Best Practices: Foundations

This book covers the basics of school psychology, addressing diversity, research and program evaluation, and legal/ethical/professional practices.
This staple resource guides you to:
Develop multicultural competence in services for children and families
Create contexts for diversity in schools
Use guidelines for applying research and program evaluation in schools
Follow legal and ethical best practices
Incorporate technology into practice
Understand graduate education and credentialing
Develop and grow professionally
Topics include:
Analyzing progress monitoring data
Applying professional ethics
Assessing English language learners (ELL)
Children in foster care
Children in military families
Culturally responsive interventions
Developing academic local norms
Early career transitions
Effective instruction for deaf or hard of hearing students
Historical trends
Homeless students
Increasing cross-cultural competency
Needs assessment
Nondiscriminatory assessment
Primary prevention in diverse schools, communities
Program evaluations
School psychology services in rural settings
Self-evaluation
Supervision and monitoring
Supporting juvenile offenders
Supporting LGBTQ students, parents, and families
Technology for data-driven decisions
Working with children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds