About the Book
With its convenient open-flat binding and 81/2" x 11" format, this workbook is filled with reproducible forms, some of which are reprinted from the text and many of which are available for the first time. Featuring step-by step instructions and practice exercises, this workbook offers school professionals numerous opportunities for fine-tuning, practicing, and mastering direct assessment and intervention skills. Highlights include extensive forms for completing teacher and student interviews; a complete guide to using the Behavioral Observation of Students in Schools (B.O.S.S.) Observation code; exercises on designing, scoring, and interpreting skills assessments; instructions for creating progress-monitoring graphs; and much more.
Table of Contents:
List of Forms. Introduction. Step 1. Assessing the Academic Environment. Step 2. Assessing Instructional Placement. Step 3. Instructional Modification. Step 4. Progress Monitoring. References. List of Forms. Form 1. Teacher Interview Form for Academic Problems. Form 2. Elementary Math Whole Number Computational Skills Mastery Curriculum. Form 3. Questions to Guide General Teacher Interviews for Academic Skills. Form 4. Academic Performance Rating Scale. Form 5. Student Interview. Form 6. Behavioral Observation of Students in Schools (BOSS). Form 7. Quantification of Retelling for Narrative Text. Form 8. Quality Evaluation Measure for Written Products - Elementary Level. Form 9. Criteria for Holistic Writing Assignment. Form 10. Criteria for Analytical Scoring. Form 11. Data Summary Form for Academic Assessment.
About the Author :
Edward S. Shapiro, PhD, is Iacocca Professor of Education, Professor of School Psychology, and Director of the Center for Promoting Research to Practice at Lehigh University. He is also Executive Director of Lehigh Transition and Assessment Services, which provides training in the school-to-work transition for secondary school-age students and young adults with disabilities. A recipient of the Lightner Witmer Award from the Division of School Psychology of the American Psychological Association, in recognition of early career contributions to school psychology, he is past Editor of [i]School Psychology Review[/i], the official journal of the National Association of School Psychologists. Dr. Shapiro has written numerous books and publications in the areas of curriculum-based assessment, behavioral assessment, behavioral interventions, and self-management strategies for classroom behavior change, including [i]Conducting School-Based Assessments of Child and Adolescent Behavior[/i] and [i]Behavioral Assessment in Schools, Second Edition[/i] (both coedited with Thomas R. Kratochwill), and [i]Promoting Children's Health[/i] (coauthored with Thomas J. Power, George J. DuPaul, and Anne E. Kazak). He is currently codirecting a federal training project focused on developing doctoral school psychologists as pediatric school psychologists, a model of training that attempts to train students to integrate health, psychological, and educational needs for children within school settings.
Review :
"The revised edition of the Academic Skills Problems Workbook contains a multitude of useful tools and instruments. The instruments included range from teacher interviews to evaluation of written work to simple probles, along with instructions on how to implement them, illustrative examples, and ways to assess their effectiveness. An effective companion to Academic Skills Problems, Third Edition, the Workbook also can easily stand alone as a useful addition to any practitioner's library. Dr. Shapiro has once again done an excellent job."--Robert B. Covi, PhD, Jackson County (GA) Public Schools "A valuable complement to Academic Skills Problems, Third Edition, the revised edition of the Workbook provides reproducible forms and an abundance of assessment information that practitioners will find themselves going back to time and time again."--John M. Hintze, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
"Informative and succinct, the revised and updated Workbook helps professionals develop basic competencies in direct assessment and intervention. Readers have the unique opportunity to practice many of the fundamental activities associated with Shapiro's model. An extremely valuable tool for school-based professionals and graduate students."--Tanya L. Eckert, PhD, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University
"Users of this workbook are provided with numerous opportunities for 'hands-on' learning and practicing of many of the procedures in Academic Skills Problems, Third Edition. It is thorough in coverage and generous in the availability of materials and forms for readers' personal use. Overall, this volume is a valuable resource to use with the text, especially for beginners who might need some initial practice and experiential familiarity with the procedures prior to plunging into real classrooms with real teachers and students."--Daniel H. Tingstrom, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Southern Mississippi
"An outstanding companion to Dr. Shapiro's text. This workbook allows the reader to more completely understand the 'nuts and bolts' of direct assessment and intervention, and provides valuable practice exercises to increase examiner competence."--Kathleen Minke, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Delaware
"The revised edition of the "Academic Skills Problems Workbook" contains a multitude of useful tools and instruments. The instruments included range from teacher interviews to evaluation of written work to simple probles, along with instructions on how to implement them, illustrative examples, and ways to assess their effectiveness. An effective companion to "Academic Skills Problems, Third Edition," the "Workbook" also can easily stand alone as a useful addition to any practitioner's library. Dr. Shapiro has once again done an excellent job."--Robert B. Covi, PhD, Jackson County (GA) Public Schools
"A valuable complement to "Academic Skills Problems, Third Edition," the revised edition of the "Workbook" provides reproducible forms and an abundance of assessment information that practitioners will find themselves going back to time and time again."--John M. Hintze, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
"Informative and succinct, the revised and updated Workbook helps professionals develop basic competencies in direct assessment and intervention. Readers have the unique opportunity to practice many of the fundamental activities associated with Shapiro's model. An extremely valuable tool for school-based professionals and graduate students."--Tanya L. Eckert, PhD, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University
"Users of this workbook are provided with numerous opportunities for 'hands-on' learning and practicing of many of the procedures in "Academic Skills Problems, Third Edition." It is thorough in coverage and generous in the availability of materials and forms for readers' personal use. Overall, this volume is a valuable resource to use with the text, especially for beginners who might need some initial practice and experiential familiarity with the procedures prior to plunging into real classrooms with real teachers and students."--Daniel H. Tingstrom, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Southern Miss
