The requirements for admission to the examination for an
independent school psychologist license, which are generally set forth under
division (C) of section
4732.10 of the Revised Code,
include that the applicant be at least twenty-one years of age. In addition,
he/she shall have received from an accredited (see paragraphs (E) and (F) of
rule 4732-3-01 of the Administrative
Code) educational institution at least a master's degree in school psychology
or an earned graduate degree considered equivalent by the board, including at
least ninety graduate quarter hours or sixty graduate semester hours in course
work which may include practica relevant to the study of school psychology; and
he/she shall have had at least four years of school psychology experience, with
a school psychology internship or other training experience acceptable to the
board being considered for credit toward one year of said experience. With
regard to such requirements, the board hereby further prescribes:
(A) A degree deemed equivalent to a master's
degree in school psychology shall:
(1) Be
received from:
(a) An educational institution
holding full accreditation status at the time the degree was awarded;
or
(b) An educational institution
holding "candidate for accreditation" status at the time the degree was awarded
but for no more than six years immediately preceding the degree award date;
and
(2) Consist of at
least ninety quarter hours or sixty semester hours of graduate course work
which may include practica. Said quarter or semester hours shall consist of
course work relevant to the study of school psychology.
(B) Course work which may include practica,
totaling at least ninety quarter hours or sixty semester hours, shall be deemed
relevant to the study of school psychology where the course work is distributed
as indicated in this paragraph:
(1) Course
work in each of the following areas:
(a)
Science of human development
(b)
Science of psychology and education
(c) Social-emotional development
(d) Standardized group measurement
(e) Program design
(f) Statistics and research design
(g) The psychoeducational assessment of
children using individual testing techniques including practicum
experiences
(h) The assessment of
functional and curricular aspects of behavior and learning
(i) Consultation
(j) Intervention and remedial techniques
based on assessment data; and
(2) Course work in at least three of the
following areas:
(a) The role and function of
the school psychologist
(b)
Curriculum and instruction in general and special education
(c) The organization and operation of
schools
(d) Educational and special
educational administration
(e)
Emerging technologies
(C) The four years of school psychology
experience shall include one year of school psychology internship of no less
than twelve hundred hours or other training experience acceptable to the board
and, in addition, shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(1) Said experience shall call upon the
applicant to engage in the following activities:
(a) Evaluation, diagnosis, or test
interpretation limited to assessment of intellectual ability, learning
patterns, achievement, motivation, or social-emotional factors directly related
to learning problems; and/or
(b)
Intervention services, including counseling, for children or adults for
amelioration or prevention of educationally related learning problems, which
may include emotional and behavioral aspects of such problems; and/or
(c) Educational or vocational consultation or
direct educational services, which do not include industrial consultation or
counseling services to clients undergoing vocational rehabilitation.
(2) At least one-half (two years)
of said experience shall occur while practicing school psychology within the
scope of employment by a board of education or by a private school meeting
standards prescribed by the relevant state or provincial department or board of
education.
(3) Any training and/or
experience other than as described in paragraph (C)(2) of this rule shall:
(a) Come under the supervision of a
supervisor who is either:
(i) A psychologist
or a school psychologist licensed by this board; or
(ii) A psychologist or a school psychologist
licensed by the psychology licensing authority of another state, territory, the
District of Columbia, or Canadian province; or
(iii) A person eligible for licensure as a
psychologist or a school psychologist only when the supervisee is an employee
of the federal government and, therefore, exempt from licensing
requirements.
(b) Be
such that the supervision of said school psychology training and/or experience
shall meet all the supervision requirements described in rules 4732-13-01,
4732-13-02, 4732-13-03, and
4732-13-04 of the Administrative
Code or the requirements for supervision established by the psychology
licensing authority of another state, territory, the District of Columbia,
Canadian province, or foreign country.
(D) Any school psychological work engaged in
by an applicant within this state on and after December 1, 1972, during which
time he/she either offered or rendered services as a school psychologist or
otherwise engaged in the practice of school psychology as described in division
(E) of section
4732.01 of the Revised Code
shall not, unless it comes under one of the exemptions from licensure described
in paragraph (B) of rule
4732-5-02 of the Administrative
Code, be counted toward fulfillment of the training and/or experience
requirement described in paragraph (C) of this rule.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
4732-9-02
Effective:
1/1/2025
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
9/4/2024 and
01/01/2030
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 4732.06
Rule
Amplifies: 4732.06,
4732.10,
4732.12
Prior
Effective Dates: 04/14/1975, 05/17/1976, 09/01/1981, 10/01/1990, 09/30/1996,
06/08/2015, 03/21/2022, 12/31/2023
