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School psychology—why is the profession dying?
Author(s) -
Hayes Mabel E.,
Clair Theodore Nat
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197810)15:4<518::aid-pits2310150413>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - certification , legislature , psychology , identity (music) , state (computer science) , professional association , professional certification (computer technology) , legal profession , pedagogy , medical education , engineering ethics , law , political science , medicine , physics , algorithm , acoustics , computer science , engineering
The state of the profession is addressed as it relates to training, practice, certification, and its professional identity. It is suggested that death of the profession is imminent unless the profession is upgraded and a new image and role are surfaced. One of the problems is that since the passing of current judicial and legislative acts PL 93‐380 and 94‐142, the traditional role of psychologists is no longer tenable, and new ways of behaving are required which have implications for training and practice. Survival through rebirth can occur, and new directions are suggested for the profession to consider in reassessing its new and changing role.