Prerequisite
A record of a passing score on the CBEST and approval of internship site Placement Specialist. students mush have completed all program prerequisites, completion of PED coursework, 450 hours of praticum and have permission of the faculty advisor.
Course Description
Students will review the knowledge, skills, and standards of the graduate program in school psychology in final preparation for their employment as professional school psychologists. Students will prepare for the ETS Praxis examination, complete their program portfolios, and present their school project as part of this course.
PED 685 is a seminar that is taken concurrently with the school psychology fieldwork. Students will:
Interact with the professor and other fieldwork students regarding situations that have arisen in their fieldwork. Students learn to present fieldwork cases, provide peer consultation, and share strategies for working with students, parents and staff.
Integrate learning from previous courses;
Share information about policy and practice in other districts and schools;
Self-assess and improve their professional knowledge;
Improve their written and oral communication;
Be exposed to current events and trends that effect the everyday work of school psychologists and material not covered in their other courses;
Be exposed to working school psychologists, speakers on special topics; job search strategies, interviewing.