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Educational Specialist in School Psychology
The Educational Specialist degree-level program is designed for students seeking initial licensure as school psychologists. The Ed.S. degree demands a level of preparation significantly greater than that called for by a master's degree. The Ed.S. is widely regarded as the intermediary degree between a masterÕs and a doctorate. Completion of our program requires a minimum of three years (including coursework in fall, spring, and summer semesters), with a second year practicum, and a third year, full-time internship in a public school setting.
The Lewis & Clark School Psychology Program is approved by the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC), as well as the National Council for Accreditation and Teacher Standards (NCATE) and the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). Because of the School Psychology programÕs NASP approval, graduates are able to apply for the National Certificate of School Psychology (NCSP), enabling them to apply for licensure in many states offering reciprocality.
Licensure Requirements
In addition to fulfilling the following educational requirements, students seeking initial licensure must submit passing scores on the Praxis I, CBEST, or WEST-B test of basic skills, and the Praxis II specialty area test in school psychology. Those scores must be on file in the Counseling Psychology department office prior to graduation.
Degree Requirements
A minimum of 63 semester hours, distributed as follows:
Required Degree Courses
CPSY 504 Family Therapy: Theory and Practice, 3 semester hours
CPSY 506 Life Span Development, 3 semester hours
CPSY 507 Introduction to School Psychology I, 1 semester hour
CPSY 508 Introduction to School Psychology II, 1 semester hour
CPSY 512 Counseling Theory: Cognitive, Affective, and Behavior Change in Children and Adolescents, 3 semester hours
CPSY 514 Group Counseling With Children and Adolescents, 3 semester hours
CPSY 517 The Exceptional Child in Schools, 3 semester hours
CPSY 523 Treatment Planning and Intervention With Children and Adolescents, 3 semester hours
CPSY 530 Research Methods and Statistics I, 3 semester hours
CPSY 531 Research Methods and Statistics II, 3 semester hours
CPSY 540 Applied Developmental Neuropsychology, 2 semester hours
CPSY 541 Assessment and Intervention I, 2 semester hours
CPSY 542 Assessment and Intervention II, 3 semester hours
CPSY 543 Assessment and Intervention III, 3 semester hours
CPSY 550 Clinical Work With Diverse Populations, 3 semester hours
CPSY 571 Prevention in Educational Settings, 3 semester hours
CPSY 573 School-Based Consultation, 3 semester hours
CPSY 574 Advanced Consultation and Program Evaluation, 2 semester hours
CPSY 581 Ethical and Legal Issues for School Psychology Practicum, 2 semester hours
CPSY 585 Practicum in School Psychology, three semesters, 5 semester hours total
CPSY 586 Internship in School Psychology, three semesters, 7 semester hours total
Graduate Core Requirement
A minimum of 2 semester hours and one Core convocation
CPSY 504 - Family Therapy: Theory and Practice
Overview of the fundamental assumptions and ideas of general systems theory and the basic premises of theoretical orientations within family therapy. Participants explore the application of course material to their work setting or training track. This course is not clinical in nature and is not designed to train or prepare participants to conduct family therapy.
Corequisite: CPSY 569.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 506 - Life Span Development
Exploration of life span development through the lenses of social, cultural, cognitive, biological, and learning theories and research. Emphasis is on gaining better conceptual understanding of healthy development and better practical understanding of how to help children, adolescents, and adults address the developmental challenges they face across the life span. Particular focus placed on understanding our own developmental processes as well as the role of cultural difference and commonality in the developmental process.
Prerequisite: None.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 507 - Introduction to School Psychology I
Overview of the history, systems, roles, and functions of school psychologists. Readings in contemporary issues and historical events provide the foundation for graduate preparation in school psychology. Students observe the work of school psychologists and discuss the profession in a seminar format.
Prerequisite: None.
Credit: 1 semester hour.
CPSY 508 - Introduction to School Psychology II
Overview of the history, systems, roles, and functions of school psychologists. Readings in contemporary issues and historical events provide the foundation for graduate preparation in school psychology. Students observe the work of school psychologists and discuss the profession in a seminar format.
