Review of theory and research related to individual differencesin physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development of preschool and school-aged children and adolescents. Compares psychological and educational approaches to diagnostic classification of such differences.

Supervised experience in the application of psychoeducational, diagnostic assessment, intervention, and consultation services in a school setting. Requires minimum three hours of on-site activities per credit hour. Students will have a primary supervisor at their school site. Students will attend class meetings in a didactic format. Students will have a university supervisor who will serve as a secondary supervisor and communicate and coordinate on-going communication with the school-based supervisor. May be repeated to a maximum of 18 credits.

Supervised experience in the application of psychoeducational diagnostic assessment, intervention, and consultation services in a clinic, school, or community setting. Requires three hours of on-site activities per credit hour and weekly supervision meetings. May be repeated to a maximum of 18 credits.

This is a measurement-oriented course that focuses on introducing measurement theory and techniques used in education and evaluation. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, measurement models, bivariate measures of association, norms, standardized score scales, scaling, reliability, validity, item analysis, factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, test construction for affective and cognitive instruments, Item Response Theory, and Rasch.

Theories, methods, and techniques of counseling psychology as applied to planned interventions with parents and their children. Contemporary approaches to family and child dysfunctioning are studied within a framework of human development; applied practice utilizing simulated problems.

Full-time practice in an operational setting such as a school or government agency, with on-site supervision provided by the host agency and with academic supervision provided by a University faculty member. Practicum: full-time field experience. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits.

Full-time practice in an operational setting such as a school or government agency, with on-site supervision provided by the host agency and with academic supervision provided by a University faculty member. Practicum: full-time field experience. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits.

This course will provide students with an overview of the theory and applications of advanced quantitative methods. A quantitative research method focuses on advanced quantitative methodologies used in methodologically-oriented studies in educational research, evaluation, and statistics. The goal of this course is to prepare students to analyze data using advanced quantitative methods. It covers topics in the areas of multilevel modeling, data mining, missing data, categorical data analysis, meta-analysis, and longitudinal data analysis.

This course will provide students with an overview of the theory and applications of advanced quantitative methods. A quantitative research method focuses on advanced quantitative methodologies used in methodologically-oriented studies in educational research, evaluation, and statistics. The goal of this course is to prepare students to analyze data using advanced quantitative methods. It covers topics in the areas of multilevel modeling, data mining, missing data, categorical data analysis, meta-analysis, and longitudinal data analysis.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.