Special Education, School Psychology, and Community Mental Health Practice in Rural Settings: Common Problems and Overlapping Solutions for Training

Abstract

Rural service delivery issues common to the fields of special education, school psychology, and community mental health are described within this article. Many problems common across the three disciplines have some parallel solutions, and a number of potential solutions are suggested. Given preparation at the preservice level appears to be an effective starting point for preparing practitioners to deal with specific problems, the focus of these training-based solutions is at the preservice training level.