Ethics in school psychologists report writing: acknowledging aporia

Attard, Sunaina; Mercieca, Daniela; Mercieca, Duncan P.

doi:10.4324/9781315121352-5

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“…The information which is required makes psychologists feel that their professional voice is not being given importance. (Attard, Mercieca, & Mercieca, 2016b, p. 62)…”

Section: Acts Of Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a way, the child is made to survive with the schooling/social systems; but on the other hand, the translation subsumes the child (and often the family) into a major language they all seem to understand, capture, and fix. Aporia is “that impossibility of ever ‘capturing all’ in a system, method or law” (Attard et al, 2016b, p. 58). The following quote from Burbules (2000) captures this tension in more concrete terms:Aporia is an experience that affects us on many levels at once: we feel discomfort, we doubt ourselves.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Following Derrida, we have tried to show a shift from our assumptions of translating the child into a major language to a focus on the processes of incompleteness when translating. Elsewhere we have called for this shift to be offered to psychologists in training, so that they can become “professionals who work in schools and educational institutions in a way that allows both them to ‘think otherwise’ and in a way that invites others to do so as well” (Attard et al, 2016b, p. 65).…”

Section: Acts Of Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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In Hermes’ shoes: Labelling and diagnosing children as acts of translation

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Bugeja

2018

Theory & Psychology

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Educational psychologists (EP) are constantly engaged in diagnosing and labelling children. In this article, we explore this by thinking of the EP as a translator, where the child is translated into psychologised discourse which often results in the allocation of support. This paper questions this act of translation and the role of the EP as the translator. Through Derrida's writing we point out that this process of translation is not automatic and linear, but is rather complex, uncertain, and aporetic in nature. The EP is caught in a double-bind in this process of translation. We argue that while this could be difficult for the EP, this offers possibilities for transgressions. This article draws upon vignettes from EP practice to question processes of labelling and diagnosis.

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“…The information which is required makes psychologists feel that their professional voice is not being given importance. (Attard, Mercieca, & Mercieca, 2016b, p. 62)…”

Section: Acts Of Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%