A Survey of Preservice Consultation Training in School Psychology Programs

Traditional Assessment, Consultation, and Intervention Practices: Urban School Psychologists' Use, Importance, and Competence Ratings

“…Whereas consultation and prevention/intervention emerged as practices they most valued, they were more likely to be involved, and to feel most competent, in conducting traditional assessment. In this respect the current findings are similar to those reported by other researchers who have noted that despite pleas for a shift toward more consultation/intervention-based services, little change in school psychology practice has occurred in the past decade (see Anton-LaHart & Rosenfield, 2004;Curtis et al, 2002;Reschly & Wilson, 1995).…”

A Grounded Theory Study of Supervision of Preservice Consultation Training

“…To assess the status of consultation training practices in school psychology, Anton-LaHart and Rosenfield (2004) surveyed school psychology training programs and found that 87% of nondoctoral and 100% of doctoral training programs offered at least one course in consultation (48% return rate). Despite having courses with consultation content, not all training programs offered CITs practicum experiences in consultation, and when they did, university supervision was not always in place.…”

“…The lack of training practices likely relates to a dearth of research on consultation training, a problem that has emerged and reemerged over the last several decades (Alpert & Meyers, 1983;Alpert & Taufique, 2002;Anton-LaHart & Rosenfield, 2004;Cramer & Rosenfield, 2003;Meyers, 2002). As stated by Meyers (2002), perhaps one way to start to answer lingering questions about consultation training is ''to determine the impact of training on trainee's knowledge and : : : skills'' (p. 51).…”

Turning the Ideal Into Reality: Student Perspectives onBlueprint III'sImplications for Graduate Education in Consultation

“…Many programs offer an overview of two or more consultation theories and methods (Anton-LaHart & Rosenfield, 2004;Daly, 2007). However, given the increased focus on consultative service delivery in Blueprint III, more programs may focus on specialization and growth in one consultation approach rather than offer less exposure to several approaches.…”

“…Furthermore, evaluations of different types of consultation skills will be needed. Therefore, in addition to exams and research papers, programs could employ more case study analyses, role playing, modeling, in situ experiences (Meyers, 2002), and recording of consultation sessions (Anton-LaHart & Rosenfield, 2004) for direct assessment of students' consultation skills.…”