Questões e modelos de avaliação e intervenção em Psicologia Escolar : o caso da Europa e América do Norte

As práticas da Psicologia Escolar parecem ser cada vez mais marcadas pelas necessidades de referenciação/diagnóstico
de crianças para o subsistema de educação especial, em detrimento do desenho e implementação de intervenções
dirigidas aos problemas específicos dos alunos. A aparente insatisfação dos psicólogos escolares com essa tendência,
bem como as dificuldades na utilização de modelos categoriais de diagnóstico em contexto escolar, têm dado origem
à progressiva implementação de modelos alternativos de avaliação e intervenção, principalmente de modelos Response
to Intervention, Curriculum-Based Measurement e Problem Solving. A controvérsia quanto à natureza verdadeiramente
alternativa desses modelos parece, no entanto, longe de se esgotar. Neste artigo são discutidas vantagens e limitações
dos diferentes modelos, de acordo com a melhor evidência disponível na literatura, e são ainda equacionadas as suas
implicações nas práticas da Psicologia Escolar. Practices in School Psychology seem to be increasingly restricted to referrals/diagnosis of children for the sub-system
of special education instead of being focused on the design and implementation of interventions for students with
specific problems. The apparent dissatisfaction of school psychologists with this trend and the difficulties dealing with
categorical diagnostic models within the school context have stimulated a movement toward the implementation of
alternative assessment and intervention models, such as Response to Intervention, Curriculum-Based Measurement
and Problem-Solving. However, the controversy about the true alternative nature of these models seems far from
being exhausted. The aim of this paper is to discuss the benefits and limitations of the different models according to
the best evidence available. We also consider the implications for practices in School Psychology
Practices in School Psychology seem to be increasingly restricted to referrals/diagnosis of children for the sub-system
of special education instead of being focused on the design and implementation of interventions for students with
specific problems. The apparent dissatisfaction of school psychologists with this trend and the difficulties dealing with
categorical diagnostic models within the school context have stimulated a movement toward the implementation of
alternative assessment and intervention models, such as Response to Intervention, Curriculum-Based Measurement
and Problem-Solving. However, the controversy about the true alternative nature of these models seems far from
being exhausted. The aim of this paper is to discuss the benefits and limitations of the different models according to
the best evidence available. We also consider the implications for practices in School Psychology
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