10 GCA § 12A1202: Qualifications for Licensure.

An applicant for licensure as a school psychologist must:

(a) Hold a doctoral or master’s degree in School Psychology, Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, or hold an Education Specialist (Ed.S.) in School Psychology from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning in the United States.

(b) Provide documentation demonstrating completion of a practicum, consisting of a minimum of one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours, of which six hundred (600) hours must be in a public school system or equivalent structured experience within the applicant’s graduate degree program, under the supervision of a licensed school psychologist, educational psychologist, clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist, or completion of an APA-accredited internship program in a Health Services Psychology field.

(c) Pass the Praxis II School Psychology Examination.

(d) Demonstrate graduate-level coursework in each of the following areas:

(1) Psychological Foundations:

(A) the biological bases of behavior.

(B) the required or learned bases of behavior, including personality theory, human development, and abnormal behavior.

(C) the social, cultural, and systematic bases of behavior; and

(D) the individual or unique bases of behavior, including personality theory, human development, and abnormal behavior.

(2) Research and Statistics:

(A) the methodology used to investigate questions and acquire knowledge in the practice of school psychology; and

(B) research design and methodology, statistics, critical thinking, and scientific inquiry. (3) Applied Psychology:

(A) the history, theory, and application of psychological principles; and

(B) the application of psychological theories to individuals, families, and groups.

(4) Assessment:

(A) intelligence, personality, cognitive, physical, and emotional abilities, skills, interests, and aptitudes; and

(B) psychosocial, including behavioral, adaptive, and cultural considerations in assessment.

(5) Interventions:

(A) the application of therapeutic techniques.

(B) behavior management; and

(C) consultation with teachers, school support staff, and management.

(6) Professional, Legal, and Ethical Issues.