Everything You Need to Know About Manitoba's School Clinician Certificate in School Psychology

Are you interested in becoming a certified school clinician in Manitoba? Whether you're looking to start a new career or advance your current one, understanding the requirements and qualifications is essential. In this blog, we'll break down the core and elective requirements for obtaining a Manitoba Provisional School Clinician Certificate in School Psychology.

Core Requirements

To qualify for the Manitoba Provisional School Clinician Certificate, you must complete 27 credit hours of university coursework in specific areas:

• Therapy Techniques: Design and implement therapeutic interventions to address a wide range of student needs (6 credit hours).
• Psychological Assessment: Administer, score, and interpret psychological tests relevant to school-aged populations (6 credit hours).
• Psychology Practicum: Gain supervised experience in assessment, intervention, and consultation related to school functioning (6 credit hours).
• Abnormal Psychology/Psychopathology: Study child/adolescent psychopathology, including diagnostic criteria for various disorders (3 credit hours).
• Research/Statistics: Learn to design, implement, and evaluate interventions, and gain skills in analyzing and interpreting research literature (3 credit hours).
• Professional Ethics: Examine ethical, professional, regulatory, and legal issues in school psychology (3 credit hours).

Elective Requirements

In addition to the core requirements, you must complete 12 credit hours of graduate coursework from at least three of the following areas:

• Behaviour Disorders/Behaviour Management: Focus on behavioural assessment, intervention, and consultation.
• Child/Adolescent Development: Study typical development and its application in psychological assessment and intervention.
• Learning Disabilities: Learn about the categorization, assessment, and remediation of learning disabilities.
• Learning and Cognition: Explore theories of intelligence, learning styles, and other factors that enhance learning.
• Community Psychology: Develop skills in school-family partnerships and inter-agency coordination.
• Neuropsychology: Study brain-based learning research and its application in the classroom.
• Thesis Topic Relevant to School Activity: Complete a graduate-level thesis relevant to school functioning.
• Cross-Cultural Contexts: Understand the role of cultural context in student functioning.
• Advanced Study in Core Areas: Additional coursework in one of the core requirement areas.

Application Process

Once you have completed your qualifying Master's degree, submit your application form, required documents, and fee to the Professional Certification Unit. The form is available on the official website. Make sure your official transcript is sent directly from your post-secondary institution to:

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