Apropiación digital (Enfoque en apropiación del conocimiento)

1. Submit Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores. The GRE must have been taken within the last 12 months prior to application. All three scores, with an emphasis on the writing score, are used as one consideration for approving an application. Although a minimum score is not required, the GRE is one element in the application process.

Admission is competitive and not all students who meet the minimum requirements will be admitted.

Information on the administration of this test is available at www.ets.com and the Department of School Counseling and School Psychology.

2. After all above materials have been received by the Office of Graduate Admissions, the Department of School Counseling and School Psychology reviews the file and notifies the applicant by mail to schedule an admission interview.

The prospective candidate should come prepared to be interviewed by two members of the department’s faculty.

The purpose of the interview is to meet the candidate, discuss career goals, evaluate match of the program to the student, and make an initial assessment of the applicant’s potential for success as a school psychologist.

3. All candidates that are admitted to the Master of Education:

Educational Counseling and Master of Education:

Educational Psychology programs are required to submit a copy of their California Certificate of Clearance (COC).

Azusa Pacific University is required by law to keep these records on file while candidates are in attendance at APU.

4. Student must pass the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) prior to admission to the Educational Psychology (with an embedded School Psychology Credential). Students can register to take the test at http://www.cbest.nesinc.com.

Course Sequence

Students are required to seek academic advisement prior to initial registration.

YEAR 1 Term 1

EDCO 533 Counseling Theories and Techniques* 3 EDCO 557 Human Growth, Development, and Learning* 3 Term 2

EDCO 593 Historical Development of School

Counseling and School Psychology* 3

EDPY 624 Disabilities in Children* 3

Term 3

EDCO 535 Professionalism, Ethics, and Law* 3 EDCO 545 Positive Behavior Supports

and Classroom Intervention* 3

Term 4

EDPY 556 Academic Assessment and Intervention* 3 EDCO 592 Foundations and Ethics in Research* 3 Term 5

EDCO 528 Community, Family, and School Collaboration* 3 EDCO 583 Intervention Through Consultation* 3 Students will have located a practicum site.

YEAR 2 Semester 1

EDPY 635A Role/Function: Practicum* –

Positive Behavior Supports* 1

EDPY 681 Psychoeducational Assessment I* 3 EDPY 690 Advanced Educational Research * 3 Semester 2

EDPY 635B Role and Function: Practicum* –

Individual/Group Counseling * 1

EDPY 636 Research and Evaluation 3

EDPY 682 Psychoeducational Assessment II* 3 Semester 3

EDPY 635C Role and Function: Practicum* –

Assessment* 3

EDPY 637 Child Psychopathology* 3

EDPY 683 Psychoeducational Assessment III* 3 YEAR 3

Student Begins Fieldwork/Internship Semester 4

EDCO 550 Crisis/Trauma Response

and Interventions* (9 week) 3

EDPY 633 Multicultural and Bilingual

Assessment and Intervention* 3 EDPY 655 School Psychology Fieldwork 1

(600 Hours; Fieldwork Non-paid) 3

— or —

EDPY 695 School Psychology Internship 1 3 (600 Hours; Internship Paid)

Semester 5

EDPY 697 Readings in School Psychology (Seminar) 3 Fieldwork (Non-paid)

EDPY 656 School Psychology Fieldwork 2 3 (600 Hours; Fieldwork Non-paid)

— or —

EDPY 696 School Psychology Internship 2 (600 Hours; Internship Paid)

Total 66 units

*Prerequisites must be completed prior to internship/fieldwork.

Additional Requirements

1. Students must earn a passing score of 165 on the Praxis 2 exam to demonstrate their competence in school psychology prior to completion of the program. Upon passing the Praxis 2 with a score of 165, the student is eligible to apply to become a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP).

2. Students prepare a Graduate Research Project which includes a formal research paper and a program evaluation.

The Graduate Research Project content summarizes a topic which the student chooses to study in depth. The evaluation is a reflection on professional growth during the program.

The research portion of the project will be completed in EDPY 636 for students entering the program in fall 2010 and later. In addition to the Graduate Research Project, students are required to present their research paper to a panel.

3. Students will complete a performance-based portfolio during Internship/Fieldwork.

Advisory Notes

Students intending to pursue two Master of Arts in Education degrees should review the university requirements for additional master’s degrees as stated in the Academic Policies and Procedures section of the catalog.

Students cannot pursue the Master of Arts in Education:

Educational Counseling as a second master’s degree after completing the requirements for the Master of Arts in Education: Educational Psychology.

• The practicum experience at APU consists of 450 hours (required by the State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing). A minimum of 300 hours must be completed in a pre-K–12 public school setting. Up to 150 hours may be completed through on-campus agencies (e.g., child study centers, psychology clinic) or community-based agencies (e.g., private schools, community-based mental health clinics). These hours are to be completed prior to beginning fieldwork/internship. The required hours are to be completed under the direct supervision of a credentialed school

|psychologist with no fewer than two years of experience.

• At some sites, students may need to delay enrollment until there is a sufficient number of beginning students to provide the appropriate adult learning opportunities. Applicants can obtain detailed information about dates for beginning coursework by requesting an advisement appointment at the Azusa campus or any of the regional centers.

• Students in an educational counseling or educational psychology program may request to waive a course (see

“Waivers” in the Academic Policies and Procedures section of this catalog) provided that the student can document completion of an equivalent course at another institution in the five-year period prior to requesting the waiver.

Department approval of the request is required. If the course accepted for waiver also meets all the university standards for transfer credit (see “Transfer Credit”), up to 20 percent of the total program units may be transferred to meet requirements. If the course accepted for waiver does not meet the university standards for transfer credit (i.e., not applicable to a master’s degree at the university where it was taken, not taken from a regionally accred-ited institution, etc.), then the student must choose alter-native elective courses to satisfy the unit requirements of the degree program.

• A student has a maximum of five years to complete all coursework, including waivers and transfer of units, beginning the first date of enrollment for coursework in the degree program.

• Students approaching program completion must obtain a credential application from the credential analyst office in the Department of Teacher Education. Students must complete all credential requirements to apply for the credential.

• Students approaching graduation must obtain an Intent to Graduate Form from the graduate registrar at least 90 days before intended graduation. The graduate registrar will determine whether the student has met all requirements.

• Remediation will be required for grades lower than a B in any course. The remediation does not change the course grade, but demonstrates competency that allows the school counseling or school psychology candidate to proceed.

PPS: SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY CREDENTIAL Program Director: Robert Martin, Ph.D.

(626) 815-6000, Ext. 5131, [email protected] Prerequisite: Master of Arts in Education: Educational Counseling and PPS Credential in School Counseling A required transcript evaluation of students’ current PPS school counseling courses will determine which courses will count toward the PPS: School Psychology Credential.

Requirements are the same as for Azusa Pacific University’s Master of Arts in Education: Educational Psychology with an Embedded School Psychology Credential program with the exception that no Graduate Research Project is required.

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