Academic Skills Problems Workbook, Revised Edition (The Guilford School Practitioner Series) - Softcover

Edward S. Shapiro, PhD, is Iacocca Professor of Education, Professor of School Psychology, and Director of the Center for Promoting Research to Practice at Lehigh University. He is also Executive Director of Lehigh Transition and Assessment Services, which provides training in the school-to-work transition for secondary school-age students and young adults with disabilities. A recipient of the Lightner Witmer Award from the Division of School Psychology of the American Psychological Association, in recognition of early career contributions to school psychology, he is past Editor of [i]School Psychology Review[/i], the official journal of the National Association of School Psychologists. Dr. Shapiro has written numerous books and publications in the areas of curriculum-based assessment, behavioral assessment, behavioral interventions, and self-management strategies for classroom behavior change, including [i]Conducting School-Based Assessments of Child and Adolescent Behavior[/i] and [i]Behavioral Assessment in Schools, Second Edition[/i] (both coedited with Thomas R. Kratochwill), and [i]Promoting Children's Health[/i] (coauthored with Thomas J. Power, George J. DuPaul, and Anne E. Kazak). He is currently codirecting a federal training project focused on developing doctoral school psychologists as pediatric school psychologists, a model of training that attempts to train students to integrate health, psychological, and educational needs for children within school settings.

"The revised edition of the Academic Skills Problems Workbook contains a multitude of useful tools and instruments. The instruments included range from teacher interviews to evaluation of written work to simple probles, along with instructions on how to implement them, illustrative examples, and ways to assess their effectiveness. An effective companion to Academic Skills Problems, Third Edition, the Workbook also can easily stand alone as a useful addition to any practitioner's library. Dr. Shapiro has once again done an excellent job."--Robert B. Covi, PhD, Jackson County (GA) Public Schools

"A valuable complement to Academic Skills Problems, Third Edition, the revised edition of the Workbook provides reproducible forms and an abundance of assessment information that practitioners will find themselves going back to time and time again."--John M. Hintze, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

"Informative and succinct, the revised and updated Workbook helps professionals develop basic competencies in direct assessment and intervention. Readers have the unique opportunity to practice many of the fundamental activities associated with Shapiro’s model. An extremely valuable tool for school-based professionals and graduate students."--Tanya L. Eckert, PhD, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University

"Users of this workbook are provided with numerous opportunities for 'hands-on' learning and practicing of many of the procedures in Academic Skills Problems, Third Edition. It is thorough in coverage and generous in the availability of materials and forms for readers’ personal use. Overall, this volume is a valuable resource to use with the text, especially for beginners who might need some initial practice and experiential familiarity with the procedures prior to plunging into real classrooms with real teachers and students."--Daniel H. Tingstrom, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Southern Mississippi

"An outstanding companion to Dr. Shapiro's text. This workbook allows the reader to more completely understand the 'nuts and bolts' of direct assessment and intervention, and provides valuable practice exercises to increase examiner competence."--Kathleen Minke, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Delaware