1659. SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

1659 SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST 1659.1 For certification as a school psychologist, the following shall be required: (a) A master’s degree in school, psychology, educational, or clinical psychology from an accredited institution to include forty-two (42) semester hours of graduate level coursework and five hundred (500) clock hours of satisfactory field experience in a school setting under the supervision of a certified school psychologist; (b) Fifteen (15) semester hours to include the following: (1) Introduction to school psychology; (2) Child adolescent psychology or developmental psychology; (3) Psychology of abnormal behavior/psychopathy of childhood and adolescence (mental hygiene); (4) Statistics; tests and measurements, evaluation; or research methods; and (5) Seminar in school psychology; (c) Six (6) semester hours from among the following: (1) Neurology or neuropsychology and brain behavior; (2) Biological basis of behavior; (3) Theories of learning; or (4) Theories of personality; (d) Nine (9) semester hours from the following: (1) History and systems of psychology; (2) Psychology of the exceptional child; (3) Socio-cultural education; (4) Survey of problems and issues in special education; or (5) Public school law; urban issues; legal and ethical issues; (e) Six (6) semester hours to include the following: (1) Individual assessment of cognitive abilities; and (2) Behavioral assessment (behavioral checklist, classroom observation techniques); and (f) Six (6) semester hours from the following: (1) Evaluation and diagnosis of exceptional children; (2) Diagnosis and remedial techniques in arithmetic; (3) The learning disabled child/learning disabilities; or (4) Personality assessment. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3201 (July 17, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 6542 (October 24, 1986); and by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 6893, 6938-39 (October 1, 1993).