Overview
Evaluate and provide appropriate psychological services to assigned students. Coordinate psych-educational planning with interdisciplinary team and parents.
Responsibilities
Primary duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:
1: Professional Duties
Provide preschool and school age psychological evaluations as assigned.
Maintain a counseling caseload of students in compliance with Individual Education Plan (IEP) mandates.
Maintain a parent training counseling caseload in compliance with IEP mandates.
Provide behavior management services to assigned classrooms.
Adhere to the BCCS Behavior Support Services Procedural Guidelines.
Provide individualized behavior assessment and intervention, as needed, for assigned caseload.
Conduct Functional Behavior Assessment as recommended by the CPSE/CSE
Develop appropriate level of behavior intervention plan (PBS; Behavior Guidelines; Behavior Intervention Program)
Train classroom staff on implementation of BIP.
Review data and modify BIP as needed.
Meet weekly with supervisor and attend team meetings.
Provide building-wide trainings
Maintain SCIP-R certification
Perform additional related duties as assigned by supervisor.
Assist as needed in meeting with school district representatives for annual visits and to recommend classification and placement information for the following school year.
Remain current with state and federal regulation, as related to the role of a School Psychologist
Perform psychological evaluations on students within pre-established time frames.
2: School Environment
Responsible for health and safety of all students during the school day.
Establish appropriate and effective communication with parents of students.
3: Professional Behaviors
Cooperate and conduct self in manner appropriate to school education setting.
Adhere to program specific policies and procedures.
Participate in program-wide activities and act in an appropriate manner.
Participate in activities and seek support to enhance knowledge in areas pertinent to students in the school.
4: Professional Development
Attend and participate in required in-services and staff development in an appropriate
manner.
Attend and participate in supervisory sessions as requested.
Be proficient in reviewing standardized testing for the purpose of assessing student ability level.
Collaborate with each student’s clinical service providers to ensure a comprehensive program
for each student.
5: Adhere to general policies of the organization/regulators including:
Code of Ethical Conduct
Emergency/disaster preparedness protocols.
Fire/safety prevention protocols.
In-service education program requirements.
Policies and procedures (attendance, punctuality, appearance, professional attire).
Job related self-development education activities.
Infection control practices and procedures
Annual physical examination and Mantoux testing.
6: Performs other related duties as required.
Demonstrate understanding of the needs of students and visitors for each specific age group.
Address safety and psychological needs of the special age groups, as appropriate, in the performance of work activities.
Address the needs of special groups, hearing impaired, physically challenged and various issues relating to the program and facility.
Maintain child and family confidentiality.
Is consistently courteous and considerate, in person and on the telephone, in interactions with children and others such as family, visitors, vendors, and other employees.
Exhibit the “At Your Service” attitude, i.e., smiles, uses positive eye contact, friendly, open and approachable.
Respond quickly to student and/or parent/guardian’s request, refers to appropriate member of the care team, if necessary.
Promote positive co-worker relationships, teamwork and cooperation and work collaboratively and is respectful of others.
Take individual responsibility for providing outstanding service quality.
Cultural Competencies:
Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across
cultures, ranges of disability, genders, ethnicity and races.
Demonstrate the ability to recognize and manage personal behaviors to create an
inclusive, equitable and welcoming environment.
Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services to students and families.
This position requires regular and substantial unsupervised or unrestricted physical contact with people receiving services and, therefore, is subject to successful completion of fingerprint/criminal background check
Qualifications
- MA or MS in Psychology required. Licensure and current registration by the New York State Department of Education and Certification as a School Psychologist required.
- Behavior Analyst Certification and/or license or enrollment in an accredited
- BCBA program preferred.
- Must be proficient in administering standardized tests. Proficiency in assessment and course work in child development required.
Physical aspects may include but are not limited to lifting and transferring of a student.
