School psychologists collaborate with educators, parents, and other professionals to create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments that strengthen connections between home, school, and the community for all students. School psychologists work with counselors, social workers, and community agencies to identify services in the community to provide psychological support services.
School psychologists are highly trained in both psychology and education, completing a minimum of a specialist-level degree program (at least 60 graduate semester hours) that includes a year-long supervised internship. This training emphasizes preparation in mental health and educational interventions, child development, learning, behavior, assessment, consultation, collaboration, school law, and systems. At Warwick, I serve students with the last names L-Z in grades 9-12. I am responsible for conducting educational evaluations, consulting and collaborating with teachers, connecting families to community resources, providing individual counseling services, and crisis response.