EDS in School Psychology Courses
Foundation Courses
Professional & Historical Issues in School Psychology
An introduction to the field of school psychology, including its history, the roles and functions of school psychologists, professional issues, and ethics and law for school psychologists.
Counseling & The Helping Professions
Examines the counseling process, instruction and practice in communication skills in counseling, history, development, and practice of counseling as a profession,and how and where counseling is provided.
Research: Assessment and Evaluation
Develop conceptual and analytical skills and knowledge to assess organizational needs and program effectiveness through the use of research methodologies.
Social & Cultural Basis of Assessment
This course will examine issues in the assessment of bilingual students, including the appropriate use of standardized measures, non-discriminatory assessments, alternative approaches to the assessment of cognitive functioning, and social adaptive behavior of linguistically diverse students. Students will learn when and how to conduct evaluations in the child's first and/or second language. Student will administer tests, make case presentations and write reports.
Master's Research Project
Prepare major culminating scholarly project directly relevant to the program of study. Approved project proposal required.
Concentration Courses
Behavioral Methods and Interventions
Course explores strategies and specific interventions to assist professionals in school settings. Emphasis is placed on remediation of academic areas, cognitive processes, and behavioral deficits.
Assessment & Intervention: Academic & Alternative
Principles and methods of performing individual psychological evaluations of school-age children and youth. Administering, scoring, and interpreting Wechsler Intelligence Scales, Stanford Binet, and other assessment instruments.
Assessment & Intervention: Social & Behavioral
Provides applied learning for the administration, scoring and interpretation of behavioral and personality measures, such as parent teacher child interviews, youth self-report measures, standardized rating scales, and projective techniques. Encompasses written and oral reports to integrate results relevant to psychological services in educational settings; for example, identification of emotional handicaps, intervention planning and crises intervention.
Educational & Psychological Measurement
Psychological testing theory, clinical and practical aspects of individual test administration, educational and clinical diagnosis, interpretation, and non-discriminatory and controversial issues in testing.
Educational Statistical Methods I
Overview of common statistical techniques used in educational research, including univariate and bivariate descriptive statistics, chi square, and linear regression.
Educational Statistical Methods II
Concepts and techniques involved in the analysis and interpretation of clinical and research data. Lecture and laboratory descriptive and inferential statistics. Major topics included correlation and regression, test of significance, and introduction to analysis of variance. Both parametric and non-parametric approaches are covered.
Special Education Law
Legal issues and challenges facing the field of Special Education with emphasis on topics such as non-biased assessment, mainstreaming, non-categorical vs. categorical special education, effects of labeling multicultural, special education, and evaluation programs for the school psychologist. Additionally, includes the special education referral and delivery system according to the law, individual education plans and legislation affecting special education.
Consultation Strategies for School Psychology
Concepts and practice of consultation in a variety of settings, including child-centered, teacher-centered and system-centered techniques.
Theories of Learning in School Psychology
Provides an in-depth review of major learning theories with an emphasis on how this impacts the practice of school psychology. Course explores learning processes, historical perspectives of learning theory and examines relationships that exist between learning theory and educational and psychological practices.
Academic & Alternative Test Practice
Students spend 45 hours in a school setting working with a school psychologist practicing academic and alternative testing procedures and report writing.
Personality, Behavior, Social & Emotional Testing Procedures
Students spend 45 hours in a school setting working with a school psychologist practicing personality, behavior, social, and emotional testing procedures and report writing.
Theories of Trauma, Grief, and Loss
Examination of the dynamics of grief, loss, and trauma and the role of the counselor in elementary, secondary, and community college settings in supporting students who have experienced loss or trauma.
Internship in School Psychology I
The internship requirements are equivalent to four semesters of full-time placement in a school setting under the dual guidance of an on-site staff psychologist and a University-based supervisor. Participation in the intake and screening process, individual evaluations, interdisciplinary staff conferences, parent conferences, and professional meetings is required. Students will evaluate children, write reports and practice short-term consultation under the supervision of the on-site psychologist.
Internship in School Psychology II
Continuation of Internship II in the same school setting as Internship I.
Advanced Assessment & Intervention: Academic & Alternative
Course extends skills in academic and alternative testing, including report writing, selection, use, and interpretation of academic instruments, as well as ways to summarize and report test results to other professionals and parents. Topics include current issues and trends in ability testing, ethical practices,theories of intelligence, working with linguistically and culturally different children, and environmental effects on intelligence.
Child and Adolescent Development
Examines theory and principles of development from conception through adolescence. Topics include an in-depth study of physical, social/emotional, cognitive, language, and aesthetic development. Students examine various theories, including Piaget, Erikson, Vygotsky, Skinner and others. Explores development in the context of gender, family culture, and society, with an emphasis on implications for professional practice.
Additional state-specific components may be required. Contact your advisor for details.
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