Program Goals and Core Competencies (MSSP)

Core Competency (NASP Domains) 

Objective 1

Data-Based Decision Making  

The students will apply assessment methods for identifying strengths and needs, guided by data-based decision making.  

Objective 2

Consultation and Collaboration 

The students will recognize diverse models and strategies of consultation and collaboration to promote effective services to children, adolescents, families, and the school community.  

Objective 3

Academic Interventions and Supports 

The students will acknowledge the biological, cultural, and social influences on academic skills, to deliver effective academic interventions and instructional supports. 

Objective 4

Mental and Behavioral Health Services 

The students will apply evidence-based interventions with children and adolescents in the school setting based on cultural and ethical aspects and considering the diversity of the school community.  

Objective 5

School-Wide Practices to Promote Learning 

The students will be able to contribute to school-wide practices to promote learning by developing and implementing evidence-based practices and strategies, to create and maintain effective and supportive learning environments for children and the school community.  

Objective 6

Service to Promote Safe and Supportive Schools 

The students will implement their knowledge in services to promote safe and supportive schools in learning, mental and behavioral health, and physical and psychological safety in crisis situations. 

Objective 7

Family, School, and Community Collaboration 

The students will implement skills for the assessment of needs and strengths, implementation of services and their evaluation, focused on supporting families from a perspective of collaboration and integration with the school and community. 

Objective 8

Equitable Practices for Diverse Populations 

The students will demonstrate skills to provide professional services according to the equitable practices for diverse student populations. 

Objective 9

Research and Evidence-Based Practice 

The students will apply knowledge of research and evidence-based practice to support effective practices at an individual, group, and systems level.  

Objective 10

Legal, Ethical and Professional Practice 

The students will apply their knowledge of school psychology consistent with legal, ethical, and professional practices. 

                                                             Objective 1   

The students will integrate the theoretical knowledge of the field of School Psychology and neuropsychology with the skills needed to practice in academic and clinical settings. 

Objective 2 

The students will learn about the most recent research findings in the field of neuropsychology and will be able to interpret and apply them to their practice and scholarly activities. 

Objective 3 

The students will identify the development of the nervous system as it applies to the emergence of cognitive and neuropsychological functions and will apply this knowledge to the understanding of neuropathological conditions in children and adolescents in academic learning and other contexts. 

Objective 4 

The students will become competent in conducting cognitive, personality, psychoeducational and neuropsychological assessment. Emphasis will be placed in the skills needed to interpret the test results and report writing. 

Objective 5 

The students will gain this knowledge as a mean to expand their current understanding of cognitive process. They are expected to apply their knowledge of neuropsychology responsibly and according to the ethical principles of the profession.