Doctor in School Psychology Program Competencies and Expected Outcomes
Upon completion of the program, students are expected to have demonstrated competency in the following areas:
- Case conceptualization and diagnoses through application of clinical strategies for problem analysis.
- Addressing client problems through multiple psychotherapeutic strategies.
- Sensitivity to ethnic, gender, and racial diversity in clinical practice.
- Understanding of the impact of clinician thoughts, feelings and behavior on client dynamics in individual, group, supervisory and consultative settings.
- Responding from an informed ethical base that demonstrates understanding of ethical code and state law governing psychology practice.
- Development of relevant research hypotheses and methods of problem analysis through multiple methods of research inquiry and analysis.
- Select, administer and analyze a wide range of assessment techniques to facilitate problem understanding and recommendations.
- Understanding of normal and atypical patterns of development and behavior across the life span of clientele, including children, adolescents, adults, and elderly clients.
- Understanding of psychophysiological, neuropsychological and pharmacological considerations in relation to diagnostic understandings.
- Understanding of human sexuality in relation to diversity of expression and treatment implications.
- Understanding of historical and contemporary factors that have helped to define psychology as a scientific and professional discipline.
- Understanding of social psychology principles that shape individual and group psychology.
- Understanding of managed health care and its implications for psychology practice.
- Instructional skill through the organization and dissemination of clinical literature and data in conjunction with leading discussions and presentations in classroom settings and seminars.