Current through Register Vol. XLII, No. 1, January 3, 2025
Section 17-3-17 - Supervision Requirements for School Psychologist Applicants17.1. Level I School Psychology applicants shall be supervised by Level I, Level II, or when necessary licensed psychologists. The Board shall approve licensed psychologists to be supervisors only upon satisfactory documentation of school psychology experience.17.2. Level II School Psychology applicants shall be supervised by Level II School Psychologists, or when necessary, licensed psychologists. The Board shall approve licensed psychologists to be supervisors only upon satisfactory documentation of school psychology or related practice expertise.17.3. The supervision of supervised-school-psychologists shall consist of a minimum of 1 hour of individual supervision for every 20 hours of school psychology services provided by the supervised-school-psychologist. Individual supervision is defined as face-to-face and private interaction between the supervised-school-psychologist and the supervisor. When the supervisor is not located at the same work site, the supervisor and supervised-school-psychologist still shall meet together for individual supervision sessions. The supervisor shall be available to the supervised-school-psychologist for telephone consultation during the work day. If the supervised-school-psychologist is a contractor with the school board, all school psychological reports shall be co-signed by the supervisor. If the supervised-school-psychologist is a full-time employee of a local school board, his or her reports shall be logged in the supervisor's log and need not be co-signed. Regardless of the supervised-school-psychologist's employment status, the applicant shall represent themselves and sign all reports as "Supervised-School-Psychologist" and all work must be reviewed by the supervisor.17.4. Specific Supervision Requirements for Level I Applicants as Described in W. Va. Code § 30-21-7b: Supervision of a supervised-school-psychologist for Level I licensure shall include all aspects of the supervised-school-psychologist's professional practice. These aspects include, but are not limited to, evaluations, consultations, ethics, record keeping, mental health interventions, family/school collaboration and professional development. The supervised-school-psychologist shall maintain all forms and submit reporting forms to the Board.17.4.a. Supervised-school-psychologists for the Level I School Psychology license who possess a master's, C.A.S., or Ed.S. degree are required to complete 3 school calendar years of supervision. If an internship was required for the degree, then one school calendar year of supervision shall be accepted as part of the required 3 school calendar years.17.5. Supervised-school-psychologists for School Psychology Level II licensure who possess a master's, C.A.S., or Ed.S., degree shall complete 2 additional school calendar years of supervision which shall include all aspects of the supervised-school-psychologist's professional practice, as described in Section 17.4. of this rule. The supervised-school-psychologist shall be informed of the requirements of the provision of independent and private school psychology services. During the 2 additional school calendar years of supervision required for the Level II license, the supervised-school-psychologist shall receive supervised experience which provides competency in the area_of private practice including:_record keeping, duty to protect issues, liability issues, abandonment concerns, confidentiality concerns, court concerns, business issues, supervision of other licensees, and professional practice ethics. The supervised Level II school psychologist should also be supervised in the ten NASP domains of practice including data based decision making, consultation, academic interventions, mental health interventions, family school collaboration, system level interventions, prevention and crisis intervention, diversity, research, and ethics. The supervised-school-psychologist may acquire these competencies either through actual private practice experience, interaction with his or her supervisor, or through formal instruction. The Board suggests, but does not require, that the supervised-school-psychologist receive on-the-job experience in a private practice setting during the 2 school calendar year period. If the supervised-school-psychologist works in a private practice setting, all psychological work must be co-signed by the supervisor. It is the responsibility of the supervised-school-psychologist and the supervisor to adequately prepare the applicant for Level II school psychology practice.17.6. Applicants for School Psychology licensure at the doctoral level are required to complete those activities as described in sections 17.4. and 17.5. of this rule. The amount of supervision time required for the doctoral supervised-school-psychologist is one (1) school calendar year if an internship was required, or two (2) school calendar years if an internship was not completed as part of the degree requirement. When the degree held is a doctorate in philosophy or its equivalent, and the individual has completed at least 1,800 hours in a predoctoral internship, the individual may apply to the board to waive the year of supervision. The individual must supply documentation of his/her predoctoral internship. If working in the state of West Virginia, the individual must identify a Board approved supervisor and be supervised until the Praxis exam and oral examination is successfully passed.17.7. A person who is certified as a school psychologist by the West Virginia State Board of Education and who is a full time employee of a local school board, need not be licensed as a Level I or Level II school psychologist. However, these individuals shall not refer to themselves as "licensed" nor may they offer services under contract to any other county school board nor shall they offer school psychology services on a private or independent practice basis. Only those properly licensed can provide services on a contract basis.