This course prepares the school psychology student to become proficient in educational assessment, instructional interventions, and consultation. School psychology candidates will acquire skills in academic assessment, consultation, and prevention and intervention strategies. Students will learn to administer and interpret normative and criterion measures; prepare comprehensive case studies, which include the assessment, interpretation, intervention, and program monitoring of school-age children; conduct an evaluation of published curricula and utilize curriculum-based measurement techniques. Students will also become knowledgeable about ethical standards and principles related to assessment. Prerequisite: SY 6010 and admittance to the School Psychology program.
The school psychology candidate will learn to integrate principles of school neuropsychology. Topics will include brain development, neurodevelopmental learning theory, cognition, and subtypes of dyslexia. Students will become skilled in selecting and administering measures to assess these areas. Candidates will learn to assess individuals with traumatic brain injuries, learning disabilities, and executive functioning disorders. Candidates will learn to use this assessment data to inform evidence-based interventions. Prerequisites: SY 6200, SY 6300, SY 6400, SY 6500.
This three-credit practicum involves 150 clock hours at a field-site under the supervision of a certified school psychologist and to participate in a weekly seminar. This provides the candidate an opportunity to practice skills in assessment, consultation, counseling, prevention, intervention and preparing case studies. Pass/No Pass.
This three-credit practicum involves 150 clock hours at a field-site under the supervision of a certified school psychologist and to participate in a weekly seminar. This provides the candidate an opportunity to develop skills in assessment, consultation, and counseling. The candidate will complete a behavioral and an academic case study. Pass/No Pass.
As the culminating component in the school psychology program, this field experience will be done in a public school setting under the supervision of a certified school psychologist. Students will also attend a seminar on campus to discuss their experiences, present psychological evaluations and interventions, and engage in mutual problem solving relative to dilemmas and issues encountered in the field experience. Prerequisites include completion of all required courses and permission of the internship instructor. Students are required to take the Praxis II exam. Pass/No Pass.