Designs and research on counseling and mental health services, professional and ethical standards, issues in cultural, political, and historical contexts of helping. Consent of instructor required (Doctoral Section).

This course provides a survey of the relevant research literature describing not only cross cultural conceptions of childhood, but also contemporary U.S. contexts to reflect the intersections of culture and ideology and problematize what is legitimated as normal childhood. The course also provides training in research methodologies for doing qualitative work with children.

In this course we will talk about what makes a good review for different purposes, how to conduct a rigorous and systematic review, how to analyze and synthesize research studies and how to write a coherent and compelling review. We will read about and talk through some of the ethical considerations involved in the process of writing and publishing a review. Another objective will be to help students prepare for the literature reviews that are part of their comprehensive exams, research proposals and dissertations.

This course will focus on the analysis and understanding of the critical features of a range of empirically validated interventions for achievement and behavior problems. The foundational perspectives for understanding the problem-focused interventions in both areas are instructional design, educational psychology, and learning and behavior theory. In addition, the course will include an over-arching theme of service delivery through collaborative instructional and behavioral consultation methods. This course is primarily intended for students in the School Psychology Program.

Many theories and pedagogies have shaped how literacy is enacted in education. The central goal of this course is to understand theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical implications and challenges of cognitive-psychological, psycholinguistic, sociocultural, and sociopolitical perspectives of literacy and education.

This course provides a conceptual, practical, and empirical foundation for SJE in college settings in four areas: advocacy and inclusion, diversity education, intergroup dialogue, and civic engagement.

Matrix algebra, nature of multivariate distributions, tests of hypothesis on mean vectors, regression analysis including multivariate regression models, correlation techniques, application to issues in educational research. Computers used extensively to analyze data taken from existing research studies. Prerequisite: Educ 656 or equivalent.

This seminar is for students interested in how to use multimodal media production to engage youth in literacy practices they will need for participating in future academic, civil, and social contexts.

Supervised on-the-job CAGS school psychology experience. Work includes delivery of indirect and direct services in the areas of assessment, prevention, intervention, case management, and system level service delivery.

Analysis of behavioral observation and assessment procedures used to develop recommendations for use by school and community agency personnel. Overview of research evaluating these techniques.