Psychology
NIA School Psychologists provide School Psychological services for the assigned caseload. Duties include planning and completing initial and re-evaluation, documentation, MTSS organization and support, case management, and team consultation with support.
Services
Referral and Evaluation
Students are assessed to determine their social emotional needs. Referrals are initiated by members of the educational team and evaluations are completed upon consent from the student’s parent(s) or guardian. School Psychologists follow district guidelines for social emotional screening and MTSS intervention. Psychologists contribute to a range of services, including: prevention, intervention, consultation, assessment, education and planning, and advocacy within the academic environment.
Intervention and Collaboration
The psychologists support students by working with teams to:
- Supports academics and social emotional learning to enhance student improvement within the school setting.
- Utilize direct and consultative intervention that will improve academics and social emotional learning across the educational environment.
- Deliver and/or support high quality assessment and interventions including:
- Identify students at risk for academic or emotional problems.
- Assist with crisis situations per district policy.
- Assist with behavior management in collaboration with the social worker
- Academic intervention (RtI or MTSS) services per district policy
- Comprehensive academic and cognitive evaluations including formal and informal assessments to determine a student's intellectual abilities, learning needs, achievement levels, emotional and behavioral functioning, and social skills.
All Psychological Services include performance evaluation, staff development, and staff supervision/support.
Who We Are
NIA School Psychologists hold a Master’s Degree or higher in psychology or educational psychology with a specialization in school psychology from an accredited institution. School Psychologists hold a PEL and will have a support personnel endorsement; the support personnel endorsement in psychology qualifies a professional to provide services to students from pre-kindergarten to age 21.
For more information contact:
Tisha Seward, M.A., M.S. CCC-SLP/L
Northwestern Illinois Association
Sycamore, IL 60178
Email Tisha