NASP-Approved/Nationally Recognized Graduate Programs in School Psychology

NASP-Approved/Nationally Recognized Graduate Programs in School Psychology

The mission of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is to represent school psychology and support school psychologists to enhance the learning and mental health of all children and youth. NASP's mission is accomplished through promotion of professional competence; recognition of the essential components of graduate education and professional development; graduate preparation of school psychologists to deliver a continuum of services to children, youth, families, and schools; identification of professional practices that are empirically based, data driven, and culturally competent; and advocacy for the value of school psychological services and for appropriate research-based education and mental health services, among other important initiatives.

Since 1988, NASP has been pleased to provide a national review and approval service for graduate programs in school psychology as part of our efforts to support preparation of graduate candidates for effective school psychology practice. The NASP program review and approval process contributes to the development of effective school psychology services through the identification of critical graduate education experiences and competencies needed by candidates preparing for careers in school psychology. NASP program approval/national recognition is an important indicator of quality graduate education in school psychology, comprehensive content, and extensive and properly supervised field experiences and internships, as judged by trained national reviewers. Thus, NASP approval/national recognition confers multiple advantages to programs, program graduates, the profession of school psychology, and, most importantly, to the children, families, and schools that we serve.

Specialist level (60+ graduate credits) and doctoral level programs in school psychology are reviewed and approved by NASP. For school psychology programs that submit documentation for a NASP review by trained national reviewers, the NASP Program Approval Board awards "NASP-approval" (national recognition) status for those programs that provide evidence of consistency with the NASP Standards for Training and Field Placement Programs in School Psychology (The 2010 Standards for Graduate Preparation of School Psychologists, adopted March 2010). The NASP training standards provide the foundation for program review and approval, and school psychology program submissions for NASP-approval/national recognition status are evaluated to determine that programs meet NASP standards in policy and practice.

NASP is one of the specialized professional associations (SPAs) of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and conducts program reviews as a part of the NCATE unit accreditation process. As an NCATE SPA, NASP does not accredit school psychology programs, but identifies approved programs. NCATE accredits units (e.g., Schools of Education), not programs, but does provide "national recognition" status (full or with conditions) to NASP-approved programs in NCATE-accredited units. In order to provide all school psychology programs with access to the NASP review process and potentially to national approval/national recognition, NASP also conducts reviews of school psychology programs that are not in NCATE units and that submit materials for review by NASP on a voluntary basis.

There are three types of decisions that result from NASP review of school psychology programs. NASP approval/national recognition may be "full" or "with conditions," or a program may not receive approval/national recognition because further development is needed. Information about the two NASP approval/national recognition outcomes is summarized below:

NASP approval/national recognition-full indicates the NASP review process found that a school psychology program demonstrated consistency with NASP standards. The period of NASP approval/national recognition-full for a program is 5 or 7 years.

NASP approval/national recognition with conditions indicates the NASP review process found that a school psychology program demonstrated general consistency with key NASP standards, but must submit additional documentation, usually within 18 months, to be evaluated for possible continuation of NASP approval.

It should be noted that NASP treats programs with full or conditional status equally in terms of the rights and benefits of NASP approval. This is true of NCATE's national recognition status as well.

For more information regarding NASP program review and approval and the submission process to be used by school psychology graduate programs, please see the NASP website:



or contact Dr. Enedina Garc?a V?zquez, chair of the NASP Program Approval Board, phone: (575) 646-9415, email: nasppab@psl.nmsu.edu.

An advantage of NASP program approval, especially for program graduates, is its link to National Certification in School Psychology (NCSP). All graduates of specialist level graduate programs of study in school psychology are eligible to apply for the NCSP. All applicants for the NCSP must document an internship consistent with NASP standards and attainment of a passing score on the national school psychology examination (PRAXIS II) administered by Educational Testing Service. Applicants for the NCSP also must document having met graduate education requirements consistent with NASP training standards in the 11 domains of knowledge and outcomes. Graduates of NASP-approved programs (full or with conditions) provide evidence of meeting the graduate education requirements by documenting their completion of a NASPapproved program; the NASP program approval process ensures that the program graduates have met these requirements. Graduates of school psychology programs that do not hold NASP-approval must submit a portfolio to document that they have met this graduate education requirement.

More information about the NCSP is located at .

For information regarding NCSP applications for individuals, please contact the Director of Professional Development and Standards, c/o Joan Epstein, Manager of Certification, phone: 301-657-0270, e-mail: jepstein@.

The following school psychology programs had been approved/nationally recognized by the National Association of School Psychologists as of August 1, 2010. The NASP-approved/nationally-recognized programs are listed alphabetically by state, then alphabetically by program within states. The following key should be used in examining this list.

