JOB TITLE: School Psychologist
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Special Education Director
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Apply knowledge and experience in learning, behavior, and mental health to help children succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally. Collaborate with teachers, parents, and school personnel to analyze and problem-solve students’ concerns. Provide specialized assistance through the use of consultation; observation; data collection and interpretation; curriculum-based measures; standardized assessments; behavioral assessments; threat and risk assessments; crisis intervention; counseling; research-based academic and behavioral recommendations; and staff development.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Actively participate on school-based student support / child study teams and special education committees.
- Review information; collect and analyze data; and collaborate with educators, parents, and/or students to tailor and monitor interventions to meet the learning, behavioral, and/or social-emotional needs of students.
- Select, administer, and interpret scientifically validated psychological and/or psychoeducational assessments to effectively respond to the reason for the referral; identify the individual strengths and weaknesses of students; and determine eligibility for special education services.
- Effectively and efficiently communicate assessment results to parents and school-based teams through written reports and verbal presentations.
- Serve as a member of the multi-disciplinary team by attending and/or facilitating meetings, discussing evaluation findings with team members, and making appropriate recommendations.
- Demonstrate knowledge of special education disability categories by making legally and ethically defensible eligibility recommendations to school-based teams.
- Demonstrate knowledge of local, state, and federal legal requirements and policies governing special education and Section 504.
- Manage and maintain organization of caseload to meet legal timelines.
- Provide individual and/or group counseling interventions to address the unique learning, behavioral, and/or social – emotional needs of students that adversely impact them within the school setting.
- Directly assist school personnel with crisis response and intervention.
- Demonstrate skills to assess students for imminent risk of harm and to make referrals to appropriate community agencies and/or specialists when needed.
- Provide in-service training as needed/requested to assist school personnel to meet the learning and/or mental health needs of students.
- Responsible for developing Plans of Care and providing documentation required for Medicaid billing.
- Perform other duties as required.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Ed.S and/or equivalent Master's Degree in School Psychology with an additional one year school psychology internship. Must have or be eligible for a Virginia Board of Education Pupil Personnel Services License with an Endorsement in School Psychology.
Position will be posted until filled.
Salary Range: $58,386 - $104,177
HENRY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
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