School Psychology

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As participants in school environments, school psychologists are committed to the general purpose of schooling; that is, facilitating human development. This means, of course, that school psychologists will embrace the cognitive, affective, social, and physical developmental outcomes around which schools are organized. Within this framework, the problems to be solved by school psychologists are those generated out of the schools' efforts to promote growth and development." Problem Solving as "Best Practice". p 37. Stanley L. Deno. Best Practices in School Psychology IV. National Association of School Psychologists. 2002.

Links

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health [Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Mental Health Information Center]
• Student Assistance Services Information
• Student Services Rule
  • NOTE: In accordance with Indiana State Board of Education Rule 511 IAC 4-1.5-5, School Psychologists may coordinate Student Assistance Services in public schools in Indiana.
• Indiana Professional Standards Board
  This link will provide information on obtaining a school psychologist license in Indiana. To review licensing requirements, go to the web site. Click on Licensing, then How to obtain an Indiana License, then Indiana Administrative Code Title 515, and scroll down until you find school psychologist; school services license at 515 IAC 1-1-76.1. The school psychologists (school psychologist I and school psychologist II) licenses described in sections 76 and 77 are no longer issued.
• Indiana Department of Education's Division of Exceptional Learners
  Check out Special Education's web site for the newly revised Article 7
• Indiana Association of School Psychologists
  Check out this web site for the IASP. It provides many links to various national associations which serve school psychologists.
• National Association of School Psychologists
  An important web site with information for teachers, administrators AND families plus an answer to the question, "What is A School Psychologist?