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Levinson, Edward M.; Capps, C. Frederick – Psychology in the Schools, 1985
Describes how the integration of vocational assessment data into special education triennial reevaluations can facilitate educational programing of intermediate and secondary level handicapped students. Advantages of integrated assessments, roles of school psychologists, and the description of a model assessment program are included. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disabilities, School Psychologists, Secondary Education
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Levinson, Edward M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Surveyed 362 school psychologists concerning involvement in vocational practice. Results indicated that between 30 and 40 percent of respondents reported some involvement in vocational assessment, vocational counseling, and consultation with vocational education teachers, while only 12 percent indicated involvement with vocational program or…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Characteristics
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Levinson, Edward M.; Hohenshil, Thomas H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Describes how vocational school psychologists can make significant contributions to various support service programs in business and industry. Special emphasis is placed upon appropriate training programs and the utilization of school psychological skills in industrial settings. (Author/WAS)
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Counselor Training, Higher Education, Industry
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Levinson, Edward M.; Shepard, John W. – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
Provides a justification for identifying alternative work settings for school psychologists and describes one school psychologist's experience practicing in a business/industrial setting. The relationship between the services provided in this setting and the services traditionally provided by school psychologists in schools is described.…
Descriptors: Business, Counselor Role, Industry, Psychological Services
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Levinson, Edward M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
Discusses the applicability of school psychological services to the adult population. Provides the reader with an overview of services provided to college learning disabled students, discusses the relationship between such services and school psychological services, and identifies numerous training and service possibilities that exist for the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Levinson, Edward M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Suggests that a need exists in schools for the vocational as well as academic preparation of students, especially the handicapped. A rationale is offered for the involvement of the school psychologist in facilitating vocational/career development via the assessment process. Definition and purposes of vocational assessment are presented.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counselor Role, Disabilities, School Psychologists
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Levinson, Edward M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1987
Vocational assessment services increasingly are being provided to disabled secondary school students as a result of recent federal legislation. Describes the need for such services, presenting a vocationally oriented psychological evaluation of a disabled adolescent. Discusses traditionally derived school psychological assessment data in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Occupational Tests, Psychological Evaluation, School Psychologists
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Levinson, Edward M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1990
Used Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and demographic data form to investigate relationship between job satisfaction and actual/desired role functioning and perceived control over role functioning among school psychologists. Results indicated that school psychologists spent more time in assessment activities than they desired and less time in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employee Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Role Perception
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Levinson, Edward M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1991
Used modified Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and demographic data form to identify predictors of satisfaction with school system policies and practices and with advancement opportunities among 362 school psychologists. Identified six predictors of satisfaction with school system policies/practices which accounted for 22 percent of variance;…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities, Job Satisfaction, Predictor Variables
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Levinson, Edward M.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1994
Surveyed 636 school psychologists. Found no significant differences between male and female psychologists in time spent in various roles or time desired to be spent in various roles. Males worked longer contract lengths and made more money than females. When monthly salaries were compared, significant salary differences between males and females…
Descriptors: Comparable Worth, Elementary Secondary Education, Occupational Information, Role Perception
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Levinson, Edward M.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1994
Discusses relationship between institutional mission and publication productivity in school psychology; categorizes top 50 institutions identified by Webster, Hall, and Bolen (1993) by university mission; and presents publication productivity rankings by category of institution. Analysis suggests that doctoral institutions have higher productivity…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Productivity, Scholarly Journals, School Psychologists
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Davidow, Joseph; Levinson, Edward M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1993
Describes factors that may bias psychoeducational decision making and discusses three heuristic principles that affect decision making. Discusses means by which school psychologists can be made aware of these heuristic principles and encouraged to consider them when making psychoeducational decisions. Also discusses methods by which bias in…
Descriptors: Classification, Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Problems
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Levinson, Edward M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1990
Offers justification for school psychologist's involvement in vocational assessment process and suggests use of the vocational instrument Self-Directed Search (SDS). Argues use of SDS can provide school psychologists with psychometrically sound and time- and cost-efficient means of incorporating vocational component. Discusses integration of SDS…
Descriptors: Psychological Evaluation, School Counseling, School Psychologists, Secondary Education