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A content analysis of the data presented at special education placement team meetings
Author(s) -
Ysseldyke James E.,
Algozzine Bob,
Rostollan David,
Shinn Mark
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198107)37:3<655::aid-jclp2270370337>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - psychology , presentation (obstetrics) , naturalistic observation , medical education , content analysis , applied psychology , social psychology , medicine , social science , sociology , radiology
Conducted two studies to ascertain the kinds of information presented and discussed at special education placement team meetings. Both studies used naturalistic observation methodologies. In study 1 it was demonstrated that teams spend twice as much time discussing academic information as time spent discussing behavioral information. Almost no time was spent discussing physical or medical data. In study 2 we looked at the specific kinds of assessment data presented and discussed. Nearly all of the meetings were devoted primarily to presentation and discussion of classroom data, scores on achievement tests, and scores on intelligence tests.