Prerequisite: CPSY 507.
Credit: 1 semester hour.
CPSY 512 - Counseling Theory: Cognitive, Affective, and Behavior Change in Children and Adolescents
Introduction to the theories guiding mental health work with children and adolescents in school and clinical settings. Reviews learning theories (classical, operant, and social). Participants explore the design and implementation of contingency-management programs and various CBT strategies for educational and clinical settings. Also considers psychoanalytic, Adlerian, client-centered, Gestalt, play therapy, reality therapy, solution-focused, and brief therapy theories. Issues of diversity and client matching are addressed throughout.
Corequisite: CPSY 503 or 569, or 507 and 508.
Prerequisite: None.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 514 - Group Counseling With Children and Adolescents
Instruction and practice in developing group treatments for children and adolescents in clinical and school settings. Students gain practice as group leaders in addressing issues related to group dynamics, cultural diversity, potential problems encountered when running groups, and generalization and maintenance of behavioral change. Students also gain experience constructing curricula for specific issues such as divorce, substance use, grief, and social skills.
Prerequisite: CPSY 503 or 569, or 507 and 508.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 517 - The Exceptional Child in Schools
Overview of the exceptional child in today's educational setting. Provides a basic understanding of special educational law and public policy related to the birth-to-three early intervention, preschool, K-12, and vocational transitioning populations. Exceptionalities studied include communication disorders, learning disabilities, mental retardation, emotional disturbance, behavioral disorders, orthopedic impairments, other health impairments, traumatic brain injuries, hearing and vision impairments, and giftedness. Students gain an understanding of the criteria requirements for each category as outlined under the Oregon Administrative Rules and some of the unique evaluation considerations for each.
Prerequisite: None.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 523 - Treatment Planning and Intervention With Children and Adolescents
Mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders of childhood and adolescents. Topics include identification, diagnosis, and planning of multifaceted intervention and treatment strategies; developmental, social, and cultural influences on diagnoses and interventions; multicultural considerations; and effects of substance abuse on individuals, families, schools, and other environments.
Corequisite: CPSY 522.
Prerequisite: CPSY 506 and 512 or 513 (for Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy students, only CPSY 506 is required).
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 530 - Research Methods and Statistics I
Introduction to research methods with an emphasis on design, sampling, measurement issues, and introductory data analysis. Topics include (1) research design: elements of the research process, types of designs, program evaluation; (2) ethical considerations of research: informed consent, research with diverse and vulnerable populations, research with children, human subjects review; (3) basic measurement concepts: validity, reliability, norms, score interpretation; (4) basic statistical concepts: frequency distributions, central tendency, measures of variability, correlation. Reviews Web-based resources for conducting research.
Prerequisite: None.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
Note: Taught during the fall semester only, as the first course of a two-semester sequence. Students who wish to pursue the thesis-option M.S. program are advised to take this sequence as early as possible in their course of study.
CPSY 531 - Research Methods and Statistics II
Research design and data analysis, inferential statistics. Simple and complex designs, normal distribution, z-test, t-test, analysis of variance, statistical power, simple regression. Overview of nonparametric and multivariate analysis.
Prerequisite: CPSY 530.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
Note: Taught in spring semester only, as the second course of a two-semester sequence. Students who wish to pursue the thesis-option M.S. program are advised to take this sequence as early as possible in their course of study.
CPSY 540 - Applied Developmental Neuropsychology
Conceptual overview of the field of neuropsychology from developmental and applied perspectives. Explores the theories and principles of neuropsychology and their relationship to practice. Provides students with a basic understanding of the neurological underpinnings of challenges their clients face, the effects of medications and substance abuse, and the implications for assessment and treatment.
Prerequisite: Admission to School Psychology Program.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
CPSY 541 - Assessment and Intervention I
This course is the first of a three-part assessment sequence that addresses psycho-educational, social, emotional, and behavioral assessment of children and adolescents from birth through age 21. In this course, the focus is on gaining competency with the skills and tools needed to collect, interpret, and present data using observation, interviews, behavior rating scales, functional behavioral assessments, and response to intervention.
