Twenty-two competencies must be mastered before students can exit from the Program. These will be taught, supervised and evaluated as part of various course work and experiences.

The Student Competencies reflect NASP's training standards.

Upon completion of the School Psychology Program students will be able to:

1. Help design and implement prevention and intervention programs to promote wellness and resiliency.
2. Work with school personnel, students, parents and the general community in the prevention of crises.
3. Help schools in developing achievable behavioral, affective, and adaptive goals for all students.
4. Be knowledgeable about development in social, affective, and adaptive domains and to apply sound principles of behavior change within these domains.
5. Provide leadership in creating instructional environments that promote student welfare and treats members of the school community with respect and dignity.
6. Recognize and apply empirically supported components of effective instruction and alternative instructional methodologies with integrity.
7. Assist teachers and others to improve instruction and enhance achievement.
8. Assist teachers and others in translating emerging critical research to instructional practice.
9. Understand how the systems work in which students live and learn.
10. Use their knowledge of systems to help organize schools and classrooms in ways that promote learning and prevent problems and a sense of community.
11. Understand public policy initiatives.
12. Be good problem-solvers who collect information that is relevant for understanding problems in order to make decisions about appropriate interventions, assess educations outcomes, and help others assess accountability for the decisions they make.
13. Gather and integrate data about school systems, programs, and classroom environments through the use of: observations, interviews, standardized norm-referenced tests, functional behavioral assessment, curriculum-based assessment, ecological/environmental assessment, technology-enhanced assessment, and progress monitoring.
14. Practice in ways that meet all the appropriate ethical, professional and legal standards in order to enhance the quality of services and protect the rights of all parties.
15. Develop a continuing education plan for professional development beyond the training program.
16. Use technology to gather, evaluate, and enhance communication of information.
17. Know where and how to access technology, and how to evaluate its safety and value, and how to use it to enhance classroom learning.
18. Recognize the impact of diversity on school settings and on student learning outcomes.
19. Assist schools to embrace and respect diversity.
20. Modify or adapt in response to diverse populations.
21. Understand the importance of collaboration and be able to facilitate it effectively in multiple contexts.
22. Listen to, and communicate effectively with, diverse audiences in both oral and written forms.