School Psychologist-LSSP

School Psychologist – LSSP

Lake Dallas Independent School Special Programs – Lake Dallas, Texas. Open in Google Maps.

Job : 5699715

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: May 07, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Lake Dallas ISD School Psychologist

Special Education Services Revised 01/17/2024

Job Title:

School Psychologist

Exemption Status:
Exempt/Professional

Reports to:

Director of Special Programs

Pay Grade: 3 Administrative/Professional 197

Dept./School:
Special Education

Primary

Purpose:

The School Psychologist will provide specialized expertise/consultation in both psychology and education. The training and skills will be used to team with other educators, parents, and other mental health professionals to ensure that every child learns in a safe, healthy, and supportive environment. Through the provision of consultations, assessments, team problem solving, and education, the school psychologist will give specialized expertise to assure all students have the opportunity to be successful within the school setting.

This role also includes additional responsibilities (refer to addendum, located at the end).

• Education/Certification:
  
  Master’s Degree in school psychology or equivalent
• Completed 60 graduate hours in school psychology or related area in addition to internship
• Completed no less than a 500 clock-hour supervised internship with school-age persons
• Meet competency requirements as set forth in R340.1156 of Special Education Rules

• Assessment including behavioral, cognitive, achievement, adaptive, and personality areas
• Expertise in consultation and case planning related to academic and school/family integration and success
• Expertise in behavioral intervention related to school success and school/family coordination
• Expertise in area of school programming and planning research and evaluation practice
• Ability to collaborate for effective community/agency coordination
• Experience:
  
  Completed one year of successful experience as a school psychologist with direction from a fully approved school psychologist

• Consultation
  • 1. Provide healthy and effective alternatives to teachers, parents, and administrators about problems in learning and behavior.
  • 2. Assist others in understanding child development and its effect on learning and behavior.
  • 3. Strengthen working relationships between educators, parents and the community.
  • 4. Professional input in the area of children’s emotional difficulties and its impact on child development and the educational process.
  • 5. Promote an awareness and willingness to identify, accommodate, and individualize educational services to assist all children with unique learning needs.
• Assessment
  • 6. Use a wide variety of techniques at an individual, group, and systems level to evaluate: academic skill (a), learning aptitudes (b), personality and emotional development (c), social skills (d), learning environments and school climate (e), eligibility for special education (f).
  • 7. Participate in the comprehensive assessment of students suspected of having autism or a pervasive development disorder.
  • 8. Utilize appropriate information systems including maintaining and utilizing records effectively.
• Intervention
  • 9. Work face‑to‑face with children and families.
  • 10. Help solve conflicts and problems in learning and adjustment.
  • 11. Provide psychologist crisis counseling for children and families.
  • 12. Provide social skills training, behavior management, and other strategies.
  • 13. Help families and schools deal with crises, such as separation, death and loss.
• Prevention
  • 14. Identify potential learning difficulties.
  • 15. Design programs for children at risk of failure.
  • 16. Provide parents and teachers with the skills to cope with disruptive behavior.
  • 17. Help foster tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of diversity in the school community.
  • 18. Develop school-wide initiatives to make school safer and more effective.
• Education
  • 19. Develop programs on topics such as:
    Teaching and learning strategies (a), Classroom management techniques (b), Working with students who have disabilities or unusual…