Educational Psychology Casework 2/e

Acknowledgements.; 1. Introduction: A Role for Educational Psychologists.; 2. Measuring the Impact of Educational Psychology Service Practice.; 3. Skills.; 4. Problems and Solutions.; 5. Hypothesising and Information Gathering.; 6. Hypothesising and Information Gathering Based on a Systemic Perspective.; 7. Hypothesising and Information Gathering Based on an Individual Perspective: Some Basic Principles.; 8. Beliefs, Values and Identity: Personal Construct Psychology.; 9. Methods for Gathering Information.; 10. Further Exploration of the Model of the World.; 11. Integrating the Two Approaches to Exploring the Models of the World.; 12. Techniques for Eliciting the Model of the World with Children.; 13. Case Example: Steven.; 14. Case Example: Gordon.; 15. Ability and Strategies.; 16. Representation Systems.; 17. Strategies.; 18. Developing Interventions.; 19. Elements of Interventions. Appendices. References. Index.

The second edition of Educational Psychology Casework: A Practice Guide, by Rick Beaver (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) has proven itself to be a standard text. It is a practical and straightforward guide to working with children, from which those other than psychologists can learn much.