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2015-2016 CSU East Bay Catalog 
    
2015-2016 CSU East Bay Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Pupil Personnel Credential: School Psychology Internship and School Psychology Specialization


Credential Requirements


This combined credential program is offered by the Clinical Child/School Psychology faculty.

The school psychologist is a clinical child psychologist who functions within the school organization. The school psychologist provides consultation and services for enhancement of the cognitive, social and emotional development of children and adolescents within the school environment; provides programs for the development of the staff; has responsibility for the prevention, assessment, and remediation of the behavioral and learning difficulties of children; and often becomes the primary resource for the emotionally troubled children and their parents. The school psychologist serves the schools as the expert in psycho-educational measurement, program evaluation, and research.

School Psychology Internship (95 units)


This program prepares students to undertake a full-time (1200-hour) Internship in School Psychology, as required by the National Association of School Psychologists and, as of July, 1996, by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing of the State of California. (Note that the Internship Credential would serve to qualify a student for internship status, and thus would have to be earned prior to the actual internship year itself.)

Prerequisites are not included in the 95 units required for the School Psychology Internship Program. Prerequisite units are minimum values; all Cal State East Bay courses have more units.

I. Prerequisites (18 units)


  • An Introduction to Statistics (e.g., STAT 1000 ) Units: 3
  • Abnormal Psychology (e.g., PSYC 4410 ) Units: 3
  • Developmental Psychology (e.g., PSYC 4420 ) Units: 3
  • Learning Theory (e.g., PSYC 4210  ) Units: 3
  • Personality Theory (e.g., PSYC 4610 ) Units: 3
  • Psychological Tests and Measurements (e.g., PSYC 3200 ) Units: 3

School Psychology Specialization (144 units)


This program includes the 95 units required for the School Psychology Internship specialization described in the previous section (77 units of required courses; 18 units of required fieldwork). In addition students must complete the following:

Required Fieldwork (45 units)


Required Capstone Experience (4 units)


Complete both A and B