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Download or read book School Psychology Student Perspectives on Their Classroom Exposure to Social Justice Issues written by Tomas Ayala and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The school psychology profession is inextricably linked to issues of student success and advocacy. In the past decade organizations such as the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) have updated their official documents to push school psychologists to be social justice advocates within schools (Shriberg et al., 2013; Ysseldyke et al., 2006). This research study investigated graduate student perceptions and whether they feel they are being exposed to social justice issues specific to school psychology within their graduate training program. Student responses indicated exposure to awareness of the overrepresentation of students of color in special education and overrepresentation of underrepresented group members in special education. Responses indicated that issues related to institutionalized racism, homophobia, sexism, and allocation of resources within school districts were areas that were hardly ever or occasionally addressed. This study identified areas where school psychology training programs could begin addressing specific social justice issues within their curriculum"--Abstract, p. 1.