School Services: School Psychologist
School Services: School Psychologist is available as a Post-Baccalaureate Initial License or Renewal.
Post-Baccalaureate Initial License
Candidates must complete a specialist or doctoral program in School Psychology with a minimum of 72 semester hours for IDOE licensure eligibility consideration.
Required Courses
| SCCO 606 | Child Therapy and Assessment | 3 |
| EDPS 612 | Psychological Consultation | 3 |
| EDPS 640 | Methodology of Educational and Psychological Research | 3 |
| | or | |
| EDPS 643 | Research Design | 3 |
| EDPS 641 | Introduction to Statistical Methods | 3 |
| EDPS 651 | Personality Assessment of Children and Adolescents | 3 |
| EDPS 652 | Introduction to Neuropsychology | 3 |
| EDPS 653 | Individual Cognitive Assessment | 3 |
| EDPS 654 | Academic Achievement and Intervention | 3 |
| EDPS 685 | Introduction to School Psychology | 3 |
| EDPS 688 | Practicum in Consultation | 3-6 |
| EDPS 689 | Practicum in School Psychology | 3-6 |
| EDPS 690 | Supervised Internship in School Psychology | 3-12 |
| EDPS 775 | Evidence-Based Interventions in Psychology | 3 |
| | or | |
| SCCO 692 | Youth Crisis and Trauma Counseling | 3 |
| SPCE 600 | Education of Exceptional Children | 3 |
| | or | |
| EDPS 660 | Diagnosis and Interventions for Learning and Related Disorders | 3 |
3 credits from:
3 credits from:
| EDCU 601 | Principles and Procedures of Curriculum Development | 3 |
| EDCU 610 | The Elementary School Curriculum | 3 |
| EDCU 620 | The Secondary School Curriculum | 3 |
| EDCU 630 | The Junior High and Middle School Curriculum | 3 |
3 credits from:
3 credits from:
| EDPS 603 | Psychology of Human Development | 3 |
| EDPS 627 | Child Development | 3 |
| EDPS 628 | Adolescent Development | 3 |
| EDPS 720 | Developmental Theories and Research Across the Lifespan | 3 |
3 credits from:
| EDRD 610 | The Teaching of Reading in the Elementary School | 3 |
| EDRD 620 | Disciplinary Literacy & Integrated Instruction: Addressing Content Area Reading & Informational Text | 3 |
| EDRD 640 | Issues in the Teaching of Literacy | 3 |
| EDRD 680 | Classroom Literacy Assessment | 3 |
3 credits from:
3 credits from:
| CPSY 678 | Theories and Techniques of Counseling the Culturally Diverse | 3 |
| EDEL 644 | Education in a Diverse Society | 3 |
| EDFO 651 | Educational Sociology | 3 |
| EDMU 660 | Multicultural and Multiethnic Education in American Schools | 3 |
| EDMU 670 | Social and Cultural Minorities in American Education | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 72