Mental Health Support Staff by Building

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.