COURSE INTRODUCTION

PSY 7700

Syllabus Review: Instructor Information Contact: S. Kathleen Krach, Ph.D. kkrach@troy.edu http://spectrum.troy.edu/~kkrach Bldg 136, Suite 319, Montgomery Campus 334-241-9598 Office Hours In-person: listed on syllabus Virtual: email is responded to within 24

business hours.

Syllabus Review: Readings

Textbooks: Merrell, K.W., Ervin, R.

A., & Peacock, G. G. School psychology for the 21st century: Foundations and practices.

Jacob, S., & Hartshorne, T. S. Ethics and law for school psychologists.

Not having your book on the first day of class is not an excuse for late work after

the deadlines in the Schedule.

On e-Reserve 20 U.S.C. § 1414 Evaluations and IEPS 20 U.S.C. § 1415 Procedural Safeguards. American Psychological Association (APA,

2010). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.

Conoley, J. C., & Conoley, C. W. (1992). Appendix: School consultation: Practice and training, Second edition.

Erchul, W. P., & Martens, B. K. (2002). Chapter 2: In School Consultation: Conceputal and Empirical Bases of Practice, Second Edition.

Fairbanks, S., Sugai, G., Guardino, D., & Lathrop, M. (2007). Response to intervention:

Gresham, F.M. (2002). Responsiveness to intervention

Hunley, S. & McNamara, K. (2010). Tier 3 of the RTI model

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP, 2010). Principles for Professional Ethics.

Shores, C. (2009). Chapter 1. In Comprehensive RTI model:

Thompson, C.L. & Henderson, D. A. (2011). Consultation. In Counseling Children, 8th Edition.

Syllabus Review: Student Expectations Students are expected to check their e-mails daily and the

announcements at least every 48 hours. Students are expected to use their troy.edu email accounts. Although physical class meetings are not part of this

course, participation in all interactive, learning activities is required.

This is an on-line class. Students must have access to a working computer and access to the internet. Students can use the TROY computer lab, a public library, etc., to insure they have access.

“Not having a computer” or “computer crashes” are not acceptable excuses for late work.

This is an eCampus class. It is not a “correspondence course” in which a student may work at his/her own pace. Each week there will be assignments, on-line discussions, and/or exams with due dates.

If you need an incomplete, please read the policies within the syllabus.

LIVETEXT ASSIGNMENT – CASE STUDYCommon Assignment/ Assessment #1 This is actually Project 2 in your syllabus Students will describe all ethical and legal

issues presented in a hypothetical case study of a school psychologist/ psychometrist in a school-based situation. In addition, the student should be able to identify the roles and relationships of each identified individual in the case study. The case study will be provided by the instructor and must be submitted by the student through LiveText.

LIVETEXT ASSIGNMENT – CASE STUDYCommon Assignment/ Assessment #1 You will be graded on the following

Knowledge of the Roles & Relationships of individuals in case study (NASP 2.10)

Knowledge of the legal issues. (AL BOE 290-3-3-.51-3f; AL BOE 290-3-3-.54-3j)

Knowledge of the ethical issues. (AL BOE 290-3-3-.51-3f; AL BOE 290-3-3-.54-3j)

APA quality of writing and use of appropriate grammar

More specific information will be available on BlackBoard closer to the time of this assignment.

LIVETEXT ASSIGNMENT – OBSERVATIONS Common Assignment/ Assessment #2 This is actually Project 1 in your syllabus Students will observe and interview a

current school psychologist or school psychometrist in the field and provide a written description of the experience. Specific questions will include a discussion of what the professional identity of psychologists/ psychometrists and their roles as advocates.

LIVETEXT ASSIGNMENT – OBSERVATIONS Common Assignment/ Assessment #2 You will be graded on the following

Knowledge of the identity of a school psychologist and/or school psychometrist

Knowledge of advocacy issues in school psychology/ psychometry

APA quality of writing and use of appropriate grammar

More specific information will be available on BlackBoard.

Syllabus Review: Methods of Evaluation Project 1: Livetext Assignment – Observations [note 1] (20%) Project 2: Livetext Assignment – Case Study [note 1] (30%) Online Quizzes/ Review (15% each; 30% total) Class Participation [note 2] (10%) Online Discussions [note 3] (2 substantive posts per lecture; 10%) Note 1: Critical Assignment: submitted through LiveText when

applicable Note 2: PodCast attendance will be recorded through submitting into

Blackboard a copy of the notes that you took while listening to the Podcasts. These notes can be .doc files of typed notes, they can be .pdfs files of notes written on copies of the PowerPoint slides, or they can be notes taken within the .ppt document notes section.

Note 3: Discussion grades will not be posted until the last week of class. These are graded PER LECTURE and not per week. Substantive usually means either a question or a response of more than a few words pertaining to the lecture topic. Posts under the instructor or student question sections do not count towards your total.

Syllabus Review: Quizzes and Assignments

Assignments Weekly course notes

will be submitted under the Assignments BlackBoard tab.

Projects will be submitted both through the Assignments BlackBoard tab AND LiveText

Course Discussions will take place through the Discussion Board BlackBoard tab.

Quizzes The quizzes will be

open-book, 30 items, multiple-choice.

They will be available for a specific time period. You have one hour once starting to complete it.

The quizzes will be delivered online via Blackboard. They will be found in the Exams/ Quizzes tab section.