The primary purpose of this course is to provide partial fulfillment for the continuance of certification for school psychologists in the State of Washington. This would suggest that the school psychologist demonstrate the necessary skills to be deemed competent in the practice of school psychology in accordance with the Washington Administrative Code. Thus, the school psychologist would perform the necessary procedures for the determination of eligibility for services to children with disabilities. However, the determination of a school psychologist's competence to perform these duties is beyond the scope of this course. Therefore, the school psychologist’s competency will be inferred by evaluating his or her presentation and written psychological report of an exemplar case. Class participants will give evaluative feedback on the case presentation and report.

Participants will be evaluated on the thoroughness and quality of both written and oral communication of the psychological report.  Good citizenship is also expected as this course is designed to be a “peer review” where the feedback is an essential component for all participants to give and receive.

Course “Credit” will be given to individuals who:

1.      attend the first day of class and from 9:00am-4:00pm on the presentation day.

2.      complete all the rating forms for their peers.

3.      receive an overall rating that averages 3 or higher.