Aid -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions -- 12. Put On Your Oxygen Mask Before Helping Others: How To Manage The Stress Of The Job -- Practicing Self-Care -- Moments of Zen -- Flocking -- Maintaining Healthy Work-Life Boundaries -- Your Role and Saying No -- Know When to Say When -- Pulling It All Together -- Key Points -- Discussion Questions Summary "A practical and accessible guide for helping school psychologists meet their everyday challengesIn this newest addition to the Jossey-Bass "Survival Guide" series, popular blogger Rebecca Branstetter offers help for school psychologists who must often travel to multiple school sites, deal with students with severe disabilities, meet with concerned parents, and manage school crises. The book is filled with practical advice, proven strategies, and useful tools, complete with reproducible forms, letters, and checklists for busy professionals. Filled with the tools, strategies, and ideas for school psychologists who must deal with the myriad challenges of working with a diverse group of students, often in multiple locations Another book in the popular Jossey-Bass "Survival Guide" Series Rebecca Branstetter is an experienced school psychologist and popular blogger ("Notes from the School Psychologist": studentsgrow.blogspot.com) This vital resource offers a down-to-earth guide for both novice and seasoned school psychologists"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject School psychologists -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc School psychology -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc EDUCATION -- Special Education -- General. School psychologists School psychology United States Genre/Form manuals (instructional materials) handbooks. Handbooks and manuals Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels. Form Electronic book LC no. 2012004170 ISBN 9781118218570 1118218574 9781118218556 1118218558 9781118218563 1118218566 1118027779 9781118027776 9781280675713 1280675713

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