APA Checklist and Worksheet for School Psychology Doctoral Program
The checklist on the following pages should be used to monitor completion of all American
Psychological Association (APA) * requirements (area of specialization) and College
requirements prior to advancement to prospective candidacy. The worksheet that follows
should be used to plan a course of study once a student is admitted to Prospective
candidacy and is forming his or her doctoral supervisory committee.
Checklist of APA requirements and College Requirements for Doctoral Program
The masters plus precertification internship course of study must be completed before the
student is admitted to Prospective candidacy. It is desirable that APA and College
requirements be met before admission to Prospective Candidacy. For students completing
the master’s sequence at the University of Washington, many of these courses will have
been already completed as part of the master’s plus certification program. For students
who completed their master’s or certification in school psychology elsewhere, their
transcripts will be reviewed for comparable courses and any missing courses will need to
be taken as part of their doctoral program. Also, APA requires that faculty evaluate the
clinical competence of students who did their training in other programs. The Ph.D.
student’s advisor along with the student collaborative work out a plan for doing so.
For the checklist below, please indicate the quarter and year in which each APA and College
requirement was completed. For courses that are being used to satisfy APA requirements
that are not listed, please provide the identifying department/area, the course number, and
the number of credits for the course. A copy of this form must be given to your advisor each
year by May 1 until all requirements are met. After these requirements are met, the
remaining requirements for the doctoral program are determined by the student’s doctoral
supervisory committee within the framework of the requirements of the Ph.D. in the College
of Education and a individualized course of study (see pages 126-127).
SCIENTIFIC/PROFESSIONAL
ETHICS, STANDARDS, AND LEGAL ISSUES (8 credits)
_______________EDSPE 504 Special Education and the Law 3 cr
_______________EDPSY 568 Ethics and School Law 3 cr
_______________EDPSY 570 Introduction to School Psychology 2 cr
RESEARCH DESIGN
AND METHODOLOGY (12 credits)
_______________EDPSY 585 Seminar in EdPsy: School Psych Research 3 cr, ongoing
(Covers history and systems, APA technical writing, and program evaluation,
psychopharmacology)
_______________EDPSY 591 Methods of Educational Research 3 cr
_______________EDLPS 525 Educational Inquiry 3 cr
_______________EDLPS 526 Educational Inquiry 3 cr
STATISTICS and METHODS OF INQUIRY (6-15 credits)
_______________EDPSY 490 Basic Educational Statistics 3 cr
*Choose 2 of the following methods of inquiry
________________EDPSY 593 Experimental Design and Analysis (ANOVA) 5 cr
________________EDPSY 594 Advanced Correlational Techniques 5 cr
________________EDSPE 511 Methods of Applied Behavioral Analysis 3 cr
________________EDPSY 588 Survey Research 3 cr
________________EDPSY 586-87 Qualitative Methods of Educational Research 10 cr
BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR (6 credits)
________________EDPSY 577 Educational Neuropsychology 5 cr
________________EDPSY 585 History, Systems, Contemporary Issues in School Psychology 3 cr
________________ or other electives approved by faculty advisor
SOCIAL/DEVELOPMENTAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR (6 credits)
_______________EDPSY 531
Social and Affective Development 3 cr
_______________EDPSY 543
Effective Parenting Interventions 3 cr
_______________EDPSY 556 Applied Social Psychology 3 cr
_______________ or course in advanced social psychology
COGNITIVE/AFFECTIVE BASES OF BEHAVIOR (6 credits)
_______________EDPSY 501 Human Learning 3 cr
_______________EDPSY 502 Cognitive Development 3 cr
_______________EDPSY 531 Social and Affective Development 3 cr
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES (11 credits)
_______________EDPSY 548 Personality Development and Differences 5 cr
_______________EDPSY 553 Special Populations 3 cr
_______________ EDSPE 525 Education of Students with Autism or Severe Behavioral Disorders
3 cr
MULTICULTURAL (3 credits)
_______________EDPSY 552 Multicultural Issues in School Psychology 3 cr
ASSESSMENT (8 credits)
_______________EDPSY 540 School Psychological Assessment 5 cr
_______________EDPSY 564 Practicum in School Psychology: Assessment/Consultation 5 cr
_______________EDPSY 572 Social-Emotional Assessment 3 cr
_______________EDPSY 573 Preschool Assessment and Consultation 5 cr
INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTIONS (9-12 credits)
_______________EDPSY 544 Counseling Theory 3 cr
_______________EDPSY 546 Counseling Practicum 3-5 cr
_______________EDPSY 553 Special Populations 3 cr
CONSULTATION (10 credits)
_______________EDPSY 507 RTI for Educational Assessment & Consultation 5 cr
_______________EDPSY 551 RTI for Behavior Assessment & Consultation 5 cr
ADVANCED PRACTICA
_______________EDPSY 560 Advanced Practicum in Personality Assessment 3 cr
_______________EDPSY 565 Advanced Practicum in Cognitive Therapy 3 cr
EDPSY 508 Advanced Practicum in Supervision 3 cr
or elective advanced practicum with advisor approval