SPP graduates learn principles and strategies for indirect service provision to children and youth in educational settings. Toward this end, students learn consultation skills for working with teachers, other school personnel, and parents for the benefit of children and youth. Consumers of Research. Effectiveness in applied school psychology requires practitioners to have the skills to identify assessment and intervention techniques that are most strongly supported by a consistent body of research. Toward this end, SPP graduates develop skills in evaluating basic and applied research.
Students also gain experience in research by carrying out independent research projects.
This program of study is currently under review by the Department of Special Education. The proposed doctoral curriculum meets standards suggested by NASP and APA and meets all criteria for licensure as a psychologist in the State of Nevada. Links Housed in the College of Education , the School Psychology Program is overseen by the Department of Special Education and the UNLV Graduate College .