School Psychologist - DISTRICT 25-26 sy

East Providence School Department • East Providence, RI

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About The Position

The School Psychologist is directly responsible to the Director of Pupil Personnel and/or the Assistant Director Pupil Personnel Services and works in liaison with the building principals. The psychologist is expected to provide a full range of school psychological services. He/she will devote his/her efforts toward improving the educational experience of those students with emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher.
• 5 year’s experience preferred.
• Must possess a valid Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) certification as a School Psychologist
• Must possess a high degree of tact, diplomacy and confidentiality.
• Must be detailed oriented with good organizational skills.
• Must be proficient with computers.

Nice To Haves

• Medicaid billing
• Response to Intervention involvement
• Supervision of Psychologist and Counseling interns
• Crisis Intervention participant
• Member of the Crisis Intervention Teams
• Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments/Behavior Intervention Plans
• Conduct classroom observations
• Type, copy all reports/clerical work
• Pull and transport student files from central office to building-based team meetings
• Conduct manifestation determinations
• Assist parents (Behavior management instruction, SPED info/education, referrals to community resources)
• Review outside psych evaluations for TEAM

Responsibilities

• Conducts psychological evaluations to assess intelligence, educational development, perception, and sensory-motor skills and social-emotional skills of students.
• Prepares interpretive reports from psychological assessment in a style that is lucid to other concerned professionals.
• Confers directly with administrators, teachers, parents and students regarding his/her findings, and offers appropriate recommendations to benefit a student referred for a psychological evaluation.
• Provides individual and/or group psychotherapeutic counseling to students in his/her assigned buildings.
• Assists/consults teachers in the development of more effective behavioral management programs in the classroom.
• Participate actively in case evaluation team conferences and offer constructive suggestions for assisting referred students.
• Contacts and cooperates with personnel of medical and community agencies in seeking services for the welfare of referred students.
• Conducts periodic re-evaluation of students as needed and/or as requested.
• Maintains a confidential file of case records on all students who have been evaluated.
• Serves as a resource person concerning learning handicaps for teachers and other school personnel.
• Participate and/or assist in in-service training programs for school personnel.
• Attends schedule staff meetings and committee meetings as needed.
• Keeps abreast of new developments in the field.
• Prepares and submits required reports concerning his/her program of services to the Director of Pupil Personnel.
• Interprets the school psychological services to teachers and parents.
• Maintains a daily log of activities.
• Assists in developing and writing individualized educational programs (IEP) for those students evaluated.
• Performs other related tasks as may be assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time