Dee - Our kids often wait a year to be tested. We don't have a school psychologist. Beth Bruno - Yes, it is the norm for a school psychologist to at least be available to students in every school. Dee - Ours doesn't. It is a school based classroom teacher driven system in our board.
Parents have to fund some of their own services.
Beth Bruno - jd5, It's sad to think that schools go to the trouble of testing students, agree based on test results that a student needs help, and then not provide that help. The psychologist we had last year traveled to several schools. However, she was so overwhelmed that many students were declined services. We have a mentor program and that does help with some of the troubled students. That was only made available for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade.