An applicant for licensure as a school psychologist must: (a) Hold a doctoral or master’s degree in School Psychology, Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, or hold an Education Specialist (Ed.S.) in School Psychology from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning in the United States. (b) Provide documentation demonstrating completion of a practicum, consisting of a minimum of one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours, of which six hundred (600) hours must be in a public school system or equivalent structured experience within the applicant’s graduate degree program, under the supervision of a licensed school psychologist, educational psychologist, clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist, or completion of an APA-accredited internship program in a Health Services Psychology field. (c) Pass the Praxis II School Psychology Examination. (d) Demonstrate graduate-level coursework in each of the following areas: (1) Psychological Foundations: (A) the biological bases of behavior. (B) the required or learned bases of behavior, including personality theory, human development, and abnormal behavior. (C) the social, cultural, and systematic bases of behavior; and (D) the individual or unique bases of behavior, including personality theory, human development, and abnormal behavior. (2) Research and Statistics: (A) the methodology used to investigate questions and acquire knowledge in the practice of school psychology; and (B) research design and methodology, statistics, critical thinking, and scientific inquiry. (3) Applied Psychology: (A) the history, theory, and application of psychological principles; and
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(B) the application of psychological theories to individuals, families, and groups. (4) Assessment: (A) intelligence, personality, cognitive, physical, and emotional abilities, skills, interests, and aptitudes; and (B) psychosocial, including behavioral, adaptive, and cultural considerations in assessment. (5) Interventions: (A) the application of therapeutic techniques. (B) behavior management; and (C) consultation with teachers, school support staff, and management. (6) Professional, Legal, and Ethical Issues.