Welcome to the first Research in Progress Seminar

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Welcome to the first Research in Progress
Seminar

• March 21, 2006
• R.I.P. information schedule
• www.uwrf.edu/csp/rip

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What can R.I.P. do for me?

• Provide an opportunity to meet with other faculty
  who are interested in, or currently engaged in,
  research.
• Receive and provide feedback about ongoing or
  completed research.
• Provide a forum for student research.
• Get energized about research-We will meet again
  on April 18th from noon to 2 pm, 124 WEB
• A resource for research-what can we do for you?

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Collaboration Between School Psychologists
School Counselors

• Mark Gillen, Ph.D.
• Scott A. Woitaszewski, Ph.D.
• University of Wisconsin River Falls

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Phase One

• Survey data collected by Gillen Guess in 6
  school districts in 3 southern states
• Sample consisted of school psychologists and
  school counselors (N 147)
• Collaboration defined as
• Direct interaction between at least two
  coequal parties voluntarily engaged in shared
  decision making as they work toward a common
  goal.

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Primary research Questions comparing various
groups

• Actual/Desired
• Counselors/School Psychologists
• Experienced/Less Experienced
• Encouraged/Not Encouraged
• Male/Female

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Actual vs. Desired Collaboration

• Significantly more desire to collaborate than
  actual collaboration (entire sample). Actual
  Mean near once per semester
• Desired Mean near once per week

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Psychologist/Counselor Differences

• No overall collaboration differences between
  counselors and psychologists (both actual and
  desired collaboration)

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Experience

• More experienced psychologists and counselors
  reported significantly more actual collaboration.
• Less experienced report a desire to collaborate
  at a similar level to those with more experience.

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Administrator Encouragement

• Those who are encouraged by administrators are
  significantly more likely to collaborate than
  those who are not encouraged.Encouraged Mean
  near once per week
• Not encouraged Mean near once per semester

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Gender

• Females more likely to
• collaborate than males

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Phase Two Three

• Collection of additional data (WI MN)
• Pilot training
• Grant support

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Wrap Up

• Next Research in Progress Seminar
• April 18th from noon to 2 pm, 124 WEB
• What can we do for you?
• additions to the web page?
• Subgroups?
• Fall dates/times
• Sign up to present
• Student involvement