Demographic influences on perceptions of school psychological services.
This study examined the influence of demographic variables on the perceptions of 191 teachers, 90 administrators, and 51 school psychologists when establishing preference rankings in five areas of school psychological services: priority for referral, information-gathering techniques, utilization of the school psychologist, effectiveness with exceptional children, and strategies of remediation employed. A nonparametric analysis of rank indicated contradictory perceptions among the respondents. Age, sex, degree, experience, and level of assignment affected the subjects' perceptions variously. Explanations were proposed.
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012073:Remedial Teaching