Goshen Local Schools employ multiple mental health professionals, including four highly-trained school psychologists, to help support our students.

In Ohio, school psychologist licensure requirements include:

1. a Master’s or Education Specialist (Ed.S.) degree in school psychology;

2. a 1200-hour internship; and

3. passing the Praxis School Psychologist exam.

School Psychologists are Trained to:

• Conduct psychological and academic assessments and collect and interpret student and classroom data;

• Support teachers in providing individualized instruction and interventions, and progress monitoring;

• Promote positive student and classroom behavior while encouraging student motivation/engagement;

• Improve students’ development, including communication, social skills, and social-emotional learning;

• Assess students' emotional and behavioral needs; provide individual/group counseling;

• Promote problem-solving, anger management, resilience, and conflict resolution;

• Provide individual and group counseling; coordinate services with community-based providers;

• Provide culturally responsive services to students and families from diverse backgrounds;

• Assess diverse learning needs and modify or adapt curricula and instruction;

• Plan appropriate individualized education programs for students with disabilities.

• Monitor and effectively communicate with parents about student progress;

• Implement schoolwide positive behavioral supports, positive discipline, and restorative justice;

• Assess school climate and improve school connectedness;

• Identify at-risk students and school vulnerabilities; prevent bullying and other forms of violence;

• Provide crisis prevention and intervention services.

• Help families understand children’s learning and emotional needs;

• Connect families with community service providers when necessary.

• Enhance staff understanding of and responsiveness to diverse cultures and backgrounds;

• Assist in navigating special education processes;

• Generate, collect, and interpret useful student and school outcomes data;

• Collect and analyze data on risk and protective factors related to student outcomes;

• Plan services at the district, building, classroom, and individual levels.