Long Term Substitute-School Psychologist

Job Title

To provide psycho-educational services and consultation which promote academic and social learning.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Consultation
• Consults with parents, school staff, agencies or personnel regarding mental health, behavioral and educational concerns.
• Effectively communicates information regarding nature, needs, and programming of disabled students.
• Shares with staff information regarding normal childhood development to include social, emotional and cognitive development as it may be applied to instruction.
• Trains or provides school staff with information about intervention procedures which relate to improvement of mental health and educational services.
• Provides consultation for PPT and RST processes.
• Serves as a consultant regarding program evaluation, applied research, and data interpretation.
• Serves as a consultant regarding students receiving behavioral modification services.
• Participates in case conferences when referred students are involved, or as requested.
• Serves as a resource person concerning learning disabilities for other school personnel.
• Intervention
• Provides individual or group counseling requested by PPT.
• Provides behavioral management consultation requested by PPT or RST referral.
• Shares supervision of medication with RST/PPT.
• Serves as liaison coordinator for external psychological services when it becomes necessary.
• Provides consultation regarding appropriate educational programming.
• Provides preventative/pre-intervention strategies referred by RST.
• Provides direct/indirect interventions as defined by the IEP.
• Collaborates in the development of IEP's