Prerequisite: CPSY 530, 531.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
CPSY 542 - Assessment and Intervention II
This course is the second of a three-part assessment sequence that addresses psycho-educational, social, emotional, and behavioral assessment of children and adolescents from birth through age 21. In this course, the focus is on gaining competency with the skills and tools needed to collect, interpret and present data using psycho-educational assessments involving cognitive, academic, and adaptive measures.
Prerequisite: CPSY 530, 531.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 543 - Assessment and Intervention III
This course is the third of a three-part assessment sequence that addresses psycho-educational, social, emotional, and behavioral assessment of children and adolescents from birth through age 21. In this course, the focus is on gaining competency with the skills and tools required to interpret and integrate multiple assessment measures, including reporting and consulting on such assessment data in written and verbal formats.
Prerequisite: CPSY 530, 531.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 550 - Clinical Work With Diverse Populations
Development of counseling techniques for working with clients who are diverse in culture, race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, or physical or mental ability. Focus is on helping students become capable therapists in varied environments, including becoming aware of their own beliefs, biases, and prejudices.
Corequisite: CPSY 569.
Prerequisite: CPSY 503, or 507 and 508.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 571 - Prevention in Educational Settings
Theory, application, design, implementation, and evaluation of prevention and intervention programs for school-age youth in school and community settings. Students also examine the cultural, social, psychological, family, and political factors bearing on children's understanding of and experiences with alcohol and other drugs. Prevention and intervention through enhancement of social competence are presented from constructivist and ecological-developmental perspectives with application to individuals and to small-group and classroom-based settings.
Prerequisite: CPSY 512.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 573 - School-Based Consultation
Theory and practice of consultation, which is fundamental to the delivery of mental health services in schools. Covers models of behavioral and instructional consultation in schools and with families. In-school observations facilitate students' understanding of consultation in schools. Emphasis is on identifying ways to collaboratively assess and intervene in problematic behavioral and instructional situations. Addresses issues of cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic differences.
Prerequisite: CPSY 512.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
CPSY 574 - Advanced Consultation and Program Evaluation
Application of consultation in schools and other social service delivery systems. Topics include theoretical and practical considerations for the use of mental health consultation, advocacy consultation, process consultation, organization development, and other approaches. Explores the application of ethical principles to consultation practice including careful consideration of issues of cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic diversity. Students develop strong consultation skills grounded in well-articulated theory.
Prerequisite: CPSY 573 or consent of instructor.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
CPSY 581 - Ethical and Legal Issues for School Psychology Practicum
Consideration of the applicable ethical and legal issues for school psychologists in mental health and school settings. Students develop skills in counseling, consultation, assessment, and intervention planning.
Corequisite: CPSY 523.
Prerequisite: CPSY 504, 506, 507, 508, 512, and consent of adviser.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
CPSY 585 - Practicum in School Psychology
Didactic class instruction, practicum placement, and clinical training as related to work as a professional school psychologist. Covers the application of psychological therapies with children, adolescents, and families in educational settings, as well as the skills involved in collecting data for consultation and assessment at the practicum site. In weekly seminars, students review research, theory, and practice. Students also present audio- and/or videotapes of their counseling for supervisory review.
Prerequisite: CPSY 581, consent of advisor.
Credit: Three semesters of practicum, for a total of 5 semester hours, CR/NC.
CPSY 586 - Internship in School Psychology
Supervised experience as a school psychologist. Direct weekly supervision is provided by a field-based licensed school psychologist and indirect supervision by the course instructor. Interns provide school psychology services in consultation, counseling, assessment, intervention development, and program evaluation with K-12 students in special and regular educational settings. Regular seminar meetings allow for group supervision and the examination of legal, ethical, and professional issues. A comprehensive examination of school psychology is included.
Prerequisite: All courses required for the School Psychology Program.
Credit: 0-4 semester hours; three semesters of internship practice, for a total of 7 semester hours.