SPY 551 Social-Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Interventions II

The Social-Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Interventions in Schools II course enables candidates to learn about evidence-based individualized interventions for supporting students’ social-emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs in schools. Candidates will utilize a data-based problem solving approach to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of these individualized interventions for students in the schools. Candidates will explore and practice implementing a variety of evidence-based social-emotional, behavioral, and mental health individualized interventions during role-plays. Candidates will engage in risk assessment role-plays including suicidal ideation, threat to others, and harm from others (i.e., DCFS reporting) with safety planning. Candidates will monitor their continued development of culturally responsive counseling skills. Pre-requisite(s): Admission to the Ed.S. School Psychology Program and SPY 550 or equivalent or permission of program coordinator. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours