Assisting success: understanding and ameliorating the variety of cognitive, academic, social and emotional challenges faced by students of varying ages and backgrounds utilizing a problem-solving, multi-disciplinary team approach across ten domains of practice

Project (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, Psychology, 2014Students in public school must overcome a variety of challenges in order to achieve success and realize their full potential. Understanding and ameliorating the wide variety of challenges faced by modern students requires attention to many details and the integration of a variety of facts to paint a comprehensive picture of a student in the context of their individual situations and circumstances. Meeting this goal requires input and collaboration from a multi-disciplinary team, which may include general education teachers, special education teachers, resource specialists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, school psychologists, mental health service providers, administrators, and families, depending on the services required for individual students to benefit from their education. The following body of work seeks to demonstrate the skills and knowledge required of a school psychologist to effectively recognize and decrease the challenges faced by students today and assist them in achieving their full potential