许多儿童和青少年遇到严重的健康问题，对他们的学业表现和/或社会功能产生显着影响，并使他们面临更严重有害后果的危险。公共部门和私营部门的领导人都呼吁制定健康促进计划，以减少对昂贵的医疗干预措施的需求。新兴的共识是，在全方位服务的学校中实施全面的学校卫生计划可以是一种经济有效的方法，可以解决青少年日益增长的健康和社会问题，并防止出现不良的行为方式。该专业的总体目标是培养学校心理学家，使其成为研究和实践的领导者，以满足对健康有问题的儿童的教育需求。
Many children and youth experience significant health problems that have a marked effect on their academic performance and/or social functioning and that place them at-risk for more serious deleterious outcomes. Leaders in both the public and private sectors have sounded a call for the development of health promotion programs that reduce the need for expensive medical interventions. There is an emerging consensus that comprehensive school health programming in full-service schools can be a cost-effective method of addressing the growing health and social problems of youth and preventing the emergence of unhealthy patterns of behavior. To partially meet this need, the doctoral school psychology program has developed a Health/Pediatric sub specialization for students interested in developing additional competencies beyond those already identified within the existing program. The overall objective of this subspecialization is to develop school psychologists as leaders in the research and practice of meeting the educational needs of children with health concerns. At the core of preparing pediatric school psychologists are competencies for linking salient systems in promoting children's educational success, including families, schools, healthcare providers and communities. The program aims to develop truly integrated professionals who are capable of practicing within both schools and health care settings to provide integrated services for students.<br><br>Duration: 5 Yrs