School Psychology Services:

Consultation

Give healthy and effective alternatives to teachers, parents, and administrators about problems in learning and behavior
Help others understand child development and how it affects learning and behavior
Strengthen working relationships between educators, parents, and community services

Assessment-use a wide variety of techniques at an individual, group, and systems level to evaluate:

Intervention

Work closely with children and families
Utilize an intervention-based, problem-solving approach for assisting learners presenting academic and/or behavioral concerns
Establish systems-level change that supports levels of intervention throughout and added to each level as needed
Assist in training building-level staff regarding all facets of an intervention-based approach to service delivery (e.g., problem identification, problem analysis, goal-setting, intervention design, progress monitoring, etc.)
Help resolve conflicts and problems in learning and adjustment
Provide psychological counseling for children and families
Provide social skills training, behavior management, and other strategies
Help families and schools deal with crises, such as separation and loss

Identify potential learning difficulties
Design programs for children at risk of failure
Provide parents and teachers with the skills to cope with disruptive behavior
Help foster tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of diversity in the school community
Develop school-wide initiatives to make schools safer and more effective

Education-Develop programs on topics such as:

Evaluate the effectiveness of academic programs, behavior management systems, and other services
Generate new knowledge about learning and behavior
Contribute to planning and evaluating school-wide reform and restructuring

Dynamic Indicators of Beginning Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)

Collaborate with school personnel to intervene with young students regarding the three most crucial early literacy skills required for producing effective readers
Train school personnel in the rationale of DIBELS, the administration/scoring of assessments, the resources for providing intervention, and the tools for monitoring progress
Assist with the collecting of data and providing literacy group intervention