- PMD: 8
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Introduction
- Poster Session 1: Promoting Diversity and Multicultural Competence in School Psychology
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- learn about the gender biases that school psychologists may hold about common special education eligibility categories;
- evaluate their own gender biases as they relate to special education eligibility categories; and
- make conscientious special education eligibility decisions to ultimately reduce gender disproportionality in special education.
Description
Do school psychologists view certain special education eligibility categories as more masculine and others as more feminine? Learn about the biases that can contribute to gender disproportionality in special education.
Presenter(s)
Elizabeth P. Melfi, Indiana University