School Psychologist

SUMMARY OF POSITION

Conducting psychological evaluations for the purpose of assessing the intellectual, educational, emotional, social, and behavioral characteristics of those students referred. Implement strategies to address educational, behavioral, or developmental issues and performance evaluation to evaluate growth. Collaborates with educators and families to address student learning and behavioral problems consult with other school-based personnel. The school psychologist will provide counseling, crisis intervention, planning and developing school-based interventions with educators, and assessing the need for special services.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES

Essential functions :

• Deliver a planned and coordinated program of psychological services
• Plan and deliver effective instruction that regularly integrates technology, engages students, enhances student learning experiences, and provides students opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Provide mental health and behavioral interventions to students to support the teaching process and to maximize learning and adjustment
• Identify and assess the learning, development, and adjustment characteristics of individuals and groups, and the environmental factors that affect their learning and adjustment
• Utilize assessment data about students and their home / school environments in developing appropriate interventions and programs
• Provide recommendations and modifications to assist teachers in working with special education students in the classroom setting
• Function as a member of IEP or Section 504 teams to determine assigned students eligibility for special services, appropriate programming, and on-going interventions.
• Provide collaborative consultation and documentation of results including assisting teachers with suggestions and implementation of RTI and pre-referral intervention strategies
• Provide direct services through classroom presentations, co-teaching in general education settings, in-services to staff / parents, etc.
• Provide consultation to parents, teachers, administrators, and appropriate community agencies to enhance the learning and adjustment of students
• Maintain appropriate data on students to document current levels of performance and other pertinent information.
• Provide a secure, comfortable, respectful, and inviting learning atmosphere which motivates and challenges students.
• Apply ethics and standards of professional practice in the delivery of school psychological services, observing relevant laws and policies that govern practice
• Re-evaluate, as appropriate, to determine extent of progress and effectiveness of therapy
• Additional duties as deemed appropriate at the sole discretion of district leadership.

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LEVEL I ACCESS

Protects access of Personal Health Information specific to the patients assigned to them for the purposes of screening, consultations, evaluations, mandatory site-specific meetings, chart audits, payment and health care operations and therapy.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is frequently required to talk and hear; stand and walk; bend and / or kneel; squat, balance, and / or crawl; reach above shoulder level; push, pull, and / or twist up to 75lbs; walk up / down stairs; lift and / or carry up to 50lbs; and use fine dexterity. Specific vision abilities required by this job include being able to read documents, read computer screen, and observe students and work space. Specific hearing abilities required by the job include being able to hear in a moderately lead work environment (open area with multiple people conversing). Job includes risk of biohazard (i.e. blood borne pathogen). Works in limited space with equipment or exposed to equipment not conducive to pacemakers. Job requires use of protective equipment including but not limited to gown, gloves, and face protection.

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