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School Psychology Year by Year Requirements

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WHAT TO EXPECT: COURSES, FIELD EXPERIENCES, RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

(Revised May 2012)

This is based on a student coming in with a Bachelor’s degree. Courses in bold must be taken at the suggested time to stay in sequence. The shaded areas indicate other activities that students need to be engaged in; these are in addition to formal coursework.

FALL

SPRING

SUMMER

YEAR 1

  • Obtain liability insurance (copy of cover page to Academic Advising office)
  • File degree plan for M.Ed. (optional for students entering 2009 or earlier; NOT required for those entering with a Master’s degree of any kind)
  • Become involved with research project or activity
  • Join professional organizations
  • Establish file in ‘myrecord’ including vita, sample papers
  • Complete CITI training for research involving human subjects

 SPSY 610: Child Psychopathology

 SPSY 643: Academic Assessment &  Intervention

 SPSY 611: Intro to SPSY (1)

 EPSY 689: Life Span Development 

 Students with advanced standing may take  SPSY 638: Systems Consultation and  Prevention Science or EPSY 605: Effects of  Culture, Diversity, and Poverty if they waive  out of one of these courses

SPSY 612: Individual Assessment of Children

SPSY 641: Child Therapy for School Behavior Problems

SPSY 642: Behavioral Assessment and Intervention

SPSY 611: Law (1 hr)

Students with advanced standing may take SPSY 628: Consultation Theory and Techniques

SPSY 611: Ethics (1)

SPSY 644: Child Therapy Advanced Theory and Techniques

 

Plus one of the following to be determined with the Temporary Advisor:

*EPSY 636 Research Design

*STAT 651 Statistics

EPSY 640 Experimental Design I

Plus one of the following to be determined with the Temporary Advisor:

*EPSY 636 Research Design

EPSY 641 Experimental Design II (or EPSY 640 if not taken in Fall)

Plus one additional  course to be determined with the Temporary Advisor

EPSY 621: Clinical Neuropsychology (can be taken 1st or 2nd year)

Other course

13 credits

14 credits

6-7 credits

 

YEAR 2

  • Apply for graduation for M.Ed. if applicable
  • Establish doctoral committee and file Ph.D. Degree Plan
  • Engage in additional research activity leading to presentation and/or publication
  • Begin work on dissertation research
  • Renew liability insurance (cover sheet to Advising Office)
  • Take Praxis II and Advanced Psych GRE
  • Update ‘myrecord’

SPSY 617: Emotional Disturbance in Children

[SPSY 683: Field Based Practicum in Child Therapy  (if Fall/Spring)]

SPSY 638: Systems Consultation and Prevention Science

EPSY 605: Culture, Diversity, and Poverty

SPSY 614: Integrated Practicum in Assessment

SPSY 683: Field Based Practicum in  Child Therapy 

SPSY 628: Consultation: Theory and Techniques     

[History & Systems Online course or Directed Studies-685 if needed]

EPSY 621: Clinical Neuropsychology if not taken earlier

[SPSY 683: Practicum in Child Therapy (if Spring/Summer)]

 

And/or 1 of the following:

Next RMS course in sequence

Strand course

 

 

Other RMS, Strand Course, Elective Practicum, or dissertation hours 

12 credits

9 credits

6 credits for FT status (note if you have not filed the doctoral degree plan, you cannot register for SPSY 691)

 

YEAR 3

  • Engage in additional research activity leading to presentation and/or publication
  • Pre-propose dissertation study in late March if applying for internship in Year 4 
  • Ask faculty/supervisor(s) for letters of recommendation for internship if applying for internship in Year 4 
  • Write complete proposal and determine any additional components to written and oral preliminary examinations for your advisory committee 
  • Continue involvement with publication and presentations 
  • Update ‘myrecord’ 
  • Renew liability insurance 
  • Identify and discuss possible external practica for Year 4  

SPSY 683: Field Based Practicum in Schools (3hrs)

Any remaining required courses, RMS course, Strand Course, or dissertation hours

SPSY 683: Field Based Practicum in Schools (3 hrs)

One other RMS, Strand Course, or dissertation hours

   

Any remaining required courses offered

RMS, Strand Course, Elective Practicum or dissertation hours 

9-12 credits

9-12 credits

6 credits

YEAR 4

  • Propose and complete preliminary examinations no later than October 1st 
  • Complete applications for internship sites (APPI Match process) 
  • EPSY 682 is required of all students at some point before they apply for internship  
  • Complete IRB for dissertation if not already done and fulfill any other requirements for candidacy 
  • Collect data, analyze data, and write final dissertation 
  • Engage in additional research activity leading to presentation and/or publication
  • Update ‘myrecord’
  • Renew liability insurance
  • Supervision seminar and experience is not required for those entering prior to Fall 2011

EPSY 682: Seminar in Internship Preparation (1) if applying for internship in year 4

RMS, Strand Course, elective practica or dissertation hours

SPSY 689 Supervision (1)

RMS, Strand Course, elective practica or dissertation hours

Work on Dissertation

[SPSY 689 Supervision (1) if not taken in Fall or could be taken for both semesters]

RMS, Strand Course, or dissertation hours 

Complete Dissertation

9-12 credits

9-12 credits

Up to 6 credits, possibly in absentia

YEAR 5

  • Renew liability insurance 
  • Complete internship with evaluations completed 
  • Complete and defend dissertation 
  • Apply for LSSP and take Jurisprudence 
  • Engage in additional research activity leading to presentation and/or publication
  • Update ‘myrecord’
  • Begin studying for EPPP
  • Obtain post-doctoral position 
  • Graduate (date will be determined by date of defense and date cleared by internship site) 

SPSY 684: Internship

SPSY 684: Internship

SPSY 684: Internship

2 credits

2 credits

2 credits

 

General Notes:

  • An undergraduate/graduate class in research methods/statistics is required to enter the required sequence (EPSY 640-641)
  • An undergraduate ‘class’ in History and Systems of Psychology is NOT sufficient to waive out of that requirement – This is only waived if the undergraduate degree is in Psychology and/or the student has taken (or takes) a graduate level class elsewhere
  • EPSY 640-641 is usually taken either Fall/Spring or Spring/Fall
  • SPSY 683 Child Therapy Practicum is taken either Fall/Spring or Spring/Summer – assignment is made by the faculty providing supervision
  • Until such time as you graduate, you must maintain continuous enrollment (1 credit hour minimum)
  • One cannot begin post-doctoral hours (or call oneself a post-doc) UNTIL the doctoral degree is conferred

 

To waive out of Core SPSY courses (for those entering with Masters/Specialist in School Psychology) or any other course, including research/stats courses:

  • All students take the SPSY 611 Seminar Series (professional issues, legal issues, ethical issues) regardless of their background. (It cannot be waived)
  • Identify courses you think you may be able to waive out of with your temporary advisor 
  • Identify the faculty member who teaches that course and set up appointment to meet with him/her 
  • It is up to the faculty member who teaches that course to determine if the course can be waived – this may involve discussion of the content, review of syllabi, demonstration of skill sets, completion of an exam, or other activity 
  • Documentation that the waiver has been approved by the faculty member MUST be in your student file – a form for faculty to sign off on is provided on-line, or the faculty member may provide you with a written statement 
  • Completing this process well in advance of when the course to be waived is scheduled is necessary in order to enroll in subsequent courses (these courses may be prerequisites