A School Psychologist

School psychologists help children and youth succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. They collaborate with teachers and parents to create the best learning environments for pupils and to strengthen connections between home and school.

School psychologists are highly trained in both psychology and education. They deal with problems of mental health, child development, behavior, motivation. It is also necessary for them to be prepared in school organization, learning styles and effective teaching.

School psychologists find the best solution for each pupil and situation. School psychologists work with children individually and in groups. They also develop programs to train teachers and parents regarding effective teaching and upbringing. Their tasks are to work with pupils with disabilities or with special talents, abuse of drugs and other substances, as well as to prevent and manage crises.

Exercises:

I. Give Russian equivalents of the following:

School psychologists, succeed, collaborate with parents, learning environments, to strengthen connections, education, mental health, child development, learning styles, the best solution, teaching and upbringing, pupils with disabilities, abuse of drugs, to prevent and manage crises.

II. Suggest the English for:

сотрудничать, создавать наилучшие условия обучения, быть хорошо подготовленным, душевное здоровье, развитие ребенка, поведение, стиль обучения, наилучшее решение, работать индивидуально и в группах, обучение и воспитание, дети-инвалиды, справляться с кризисом, злоупотребление наркотиками.

III. Express agreement or disagreement with the following using:

Yes, you are right (= it is correct)

No, you are not right (=you are wrong)

School psychologists help grown-ups succeed academically, socially, and emotionally.

School psychologists are highly trained in both psychology and education.

Psychologists work with children individually and in groups.

School psychologists also develop programs to train teachers and parents regarding effective teaching and upbringing.

The only task of school psychologists is to help pupils in their studies.

IV. Insert the missing words:

School psychologists … to create the best learning environments for pupils and to strengthen connections between home and school.

Psychologists … problems of mental health, child development, behavior, motivation.

It’s necessary for a school psychologist … in school organization, learning styles and effective teaching.

School psychologists … for each pupil and situation.

The tasks of school psychologists are to work with … as well as to prevent and manage crises.

V. Complete the following sentences:

School psychologists help …

School psychologists deal with …

Psychologists in school work with …

School psychologists develop programs …

The psychologists’ tasks are …

VI. Mate adjectives in the left-hand column with the nouns in the right-hand column:

mental

child

learning

effective

the best

school

special

psychologist

talent

development

teaching

styles

solution

health

VII. Answer the following questions:

Whom do school psychologists help?

Why do school psychologists collaborate with teachers and parents?

What subjects are psychologists in school highly trained in?

How does a school psychologist work with pupils?

What programs do school psychologists develop?

What kind of pupils do psychologists work at school?

VII. Speak on a school psychologist.

The words you may need: to succeed academically, socially, and emotionally, to create the best learning environments, to be highly trained in, mental health, child development, learning styles, to work individually and in group, teaching and upbringing, pupils with disabilities or with special talents.

LESSON 3

I. Read and translate the following international words. Mind the pronunciation.

Problem, discipline, depressed, alcohol, situation, community, typically, to demonstrate, student, discussion, personal, plan, future.

II. Read and translate the derivatives. Mind the suffixes.

to demonstrate – demonstration

discuss - discussion

school – schooling

collaborate – collaboration

esteem - self-esteem

III. Active vocabulary:

adolescent -подросток

to fall behind - отставать