Schools have begun to adopt a population-based method conceptualizing assessment and intervention of students; however, little empirical evidence has been gathered support this shift in service delivery. The present study examined the fit model identifying students’ behavioral emotional functioning using district screening first- through fifth-grade students (n = 2,706) diverse suburban school district. Teacher ratings behavior difficulties appeared well. Parent 1468) did not but indicated...

This study investigated bullying behaviors and how experienced educators report their perceptions of seriousness, likelihood to intervene, level empathy when victims are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) or gender nonconforming (GN) youth. Educators were surveyed regarding behaviors, rating LGBTQ/GN non-LGBTQ/GN Three two-way ANOVAs investigating the main effects interaction group membership (LGBTQ/GN non-LGBTQ/GN) type (verbal, physical, relational) upon educators'...

This study examined the effect of one interdependent group contingency intervention, mystery motivator, as it affected three students identified exhibiting problem behaviors, well effects on nonidentified in a ninth-grade high school biology class. An A/B/A/B single-case design was used to evaluate intervention. Results indicated decrease behaviors for students, general randomly selected, nonreferred Implications, limitations, and further directions are discussed.

High parental involvement has been linked to positive outcomes; however, helicopter parenting may result in negative outcomes. The behaviors demonstrated by “helicopter parents” resemble accommodations, which are behavior modifications intended alleviate their child’s distress. current study examined the relation between and while also examining child internalizing externalizing symptomatology as possible moderators. Parents ( N = 400) of children (ages 4–11) from across United States...

Children and adolescents spend a great deal of their time in schools. As microcosms the larger society which they are embedded, schools recreate enforce heterosexist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic characteristics culture. Those students with emerging or declared lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) identities are, thus, particularly vulnerable to impact attitudes potential resulting violence present school setting. Therefore, it is imperative personnel, including...

As a marginalized group, individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ+) may be particularly at risk for experiencing parental rejection and related negative outcomes. Few studies have focused on experienced in adulthood. Investigators used the Perceived Parental Reactions Scale (PPRS), Self-Acceptance of Sexuality Inventory (SASI), short-form Depression, Anxiety, Stress (DASS-21) to examine relationship between present-day perceived sexual identity, self-acceptance...

Many students struggle with the basic skill of writing, yet schools lack technically adequate screening measures to identify at risk in this area. Measures that allow for valid decisions need interventions improve performance are greatly needed. The purpose study was evaluate validity and diagnostic accuracy early writing screeners. Two measures, Picture Word Dictation, were administered a diverse sample 95 kindergarten students, almost half whom classified as English language learners 70%...

Abstract The current exploratory study examined the ability of three stimulus preference assessments to identify effective reinforcers for general education students. Four students from Grades K through 5 and their teachers participated. A student nomination, teacher ongoing (daily) assessment were evaluated. results demonstrate that identified by both increased behavior similarly, although correspondence between teacher‐ student‐selected items themselves low. Evaluation procedures indicated...

In total, 139 Texas special education due process hearings that occurred between 2011 and 2015 were examined. Cases coded with regard to the student’s disability category; number of in which a specific party prevailed; primary, secondary, and/or tertiary issues case; these held for student/family, district, part student/family district. Overall, primary student eligibilities involved cases autism, emotional disturbance, other health impairment. addition, most common dispute included...

The field of school psychology continues to further embrace a social justice perspective address systemic racism, privilege, prejudice, and discrimination. To accomplish this mission, psychologists must ensure that there is solid literature base inclusive representative students from minoritized backgrounds. A review student sociodemographic characteristics was conducted all articles in four the primary journals 2010 2019 (n = 1,213 articles). Compared national estimates school-age...

AbstactResearch has established that curriculum-based measurement (CBM) procedures yield outcomes are sensitive to a variety of educational conditions including the level skill acquisition, context assessment, duration format probe construction, and relative motivation target student. This study was designed compare performance on multiple-skill mathematics CBM (M-CBM) across three assessments conditions: novel, reward, neutral. A novel assessment condition when examinee had not been exposed...

A concerning number of students fail to achieve writing proficiency, yet little attention has been devoted examining why this occurs. While robust evidence indicates that behavior impacts reading and math achievement, the relationship between skills is unclear, particularly among young students. The authors examined value screeners in predicting beyond variance explained by early alone. Additionally, various domains (e.g., emotional, social, hyperactivity/inattention) were compared for their...

Helicopter parenting is defined by popular culture as a set of practices characterized overinvolvement. However, empirical research has not adequately the construct, and it unclear how helicopter may relate to existing behaviors styles. Participants included 341 caregivers from across United States who completed survey about their beliefs behaviors. Latent class analysis was used determine combinations behaviors, identified classes parents were then conduct one-way ANOVAs examine differences...

Generally, psychology (as well as school psychology) aligns with medicine in establishing and utilizing evidence-based practices (EBP). More recently, strong calls have been made advanced to ensure that evolves incorporates social justice principles safeguard equity, diversity, inclusion benefit all. This essay explores some of the issues surrounding EBP within psychology, noting tensions play out research practice. Ultimately, it is opinion author will only enhance EBP, field has much work do.

Background: Videogames have become a large part of children and adolescents’ everyday life social interaction. Tanner (2007) reports that over 90% play videogames this is likely an understatement. Previous research has shown significant effect between playing aggressive hostile behavior; however, there some disagreement about the magnitude what factors contribute to aggression skills. Purpose: The current study aimed add literature regarding adolescent socio-emotional functioning,...

Acadience Reading (AR) is a screener for early detection of reading problems in elementary students. Limited research exists, however, on its technical adequacy evaluation English Learners (ELs). In this study, we tested the long-term predictive validity and diagnostic accuracies AR examined differences between native English-speaking EL A sample 305 students (94 ELs, 31% sample) completed at three time points kindergarten statewide test third grade. Hierarchical regression models confirmed...

Measuring and identifying risk for reading difficulties at the kindergarten level is necessary providing intervention as early possible. The purpose of this study was to examine concurrent validity evidence two screeners, Acadience Reading Texas Primary Inventory (TPRI), well diagnostic accuracy different performance levels on Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ IV) Cluster across ( N = 96) emergent bilingual monolingual English learners in kindergarten. Findings indicated moderate correlations between...