The faculty of the training program at Lehigh University believe strongly that school psychologists must be able to function effectively in a variety of roles including provision of traditional psychometric services.

Any decisions that are made in the provision of services, however, must be based on empirical procedures that substantiate these decisions. As such, students must attain skills in collecting and analyzing data as well as having solid foundations in understanding human behavior. More importantly, we believe that school psychologists must be capable of linking their assessments to the development and implementation of interventions.

The program in School Psychology is also strongly committed to providing students with a knowledge and experiential basis in multicultural issues. It is extremely important for students to understand and appreciate ethnic and racial diversity among individuals. In particular, students in the school psychology program must demonstrate sensitivity to the important ways in which the understanding of cultural diversity contributes to educational decisions in the lives of children. To meet these goals, the faculty in school psychology are very interested in the recruitment, support, and retention of graduate students representing culturally diverse backgrounds. The values inherent in understanding multicultural influences in human behavior are infused across and within all clinical courses within the program. Students are also required to take a course in multicultural issues as part of the core psychology curriculum, as well as have various school-based practicum experiences in settings that include culturally diverse populations. Back ...