Assessment for Intervention: A Problem-Solving Approach (The Guilford School Practitioner Series) [Hardcover]

Rachel Brown-Chidsey PhD (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 4, 2005 | ISBN-10: 1593851405 | ISBN-13: 978-1593851408 | Edition: 1

Problem-solving-based assessment has been recognized as a cornerstone of improved educational outcomes for all children, yet until now no single resource has focused on the full range of problem-solving-based approaches. This book fills a crucial need by bringing together leaders in the field to review the state of the science and provide a handy primer on practice. Presented are a conceptual framework and up-to-date tools for identifying and remediating the many environmental factors that may contribute to academic, emotional, or behavioral difficulties. Coverage includes problem-solving-based applications of such methods as interviews, observations, rating scales, curriculum-based measurement, functional behavioral assessment, and published tests.

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"This book brings together all the threads of problem-solving based assessment into a single, cohesive model. It presents best practices for functional behavioral assessment, links assessment and intervention to important systems like families and medical providers, incorporates teacher perspectives, and implements population-based prevention strategies. The volume reflects the work of strong scholars in the field and is a much-needed resource for practitioners who are serious about accountability and evidence-based practice. Special education and school psychology trainers will want to assign this text as part of coursework to teach future practitioners how to use state-of-the-art assessment and intervention methods while working within a coherent model for practice."--Edward J. Daly III, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"An excellent and up-to-date resource for anyone conducting behavioral and academic assessment in the schools. Brown-Chidsey brings together some of the best-known authors in the area of problem-solving assessment, with a nice mix of conceptual foundation chapters and chapters geared toward specific applications. The book also addresses the implementation of a problem-solving approach at both the student and systems levels by including information on administrative roles, report writing, treatment integrity, and identifying schoolwide problems. This is an appropriate text for graduate-level courses in special education, school psychology, and educational administration. It is a welcome and needed addition to the assessment literature."--Lisa Habedank Stewart, PhD, School Psychology Program, Minnesota StateUniversity Moorhead
"This book offers the most comprehensive discussion I have seen of this important topic. The problem-solving conceptual model presented is applicable for systems ranging in scope from a national perspective to an individual classroom or school, and the case examples should greatly enhance implementation. I am confident that this book will make a lasting contribution to school psychology training and practice."--Matthew K. Burns, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Minnesota
"An essential professional reference for any practitioner implementing a response-to-intervention model in the schools."--Tom Delaney, MEd, School Psychologist, Lake Washington School District, Redmond, Kirkland, and Sammamish, Washington
"In today's educational environment of high-stakes testing and standards-based assessment, this book is a welcome resource. It provides a wealth of information and effective problem-solving strategies designed to address the needs of the whole child. It will be a valuable tool for school psychologists."--Stephen Marsh, MA, School Psychologist, Muncie, Indiana

About the Author

Rachel Brown-Chidsey received her PhD in school psychology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She is Program Coordinator and Associate 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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 382 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (April 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593851405
• ISBN-13: 978-1593851408
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,407,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Rachel Brown-Chidsey, Ph.D., NCSP is a native Alaskan. She attended Whitman College where she earned a B.A. in history. From there she went to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (UMass) and earned a M.A. in history with a focus on colonial American religion. She earned a M.A.T. in history education from Smith College and taught middle and high school social studies and history in Western Massachusetts for five years. She returned to UMass to take classes for special education certification. This led to enrollment in the doctoral program in special education at UMass. As emerging trends in general and special education pointed to prevention of disabilities, Dr. Brown-Chidsey transferred into the school psychology doctoral program at UMass. She graduated with a Ph.D. from that program in 2000. Since fall 2000, she has been a faculty member at the University of Southern Maine. Her research has included studies of different curriculum-based measures of reading, reading instruction methods, and response to intervention (RTI). She is married and has a daughter. She and her family spend the school year in Maine and summers in Alaska. Dr. Brown-Chidsey is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist, and both certified and licensed as a School Psychologist in Alaska and Maine.

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