It seems that a large number of school psychologists at the PhD level hold pediatric neuropsychologist position in Hospitals. Texas A&M and TWU PhD school psychology graduates are employed at many pediatric hospitals since their school psychology training has a heavy psychometric emphasis but limited therapy emphasis.
If you look at the ABSNP website many of their Diplomats hold the PsyD or PhD and they are licensed by both the psychology board and the school psychology board. They can only use the title school neuropsychologist if they hold a doctoral degree. If they hold the MS + 30 hours or EdS school psychology degree they must refrain from calling themselves school neuropsychologist and must use the title of Diplomat in School Neuropsychology. A number of psychology board complaints have been filed against non doctoral level school psychologist using the school neuropsychologist title. Apparently using these titles vary pending State regulations where individuals practice psychology and school psychology.
Licensure/certification as a school psychologist is EdS level training or MS plus an additional 32-36 credtit hours and a one-year full time internship. Some States have EdS degrees and others do not have EdS degrees so this is why many of the ABSNP Diplomats indicate they have MS degrees but to be licensed as a School Psychologist EdS or equivalent is required.
Here are the ABSNP Diplomat requirements:
To claim competency in school neuropsychology there are five educational paths that may be chosen:
1. Obtain a Ph.D. in School Psychology with an area of specialization in school/pediatric neuropsychology and have documented supervised experience working with children in the field.
2. Obtain a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with an area of specialization in pediatric neuropsychology and have documented supervised experience working with children in the field.
3. Obtain a Ph.D. in School Psychology or Clinical Psychology without the child/pediatric neuropsychology specialization but after graduation complete a competency-based school neuropsychology post-graduate certification program, like the one offered by KIDS, Inc (
www.schoolneuropsych.com).
4. Obtain a specialist-level of training in school psychology and after graduation complete a competency-based school neuropsychology post-graduate certification program, like the one offered by KIDS, Inc. (
www.schoolneuropsych.com).
Postgraduate training programs are at Alliant, Fielding, and Kids, Inc. unless the school psychologists completes a traditional two-year postdoctoral neuropsychology fellowships.
Because of the heavy psychometric based training in school psychology training programs these graduates have an advantage over most clinical/counseling psychologist in the field of neuropsychology.
Cecil Reynolds and the Texas A&M School Psychology PhD program is basically a pediatric neuropsychology program as is TWU PhD School Psychology program with Daniel Miller.
Many of the high profile test developers for Cognitive Assessment, Achievement, and neuropsychology came from school psychology training programs or Educational Psychology training programs, rather
than clinical psychology training programs. Many of them were from the Educational/school Psychology program at the University of Georgia when Alan Kaufman was on faculty.
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