Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 125 - BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY › Chapter 20 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY › Part II - Requirements for Licensure › Section 18VAC125-20-56 - Education requirements for school psychologists

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The applicant shall hold at least a
				  master's degree in school psychology, with a minimum of at least 60 semester
				  credit hours or 90 quarter hours, from a college or university accredited by a
				  regional accrediting agency, which was accredited by the APA or CAEP or was
				  approved by NASP, or shall meet the requirements of subsection B of this
				  section.
B. If the applicant does
				  not hold a master's degree in school psychology from a program accredited by
				  the APA or CAEP or approved by NASP, the applicant shall have a master's degree
				  from a psychology program that offers education and training to prepare
				  individuals for the practice of school psychology as defined in §
										54.1-3600 of the Code
				  of Virginia and that meets the following criteria:
1. The program is within an institution of
				  higher education accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S.
				  Department of Education or publicly recognized by the Association of
				  Universities and Colleges of Canada as a member in good standing. Graduates of
				  programs that are not within the United States or Canada must provide
				  documentation from a credential evaluation service acceptable to the board that
				  demonstrates that the program meets the requirements set forth in this
				  chapter.
2. The program shall be
				  recognizable as an organized entity within the institution.
3. The program shall be an integrated,
				  organized sequence of study with an identifiable psychology faculty and a
				  psychologist directly responsible for the program and shall have an
				  identifiable body of students who are matriculated in that program for a
				  degree. The faculty shall be accessible to students and provide them with
				  guidance and supervision. The faculty shall provide appropriate professional
				  role models and engage in actions that promote the student's acquisition of
				  knowledge, skills, and competencies consistent with the program's training
				  goals.
4. The program shall
				  encompass a minimum of two academic years of full-time graduate study or the
				  equivalent thereof.
5. The program
				  shall include a general core curriculum containing a minimum of three or more
				  graduate semester hours or five or more graduate quarter hours in each of the
				  following substantive content areas:
a.
				  Psychological foundations (e.g., biological bases of behavior, human learning,
				  social and cultural bases of behavior, child and adolescent development,
				  individual differences).
b.
				  Educational foundations (e.g., instructional design, organization and operation
				  of schools).
c.
				  Interventions/problem-solving (e.g., assessment, direct interventions, both
				  individual and group, indirect interventions).
d. Statistics and research methodologies
				  (e.g., research and evaluation methods, statistics, measurement).
e. Professional school psychology (e.g.,
				  history and foundations of school psychology, legal and ethical issues,
				  professional issues and standards, alternative models for the delivery of
				  school psychological services, emergent technologies, roles and functions of
				  the school psychologist).
6. The program shall be committed to
				  practicum experiences that shall include:
a.
				  Orientation to the educational process;
b. Assessment for intervention;
c. Direct intervention, including counseling
				  and behavior management; and
d.
				  Indirect intervention, including consultation.