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The Work of a School Psychologist: Between Science and Intuition

Hypothesis 1. ?What is the difference between a professional therapist and psychological everyday talent?The professional knows why he does what.?Ludwig Pongratz. Hypothesis 2. There are two kinds of truthsOne is objective It works things you can measureOne is subjectiveIt comprises the u

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The Work of a School Psychologist: Between Science and Intuition

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    1. The Work of a School Psychologist: Between Science and Intuition Bernhard Meissner meissner@ispaweb.org

    2. Hypothesis 1 „What is the difference between a professional therapist and psychological everyday talent? The professional knows why he does what.“ Ludwig Pongratz

    3. Hypothesis 2 There are two kinds of truths One is objective It works things you can measure One is subjective It comprises the universe of an individual human being Ruth Cohn

    5. About „Truth“ Ghandi: Truth is soft like a flower and hard like a diamond Niels Bohr: A statement ist true if the opposite is not true, a truth ist true if the opposite is true as well. Novalis: All truth is ancient. We are more closely connected with the invisible than with the visible. Saint-Exupery: We see best with our hearts.

    7. A parable A man tried to find the truth … Tell them I am young and beautiful

    9. The goals of psychology as a science Tests: Well designed, following scientific rules There are probabilities of validity, reliability, objectivity BUT Results must be interpreted for the individual Best one: IQ – Others less stable and reliebale. Reuven Feuerstein

    11. The whole picture? Parable of the Elefant Two blind men are holding parts of an elefant. One is holding the tail, the other the trunk. They need to figure out between them what animal they are holding. One man thinks the animal is very thin. The other thinks the animal is large and thick and makes a trumpeting noise. Between them they cannot arrive at a picture of the real animal. Each of them knows too small a part.

    12. Response To Intervention RTI An excellent concept: Scientifically based Data based Continually surveyed Realistic when looking at the work load? Can interventions be scientific? True: Do not show me the way but go it with me!

    14. Counseling - Consultation The lamp post story by Garbarino Systematic Behaviorist Psycho-dynamic Educational Political …

    15. Claudio Naranjo The End of Patriarchy “It is enough to be a seeker to help others on their way.” “Education for obedience in patriachic society, without teaching how to integrate three persons represented in our brains is terribly wrong.” “Universities educate teachers only through cognitive channel. But education for teachers must be holistic.”

    16. TheThree Hats of School Psychologists Teaching Counseling & consulting Organizing: work with institutions

    18. What about Spirituality? In science we speak of the brain, not of the mind or of the soul. Is love the most important power? How can you make sure that you love someone, or someone loves you? What is love? We know how important belief is …but what about wrong beliefs? Self fulfilling prophecy

    19. Misleading experience An example: Parents are to choose one of three levels of education for their children at the age of 10. The father had had a very strict and demanding father: His school career had been rather difficult. The mother managed to make her way through the highest level of education without too much trouble

    21. A Therapeut‘s Parable “The doctor looked out of the side window at the pleasant wisteria arbor in the yard. The arbor had been planted there so that her patients would have something to look at from the office. Over the years she had come to use the twisted wisteria branches as a metaphor in her therapy. The branches have twisted to accommodate the obstacle of the woodframe. If you remove the frame, the branches will begin to grow straight. But they will always bear the trace of the twist caused by the obstacle. This is the way our character works. Now that our childhood stresses and conflicts are behind us, we are free to grow in any direction we like. We will always bear the trace of those early twists and turns, but they need not determine the direction our future will take. The purpose of therapy is to teach the branches that the obstacle is gone.” David Zeman, The Pinocchio Syndrom

    24. Organizational Psychology Can its use change anything? Or is it up to coincidence who is in charge of administration of school psychology and the educational system? How can we help schools develop into supporting systems in societies which often lack support for the weak?

    25. Feedback after 25 years of inservice training for postgraduates

    26. Concluding questions How can you help others without knowing the truth? How can you gather enough experience in order to fill in the gap between known and unknown variables? Psycho-education tells the client: It‘s your own choice. How can you teach wisdom you gained?

    27. Some of my Conclusions Be aware of own subjectivity Find out about yourself in „supervision“ or therapy. Inform about probabilties, opportunities, and risks, your personal bias. Support independent choice. Trial (well founded guess) & error interventions Check effect of interventions. Do not teach „the truth“. Be open to new „truths“. Be a model.

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