NAC391.316. Endorsement to serve as school psychologist: Required areas of study.

The required areas of study for an endorsement to serve as a school psychologist are as follows:

     1. In the area of psychology and education of the normal child:

     (a) Child development;

     (b) Child and adolescent psychology; and

     (c) Theories of learning.

     2. In the area of psychology and education of children with disabilities:

     (a) Abnormal psychology; or

     (b) The child who is emotionally disturbed or behaviorally disordered, or both.

     3. In the area of psychoeducational assessment:

     (a) Assessment of individual intelligence;

     (b) Testing of individual personality or projective assessment, with a practicum;

     (c) Diagnosis and treatment of reading disabilities, with a practicum; and

     (d) Standardized appraisal.

     4. In the area of techniques of intervention:

     (a) A practicum on individual counseling; and

     (b) The process of counseling.

     5. In the area of experimental design:

     (a) Statistics; and

     (b) Methodology for research.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education, eff. 4-27-84; A by Comm’n on Prof. Standards in Education, 11-27-91)