It offers advanced training in psychological, educational, and professional foundations leading to licensure as a school psychologist. The Program prepares professionals who advocate for and work collaboratively with children, educators, parents, and community to promote students mental health, cognitive development, and social adjustment. School Psychology students are engaged in significant field experiences beginning the first year of training.
Research is an integral part of each student's training.
Students are required to participate in on-going research each semester of their program. All School Psychology faculty members are active in research. Their scholarly work creates a highly interdisciplinary program based on behavioral and cognitive theories of learning and development. Chris Skinner, Director of the Program, is well known for his many research publications in the area of learning interventions. Steve McCallum is the author of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test and is well known as a researcher in cognitive areas including self-efficacy.