Assessment for Intervention, First Edition A Problem-Solving Approach

by Brown-Chidsey, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9781593851408
• ISBN10: 1593851405
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-04
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This cutting-edge volume offers a complete primer on conducting problem-solving based assessments in school or clinical settings. Presented are an effective framework and up-to-date tools for identifying and remediating the many environmental factors that may contribute to a student's academic, emotional, or behavioral difficulties, and for improving all children's educational outcomes. Concise, consistently formatted chapters from leading researchers describe problem-solving based applications of such core assessment methods as interviews, observations, rating scales, curriculum-based measurement, functional behavioral assessment, and published tests. Including helpful case examples to demonstrate each method in action, the volume also offers invaluable tips on collaborating with teachers and school administrators, writing solution-focused psychoeducational reports, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions.

Author Biography

Rachel Brown-Chidsey received her PhD in school psychology from the University of Massachusetts/n-/Amherst. She is an assistant professor of school psychology at the University of Southern Maine. Prior to obtaining her doctorate, Dr. Brown-Chidsey worked for 10 years as a general and special education teacher. Her publications and research address solution-focused assessment for intervention, including applications of curriculum-based measurement and response-to-intervention (RTI) methods. Dr. Brown-Chidsey was an on-site participant in the 2002 Multi-Site Conference on the Future of School Psychology in Indianapolis, Indiana. This book is a product of the collaboration and idea-sharing fostered by the conference.

Table of Contents

PART I Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Problem-Solving Assessment	3	(7)
RACHEL BROWN-CHIDSEY
CHAPTER 2 Problem-Solving Assessment	10	(33)
STANLEY L. DENO
PART II Defining Problems Children Experience in Schools
CHAPTER 3 Ecological Variables in School-Based Assessment and Intervention Planning	43	(22)
SUSAN M. SHERIDAN and MERILEE McCURDY
CHAPTER 4 The Role of Teacher Perspectives in Diagnostic and Program Evaluation Decision Making	65	(17)
TANYA L. ECKERT and LAUREN A. ARBOLINO
CHAPTER 5 Population-Based Strategies for Identifying Schoolwide Problems	82	(21)
BETH DOLL and MARY KELLY HAACK
CHAPTER 6 Physiological Factors in Students' School Success	103	(28)
GEORGE W. BROWN and CAROLYN V. BROWN
PART III Assessing School-Related Problems and Situations
CHAPTER 7 Functional Behavioral Assessment: The Cornerstone of Effective Problem Solving	131	(24)
MARK W. STEEGE and RACHEL BROWN-CHIDSEY
CHAPTER 8 Using Interviews to Understand Different Perspectives in School-Related Problems	155	(20)
PEG DAWSON
CHAPTER 9 Conducting Systematic Direct Classroom Observations to Define School-Related Problems	175	(25)
EDWARD S. SHAPIRO and NATHAN H. CLEMENS
CHAPTER 10 Rating Scale Applications within the Problem-Solving Model	200	(19)
R.T. BUSSE
CHAPTER 11 Identifying and Validating Academic Problems in a Problem-Solving Model	219	(28)
MARK R. SHINN
CHAPTER 12 The Role of Published Norm-Referenced Tests in Problem-Solving-Based Assessment	247	(20)
RACHEL BROWN-CHIDSEY
PART IV Identifying Solutions for School Problems
CHAPTER 13 Solution-Focused Psychoeducational Reports	267	(24)
RACHEL BROWN-CHIDSEY and MARK W. STEEGE
CHAPTER 14 The Administrative Role in Transforming Schools to Support Problem-Solving-Based Assessment for Educational Intervention	291	(13)
MARY LYNN BOSCARDIN
CHAPTER 15 Treatment Integrity Assessment within a Problem-Solving Model	304	(25)
LISA HAGERMOSER SANETTI and THOMAS R. KRATOCHWILL
PART V Implementing and Monitoring Solutions
CHAPTER 16 Evaluating Intervention Outcomes	329	(23)
CRAIG A. ALBERS, STEPHEN N. ELLIOTT, RYAN J. KETTLER, and ANDREW T. ROACH
CHAPTER 17 Student Success Stories	352	(19)
MARY JEAN O'REILLY and KEVIN TOBIN
Index	371