Academic Skills Problems: Direct Assessment and Intervention / Edition 4

by Edward S. Shapiro PhD

Overview

This popular practitioner guide and text presents an effective, problem-solving-based approach to evaluating and remediating academic skills problems. Leading authority Edward S. Shapiro provides practical strategies for working with students across all grade levels (K–12) who are struggling with reading, spelling, written language, or math. Step-by-step guidelines are detailed for assessing students' learning and their instructional environment, using the data to design instructional modifications, and monitoring student progress. The research base for the approach is accessibly summarized. The companion workbook, available separately, contains practice exercises and reproducible forms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781606239605
Publisher:	Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	11/17/2010
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	447
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	5 - 17 Years

About the Author

Edward S. Shapiro, PhD, until his death in 2016, was Director of the Center for Promoting Research to Practice and Professor in the School Psychology Program at Lehigh University. Best known for his work in curriculum-based assessment and nonstandardized methods of assessing academic skills problems, Dr. Shapiro was author or coauthor of numerous books. He also developed the widely used BOSS (Behavioral Observation of Students in Schools) software system and presented papers, chaired symposia, and delivered invited addresses at conferences around the world. Dr. Shapiro's contributions to the field of school psychology have been recognized with the Outstanding Contributions to Training Award from Trainers of School Psychologists, the Distinguished Contribution to School Psychology Award from the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the Eleanor and Joseph Lipsch Research Award from Lehigh University, and the Senior Scientist Award from the Division of School Psychology of the American Psychological Association, among other honors.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Choosing Targets for Academic Assessment and Remediation
3. Step 1: Assessing the Academic Environment
4. Step 2: Assessing Instructional Placement
5. Step 3: Instructional Modification I: General Strategies
6. Step 3: Instructional Modification II: Specific Skills Areas
7. Step 4: Progress Monitoring
8. Academic Assessment within a Response-to-Intervention Framework
9. Case Illustrations

Interviews

School psychologists, K–12 school administrators, special educators, and classroom teachers; graduate students and researchers in these fields. Together with the companion workbook, will serve as a text in graduate-level courses dealing with academic assessment and intervention.

 

Editorial Reviews

"Long a standard in the field, this book will continue to serve as a seminal text. With updated chapters on assessing instructional placement and providing instructional modification and a new chapter on RTI, the fourth edition belongs on the shelf of any practitioner who desires to more fully understand direct academic assessment and RTI."—John M. Hintze, PhD, Professor and Director, School Psychology Program, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
 
"An essential resource for school psychologists. The fourth edition of Academic Skills Problems and the companion workbook update the core features of previous editions within a contemporary multi-tiered format. Shapiro has provided an excellent reference on curriculum-based assessment, measurement, and evaluation, as well as formal classroom observation techniques. He not only describes how to assess student difficulties, but also offers ample intervention guidance. This text will work well in a number of courses related to the training of school psychologists; I personally will use it in my course on Instructional Consultation."—Joseph F. Kovaleski, DEd, Director, Doctoral Program in School Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
 
[practitioner quote]
"This essential reference provides a synthesis of cutting-edge research and offers pragmatic, practitioner-oriented guidance relevant to each and every member of a school’s problem-solving team. The fourth edition continues to be unique in its comprehensive approach to teasing apart the utility and implementation of various assessment methods and linking identified skills problems to simple yet highly effective interventions. Of particular relevance today is the focus on data analysis and interpretation in the context of response to intervention (RTI) frameworks. Given the critical need for administering technically adequate RTI assessment practices with fidelity, Academic Skills Problems, Fourth Edition, and the accompanying workbook are invaluable as tools for both preservice training and staff professional development."—Laura Lent, EdS, NCSP, staff development and training specialist, Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, Pennsylvania

From the Publisher

Offers step-by-step instructions for using innovative direct assessment and intervention tools, organized around a four-step conceptual framework. Shows how direct methods can be used to establish links to intervention strategies and to determine the success of remedial efforts in different skill areas, with case examples and reproducible forms and charts. Of interest to professionals in educational assessment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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