N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 507.08

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Ed 507.08 - School Psychologist

(a) The following shall be the entry level requirements for an individual to be certified as school psychologist:

(1) Completion of any state board of education approved doctoral certificate of advanced graduate study/specialist, or master's level program in school psychology; or

(2) Meeting both of the following requirements:

a. Completion of at least 60 semester hours or the equivalent of graduate study culminating in at least a master's degree, of which at least 54 hours are exclusive of credit for the supervised internship experience as described in b.; and

b. Experience in a supervised internship in a general school setting for 1,200 clock hours, full-time over one year or half time over 2 consecutive years in a general school setting, provided that if additional experiences are provided in mental health clinics, psychiatric hospitals, and other institutions for children, such experiences shall not replace the supervised internship in a general school setting for more than 600 of the 1,200 hours.

(b) A candidate for certification as a school psychologist shall have the skills, competencies and knowledge through a combination of academic and supervised practical experiences in the following areas:

(1) Practices that permeate all aspects of service delivery through:

a. Data-based decision making and accountability; and

b. Consultation and collaboration;

(2) Direct and indirect services for children, families and schools which include:

a. Student-level services including;

1. Conducting, interpreting, and communicating the findings of assessments of students, including but not limited to their:

(i) Intellectual ability;

(ii) Cognitive processing;

(iii) Academic achievement;

(iv) Behavior;

(v) Social and emotional functioning;

(vi) Learning environments; and

(vii) Adaptive functioning;

2. Designing, implementing, monitoring and adapting instructional and behavioral supports and interventions;

3. Creating, implementing and evaluating mental health interventions and direct services to develop social/emotional and life skills;

b. Systems-level services including:

1. Interacting effectively in a school setting by understanding systems, roles, curriculum, instruction and assessment to promote socialization, learning, and mental health; and

2. Implementing and evaluating school wide practices that promote learning; and

c. Preventative and responsive services including:

1. Applying principles of resilience and risk factors in learning and mental health;

2. Promoting multi-tiered systems of support; and

3. Formulating evidence-based strategies for effective crisis preparation, response, and recovery; and

(3) Foundations of professional school psychological services which include:

a. Understanding and analyzing the diversity in human development and learning including culture, context and individual differences;

b. Explaining typical and atypical psychological and educational development in children and youth;

c. Synthesizing, evaluating and applying theories and models of research, empirical findings, and techniques related to student learning;

d. Utilizing research design, statistics, measurement, and varied data collection and analysis techniques;

e. Designing and implementing program evaluation to support evidence-based practices at the individual, group, and/or systems levels;

f. Integrating the history and foundations of psychology into a professional identity and practice as a school psychologist; and

g. Adhering to ethical, legal and professional standards including:

1. Ethical and professional decision making; and

2. Professional work characteristics and disposition that reflect personal integrity.

N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 507.08

#2055, eff 6-16-82; ss by #2714, eff 5-16-84; ss by #4851, eff 6-25-90; EXPIRED 6-25-96

New. #6349, eff 10-5-96, EXPIRED: 10-5-04

New. #8206, INTERIM, eff 11-18-04, EXPIRES: 5-17-05;ss by #8335, eff 4-23-05; ss by #8667, eff 7-1-06

Amended byVolume XXXV Number 10, Filed March 12, 2015, Proposed by #10785, Effective 2/20/2015, Expires2/20/2025.