Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 24 - CERTIFICATE ENDORSEMENTS
Section 92-24-007.03 - School Psychologist

Universal Citation: 92 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 24 ยง 007-03

Current through March 20, 2024

007.03A Grade Levels: Pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

007.03B Endorsement Type: Special Services.

007.03C Persons with this endorsement may counsel and consult with students, school personnel, parents and other specialists on individual student needs or school program considerations. These may include (1) assessment of learning, general physical and emotional social development, and/or behavior in students; (2) the selection, administration, and interpretation of educational and psychological tests and test results; (3) the analysis of economic, cultural and environmental setting data; (4) the identification and verification of students with disabilities and gifted; and (5) recommendations for student placement.

007.03D Certification Endorsement Requirements: This endorsement requires 60 graduate semester hours beyond the baccalaureate degree, at least 54 of which are exclusive of supervised internship practice.

007.03D1 A minimum of twelve hundred (1,200) clock hours of internship experience, supervised by the standard institution, in a school or clinic setting.

007.03D2 Alternative Requirement for Endorsement: A license to practice psychology in Nebraska issued by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services with completion of the Academic Requirements set forth in the School Psychologist endorsement.

007.03E Endorsement Program Requirements: Nebraska teacher education institutions offering this endorsement must have on file, within the institution, a plan which identifies the courses and the course completion requirements which the institution utilizes to grant credit toward completion of this endorsement.

THE FOLLOWING ARE RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR INCLUSION AS PART OF THE INSTITUTION'S PLAN UNDER THIS ENDORSEMENT.

Through the courses identified in its plan, the institution should provide the following content:

A. Psychoeducational assessment.

B. Individual differences and/or exceptional children.

C. Learning and instructional techniques.

D. Intervention, behavior management and classroom management.

E. Remediation (individual and group), and counseling techniques.

F. Infant, child and adolescent development.

G. Organization and operation of schools; including the legal bases of special education (not more than 6 semester hours in the minimum total of 60 may be used in this area).

H. Measurement, accountability, research and evaluation.

I. Consultation.

J. Professional school psychology.

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