COURSE INTRODUCTION PSY 7700

Syllabus Review: Instructor Information  Contact: S. Kathleen Krach, Ph.D.    Bldg 136, Suite 319, Montgomery Campus   Office Hours  In-person: listed on syllabus  Virtual: 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 s daily and the announcements at least every 48 hours.  Students are expected to use their troy.edu 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 STUDY Common 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 STUDY Common 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 f; AL BOE j)  Knowledge of the ethical issues. (AL BOE f; AL BOE j)  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.