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

   1. (1) Completion of any state board of education approved school psychology program at the doctoral, certificate of advanced graduate study, specialist, or master’s level; or

   2. (2) Meeting both of the following requirements:

      1. 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
      2. 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.

2. (b) A candidate for licensure as a school psychologist shall have the skills, competencies, and knowledge in the following areas:

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

      1. a. Data-based decision making and accountability; and
      2. b. Consultation and collaboration;

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

      1. a. Student-level services including:

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

            1. (i) Intellectual ability;
            2. (ii) Cognitive processing;
            3. (iii) Academic achievement;
            4. (iv) Behavior;
            5. (v) Social and emotional functioning;
            6. (vi) Learning environments; and
            7. (vii) Adaptive functioning;
         2. 2. Designing, implementing, monitoring, and adapting instructional and behavioral supports and interventions; and
         3. 3. Creating, implementing, and evaluating mental health interventions and direct services to develop social/emotional and life skills;

      2. b. Systems-level services including:

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

      3. c. Preventative and responsive services including:

         1. 1. Applying principles of resilience and risk factors in learning and mental health;
         2. 2. Promoting multi-tiered systems of support; and
         3. 3. Formulating evidence-based strategies for effective crisis preparation, response, and recovery; and

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

      1. a. Understanding and analyzing the diversity in human development and learning including culture, context, and individual differences;
      2. b. Explaining typical and atypical psychological and educational development in children and youth;
      3. c. Synthesizing, evaluating, and applying theories and models of research, empirical findings, and techniques related to student learning;
      4. d. Utilizing research design, statistics, measurement, and varied data collection and analysis techniques;
      5. e. Designing and implementing program evaluation to support evidence-based practices at the individual, group, and/or systems levels;
      6. f. Integrating the history and foundations of psychology into a professional identity and practice as a school psychologist; and

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

         1. 1. Ethical and professional decision making; and
         2. 2. Professional work characteristics and disposition that reflect personal integrity.

Source. #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, EXPIRED: 7-1-14 New. #10785, eff 2-20-15; ss by #13102, eff 10-5-20 (formerly Ed 507.08) (see Revision Note at part heading for Ed 508)