Overview
Explores careers of prominent female school psychologists, focusing on challenges and opportunities they have faced
Examines varied and diverse paths available to women – and men – in school psychology
Details contributions of renowned female school psychologists in shaping the profession from its early years to date
Addresses the pressures of the educational system and how it affects the practice of school psychology
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Achievement gap and school psychology
- ADHD, ADD and school psychology
- Assessment and school psychologists
- At-risk children and school psychology
- Attention disorders and school psychology
- Autism and school psychology
- Behavioral-emotional disorders and school psychology
- Careers in school psychology
- Child behavior and school psychology
- Child development and school psychology
- Diagnosis and school psychology
- Dynamic assessment and school psychologists
- Family-school partnerships, school psychology
- Female leaders in school psychology
- Interventions and school psychology
- Learning disorders and school psychology
- Parent-child interaction and school psychologists
- Positive Behavior and Intervention Support (PBIS)
- Student mental health, school psychology
- Women in school psychology
About this book
This book offers the autobiographical reflections of prominent women school psychologists who are at or near completion of their careers. It demonstrates the varied and diverse journeys of these women in their own words. The volume examines the ways in which leading women in the field have evolved from primarily frontline service providers to full contributors at all levels of the profession. Chapters offer insights into school psychology movers and shakers and explores how many found a home in academia, where they became trainers of the next generation. In addition, chapters examine the opportunities and restraints that these women leaders confronted across the years. The book celebrates the success of these women and encourages both women and men to pursue roles in the profession.
Women Leaders in School Psychology is an informative read for graduate students and scientist-practitioners as well as researchers, professors and other professionals in child and school psychology, educational policy and politics, family studies, social work, public health, clinical and developmental psychology and all related psychology, mental health, and education disciplines.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women Leaders in School Psychology
Book Subtitle: Career Retrospectives and Guidance
Editors: Carol S. Lidz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43543-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43542-4Published: 25 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43545-5Published: 25 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-43543-1Published: 24 August 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 496
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Child and School Psychology, Educational Policy and Politics, Family