Glossary
UW Bothell Course Descriptions
UW Seattle Course Descriptions
Detailed course offerings (Time Schedule) are available for
T SPSY 501 Principles and Ethics in School Psychology Practice (3)
Introduces the field of school psychology and analyzes the roles school psychologists serve. Explains the historical, current, and future trends in school psychology with emphasis on culturally responsive and ethical practices for diverse student populations. Examines ethical standards and legal issues and application in school and community settings. Provides in-depth understanding of school systems that promote equity and inclusion.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 501
T SPSY 548 Applied Child and Adolescent Development (3)
Examines theory, research, and issues in child and adolescent development and focuses on applications most relevant to development and learning in school settings. Includes in-depth explorations of characteristics and factors important to human development, including socio-cultural identities, individual differences, and abilities.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 548
T SPSY 549 Cognitive Assessment of Children and Adolescents (4)
Prepares school psychologists for ethical and culturally sensitive assessment and interpretation of cognitive skills. Focuses on the appropriate selection, administration, and scoring of individually administered cognitive assessments, including verbal and nonverbal instruments, for diverse student populations. Emphasizes accurate and thoughtful interpretation within the context of other data collected and linkages to school-based interventions.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 549
T SPSY 550 Introduction to Counseling in Schools (3)
Provides theory and practice in culturally appropriate counseling techniques for youth. Focuses on the application of school-based counseling practices with children and adolescents using a social justice and equity lens. Emphasizes strengths-based, solutions-oriented frameworks and provides skills necessary for evidence-based interviewing and helping techniques that promote empowerment and resilience in youth.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 550
T SPSY 551 Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Assessment (4)
Focuses on the ethical selection, administration, scoring, interpretation, and use of methods and tools to evaluate social, emotional, and behavioral skills and adaptive functioning of students. Draws from ecological theories and culturally responsible models of assessment. Students learn about disabilities related to social functioning, sensory differences, and emotional/behavioral challenges.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 551
T SPSY 552 Specially Designed Instruction (3)
Focuses on the development of culturally responsive, specially designed instruction (SDI) across content areas for individual education programming. Includes program adaptation, modification, and the use of technology to create universally accessible and differentiated instruction. Includes research design, analysis, and progress monitoring techniques to evaluate student outcomes.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 552
T SPSY 553 Group Interventions in the Schools (3)
Covers research, theory, and group dynamics in educational settings. Addresses culturally appropriate techniques for group-based social, emotional, and behavioral support. Includes types of groups, formation, development, process, facilitation, monitoring, and assessment. Discusses ethical, legal, and professional issues in school-based group counseling and interventions and promotes skills needed for the effective facilitation of diverse groups.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 553
T SPSY 554 Trauma-Informed Crisis Prevention and Response in Schools (3)
Discusses leading theoretical frameworks in the study of trauma including neurobiological, psychosomatic, and cognitive-behavioral. Emphasizes the roles and responsibilities of educators, school psychologists, and other school personnel in effective crisis prevention and response. Examines healing-oriented and culturally appropriate approaches to school-based crisis prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery strategies.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 554
T SPSY 555 Applied Research Design and Analysis (3)
Focuses on culturally responsive, applied research models in educational settings for evaluating programs and interventions. Includes refining research questions; operationalizing key variables and concepts; choosing designs that maximize validity; selecting culturally appropriate data collection approaches and instruments with accuracy and reliability; conducting analyses; and interpreting findings. Includes group and single case research.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 555
T SPSY 560 Practicum and Reflective Seminar I (4)
Focuses on schools and educational agencies as systems. Orients students to the culture of schools and the roles and responsibilities of a school psychologist in service to the school communities, including equitable partnerships with families/caregivers, other professionals working in schools, and community agencies. Draws from ecological, culturally responsive, and strengths-based models of systemic change. Credit/no-credit only.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 560
T SPSY 561 Practicum and Reflective Seminar II (4)
Focuses on the selection and implementation of effective programming and strategies that promote resilience, reduce risk, and serve students needing supplemental supports in schools. Draws from ecological, problem-solving, and strengths-based models of collaborative consultation. Focuses on interventions implemented within tier two, the secondary level of prevention within multitiered systems of support. Credit/no-credit only.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 561
T SPSY 562 Practicum and Reflective Seminar III (4)
Focuses on the selection and administration of culturally appropriate assessments for comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations. Utilizes strengths-based methods and collaborative, ecological problem-solving models. Connects evaluation findings with evidence-based strategies. Offers methods and technologies to measure student progress and outcomes. Emphasizes holistic evaluations that lead to culturally responsive and supportive interventions. Credit/no-credit only.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 562
T SPSY 601 Internship, Portfolio and Reflective Seminar (5, max. 15)
Offers supervised, culminating field experiences as a school psychologist. Integrates knowledge and skills from coursework through applications in field settings, portfolio, and reflective learning in seminar meetings. Supports comprehensive practices in data-based decision making; consultation; interventions; services to promote supportive schools; collaboration; equitable and evidence-based practices; legal, ethical, and professional practice. Offered: AWSp.
View course details in MyPlan: T SPSY 601
