School Psychology Ph.D. Specialization
Grounded in the scientist/practitioner model, the school psychology program provides students with a strong foundation in psychological theory and research. Students are trained to use a collaborative, data-based problem solving approach when applying this foundation to help solve social, emotional, and academic problems faced by children, schools, and families. In addition to gaining theoretical and empirical knowledge, students acquire competencies in multiple skill areas and are expected to contribute to theory and research in areas of school psychology. Particular areas of research interest to the faculty are: children’s social, moral, and emotional development; school discipline and school climate; family-school relations; and peer- and parent-mediated prevention and intervention programs in the schools.
Specialization Courses
In addition to the Doctoral Core Courses, the following specialization courses are required of all students in the School Psychology specialization:
- EDUC 618 Introduction to School Psychology
- EDUC 817 Individual Intelligence Testing
- EDUC 663 Counseling Skills Laboratory
- EDUC 814 Psychological Assessment of Children
- EDUC 831 Advanced Counseling Techniques
- EDUC 651 School-Based Family Issues and Intervention
- EDUC 679 Instructing Elementary/Middle Schoolers with Mild Disabilities
- EDUC 813 Childhood Psychopathology
- EDUC 823 Learning and Development
- EDUC 830 Consultation and Intervention: School Discipline
- EDUC 870 Child Neuropsychology
- EDUC 812 Regression Methods in Education
- EDUC 874 Multivariate Data Analysis in Education or EDUC 865 (Educational Measurement Theory)
- EDUC 671 Practicum in School Psychology (4 semesters)
- EDUC 867 Internship in School Psychology (full year)
- EDUC 744 Educational Measurement and Progress Monitoring
- EDUC 841 Consultation and Intervention: Mental Health
- EDUC 832 Practicum in School Psychology
- EDUC 842 Assessment of Special Populations
Specialization Area Exam Policy
A doctoral-level specialization area exam is not required. However, candidates must pass the Master's-level exam in school psychology.
Recommended Schedule of Courses
Printed below is the recommended sequence in which School Psychology Ph.D. students take their courses:
First Year Fall Semester
- EDUC 618: Special Services in the Schools (Introduction to School Psychology)
- EDUC 806: Proseminar II
- EDUC 850: Methods of Educational Research II (Qualitative)
- EDUC 840: Research Colloquium Series (1 credit)
First Year Spring Semester
- EDUC 805: Proseminar I
- EDUC 856: Methods of Educational Research I (Qualitative)
- EDUC 840: Research Colloquium Series (1 credit)
- EDUC 679: Instructing Elementary/Middle Schoolers with Mild Disabilities
Second Year Fall Semester
- EDUC 663: Counseling Skills Laboratory
- EDUC 817: Individual Intelligence Testing
- EDUC 840: Research Colloquium Series (1 credit)
- EDUC 744: Educational Measurement and Progress Monitoring
Second Year Winterim
- EDUC 814: Psychological Assessment of Children
Second Year Spring Semester
- EDUC 671: Practicum in School Psychology
- EDUC 968: Supervised Research or Elective approved by advisor
- EDUC 812: Regression Methods in Education
- EDUC 840: Research Colloquium Series (1 credit)
- EDUC 830: Consultation and Intervention: School Discipline
Third Year Fall Semester
- EDUC 671: Practicum in School Psychology
- EDUC 831: Advanced Counseling Techniques
- EDUC 813: Child Psychopathology
- EDUC 823: Learning and Development
- EDUC 840: Research Colloquium Series (1 credit)
Third Year Spring Semester
- EDUC 671: Practicum in School Psychology
- EDUC 841: Consultation and Intervention: Mental Health
- EDUC 968: Supervised Research or Elective approved by advisor
- EDUC 840: Research Colloquium Series (1 credit)
- EDUC 651: School-based Family Issues and Intervention
Fourth Year Fall Semester
- EDUC 874: Multivariate Data Analysis in Education (or EDUC865 - Educational Measurement Theory)
- EDUC 870: Child Neuropsychology
- EDUC 840: Research Colloquium Series (1 credit)
- EDUC 968: Supervised Research or Elective approved by advisor
- EDUC 852: Methods of Educational Research III (Philosophical/Historical)
Fourth Year Spring Semester
- EDUC 968: Supervised Research of Elective approved by advisor
- EDUC 969: Doctoral Dissertation
- EDUC 832: Practicum in School Psychology
- EDUC 842: Assessment of Special Populations
Fifth Year Fall Semester
- EDUC 867: Internship in School Psychology
- EDUC 969: Doctoral Dissertation
Fifth Year Spring Semester
- EDUC 867: Internship in School Psychology
- EDUC 969: Doctoral Dissertation
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