Non-Qualified Persons Providing School Psychology Services Determine the credential held by the person in question. Only school psychologists, or if none are available, Licensed Educational Psychologists may provide assessments for Special Education. More specifically, cognitive and emotional assessments must be administered by school psychologists. Counseling may be performed by pupil personnel staff, including school psychologists. If a person's credential is not known, the County Office of Education has records of credentials for everyone working in the county.
Credential records are available to the public.
When it is determined that a person is providing services without proper credentials, the district personnel should be advised. If the district is not interested in making any changes, there are other steps that can be taken. The county office is responsible to annually monitor and review school districts' certificated employees' assignments. The district then has 120 days to correct the misassignment. The staff of the CTC will take referrals directly provided other approaches have not been successful.