EXAMPLES OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Demonstrates positive, collaborative problem-solving orientation with students, parents and guardians, educators, administrators, community members, and colleagues.

Provides core services including prevention, consultation, intervention, assessment, and counseling. Services include, but are not limited to, conducting observations, collecting data, reviewing student records, conferring with teachers and parents, interviewing students, conducting functional assessments, counseling (individual and group), planning behavior interventions, and conducting in-services and professional development. These core services are adapted to the particular needs of each student, situation, and setting.

Conducts comprehensive psychological assessments (e.g., all of the above as well as administration and interpretation of psychological and educational instruments).

Completes written psychological reports for individual students in accordance with MCPS Regulation JHE-RA, Psychological Assessment.

Routinely gathers evidence of positive outcomes resulting from psychological services delivered to students, school personnel, and parents.

Fulfills mandates of federal and state law and the expectations of the MCPS Board of Education and school system leadership.

Completes functional behavior assessments, develops behavior interventions plans, and collaborates with teams to gather data and monitor progress.

Provides psychological counseling and behavioral interventions, and gathers data to monitor student progress.

Participates positively and effectively on grade-level, team, school- and district-level meetings.

Supports school-level efforts such as serving as: coach for school-level Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) team, trainer for school-level crisis intervention team; or member of school improvement team or subcommittee.

Makes appropriate referrals to resources to facilitate educational and behavioral interventions recommended for student success.

Receives and reviews available developmental information from school and outside resources about student behavior(s) and selects evidence-supported or evidence-based psychological interventions.

Accurately administers, scores, and interprets psychological measures of intelligence, personality, behavior, achievement, adaptive functioning, and developmental maturity.

Delivers crisis response and intervention services to students, families and staff, when needed.
Participates in mediations, administrative reviews, hearings and due process proceedings, as needed.

Participates in disciplinary proceedings: expulsions, manifestations, and causation meetings.

Performs related work and other duties as required; additional coverage responsibilities will be assigned at the discretion of the director.