Exam 9: Organizational and Systems Consultation OSC
Organizational/Systems Consultation (OSC) draws upon the interrelationships between embedded social systems in schools and communities in the _______________ theoretical perspective.
A
Match the theorist to his or her or their ideas about the skills necessary for OD consultants to be effective:
-Project management skills
B
An ecological understanding of the role of the consultant prompts him or her to develop skills in order to navigate the complex set of roles and relationships within school systems. What are these?
The skills needed to navigate the complex set of roles and relationships within school systems include understanding the interconnectedness of various stakeholders, such as teachers, administrators, students, parents, and community members. The consultant must also be able to effectively communicate and collaborate with these different groups, while also understanding the unique needs and perspectives of each. Additionally, the consultant should have a strong understanding of educational policies and practices, as well as the ability to adapt to the ever-changing dynamics within school systems. Finally, the consultant should possess strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills in order to address the diverse challenges that may arise within the school environment.
Why does the multiple level problem-solving inherent in MTSS fit well with OSC?
In Intervention Assistance Consultation (IAC), theorists discuss the elements of the process interventions that are helpful in improving the functioning of a school organization. List and briefly explain four of the specific techniques used in process interventions:
What are the stages of school-based organizational consultation?
One of the uses of OSC is to address issues of equity for families in school systems. What are the considerations that require organizational change and strategic planning?
Match the theorist to his or her or their ideas about the skills necessary for OD consultants to be effective:
-Process skills of individual and group dynamics
When determining who the client is in OSC, Fuqua and colleagues (2012) recommend consideration of 13 factors. Please discuss at least three of these recommendations and how they would be executed in a school system.
What are the steps necessary to engage in program evaluation and accountability?
Match the theorist to his or her or their ideas about the skills necessary for OD consultants to be effective:
-Knowledge, consulting, conceptual, human skills
Data-based problem identification involves collecting two sources of information:
When implementation standards are not being met, organizational obstacles preventing strong implementation of interventions should be assessed. Such a process is termed ________________ (Lewin, 1951), and is used to identify the environmental forces impeding innovation.
________________________ is a cyclical problem-solving framework for guiding the process of collaborative consultation for system-level reforms.
Schmuck (1995) argues that ODC procedures are more likely to be employed in school systems if a group of members internal to the organization function as _________________.
Meyers et al. (2009) indicates that there are two types of organizational consultation; a focus on the general problems in organizational processes and infrastructure, such as communication issues, known as _________________________ and a focus on improving specific aspects of the work of the system, ______________________.
In organizational consultation, when data are gathered at a school level (i.e., universal screening), they should be easy to collect and to interpret, provide valid and reliable information about core academic and social skills, have clear, empirically-supported goals relating to important student outcomes, and be repeatable over time. If these criteria are met, it is then easy to:
Implementation of a systems change initiative requires a common set of core components, implementation drivers, to be used. Which of the following are the drivers that are used:
Effective processes for implementing evidence-based treatments into practice with fidelity and sustainability have been studied, and are called ___________________.
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