{"data":{"id":"us-gu/10-gca-12a1202","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"10 GCA § 12A1202","heading":"Qualifications for Licensure.","body":"An applicant for licensure as a school psychologist must:\n(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.\n(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.\n(c) Pass the Praxis II School Psychology Examination.\n(d) Demonstrate graduate-level coursework in each of the following areas:\n(1) Psychological Foundations:\n(A) the biological bases of behavior.\n(B) the required or learned bases of behavior, including personality theory, human development, and abnormal behavior.\n(C) the social, cultural, and systematic bases of behavior; and\n(D) the individual or unique bases of behavior, including personality theory, human development, and abnormal behavior.\n(2) Research and Statistics:\n(A) the methodology used to investigate questions and acquire knowledge in the practice of school psychology; and\n(B) research design and methodology, statistics, critical thinking, and scientific inquiry. (3) Applied Psychology:\n(A) the history, theory, and application of psychological principles; and\n(B) the application of psychological theories to individuals, families, and groups.\n(4) Assessment:\n(A) intelligence, personality, cognitive, physical, and emotional abilities, skills, interests, and aptitudes; and\n(B) psychosocial, including behavioral, adaptive, and cultural considerations in assessment.\n(5) Interventions:\n(A) the application of therapeutic techniques.\n(B) behavior management; and\n(C) consultation with teachers, school support staff, and management.\n(6) Professional, Legal, and Ethical Issues.","path":["Title 10: Health and Safety","Division 1 - Public Health","Chapter 12: Medical Practices: Part 2: Articles 11 - 26","PART 2","ARTICLE 12A: SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/10gc012-2_0.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:54:58Z","sha256":"08bd1a2f38f1d3505b0532e370a3dfa7e72e6e91e31a1f65e06ccd963595edf4","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/10-gca-12a1201","next":"us-gu/10-gca-12a1203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}