HANCOCK COUNTY SCHOOLS

130 Rockefeller Circle

New Cumberland, WV 26047

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

General:

Psychologist is responsible for conducting individual psycho-educational case studies and utilizing results to promote the welfare of the individual.

Functions:

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  Assists the school staff in selecting children who need the services of the school psychologist.
• Conducts individual psycho-educational evaluations of children referred in order to:
• Evaluate current functioning.
• Appraise readiness for learning.
• Determine factors contributing to adjustment and/or learning difficulties from the standpoint of mental maturity, academic achievement, emotional maturity and social adjustment.
• Assist in the identification and evaluation of exceptional children.
• To work with IEP conferences and follow-up.
• Participates in planning and programming for children evaluated by.
• Interpreting findings to child, classroom teachers, other school personnel, parents, and qualified community agencies through individual conferences and written reports.
• Assisting in the special placement of pupils
• Consulting and collaborating with those developing and providing appropriate instructional programs and remedial instruction.
• Participating in parent and pupil counseling.
• Acting as liaison and referral agent to community medical, psychological, social, and welfare resources.
• Provides consultative services to the professional staff of the school system in areas such as:
• Developing administrative and organizational structure, policies, and procedures which are conductive to mental health and responsive to the individual needs of children.
• Developing and interpreting standardized group testing programs.
• Developing and participating in appropriate staff development programs.
• Any other assignment deemed necessary by the administration.
• Provides consolation to assigned schools in the areas of student assistance teams, due process, on-going program implementation, assigned collaboration monitoring, parent conferences, 504 Plans, functional behavior assessments, trauma responsive practices.
• Conducts individual, group, or facilitative therapy counseling for students as assigned.
• Keeps abreast of new developments in the field.
• Assists with completion, collection, verification, and processing of Medicaid reimbursement paperwork.
• Assists in the development and monitoring of special programs for students and staff and make recommendations for improvement, including the annual special education self-assessment process.
• Performs all other reasonable duties as requested by Special Education Director.