What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Psychologist or School Psychologist Intern position at District Wide?
The school psychologist or school psychologist intern will work with the current school psychologists to provide support to students in special education and general education within the James Valley Education Cooperative. The cooperative serves students in Mitchell, Parkston, Sanborn Central and Woonsocket. This position has been added due to a federal School Based Mental Health Grant to increase the number of school psychologists to serve our students.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate knowledge of state rules and regulations regarding special education and related services.
- Demonstrate assessment and observation skills including interviewing, assessing, data interpretation, and functional skills in relation to the academic environment.
- Effectively communicate to colleagues, families and students.
- Demonstrate effective written communication skills.
- Have knowledge of child development, assessments, treatments and techniques used in the educational environment.
- Demonstrate effective time management skills.
- Able to travel between school buildings.
- Demonstrate consultation and collaborative skills with team, families, students and peers.
- Establish and maintain appropriate record keeping procedures.
- Schedule and conduct evaluations and screenings as needed.
- Counseling/Therapy-works with and individaul student or small group of students to enhance their adjustment or development.
- Psychoeducational Assessment – uses formal and informal data collections devices with individual students to obtain information needed for decisions about screening, classification, placement and interventions. The psychologist provides a written report which summarizes all assessments given. He/she may be asked to attend IEP meetings or team meetings to explain the psychological evaluation information as necessary.
- Consultative Child Study – works with parent(s) or teacher(s) to enhance adjustment or development of the student(s).
- In-Service – works to increase knowledge skills or to change attitudes of groups of school personnel.
- Research – systematically gathers data to aid in the decision making regarding groups of students and their educational programs
