SPY 550 Social-Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Interventions in Schools

The Social-Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Interventions in Schools (SPY 550) course enables candidates to learn about evidence-based group interventions for supporting students’ social-emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs in schools. Candidates will utilize a data-based problem solving approach to select, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of these group interventions for students in the schools. Candidates will explore and practice implementing a variety of evidence-based social-emotional, behavioral, and mental health group interventions during role-plays. Candidates will monitor their development of culturally responsive counseling skills. Pre-requisite(s): Admission to the Ed.S. School Psychology Program or permission of program coordinator. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours