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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Albritton, Kizzy; Truscott, Stephen – Contemporary School Psychology, 2014
With the latest re-authorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004), states are allowed to use a Response to Intervention (RtI) framework to determine whether students qualify for special education services. Although RtI has promise and has been implemented well with documented results, further research is…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Response to Intervention, Faculty Development, Data
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Kilgus, Stephen P.; Collier-Meek, Melissa A.; Johnson, Austin H.; Jaffery, Rose – Contemporary School Psychology, 2014
School personnel make a variety of decisions within multitiered problem-solving frameworks, including the decision to assign a student to group-based support, to design an individualized support plan, or classify a student as eligible for special education. Each decision is founded upon a judgment regarding whether the student has responded to…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Decision Making Skills, Decision Making, Predictor Variables
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Davies, Susan C.; Ray, Ashlyn M. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2014
The incidence rates of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are increasing, yet educators continue to be inadequately trained in assessing and serving students with TBIs. This study examined the efficacy of a half-day TBI training program for school psychologists designed to improve their knowledge and skills. Results of quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Trauma, Brain, Injuries, School Psychologists
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Lasser, Jon; Klose, Laurie McGarry; Robillard, Rachel – Contemporary School Psychology, 2013
Ethical codes and licensing rules provide foundational guidance for practicing school psychologists, but these sources fall short in their capacity to facilitate effective decision-making. When faced with ethical dilemmas, school psychologists can turn to decision-making models, but step-wise decision trees frequently lack the situation…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Ethics, Context Effect, Decision Making Skills
Saeki, Elina; Jimerson, Shane R.; Earhart, James; Hart, Shelley R.; Renshaw, Tyler; Singh, Renee D.; Stewart, Kaitlyn – Contemporary School Psychology, 2011
As many schools move toward a three-tier model that incorporates a Response to Intervention (RtI) service delivery model in the social, emotional, and behavioral domains, school psychologists may provide leadership. The decision-making process for filtering students through multiple tiers of support and intervention and examining change is an area…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, School Psychologists, Identification