Students receive course and field work in assessment, consultation and intervention. They are trained to provide assessment and diagnostic services for individual students, design and implement school research and evaluation projects, develop counseling and remedial interventions for individual students and groups of students, and offer assistance to teachers and other educational professionals. Students in the Bilingual School Psychology Certificate Program receive training that will enable them to provide school psychological services to children in both monolingual and bilingual settings. They receive integrated training from Psychology and Speech and Language faculty in the area of bilingual language development and disorders. Students in this program receive psychological service training in a variety of university and field settings.
Course work is offered in professional practice of psychology.
Field work begins with experiential activities and extends to formal training opportunities in the McShane Center and metropolitan area school districts. Students who enter the Psy. D. program with Advanced Standing may obtain the Bilingual School Psychology certificate. Typically, this requires enrolling in PSY 750B and PSY 751B in addition to fulfilling the other Bilingual School Psychology Certificate requirements. Admissions Admission to the M.S.Ed.