Master of Arts in Education: School Psychology

This course will introduce candidates to the profession of school psychology. Candidates will have knowledge of the history and foundations of school psychology and knowledge of multiple service models and methods. Candidates will have core foundational knowledge about best practices and strategies in professional practice as servant leaders in school psychology. 

This course is designed to provide educational foundations, including human growth and development, learning theory, and academic achievement. Candidates will also have knowledge of human development across the lifespan as well as factors that impede development.

Candidates will have knowledge of direct interventions that focus on academic interventions for children and families. Candidates will have knowledge of psychobiological, cultural, dual language learners and social influences on academic skills; human learning, cognitive, and developmental processes; and evidence-based curriculum and instructional strategies. Candidates will demonstrate skills to use assessment and data-collection methods and to implement and evaluate services that support cognitive and academic skills. 

Candidates will have knowledge of varied methods of consultation, collaboration, and communication applicable to individuals, families, groups, school staff, and community agencies across academic, behavioral and social/emotional domains. Candidates will learn evidence-based strategies to support family influences on children’s learning, socialization, and mental health.

Candidates will have knowledge of evidence-based strategies for effective crisis response including threat and risk assessments. Candidates, in collaboration with others, will demonstrate skills to promote services that enhance learning, school safety, and physical well-being through protective and adaptive factors and to implement effective crisis preparation, response, and recovery.