18 Va. Admin. Code § 125-20-56 - Education requirements for school psychologists
A. The applicant shall hold at least a
master's degree in school psychology, with a minimum of at least 60 semester
credit hours or 90 quarter hours, from a college or university accredited by a
regional accrediting agency, which was accredited by the APA or CAEP or was
approved by NASP, or shall meet the requirements of subsection B of this
section.
B. If the applicant does
not hold a master's degree in school psychology from a program accredited by
the APA or CAEP or approved by NASP, the applicant shall have a master's degree
from a psychology program that offers education and training to prepare
individuals for the practice of school psychology as defined in §
54.1-3600 of the Code of
Virginia and that meets the following criteria:
1. The program is within an institution of
higher education accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education or publicly recognized by the Association of
Universities and Colleges of Canada as a member in good standing. Graduates of
programs that are not within the United States or Canada must provide
documentation from a credential evaluation service acceptable to the board that
demonstrates that the program meets the requirements set forth in this
chapter.
2. The program shall be
recognizable as an organized entity within the institution.
3. The program shall be an integrated,
organized sequence of study with an identifiable psychology faculty and a
psychologist directly responsible for the program and shall have an
identifiable body of students who are matriculated in that program for a
degree. The faculty shall be accessible to students and provide them with
guidance and supervision. The faculty shall provide appropriate professional
role models and engage in actions that promote the student's acquisition of
knowledge, skills, and competencies consistent with the program's training
goals.
4. The program shall
encompass a minimum of two academic years of full-time graduate study or the
equivalent thereof.
5. The program
shall include a general core curriculum containing a minimum of three or more
graduate semester hours or five or more graduate quarter hours in each of the
following substantive content areas:
a.
Psychological foundations (e.g., biological bases of behavior, human learning,
social and cultural bases of behavior, child and adolescent development,
individual differences).
b.
Educational foundations (e.g., instructional design, organization and operation
of schools).
c.
Interventions/problem-solving (e.g., assessment, direct interventions, both
individual and group, indirect interventions).
d. Statistics and research methodologies
(e.g., research and evaluation methods, statistics, measurement).
e. Professional school psychology (e.g.,
history and foundations of school psychology, legal and ethical issues,
professional issues and standards, alternative models for the delivery of
school psychological services, emergent technologies, roles and functions of
the school psychologist).
6. The program shall be committed to
practicum experiences that shall include:
a.
Orientation to the educational process;
b. Assessment for intervention;
c. Direct intervention, including counseling
and behavior management; and
d.
Indirect intervention, including consultation.
C. Candidates for school psychologist
licensure shall have successfully completed an internship in a program
accredited by APA or CAEP, or approved by NASP, or is a member of APPIC or one
that meets equivalent standards.
Notes
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3605 of the Code of Virginia.
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