The School Psychologist's Guide for the Praxis® Exam: Exam Preparation - Print and Online Review, Plus 370 Questions Based on the Latest Exam Blueprint

by Peter Thompson PhD, Colette B. Hohnbaum PhD, NCSP

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826174628
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/19/2023
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	672,810
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Thompson, PhD, has been a licensed and practicing school psychologist for 20 years in Colorado's Douglas County School District. He holds multiple advanced degrees in various subfields of psychology, such educational psychology, school psychology, and a doctorate in psychology with a school- neuropsychology concentration. Dr. Thompson has held leadership positions as a traumatic brain injury team coordinator, lead psychologist, threat assessment trainer, Colorado State Steering Committee member, and a school-neuropsychological assessment specialist.

Colette B. Hohnbaum, PhD, NCSP, is a licensed school psychologist who currently teaches at the University of Colorado, Denver Campus (UCD). She retired after 35 years as a practicing school psychologist covering preschool through graduation primarily in Colorado's Douglas County School District (DCSD). She served as the Mental Health Coordinator in DCSD from 1991–1997 and from 2012–2017.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Andrea Clyne, PhD

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Preparing for the School Psychology Praxis Exam

Chapter 2. Content Category 1: Practices that Permeate All Aspects of Service Delivery

Chapter 3. Content Category 2: Direct and Indirect Services for Students, Families, and Schools—Student-Level Services

Chapter 4. Content Category 3: Direct and Indirect Services for Students, Families and Schools—Systems-Level Services

Chapter 5. Content Category 4: Foundations of School Psychological Service Delivery

Chapter 6. Special Content Areas that Inform the 10 Domains

Chapter 7. Practice Test I

Chapter 8. Practice Test II

Appendix A. Answer Key and Rationale

Appendix B. Abbreviations and Acronyms

Index