Section 6-2 - Specialist in School Psychology (a) Certification Requirement. An individual must be certified with the Wyoming State Board of Psychology before practicing as a specialist in school psychology.
(b) Any applicant who is NCSP certified, and who is certified as a School Psychologist by the Professional Teachers Standard Board in Wyoming shall be considered as having met the education, experience, and examination requirements for certification as a Specialist in School Psychology.
(c) All other applicants must meet the following criteria: - (i) Education Requirements. The applicant shall have completed a master's degree in school psychology plus thirty (30) graduate semester hours, or a higher level degree program in school psychology, with sixty (60) graduate semester hours minimum, consisting of course work, practicum, internship and culminating in a graduate degree in school psychology from an NASP accredited graduate degree program in school psychology. All other applicants must meet the current standards for graduate preparation approved by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) or its successor.
- (ii) Internship Requirements. The applicant shall have successfully completed a one thousand two hundred (1,200) hour supervised internship in school psychology, of which six hundred (600) hours shall be in a school setting. The internship shall be recognized through institutional documentation (transcript) and must meet the current standards for graduate preparation approved by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) or its successor. Internships completed prior to December 31, 1994 which meet the above requirement are accepted without institutional documentation.
- (iii) Examination Requirement. The applicant must pass the NSPE. A passing score is one which equals or exceeds the cut score determined by NASP for achieving the NCSP credential at the time the applicant took the NSPE.