Rebecca Branstetter - The School Psychologists Survival Guide

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More praise for The School Psychologists Survival Guide

Taking up where grad school leaves off, smart and savvy Rebecca Branstetter has written a practical, thorough, and truly helpful guide that will ease the nervousness of newbies and provide a revitalizing refresher for experienced school psychologists. An invaluable book for getting started, keeping up and ultimately finding satisfaction in this whirlwind of a career.

Katherine A. Briccetti, Ph.D., school psychologist, Piedmont (California) Unified School District, author of Blood Strangers: A Memoir

In the first book of its kind, Dr. Branstetter provides an invaluable resource for school psychologists both new and veteran. Her easy humor, reproducible charts and letters, and on-the-job personal experiences help translate classroom and textbook learning into real-life application.

Aimee Koehler, author of Musings of an Urban School Psychologist blog

In The School Psychologists Survival Guide , Dr. Branstetter provides a wealth of helpful hints in dealing with the breadth of activities that school psychologists engage in. From the practical to the pragmatic, these ideas and the summary tables will be useful for both new and experienced practitioners as well as for school psychology trainers and interns.

Frank C. Worrell, Ph.D., director, School Psychology Program, University of California at Berkeley

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