Fourth in the new Best Practices series, 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

Sample Content

• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1