Professional Consult-Sch Prac

Catalog description

Students will learn collaborative consultation skills in order to assist teachers, school staff, and parents to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate behavioral and academic interventions with a multicultural diverse population. The selection, accurate scoring, and interpretation of a variety of teacher/parent/student rating scales (social/emotional, speech/language, ADHD, Asperger's, Autism, adaptive behaviors, etc.) will be emphasized in order to develop data based interventions, an effective monitoring system, and advocacy skills. Students will conduct a case study in a school. Co-requisite: Enrollment in CPSY 8580 /8581 Internship in School and Community Psychology I/II.