Psychological Services
Provide a continuum of psychological and behavioral health services that connect mental health, behavior and learning, school and home, and school and community services as needed to provide individuals with exceptional needs access to educational environments and curriculum. Services may combine psychological and educational assessment techniques to help those having difficulties in learning, behavior or social adjustment.
Assessment
Comprehensive school psychology assessment includes these components:
Case history, including medical status, education, socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds and information from teachers and other related service providers
Patient/client/student and family interview
Review of student’s learning, adaptive skills, behavior, and mental health
Standardized and/or non-standardized measures of specific areas: Autism, Emotional Disturbance, Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Other Health Impairment, Specific Learning Disability, Traumatic Brain Injury
Identification of potential for effective intervention strategies and compensations
Selection of standardized measures for student’s learning, adaptive skills, behavior, and mental health assessment with consideration for documented ecological validity and cultural sensitivity
Follow-up services to monitor progress and ensure appropriate intervention and support for individuals with identified motor and sensory processing disorders
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Services
Service delivery is a dynamic process whereby changes are made to:
Setting – the location of treatment (e.g., home, community-based, school, pull-out or within the classroom)
Dosage – the frequency, intensity, and duration of service
frequency (the number of treatment sessions over a set period of time)
intensity (the amount of time spent in each treatment session)
duration (the length of treatment received)
Format – the type of session
one-on-one (i.e., individual)
in a group, or
via consultation with other school staff and/or family/caregiver
Provider – the person administering the treatment (e.g., Psychologist, support personnel, trained volunteer, caregiver)
**Information obtained from ASHA.org
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