CEP 551SEM - School-Wide Practices for Diverse Learners

This course covers diversity issues and school-wide practices for school psychologists in training. Diversity dimensions covered within the course include ethnicity, culture, language, socio-economic, sexual orientation, and disability. An emphasis is placed on developing a professional, knowledgeable, sensitive, and flexible mindset that enables school psychologists to effectively engage students and families from various backgrounds and enhance home-school communication/connectedness. In addition, the course explores school-wide practice models that include Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI) approaches, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), and social/emotional skills curricula. Though such school-wide programs are intended to support all students, the ways in which they can most effectively be adapted to support students from diverse backgrounds, with diverse learning needs, is emphasized.

Credits: 3