18:826:506Practicum Group Supervision-School Psychology (E1) Biweekly group supervision discussing issues that arise in practicum settings. Required of all first-year nonadvanced school psychology students during their first term of practicum. |
18:826:550Introduction to School Psychology (2) Historical confluences of school psychology and psychological services in schools. Topics include roles and functions of school psychologists; current practices, models, and relevant educational laws; and the cultures of schools. Class presentations by practicing school psychologists help familiarize students with the roles of school psychologists. |
18:826:555Exceptional Children in the School, Family, and Community (3) Trends and issues that influence exceptional citizens; definition and comparison of the mentally retarded, gifted and creative, communications disabled, auditorially impaired, visually impaired, and physically disabled; implications of federal and state legislation for professional psychologists; educational, vocational, social, and mental health resources associated with exceptional children and adults; the implications of classification on behavior; the impact of an exceptional child on the family, school, and community. |
18:826:557Psychoeducational Foundations of Learning Disabilities (3) Conceptual and technical issues of assessment including psychometric theory as applied to reliability and validity and current issues within the broad field of learning disorders. Emphasis placed upon empirical investigations and conceptual issues as they impact upon theory and practice. Two cases needed to meet course requirements. Prerequisite: Completion of the equivalent of the first year of full-time study at GSAPP. |
18:826:602Seminar in Psychoeducational Intervention (3) Psychologically based intervention strategies and programs designed to enhance the school performance of children and adolescents; diverse range of psychoeducational interventions that address academic, social, and emotional competencies required for success in the school. Topics include prevention programs in schools; cognitive behavioral interventions to enhance academic performance and school behavior; study skills training; peer- mediated interventions; family-mediated interventions; social skills training; school-based counseling; and life crisis interventions. Requires implementation of a psychoeducational intervention program addressing an individual or group. Experiential component may be carried out in a school-based job, practicum placement, or through the Psychological Clinic. Prerequisites: 18:820:502, 503, 504; 18:826:605-606 or employment experience in a school setting or work with children/adolescents pertaining to school-based problems; familiarity with theory, principles, and practice of behavioral assessment and intervention. |
18:826:605-606Advanced Supervision in School Psychology (E3,E3) Provides for personal and professional growth and development through small group supervision by faculty and peer group. Content largely group determined, but focuses on the integration of GSAPP activities with the professional, ethical, and legal issues encountered in school practicum placements. Required of all school psychology students for two years, starting with the second year. |
18:826:612Consultation Methods (3) Familiarity with conceptual foundations and contemporary developments in behavior therapy and intervention. Training applied to problems manifested by individuals and groups of youngsters in educational settings. Students locate consultation cases at their practicum or job placements. Supervision and monitoring provided. Prerequisite: Advanced standing. |
18:826:615Program Planning and Evaluation (3) Develops knowledge, skills, and abilities that contribute to effective planning and evaluation of programs, services, and systems that add value to individuals and groups in organizations (profit, nonprofit) and related community settings. Reading materials, strategies, methods, and techniques integrated into class sessions while the out-of-class learning activities include completion of two "real-time" program planning and evaluation projects each term, one with a client, under supervision of course instructor. Procurement of funds for program planning and evaluation, proposal development, marketing of professional services, and professional self-management are covered. Extra projects and learning experiences are available. YEARLONG COURSE required of all third-year school psychology students and second-year organizational psychology students. Clinical psychology students who wish to assume leadership roles in human services are welcome. Students are not permitted to audit this course. |
18:826.617Assessment and Intervention in Sport Psychology (3) Provides students with opportunities to become knowledgeable about and skilled in frameworks, methods, and procedures for assessment and intervention with athletes, coaches, teams, parents, and administrators. Assessment is considered as a process of gathering information about individual athletes and teams as a basis for intervening to provide quality sport psychology services. Intervention is considered as the process of designing, implementing, and evaluating programs and services for athletes and others, based on trustworthy assessment information. Students complete one project that involves supervised experience in assisting an athlete or coach in personal development or performance enhancement and another project in which they construct a business plan for development of a sport psychology practice. |
18:826.618Sport Psychology: Theory, Research, Practice (3) Provides students with an overview of sport psychology along theoretical, research, and practice dimensions. Focus is on the place of sport psychology in the history of sports worldwide at youth, competitive, and elite levels; reviewing diverse theories, concepts, and frameworks that have contributed to advancement of sport psychology, including those that are social learning, cognitive behavioral, social psychological, and informational in nature and scope; the current status of empirical research that forms the structure of sport psychology; and the practice of sport psychology as demonstrated and illustrated in a range of settings, with diverse populations. Students complete two projects: designing a sport psychology service and describing the practice of a sport psychology professional. |
18:826:631,632Internship in School Psychology (E3,E3) Supervised experience of 1,500 hours (departmental requirement), or 1,750 hours (predoctoral licensing requirement) in a setting determined by the internship coordinator and the student. Required of all students in the school psychology program except those entering at the advanced level. |
18:826:635,636Part-Time Internship in School Psychology (E-BA,E-BA) Ten to 11 months of supervised experience in a setting determined by the internship coordinator and the student. Required for school psychology students who enter at the advanced level. |
