Today I had a meeting with my upcoming practicum supervisor. During the second year of the EdS program,
each cohort member completes a year-long practicum in a school district in
addition to coursework. I chose to
complete this requirement in a nearby district with a former professor from the
MS School Psychology program. She earned her PsyD in
Clinical Psychology and is a certified school psychologist in
Pennsylvania.
I will be working in the middle and high school, but there
is also an opportunity to get involved with early-intervention as well. My supervisor also has another practicum
student from another program so we will be able to work together. This practicum, like the MS practicum, is
requirement-based. This means that I
will be able to structure how and when I complete the requirements instead of
having each assignment due at a predetermined time. This makes the experience less
stressful because I can complete everything on my own schedule. I plan on spending one full day each week in
the school(s), while still working part-time as a TSS.
Here is what I have to look forward to this fall. We are required to complete several
comprehensive evaluations that include measures of cognitive, academic,
behavioral, and social/emotional aspects of functioning. I will conduct a Functional Behavioral
Assessment. I will monitor student
progress on several cases. I will engage
in consultation cases, which will include activities such as problem
identification, problem analysis, plan development and implementation, and plan
evaluation. I will create several
academic and psychosocial intervention plans, attend multiple school-based
problem solving meetings, and give feedback to parents about reports. I plan on re-familiarizing myself over the
summer with the WISC, WAIS, WIAT and other measures that my supervisor frequently
uses. In addition to these requirements, I plan on
getting everything I can out of this experience.
I am very excited for practicum because I get the opportunity to apply
everything that I will have learned up until this point in my educational
career. Even though I don't start until
September, I might have my “first day of school” outfit picked out
already…
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