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such as educational systems. Students are introduced to basic
concepts in consultation, and relevant strategies promoting change in
individuals, small groups, and large systems. It provides in class
experiential components that assist students in learning about the
process of consultation, specifically with culturally diverse
populations. This course is only open to School Psychology majors.
Special permission to enroll in this course is required for other
students.

SPSY 504 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD
Prerequisites: None Credits: 3
This course examines child and adolescent disorders and how they
affect educational performance and achievement. Major focus will be
on the assessment, design, etiology, and treatment of various
disorders including: anxiety and mood disorders, conduct and
attentional disorders, learning disorders, autism and schizophrenia.
The course investigates how peers, families, teachers, schools, gender,
developmental stage and socio-cultural variables are affected by these
problems. This course is only open to School Psychology majors.
Special permission to enroll in this course is required for other
students.
SPSY 505 COUNSELING CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL SETTING
Prerequisites: None Credits: 3
This course teaches basic techniques and approaches helpful in
counseling children primarily in educational settings while examining
how therapeutic change occurs in individuals and small groups. This
course is only open to School Psychology and Counseling majors.
Special permission to enroll in this course is required for other
students.

SPSY 507 SCHOOL ASSESSMENT I
Prerequisites: None Credits: 3
This course examines basic and advanced concepts and theories of
psychological (with particular emphasis on cognitive) and educational
assessment. Topics focus on issues such as: test development;
commonly used tests in the field; test administration, scoring and
report writing; as well as social, legal, cultural, and ethical issues to
consider regarding assessment. This course is only open to School
Psychology majors. Special permission to enroll in this course is
required for other students.

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