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Are you interested in working in a psychology field with children, adolescents, and their families and/or teachers? Are you passionate about helping kids, advocating for inclusivity, equity, and social justice, and learning to provide comprehensive psychological services? You might be interested in becoming a School Psychologist! Come learn more about this exciting, in-demand field.

Information sessions are virtual, but the School Psychology Programs are on-campus (not distance education programs)

All sessions will be held 10am – 11am Eastern Time.

  • Wednesday, September 18, 2024: recommended for international applicants REGISTER

GRE is not required in our applications it started in Fall 2022.

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Develop competencies in culturally relevant and responsive intervention, assessment, consultation, and prevention through course work, clinic- and field-based practica, and an internship through our Master of Arts/Specialist in Education in School Psychology Program. We are an inclusive and community-focused program where our students gain extensive, direct, and supervised experience with diverse populations.

The course sequence also includes the study of human development, individual differences, learning, curriculum, research methods, and statistics to prepare you to be a scientist-practitioner-advocate.

Our MA/EdS in school psychology program educates you in accordance with Indiana school psychology licensure requirements and National Association of School Psychologists standards. In order to be eligible for licensure through Ball State University, you must minimally complete all course requirements (73 semester hours) for the EdS program.

The EdS degree normally requires two years of full-time study on campus for completion of coursework and practica, plus a full-time internship during the third year.

Through our program, you will gain specific competencies in:

  • Research
  • Ethics
  • Law
  • Professional issues
  • Individual and cultural diversity
  • Interpersonal and communication skills
  • Psychological Assessment
  • Consultation
  • Mental Health Intervention
  • Academic and Behavioral Intervention
  • Prevention
  • Response to Intervention (RtI), Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS), and Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS)
  • Youth Crisis and Trauma Counseling
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Counseling Exceptional Children

You’ll work closely with faculty who are leading experts in their field. Ball State’s MA/EdS program provides an excellent student-to-faculty ratio and small classes with many opportunities for hands-on experiences.

Faculty Serving the MA/EdS programs in School Psychology (current research and grants):

Each academic year you will be placed in a school setting for a total upon graduation exceeding 2,000 clock hours of real-world experience.

The EdS program specifically trains students to be educational leaders able to assist their schools in the following ways:

  1. Interpret and translate data and assessments to transform student outcomes and learning.
  2. Facilitate individual and group academic and behavioral interventions to maximally impact children’s ability to learn and thrive in their schools and communities.
  3. Lead educational equity efforts with proven culturally sustaining and culturally relevant methods that empower communities to address systemic barriers and disproportional access.
  4. Support children, families and educators through expert participant-consultant efforts at the individual, grade level, school building and system levels.
  5. Provide expertise in specific learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, emotional and behavioral concerns, neuropsychological disorders, and other areas of specific student need that consider lived experience and context.
Practicum and internship experiences focus on both regular and special education classrooms, as well as developing working partnerships with teachers, families, and community agencies and partnerships. The program also acknowledges the diverging needs of the profession and seeks to provide students with the foundation skills needed to consider a range of career options.

Your training experiences will occur in a series of applied settings, including public schools in the region and the Ball State Psychoeducational Diagnostic and Intervention Clinic (PDIC).

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This program  has been continuously approved by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)


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