Offered in: Chicago, Grayslake
The demand for trained, caring school psychologists is at an all-time high, and is only expected to increase. Our Educational Specialist degree prepares graduates to fill this critical gap. Graduates are prepared to help students, teachers, administrators, and parents overcome obstacles to learning and personal development, including learning disabilities, family disruptions, and mental health issues.
Chicago School Psychology Graduate Programs
Students obtaining a School Psychology Educational Specialist degree at our downtown Chicago campus will benefit from a unique practitioner-focused curriculum that provides students with outstanding theoretical classroom learning and excellent out-of-classroom practitioner training in real-world settings. Working in various school-based settings within Chicago’s dynamic urban environment, these practitioner learning experiences offer students the opportunity to understand and learn from a variety of diverse youth populations. Graduates of our School Psychology programs will learn skills designed to positively impact the patients they treat as working professionals. With The Chicago School’s classroom and real-world learning experiences students take part in while working toward their Educational Specialist degree in School Psychology; they will develop a preventive focus to discover how to enhance educational opportunities for youth populations.
Students will learn the theoretical frameworks and scientific bases of School Psychology at the specialist level from our experienced faculty of accomplished practitioners. This allows students earning a School Psychology Educational Specialist degree to learn from well known practitioners with real-world knowledge of the field they are studying. Through the combined classroom and real-world practitioner training by our experienced faculty, students will gain a broad knowledge of the School Psychology field they can use in their professional practices.
Our School Psychology graduate programs teach students the legal, ethical, and professional guidelines of School Psychology. Vital knowledge such as this provides graduates with effective ways to maintain their professional practice. The curriculum of our School Psychology Educational Specialist degree programs also teaches students valuable research and program evaluation methodologies. These abilities will allow graduates to apply empirical findings to their professional work, as well as examine existing programs for effectiveness.
An astute knowledge of the how diverse youth populations are affected by the various treatments of mental health conditions is important to all practicing professionals of School Psychology. Students obtaining an Educational Specialist degreee in School Psychology from The Chicago School will achieve this comprehensive knowledge base by learning to understand and appreciate how diversity and cultural issues impact the populations treated within the field of School Psychology. Our Chicago School Psychology graduate programs prepare students by providing them with real-world practitioner training experiences working with different clinical populations and variety of emotional and psychological conditions.
Grayslake School Psychology Graduate Programs
Students earning their School Psychology Educational Specialist degree at our Grayslake location will benefit an intensive, weekend curriculum with all the same benefits of the practitioner-focused training style we embrace at our downtown Chicago campus. Students in this program will be provided the education they need to earn a Type 73 degree with a specialization in School Psychology in the state of Illinois.
For more information about our School Psychology specialization contact:
Office of Admission
800.721.8072
Email: admissions@thechicagoschool.edu
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