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SPCL 7914: Psychological Assessment of Diverse Students (Elizalde-Utnick): Session 11 - Unit 5: Assessment of Social and Emotional Functioning

Open Educational Resource (OER) created for Professor Elizalde-Utnick's SPCL 7914 course.

Summary

In this session we will focus on the assessment of social and emotional functioning in emergent bilinguals and bilingual students.  We will discuss the use of the clinical interview, self-report scales, and projective measures. We will also look at the assessment of acculturation and ethnic identity development. Students will explore the AQS and the BASC-3. We will begin with a quiz on the assigned reading and then discuss the material and engage in application activities.

Assigned Readings

Hass & Kennedy

Romero & Branscome

 

READING REFLECTION DUE ON BLACKBOARD BY 7 PM ON APRIL 23

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY WORKSHEET DUE - UPLOAD ON BLACKBOARD

Reflecting on the Readings

1. Describe Hass & Kennedy's RIOT approach.

2. What is the rule of two?

3. What are issues that come up when assessing the social-emotional functioning of emergent bilinguals?

4. What is entailed when assessing social-emotional strengths and needs?

5. What are sociocognitive factors?

6. Describe Brown's stages of acculturation.

7. What is the AQS?

Session Slides

Acculturation Quick Screen (AQS)

AQS Activity

Lorenzo is 15 years old. He immigrated to the United States from Guatemala 1 year ago. He has been enrolled in ABC International High School since he arrived. He likes his school because 2/3 of the student population is Spanish-speaking from South and Central America. This helps him because he arrived without any knowledge of English. He has been in a bilingual education setting at ABC. At present time, Lorenzo is able to engage in limited conversation with others in English. He reads and writes at grade level in Spanish.
 
What is Lorenzo’s AQS score?

Social Emotional Interview Protocol

Case Example: Alina, Spanish-English Bilingual Student

Case Example: Ahmed, Urdu-English Bilingual Student