About This Role
This full-time school position involves providing evaluation, diagnosis, and therapeutic intervention as a School Psychologist, working with individuals, parents, and staff. The role focuses on monitoring treatment plans, conveying intervention techniques, and ensuring compliance with program policies and professional standards.
Responsibilities
- Provide psychological assessment on individuals annually in areas of intelligence and adaptive behavior
- Develop a treatment plan and goals based on an assessment
- Provide psychological services as prescribed by a treatment plan in areas of behavior management, psychological counseling, crisis intervention, etc.
- Conduct parent training and counseling to assist children
- Conduct outreach to families in need
- Conduct play therapy with children as needed
- Complete FBA and BIP writings as needed
- Integrate therapeutic intervention techniques into programs or home of person served through consultation with parent/client and staff at team meetings, case conferences, or through other informal contacts
- Record progress on all active cases in therapy, monitor therapy status, and make appropriate recommendations as changes occur
- Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and annual reviews for purposes of planning, implementation, and monitoring of individual plans
- Participate in pre-admission evaluations
- Assist with other duties such as arrival and dismissal, feeding, bathrooming, and classroom management as needed
- Maintain equipment and order supplies with approval of supervisor
- Administer scores, analyze, and interpret diagnostic tests in cognitive and emotional areas
- Train and instruct program staff in utilization of goals, behavior management, interpretation of test results, etc.
- Keep abreast of changes in the field
- Perform other related duties as requested
Requirements
- Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Good organizational skills
- Good interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with coworkers, employees, consumers, families, and outside contacts
- Must be able to maintain the strictest confidentiality
- Knowledge of standard psychometric assessment instruments, i.e., Wechsler series, Stanford Binet
- Demonstrate sound judgment and the capacity to respond to unusual situations
- Good personal computer skills and knowledge of appropriate software
- Must be willing to work at various program sites
- Master's Degree in Psychology
- NYSED School Psychologist Certification
