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School Psychology EdS Program

Brigham Young University’s School Psychology program is pleased to be approved by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) through 2012.  Application for continuing this approval will be submitted in March 2012. 

The EdS (Specialist) program requires three years of full time study that leads to credentialing as a school psychologist, which facilitates working in the schools and providing a) consultation with teachers, parents, and administrators, b) designing, implementing, and monitoring interventions, and c) promoting prevention activities and system level services that include evidence-based strategies.

Graduates typically work in K-12 schools, consulting with teachers and facilitating childrens’ emotional/behavioral, academic, and cognitive abilities and development.  For information about the profession of school psychology, click here. 

Program Emphasis

  • Support students in becoming excellent school psychologists that demonstrate professional skills in the 10 domains identified in the NASP Practice model.
  • Focus on applying theories to develop and master skills of consultation, counseling, and assessment for intervention, progress monitoring, to ensure positive educational outcomes for all students.

Courses

Our program requires courses in foundational courses in the following sample areas:Ethics and Professional Roles and Standards

  • Ethics and Professional Roles and Standards
  • Learning Theory
  • Human Development
  • Counseling Theory
  • Research Methods

A few of the applied courses include these topics:

  • Consultation
  • Academic interventions
  • Behavioral, social, emotional interventions
  • Individual and group counseling
  • Bilingual assessment
  • Multicultural issues

Field Experiences

During the second year of the program students complete 300 practicum hours under the close supervision of a credentialed school psychologist.  Students complete a variety of assessments, then design, implement, and monitor interventions.  A full-time (1200 hours) supervised  school-based internship is completed during the third year in the program.  Graduating student gain the necessary skills and experiences to be endorsed for state licensure as a school psychologist.