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celesteb03
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 Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: Neuropsych vs School Psych |
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Why do neuropsychologists look down on school psychologists and vice versa? Everytime I talk to one, they belittle the other and for someone who is trying to decide between the 2, its hard.
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Why does anyone look down on anyone else? Maybe you're talking to the wrong people.
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PSYCD
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: question... |
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What about school psychologists who are interested in NP or vice versa? It doesn't do a single thing to berate other professions. Perhaps, it's an insecurity thing.
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mprosje
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: I've experienced it one way... |
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As a student who originally started in a PhD program for school psychology, I experienced first hand the bias. After finishing my master's thesis in school psychology, I decided to move on to clinical psychology and specialize in neuropsychology. One of my School Psych. professors asked me why I was doing that b/c she believed there was no real application of neuropsychology. I'm not really sure why she thought that but I'm attributing it to not really knowing or understanding what neuropsychology is all about.
I have to say that I am very grateful for my school psych. training. It has proven invaluable in my years studying neuropsychology. The cognitive assessment background I received prepared me to be a graduate TA for cognitive assessment in my clinical psych program.
Anyway, I really think the two disciplines don't really understand each other. What is promising is that the two have combined to form a specialty area of school neuropsychology. AND, more and more books and articles are being published bridging the two. Hopefully that will help both fields. |
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Paendrag
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| Quote: | | What is promising is that the two have combined to form a specialty area of school neuropsychology. |
I don't find that promising. I find that the addition of yet another board that we don't need. People keep making new boards because they don't like the requirements of the existing boards. . . ABPN anyone? If you want to be a neuropsychologist, work toward ABCN requirements. School psychology, in general, is a masters level occupation. It is the only masters level degree that can include psychologist in the title (i.e., school psychologist). It is in no way comparable to a doctoral level neuropsychologist (who has followed division 40 training standards). There is some overlap in that school psychologists do address learning disabilities and attention issues as they pertain to school performance. However, the standards and master, if you will, are very different. School psychologists are at the whim of the school system for definitions of things like learning disabilities and testing choice (discrepancy models, etc . .) and generally will not have the neuro background necessary to address neuropsych questions and etiologies. It is neuropsych assessment without the neuro. But, it's also more than that. School psychologist have to be familiar with law as it pertains to the school system and placement in various services. This is the role they fill and it is important, but muddying the waters by throwing neuropsychologist in the title is wrong and a complete misnomer. NAN/division 40 should fight the use of that term, in my opinion. |
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Rcunningham
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| As a school psychologist who is also trained school neuropsychology, I can speak firsthand about how much this training enhances my ability to provide students and their families with useful evaluations and effective interventions. I mislead no one into thinking that my credential makes me equal to a clinical neuropsychologist. I am only licensed to provide services in school settings. |
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cycletest
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 12:41 pm Post subject: It's Just the Way It Is! |
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I think it's just one of those things where whatever field you are in, you've decided that is the best field. Not only the best field but most important. You wouldn't do it unless you didn't think otherwise.
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