Key: Program Level, SL=Specialist Level and DL=Doctoral Level. The NASP approval/national recognition status of the program (full or with conditions) as of the effective date of this list and the year in which the program's NASP approval/national recognition became or will become effective also are indicated after program level.

Alabama University of Alabama SL-Full, 1989; DL-Full, 1989 University website: Program website:

Arizona Arizona State University DL-Full, 1991 University website: Program website:

Northern Arizona University SL-Full, 1991; DL-Full, 1998 University website: Program website:

University of Arizona DL-Full, 1991 University website: Program website:

Arkansas Arkansas State University SL ? Full, 2009 University website: Program website:

University of Central Arkansas SL-Full, 1994 University website: Program website:

California

Azusa Pacific University SL-With Conditions, 2010 University website: Program Website:

California State University-Chico SL-Full, 1998 University website: Program website:

California State University-Fresno SL-Full, 1994 University website: Program website:

California State University-Hayward SL-Full, 1994 University website: Program website:

California State University-Long Beach SL-Full, 2005 University website: Program website:

California State University-Los Angeles SL, Full, 1993 University website: Program website:

California State University-Northridge SL-With Conditions, 2005 University website: Program website:

California State University-Sacramento SL-Full, 2001 University website: Program website:

Chapman University (Orange, CA campus only) SL-Full, 2005 University website: Program website:

Humboldt State University SL-Full, 1996 University website: Program website:

Loyola Marymount University SL-Full, 2007 University website: Program website:

San Diego State University SL-Full, 1989 University website: Program website:

University of California-Riverside DL-Full, 2004 University website: Program website:

University of California-Santa Barbara SL-Full, 1998; DL-Full, 2007 University website: Program website:

University of the Pacific SL-Full, 2008 University website: Program website:

Colorado

University of Colorado-Denver SL-Full, 1993 University website: Program website: gy.aspx

University of Denver SL-Full, 2007 University website: Program website:

University of Northern Colorado SL-Full, 1990; DL-Full, 1990 University website: Program website:

Connecticut Fairfield University SL-With Conditions, 2010 University website: Program website:

Southern Connecticut State University SL-Full, 1997 University website: Program website:

University of Connecticut SL-Full, 1991 University website: Program website:

University of Hartford SL-With Conditions, 1999 University website: Program website:

Delaware University of Delaware SL-Full, 1994; DL-Full, 2007 University website: Program website:

District of Columbia Gallaudet University SL-Full, 1991 University website: Program website:

Howard University DL - Full, 2008 University website: Program website:

Florida

Barry University SL-Full, 2001 University website: Program website:

Florida State University SL-With Conditions, 2005 University website: Program website:

University of Central Florida SL-Full, 1989 University website: Program website: dS

University of Florida SL-Full, 1989; DL-Full, 1989 University website: Program website:

University of South Florida SL-Full, 1988; DL-Full, 1988 University website: Program website:

Georgia Georgia State University DL-Full, 1988 University website: Program website:

University of Georgia DL-Full, 1988 University website: Program website:

Valdosta State University SL-Full, 1988 University website: Program website:

Idaho Idaho State University SL-Full, 2008 University website: Program website:

University of Idaho SL-With Conditions, 2004 University website: Program website:

Illinois The Chicago School of Professional Psychology SL-With Conditions, 2010 University website: Program website:

Eastern Illinois University SL-Full, 1994 University website: Program website:

Illinois State University SL-Full, 1990; DL-Full, 1998 University website: Program website:

Loyola University-Chicago SL-Full, 2000; DL-Full, 2003 University website: Program website:

National-Louis University SL-Full, 1995 University website: Program website:

Northern Illinois University SL-Full, 1992 University website: Program website:

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville SL-Full, 1999 University website: Program website:

Western Illinois University SL-Full, 1995 University website: Program website:

Indiana Ball State University SL-Full, 1991; DL-Full, 1991 University website: Program website:

Indiana State University SL-Full, 1996; DL-Full, 1991 University website: Program website:

Indiana University SL-Full, 1993; DL-Full, 1994 University website: Program website:

Iowa University of Iowa DL-With Conditions, 1992 University website: Program website:

University of Northern Iowa SL-Full, 1995 University website: Program website:

Kansas Emporia State University SL-Full, 2002 University website: Program website:

University of Kansas SL-Full, 1994; DL-Full, 1999 University website: Program website:

Wichita State University SL-Full, 1996 University website: Program website:

Kentucky Eastern Kentucky University SL-Full, 1994 University website: Program website:

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