School Psychology - Rider University - Lawrenceville

School Psychology from Rider University - Lawrenceville is a Campus Specialist Educational Psychology degree that prepares you for a Psychology career. The Rider University School Psychology Program is dedicated to educating future school psychologists within a climate of scholarly inquiry and the context of a scientist-practitioner model of service delivery. Rider University\\\'s School Psychology program is one of only four programs in New Jersey to be fully approved by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), preparing students to become certified School Psychologists at the state and national level. The 67-credit degree program offers a blend of traditional and contemporary training and innovating practica that result in our graduates being actively recruited by employers. Problem-solving and data-based decision-making permeate all aspects of training with the ultimate goal of fostering the knowledge base, skill set, reflective practice, and professional commitment to improve the educational and mental health of children and adolescents in the schools. The program offers a highly structured, developmental curriculum that builds upon preceding coursework and experience. Through a variety of theoretical, conceptual, and experiential pedagogical activities, students are prepared to provide a range of evidence-based services including consultation, psychological assessment, behavioral and academic intervention, prevention, counseling, and program planning/evaluation. Students also receive training in sensitively working with clients from diverse cultural and individual backgrounds. Complementing the program???s philosophy, the fundamental goals of the program are to provide each graduate with the required skills, professionalism, and knowledge base to become a productive member of the school psychology community: 1. Ability to implement a problem-solving model supported by a solid understanding of the knowledge base and empirical literature of school psychology as well as legal, ethical, and professional standards of practice. 2. Capacity to provide psychological services and educational consultation within diverse contexts where individual differences in ethnicity, socioeconomic status, culture, gender, sexual orientation, and abilities are appreciated. 3. Ability to work collaboratively with educators, administrators, school counselors, families, and the community to provide a comprehensive range of educational and mental health services to children and adolescents. 4. Capacity to utilize data-based decision making and empirically supported prevention, assessment, and intervention strategies that result in a positive impact on youth, families, and the communities/ schools that they serve. View more details on Rider University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Educational Psychology courses.