New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 63 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANCILLARY AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL
Part 5 - LICENSURE FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, PRE K-12
Section 6.63.5.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. "School psychologist" means a person who is trained to address psychological and behavioral problems manifested in and associated with educational systems by utilizing psychological concepts and methods in programs or actions that attempt to improve the learning, adjustment, and behavior of students, including assessment and psychological pre-referral/intervention procedures in a school-related setting.
B. "School-related setting" means limited to a public school, state institution, or department-accredited nonpublic school.
C. "Psychological interventions and practices" means the inclusion, but not limitation of, consultation, behavioral assessment/intervention, psychological evaluation, psycho-educational evaluation, counseling, family therapy, individual or group therapy, workshops in self-understanding, human relations, communication, and tutorial programs, and organizational development, parent counseling, vocational development, parent education programs, program planning and evaluation, crisis intervention, specific behavior management, skill training, and transition planning and evaluation. All psychological interventions and practices are to be provided within the scope of the psychologist's training and practice.
