Section 5-E1659. SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

 

1659.1For certification as a school psychologist, the following shall be required:

 

(a)A master’s degree in school, psychology, educational, or clinical psychology from an accredited institution to include forty-two (42) semester hours of graduate level coursework and five hundred (500) clock hours of satisfactory field experience in a school setting under the supervision of a certified school psychologist;

 

(b)Fifteen (15) semester hours to include the following:

 

(1)Introduction to school psychology;

 

(2)Child adolescent psychology or developmental psychology;

 

(3)Psychology of abnormal behavior/psychopathy of childhood and adolescence (mental hygiene);

 

(4)Statistics; tests and measurements, evaluation; or research methods; and

 

(5)Seminar in school psychology;

 

(c)Six (6) semester hours from among the following:

 

(1)Neurology or neuropsychology and brain behavior;

 

(2)Biological basis of behavior;

 

(3)Theories of learning; or

 

(4)Theories of personality;

 

(d)Nine (9) semester hours from the following:

 

(1)History and systems of psychology;

 

(2)Psychology of the exceptional child;

 

(3)Socio-cultural education;

 

(4)Survey of problems and issues in special education; or

 

(5)Public school law; urban issues; legal and ethical issues;

 

(e)Six (6) semester hours to include the following:

 

(1)Individual assessment of cognitive abilities; and

 

(2)Behavioral assessment (behavioral checklist, classroom observation techniques); and

 

(f)Six (6) semester hours from the following:

 

(1)Evaluation and diagnosis of exceptional children;

 

(2)Diagnosis and remedial techniques in arithmetic;

 

(3)The learning disabled child/learning disabilities; or

 

(4)Personality assessment.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3201 (July 17, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 6542 (October 24, 1986); and by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 6893, 6938-39 (October 1, 1993).