Charles County Public Schools Department of Student Services

1. Charles County Public SchoolsDepartment of Student Services

2. Interagency Liaison HSP(LMB) Grant Acquisition/ Administration Student Services School Psychologists Pupil Personnel Workers School Counselors School Nurses Juvenile Resource Officers Student Data Accounting School Safety and Security Safe and Drug-Free Schools Hearing Officers Student Transfers And Special Exceptions Office PBIS

3. Psychological Services

4. Credentials Entry Level: • 3 year Graduate Level Program • Masters/Advanced Graduate Specialist Level • Minimum of 60 Graduate Credits • Minimum of 1,200 hour internship in a school setting

5. Current Staff • 30 School Psychologists • All certified by MSDE • 5 have Doctoral Degrees 3 additional in progress • 19 are Nationally Certified School Psychologists

6. Current Assignments • 9 assigned exclusively to therapeutic programs • A full-time psychologist assigned to the Stethem Center • A full-time Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Coordinator • A full-time Supervisor • 18 assigned to 34 schools

7. Ratio of Psychologists to Students National Association of School Psychologists recommendsa ratio of one school psychologist per 1,000 students

8. Roles • Consultation • Prevention • Crisis Response • Assessment • Intervention • Training/In-service

9. School Psychologists’ Activities2006 - 2007 School Staff Consultation 11,223 12,000 10,000 Counseling 6,495 8,000 Student Parent IEP Support 6,000 Consultation Meetings Team Behavioral 2,973 2,937 2,962 Interventions 4,000 2,059 Assessments 1,013 2,000 0

10. Involvement in School Teams • Student Support Team (SST) • 504 Team • Individualized Education Program (IEP) • PBIS (serve as coaches) • Crisis Response Team • School Improvement Team

11. Safe Schools • Psychologists have received training by: • National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) • Maryland School Psychologists Association (MSPA) • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) • International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) • Supervising School Psychologist on an MSPA sub-committee writing a statewide Crisis Response Manual for School Psychologists

12. Suicide Prevention • Mandatory annual staff in-service • Psychologists play the key role in assessing risk of suicide • More than 40 risk assessments have been conducted by school psychologists thus far this year

13. 281 300 215 250 180 154 200 114 150 57 100 50 0 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Yearly Suicide/Risk Assessments

14. Violent Risk Assessments • All school psychologists trained annually on protocols for Violence Risk Assessments • New administrators recently in-serviced • Incidents typically involve Juvenile Intervention Officers as well as the School Administrators

15. School Psychologists use their training in both education and psychology to help students succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. • Through collaboration with educators and parents they help create a safe and supportive learning environment and strengthen connections between home and school.