MICHIGAN: Certificate - Preliminary School Psychologist Certificate
by Policy and Advocacy in the Schools
Granting authority
Michigan Department of Education
Office of Teacher/Administrator Preparation and Certification
P.O. Box 30008
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-3310
MDEWEB@MICHIGAN.GOV
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDE-P5_Preliminary_and_School_Psychologist_Certificate_te4911_13656_7.pdf
Statutory/regulatory authority
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-5234_5683_14796---,00.html
Statutory - School Psychologist Public Act (Public Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1976) 380.1251
Regulatory - R 380.201-209
Education
Minimum of 45 graduate semester hours in an approved program toward the school psychologist certificate.
Valid for three years and may be renewed once for 3 more years upon completion of not less than six credit hours in an approved program.
Examinations required
None
Internship
Not less than a 600-clock-hour, supervised internship with school-age pupils in an approved school psychologist program, 300 of which shall be in a school setting under the supervision of a person who holds a Michigan school psychologist certificate
Scope
School Psychologist Public Act Sec.380.1251 School psychological service; rules; reports and information.
Sec. 1251.
(1) The board of a school district may establish and employ personnel necessary to provide an adequate school psychological service. School psychological service is a related nonclassroom function and shall be operated under rules promulgated by the state board, which shall establish the educational and experience requirements for, and certify as qualified and issue certificates to, the personnel for the services.
(2) The state board may require reports and information from participating school districts.
R 380.203 Role of school psychologist.
Rule 3. A school psychologist may function in the
following roles:
(a) Provide school psychological services to any pupil.
(b) Collaborate with staff in planning educational
intervention, curriculum, behavioral management, and
teaching strategies.
(c) Consult, counsel, and collaborate with pupils,
parents, school personnel, and appropriate outside
personnel regarding mental health, behavioral, and
educational concerns utilizing psychological principles.
(d) Provide psychological evaluation for pupils referred
as candidates for special education programs and provide
reports to the appropriate educational authority.
(e) Perform systematic direct observations of pupils.
(f) Administer tests which may include intelligence,
achievement, personality, adaptive behavior, and
perceptual-motor tests.
(g) Interpret the psychological and other diagnostic
data for professionals, parents, pupils, and appropriate
others.
(h) Collaborate in program planning and evaluation
services for decision-making purposes
