Certified School Psychologist

Reports to: Director of Special Services

Supervises: N/A

Qualifications: Master's Degree in School Psychology or Equivalent

Valid Oklahoma Teaching Certificate as a School Psychologist

Job Goal: Apply principles of educational psychology, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, community psychology, and applied behavior analysis to meet children's and adolescents' behavioral health and learning needs in a collaborative manner with educators and parents.

Employment Terms: 10 Month Contract

Generally – 7 Hour 20 Minute Day, Exclusive of a (30) Minute Duty Free Lunch

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Evaluation: Annually by Director of Special Services

Physical Demands: This is an overview intended for compliance with the ADA – it is not an exhaustive list of the duties to be performed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of a specific position.

Regular Requirements: Stand for extended periods; sit for extended periods; twist at the neck and trunk; bend at the waist; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl; lift/move up to 40 pounds; handle objects and tools with hands and operate equipment; repetitive use of fingers and hands to operate equipment

Occasional Requirements: Reach with hands and arms overhead, above shoulder and horizontally; lift/move up to 50 pounds; ability to administer CPR

Visual Requirements: Close, color, peripheral, depth perception, ability to adjust focus

Hearing/Speaking Requirements: Adequate to exchange information

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts extensive psychological and/or educational examinations of referred students.
• Participates in conferences when referred students are involved, or as requested.
• Serves as a resource person for school personnel concerning all types of disabilities.
• Interprets diagnoses to school personnel, other concerned professionals, parents and students.
• Makes recommendations on ways to assist a student referred to him/her for examination.
• Conducts functional behavior assessments.
• Provides school-based interventions such as assisting schools with problems which have been addressed by the staff with minimal success.
• Provides individual and group counseling with students that have been determined by the counselor to have a serious level of problems requiring more experienced counseling techniques. Some cases may be referred to other agencies.
• Serves as a member of the crisis intervention team and provides appropriate services as necessary.
• Provides in-service to school staff on a variety of topics related to the psychological needs or disturbances of students.
• Participates in continuing education through workshops and training with a focus on children and families.
• Performs all other tasks as supervisor may assign.