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Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on February 14,
2008.
TRD-200800899
Sherry L. Lee
Executive Director
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Earliest possible date of adoption: March 30, 2008
For further information, please call: (512) 305-7706
22 TAC 463.9
The Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists proposes
amendments to 463.9, Licensed Specialist in School Psychol-
ogy. The amendments are being proposed to clarify the require-
ment that LSSP interns enrolled in formal programs and LSSP
trainees approved by the Board may provide psychological ser-
vices in the public schools before obtaining licensure as LSSPs.
Sherry L. Lee, Executive Director, has determined that for the
first five-year period the amendments will be in effect there will
be no fiscal implications for state or local government as a result
of enforcing or administering the proposed amendments.
Ms. Lee also has determined that for each year of the first five
years the rule is in effect the public benefit anticipated as a result
of enforcing the rule will be to help the Board protect the public.
There will be no effect on small businesses. There is no antici-
pated economic cost to persons who are required to comply with
the rule as proposed.
Comments on the proposal may be submitted to Brenda
Skiff, Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, 333
Guadalupe, Suite 2-450, Austin, TX 78701, (512) 305-7700.
The amendments are proposed under Texas Occupations Code,
Title 3, Subtitle I, Chapter 501, which provides the Texas State
Board of Examiners of Psychologists with the authority to make
all rules, not inconsistent with the Constitution and Laws of this
State, which are reasonably necessary for the proper perfor-
mance of its duties and regulations of proceedings before it.
No other code, articles or statutes are affected by this section.
463.9. Licensed Specialist in School Psychology.
(a) Application Requirements. A completed application for
licensure as a specialist in school psychology includes the following,
in addition to the requirements set forth in 463.5 of this title (relating
to Application File Requirements):
(1) Documentation of an appropriate graduate degree; and
(2) Documentation from the National School Psychol-
ogists' Certification Board sent directly to the Board indicating the
applicant holds current valid certification as a National Certified
School Psychologist (NCSP); or
(3) Documentation of the following sent directly to the
Board:
(A) transcripts that verify that the applicant has met the
requirements set forth in subsection (b) of this section;
(B) proof of the internship required by subsection (c)
of this section if the applicant did not graduate from either a training
program approved by the National Association of School Psychologists
(NASP) or a training program in school psychology accredited by the
American Psychological Association (APA); and(C) the score that the applicant received on the School
Psychology Examination sent directly from the Education Testing Ser-
vice; and [.]
(D) three acceptable reference letters from three dif-
ferent individuals who are licensed as psychologists or specialists in
school psychology or are credentialed in school psychology in their
respective jurisdictions.
(b) Training Qualifications. Candidates for licensure as a spe-
cialist in school psychology who hold a currently valid [National Cer-
tified School Psychologist (] NCSP[)] certification or who have grad-
uated from a training program approved by the NASP [National As-
sociation of School Psychologist] or accredited in School Psychology
by the APA [American Psychological Association] will be considered
to have met the training and internship qualifications. All other ap-
plicants must have completed a graduate degree in psychology from a
regionally accredited academic institution, and have completed at least
60 graduate level semester credit hours, also from a regionally accred-
ited academic institution, no more than 12 of which may be internship
hours. All 60 hours do not have to be obtained prior to the conferral of
the graduate degree and the applicant need not be formally enrolled in a
psychology program to obtain graduate hours after the degree date. For
purposes of this rule, a graduate degree in psychology means the name
of the candidate's major or program of studies must be titled psychol-
ogy. These applicants must submit evidence of graduate level course-
work as follows:
(1) Psychological Foundations,[;] including:
(A) biological bases of behavior;
(B) human learning;
(C) social bases of behavior;
(D) multi-cultural bases of behavior;
(E) child or adolescent development;
(F) psychopathology or exceptionalities;
(2) Research and Statistics;
(3) Educational Foundations, [.] including any of the fol-
lowing:
(A) instructional design;
(B) organization and operation of schools;
(C) classroom management; or
(D) educational administration;
(4) Assessment, [.] including:
(A) psychoeducational assessment;
(B) socio-emotional, including behavioral and cultural,
assessment;
(5) Interventions, [.] including:
(A) counseling;
(B) behavior management;
(C) consultation;
(6) Professional, Legal and Ethical Issues; and
(7) A Practicum.
(c) Completion of internship. Applicants must have com-
pleted a minimum of 1200 hours, of which 600 must be in a public
school. A formal internship or other site-based training must be pro-33 TexReg 1724 February 29, 2008 Texas Register
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