PSY 5170 - Psychology in the Schools

This course provides an overview of psychology in the schools, with an emphasis on interventions for children or adolescents presenting difficulties with learning or behavior. This course will provide an overview of how to design, implement and evaluate interventions in schools for individual and groups of children. An overview of the role of the school psychologist will be provided.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Psychology majors only.

Credits: 3 hrs.

Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students. May be repeated for credit, although the total number of hours in a degree program may not exceed five hours. All 5000-level courses in the Department of Psychology have a prerequisite of junior level status and of PSY 3300 and PSY 3600. Exceptions to this requirement must be approved by the course instructor.