Objectives for School Psychology Programs
- Every School Psychology student is expected to meet certain requirements.
Opportunities for students to meet these requirements will occur in
the classroom and during the Practicum and Internship placements. You
will have curricular experiences that will help you develop competencies
in the following four areas:
- Professional Orientation. Students will gain understanding
of all aspects of functioning as a professional school psychologist,
including history, roles, organizational structures, ethics, standards,
credentials, legal issues, and current professional trends.
- Interventions. Students will develop skills that provide
a basis for effective treatment, teaching, and consultation.
- Assessment. Students will understand standardized, behavioral,
and other assessment techniques. Students will be able to use assessments
to determine eligibility for services and how to link assessment
procedures to interventions. Students will develop, select, administer,
score, and interpret assessment instruments.
- Research and Program Evaluation. Students will use research
methods, statistics, and apply ethical and legal codes to research.
- Minor. School psychology is a broad-based field that crosses
many professional and organizational boundaries. The Ph.D. student
and major advisor will collaborate to choose a minor area that will
allow students to master skills and issues across one of these professional
areas.
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