学校心理学家接受了心理学和教育方面的专门培训。他们利用自己的培训和技能与教育工作者，父母和其他心理健康专业人员合作，以确保在安全，健康和支持性的环境中满足每个孩子的学术，社会情感和行为需求。学校心理学家了解学校系统，有效的教学和成功的学习。他们在学校提供教育和心理服务，包括评估，学术和行为咨询，个人和团体咨询以及预防和早期干预计划的制定和评估的各种组合。多年来，学校心理学一直被评为所有职业中的前十名。除了是令人兴奋和令人振奋的职业之外，该领域的供求比也非常有利，因为近年来退休率已经超过了毕业率。因此，工作
A three-year, cohort-based program culminating in the degree, state certification, and the National Certified School Psychologist credential.<br>School psychologists have specialized training in both psychology and education. They use their training and skills to team with educators, parents, and other mental health professionals to ensure that every child's academic and social-emotional and behavioral needs are met in a safe, healthy, and supportive environment. School psychologists understand school systems, effective teaching, and successful learning. They provide educational and psychological services in schools that include various combinations of assessment, academic and behavior consultation, individual and group counseling, and development and evaluation of prevention and early intervention programs. School Psychology consistently has been ranked among the top 10 of all professions for many years. In addition to being an exciting and rewarding career, the field has highly favorable supply and demand ratios, as retirement rates have exceeded graduation rates in recent years. Consequently, the job prospects are excellent, especially for specialist level school psychologist practitioners and doctoral level university faculty.<br>School psychologist certification in Missouri and most other states requires completion of an Educational Specialist in School Psychology (Ed.S.) degree. The Ed.S. degree is a 60-hour, three-year, full time program that includes a yearlong internship. To work as a school psychologist, one must be certified by the state in which services are provided. In most states School Psychologist certification is granted by the state's Department of Education and supports practice within school or educational settings. The provision of independent psychological services via private practice or community mental health agencies requires a doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology and licensure by the State Board of Examiners in Psychology as a Psychologist. The UMSL Ed. S. in School Psychology degree has been a program of National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Recognition with full NASP-Approval since 2009. Our current full NASP-Accreditation is effective through Fall 2030. For more information, see the Program Annual Report and Student Outcomes Data.