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APA accredits doctoral programs in school psychology, its standards describe how the program should be laid out, but not specific courses to be offered (unlike CACREP) (Committee on Accreditation, 2002). Likewise, the National Association of School Psychologist (NASP) describes how the program should be developed and implemented. The University of Tennessee (2003) at Knoxville has an accredited program (APA and NASP) in school psychology. The program requires many courses in school psychology (history/foundation), assessment, consultation, research, and a psycho-educational core. Here, school psychology students must take one course on group processes and a course on approaches to family intervention and counseling. Two states, Maine and Hawaii require a doctorate degree to practice school psychology. Some states, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) only require an a bachelor's degree plus the internship. NASP provides a national credential for those who have the equivalent of a master’s degree plus 30 graduate semester hours, a 1200-hour internship (supervised), and have a passing score on the National School Psychology Examination (National Clearinghouse [school psychologist] n.d.)
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