On Becoming a Culturally Competent School Psychologist
This is the professional journey of Dyana Vukovich, a trained bilingual school psychologist who remained a practitioner her entire career, but was also able to conduct research, lead a staff of school psychologists, and teach in a university setting. Her
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omen Leaders in School Psychology
Career Retrospectives and Guidance
Women Leaders in School Psychology
Carol S. Lidz Editor
Women Leaders in School Psychology Career Retrospectives and Guidance
Editor Carol S. Lidz Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Dedicated to all the women and men who have helped to make me a School Psychologist
Foreword
While there have been many important events shaping the history and development of school psychology, none is greater than the fact that, long ago, applied psychologists generically called clinical psychologists with specialized training in assessment, child development, behavior management, and special education chose to take employment in the public schools. That is, they became employees of the school system rather than consultants to it from outside the system. This event would forever link school psychologists to the two worlds of professional education and professional psychology that continue to characterize our field’s training and accreditation, credentialing, organizational structure and representation, day-to-day practice expectations, and varied sources of supervision. It also connected the developments within school psychology, one of the few psychology fields in which women were welcomed in positions from the classroom to school administration. That connection would facilitate a larger presence of women in school psychology than in other areas of the profession. A field that had broad gender representation for many decades witnessed a feminization since the 1
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