Columbia School District

Special Education and Student Services

School Psychology

Helping children achieve their best. In school. At home. In life.

National Association of School Psychologists

What is a School Psychologist?

School psychologists are school-based mental health professionals who help students succeed academically, socially, and emotionally through continued collaboration with teachers, parents, and outside professionals. They work with both with students who receive special education services and those who do not. They provide assessment, intervention, consultation, and collaboration.

Please click on the video below, to learn more. The video showcases the role of the school psychologist in helping children strive, grow, and thrive.

Some of responsibilities of a school psychologist include:

  • Individual/group counseling

  • Teaching social skills, behavioral strategies, being attentive, mindfulness, goal setting, study skills, peer mediations, etc.

  • Assessment of academic and behavioral issues

  • Consultation with teachers, parents, administrators, and outside service providers

  • Testing for eligibility of special education (i.e., aptitude, socioemotional development, multiple disabilities)

  • Crisis team intervention

  • Proactive prevention (Positive Behavior Intervention Support/PBIS, Scientifically Researched Behavioral Intervention/SRBI, Social Emotional Learning/SEL)

Resources

Reducing Stress in Kids

Reducing Stress in Kids.pdf

Wishes for Wilson's

Explanation of Wilson's Disease in Support of HWP Student

WISHES FOR WILSONS.pdf

Promoting Compassion and Acceptance in a Crisis

Compassion and Acceptance in a Crisis.pdf

In Gratitude We Thrive Presentation

PEP RALLY PRESENTATION IN GRATITUDE WE THRIVE.pdf

Transitioning Back to School

TRANSITIONING BACK-TO-SCHOOL.pdf

Suggested Reading

School Psychologist Suggested Reading.pdf