This edited collection of articles illustrates recent work on beliefs about Second Language Acquisition (SLA), drawing on the thinking of educational philosophers and discursive psychologists, including Dewey, Bakhtin, Vygotsky, and Potter.
The Handbook of Education and Training in Professional Psychology provides the first comprehensive treatment of the processes and current state-of-the art practices bearing on educating and training professional psychologists. Thousands of psychologists are employed full-time as faculty members or clinical supervisors in graduate, practicum, internship, and postdoctoral training programs or training sites. This handbook provides a single resource that pulls together the substantial scholarship on education and training in psychology, covering the full spectrum of historic developments, salient issues, current standards, and emerging trends in psychology education and training.
Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment
With neuropsychological assessment more widely used in school settings than ever before, school psychologists require greater knowledge of both the discipline and its application within the school environment. Written by a leading expert in school neuropsychology, Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment is a practical resource providing learning specialists and school psychologists with clear coverage and vital information on this evolving area of practice within school psychology.
Want to know how your brain measures up? You can go to a psychologist, pay lots of money, take a boring standardized test, and find out what you knew all along; that you are a genius, or you can have fun with this book. You won't be able to get an official score, as there has been no attempt to standardize these tests in the way psychologists might. But then, who cares?
School Psychology Review, 2011, Volume 40, No. 1, pp. 1-167
School Psychology Review is a Journal describing practices of school psychologists. School psychologists help children and youth succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally. They collaborate with educators, parents, and other professionals to create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments that strengthen connections between home, school, and the community for all students.