Overview

If you are an educator or working in an educational context as a learning support teacher, this allied school psychology specialisation has been designed to provide you with further study in the area of school psychology. It will not lead to a teaching qualification or psychology registration. Rather, the aim of this specialisation is to equip you with advanced knowledge, understanding and skills in the areas of inclusion, differentiation, assessment and intervention, allowing you to support the work of system-level, registered, educational psychologists.

Career opportunities

Studying this specialisation can lead to a career as:

  • learning support teachers
  • principal
  • specialist teachers
  • academics
  • education researchers
  • education policy makers
  • curriculum development specialists
  • education consultants
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Completion requirements

An Allied School Psychology Specialisation group consists of 60cp.

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

  • EDAP610Educational and Behavioural Functional Assessment10 CP
  • EDAP611School and Class Wide Evidence-based Interventions10 CP
  • EDAP612Learner Differences and Learner Needs10 CP
  • EDAP613Exceptional Children and Atypical Development10 CP
  • EDAP614Mental Health and Basic Counselling Skills10 CP
  • EDAP615Positive Education a Strengths-Based Approach10 CP

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