Our program strives to produce school psychologists with the personal qualities, interpersonal skills and awareness, and the ethical sensitivity predictive of success in a broad array of social, economic, and political contexts.

Students will develop an understanding of service delivery programs within a context respectful and appreciative of individual, family, and cultural diversity.

Students will develop an awareness that their personal characteristics and
interpersonal skills affect the quality, social validity, and acceptability of the services they provide. They will also develop proficiency in data-based decision-making using traditional and alternative approaches to the assessment and evaluation of children's academic, behavioral, and emotional problems.

Students will become proficient in the design and development of programs to intervene both directly and indirectly with children's academic, behavioral, and emotional problems. These programs will include academic strategies, behavior modification, crisis intervention, and counseling techniques that are implemented in a timely manner.

We aim to produce school psychologists who have an understanding of the basic principles of human cognitive and emotional development and their relationship to the functioning of children within a school setting.