Psychoeducational Assessment and Intervention

Catalog description

This course will prepare the student to respond and to intervene effectively with the academic needs of the school population. It will also provide advanced skills in psychoeducational testing with children and adolescents. The student will learn about additional psychometric instruments and scales useful to address the type of referrals most frequently triggered by the learning problems of school age children. Also, students will learn to use assessment methods to develop, implement and evaluate academic interventions and strategies to support the development of academic skills in children and adolescents. In accomplishing this goal, the course will examine theories of learning disability (language based, visual-spatial, etc.), neurodevelopmental conditions that interfere with academic performance, behavioral problems usually manifesting in academic settings and the law that regulates delivery of special education services to qualified students. The dynamics of professional work in a school setting will also be addressed in preparing students for a role in these community scenarios. Pre-requisite(s): SCP 6522