This course provides opportunities for school psychology students to practice counseling, assessment, and other intervention skills under close supervision. Students will apply knowledge and techniques learned in previous course work to the resolution of individual, group, and systems level problems. A minimum of 80 hours of fieldwork in an approved public school or agency setting is required.
Class size is limited to ten students.
The fieldwork portion of this class must be done at school or agency sites approved by the graduate program in Counseling and School Psychology. Provide experiences with a student population of diverse ethnic background and abilities. Provide adequate experiences in the areas identified in course goals. Develop skills in assessment for intervention including reviewing student records, interviewing students, teachers and parents, observing student behavior, and developing effective academic or behavioral interventions. Specifically, students will learn to use interviews and observations to identify student, classroom, and home factors that support or impede learning.