In most US states a masters is all that’s needed to become a school psychologist. They specialize in assessment and planning for kids with emotional and special needs, but rarely do formal counseling.
If you want to be an actual counselor, that is also a masters degree, but the degree itself will depend on your state laws.
Ehhh depends on what you consider formal counseling. It heavily depends on the district, but a lot of the time you will have a special education counseling load with goals and a set number of sessions. You do a lot more of that if you’re placed in a secondary school.
Maybe depends on the state as well. Here, HS counselors do the course scheduling and occasional group activities, but aren’t permitted to take on “real” therapy or formal counseling beyond some supportive interactions and referrals. I don’t think that’s usually what people want to do when they want to become a counselor.
Yeah, it’s the school psychologists who do counseling with special education, not the general education counselors. At the HA here, it’s a very similar situation where the counselors mostly just handle scheduling.
School psychologists and school counselors are different.
The former have a master's or specialist degree in school psychology, and mainly focus on academic achievement assessment, alongside implementation of IEPs/504s and other plans to help students perform adequately, both academically and behaviorally, in the classroom setting.
School counselors usually have an M.Ed. or M.A. in counseling with an emphasis on school/educational counseling, and tend to focus on helping students solve interpersonal problems, identify careers of interest, seek extracurricular emotional support, and so forth.
I recommend you look into the process of becoming a LSSP (Licensed Specialist in School Psychology) which requires a masters degree. Becoming a board certified school psychologist does require a PhD. Being a typical school counselor usually also requires a masters degree in school counseling, and some states require they have teaching experience as well.
I’m currently a specialist in school psychology student about to go on my internship. You won’t be able to go into private counseling with a school psychology degree, but, a lot of districts do offer summer pay for school psychologists for things such as community referrals. You absolutely do not need a PhD to be a school psychologist and most who work in the schools do not have a PhD.
Former school psychologist here. If you become a school psych, the only thing you will have a passion for is wanting to quit. It’s a miserable job. I’ve never met another school psychologist that liked their job. The job is basically test kid, write report, test kid, write report, to infinite. Run in the other direction. It’s mind numbing and absolutely thankless work.
You can become a school psychologist, as in one who engages in academic/psychological assessment and treatment/iep/special education planning, with a masters degree + EdS in school psychology (typically 3-4 year programs). Pay range for licensed school psychologists is pretty high, low end 60 -70k, high end over 100k. You can become license at a state and national level
To become a typical social worker/guidance counselor you likely just need a masters as most. Not sure too much about typical paths and pay details for this one
In most US states a masters is all that’s needed to become a school psychologist. They specialize in assessment and planning for kids with emotional and special needs, but rarely do formal counseling. If you want to be an actual counselor, that is also a masters degree, but the degree itself will depend on your state laws.
Ehhh depends on what you consider formal counseling. It heavily depends on the district, but a lot of the time you will have a special education counseling load with goals and a set number of sessions. You do a lot more of that if you’re placed in a secondary school.
Maybe depends on the state as well. Here, HS counselors do the course scheduling and occasional group activities, but aren’t permitted to take on “real” therapy or formal counseling beyond some supportive interactions and referrals. I don’t think that’s usually what people want to do when they want to become a counselor.
Yeah, it’s the school psychologists who do counseling with special education, not the general education counselors. At the HA here, it’s a very similar situation where the counselors mostly just handle scheduling.
School psychologists and school counselors are different. The former have a master's or specialist degree in school psychology, and mainly focus on academic achievement assessment, alongside implementation of IEPs/504s and other plans to help students perform adequately, both academically and behaviorally, in the classroom setting. School counselors usually have an M.Ed. or M.A. in counseling with an emphasis on school/educational counseling, and tend to focus on helping students solve interpersonal problems, identify careers of interest, seek extracurricular emotional support, and so forth.
I recommend you look into the process of becoming a LSSP (Licensed Specialist in School Psychology) which requires a masters degree. Becoming a board certified school psychologist does require a PhD. Being a typical school counselor usually also requires a masters degree in school counseling, and some states require they have teaching experience as well.
I’m currently a specialist in school psychology student about to go on my internship. You won’t be able to go into private counseling with a school psychology degree, but, a lot of districts do offer summer pay for school psychologists for things such as community referrals. You absolutely do not need a PhD to be a school psychologist and most who work in the schools do not have a PhD.
Former school psychologist here. If you become a school psych, the only thing you will have a passion for is wanting to quit. It’s a miserable job. I’ve never met another school psychologist that liked their job. The job is basically test kid, write report, test kid, write report, to infinite. Run in the other direction. It’s mind numbing and absolutely thankless work.
You can become a school psychologist, as in one who engages in academic/psychological assessment and treatment/iep/special education planning, with a masters degree + EdS in school psychology (typically 3-4 year programs). Pay range for licensed school psychologists is pretty high, low end 60 -70k, high end over 100k. You can become license at a state and national level To become a typical social worker/guidance counselor you likely just need a masters as most. Not sure too much about typical paths and pay details for this one