Frisby Meeting the Psychoeducational Needs of Minority Students

Evidence-Based Guidelines for School Psychologists and Other School Personnel
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-28208-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 672 Seiten, E-Book

"Dr. Frisby focuses a bright light on issues that often remainobscured in a fog of polemics, deeply held convictions, and genuineconcern for the plight of minority students. Meeting thePsychoeducational Needs of Minority Students cuts through thisfog with intense, sharp, clear thinking and data-drivenconclusions."
--Jeffrey P. Braden, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Dean ofthe College of Humanities and Social Sciences, North Carolina StateUniversity
"Going beyond superficial 'feel good' or 'feel bad' ideologiesto probe what really makes a difference in meeting the needs ofoften underserved populations, Craig Frisby provides acomprehensive, rigorous, well-written, and entertaining (honest!)work that addresses the intersection of race, ethnicity, andeducation."
--Betty Henry, PhD, School Psychologist, California School forthe Blind
"Dr. Frisby makes a perceptive and incisive assessment of muchof the multicultural ideology currently propagated in professionalpsychology and education and directly confronts some of the majorissues surrounding multiculturalism. Unlike many other critiquesthat have been proffered over the last few decades, however,Meeting the Psychoeducational Needs of Minority Studentsalso provides many concrete solutions for how to begin changing thecurrent milieu."
--A. Alexander Beaujean, PhD, Associate Professor, BaylorUniversity
A practical, research-based guide to facilitating positiveeducational outcomes for racial, ethnic, and language minoritystudents
This timely book is written from the perspective of contemporaryschool psychology for a variety of school personnel, includingschool psychologists, teachers, guidance counselors, andadministrators, with coverage of:
* The problem of quack multiculturalism
* Home and family
* Context for school learning
* General cognitive ability, learning, and instruction
* Testing and assessment
* School discipline and behavior management
* Crime, delinquency, and gangs
* School district resources

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frisby, Craig L.

Frisby, Craig

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
1 Why the Need for This Book? 1
2 The Problem of Quack Multiculturalism 9
3 Home and Family 73
4 Contexts for School Learning 149
5 General Cognitive Ability, Learning, and Instruction 201
6 Testing and Assessment 267
7 School Discipline and Behavior Management 313
8 Crime, Delinquency, and Gangs 353
9 School District Resources 425
10 Where Do We Go From Here? 477
Glossary 539
References 583
Author Index 639
Subject Index 649

Über Autor(innen)

CRAIG L. FRISBY, PhD, is Associate Professor who teaches in the School Psychology Training Program at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Frisby has previously served as coeditor of School Psychology Review, the official journal of the National Association of School Psychologists. He currently serves as member of the Technical Review Committee of the National Center on Response to Intervention, and as Associate Editor for the APA journal Psychological Assessment. He is coeditor of the text Comprehensive Handbook of Multicultural School Psychology.