What is a School Psychologist?
School Psychologists, promote educationally, psychologically health school environments to optimize student learning.
Here at Saunders Middle School, the School Psychologist:
- Works to provide a supportive environment for academic success through consultation & collaboration, prevention & intervention strategies, assessment & evaluation, education, & advocacy (i.e.substance abuse, attendance, school health nurse, guidance, human relations);
- Involved in Child Study Meetings, group & individual counseling,working with teachers to create behavior modifications for classroom or individual student or evaluating a student's academic & cognitive strengths & weaknesses;
- Use their specialized training to link health services to learning & behavior.;
- Highly trained in both psychology and education; and
- Has a Master's degree or higher.
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