School Psychology Ph.D.
Thank you for your interest in our School Psychology Ph.D. program. The doctoral degree in School Psychology adheres to a scientist-practitioner model of training and is fully approved as such by the American Psychological Association (APA). The program is designed to fully integrate psychological theory with rigorous research and professional practice skills. The program aspires to develop evidence-based practitioners and researchers, and is committed to training multi-culturally competent school psychologists. We are very excited about our APA accredited* School Psychology program and hope you'll consider joining us! The information found in these pages should help you navigate through various program components and requirements. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Karen C. Stoiber
Professor and Training Director Department of Educational Psychology
P.O. Box 413
UW-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413
414-229-6841 (phone)
414-229-4939 (fax)
kstoiber@uwm.edu
The School Psychology program has five major goals:
- Prepare school psychology students to design and implement evidence-based therapeutic interventions that meet the mental health and educational needs of children, adolescents, and families.
- Prepare school psychologists to engage in problem-solving consultation within and across schools and community settings with families and professionals to enhance the competencies and resilience of youth and to promote healthy home, school, and community environments.
- Prepare school psychologists to conduct comprehensive assessments that are directly linked to interventions aimed at improving understanding and outcomes of youth, families, and schools.
- Prepare school psychologists to provide service delivery and to conduct research that reflects APA and NASP ethical and professional standards.
- Prepare school psychologists to conduct, interpret, critique and disseminate high quality scientist-practitioner research that advances the field of school psychology in urban settings.
Program Completion Time and Attrition Rate: The School Psychology program has graduated 14 students since 1999. The mean time of completion for these graduates is 6 years. There are currently 28 students in the program. Since 1999 there have been 6 students who have not completed the program once matriculated.
Internships:
We have enjoyed great success in matching our students with approved internships. Since 1999, there have been 15 students who have gone through the matching process and 14 out of 15 have received approved APA or APPIC placements (with the remaining student seeking a local internship). This is a match rate of above 93%.
Student Support and Costs: Doctoral students are eligible to apply for research and project assistantships and fellowships through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Educational Psychology Doctoral Program and the Graduate School. The doctoral program provides assistantships to approximately 5 students in the department of Educational Psychology each year; typically about 3 students in the school psychology program are funded through this mechanism. In addition, the faculty seek other funding, which provides for additional student support. Faculty in the School Psychology program have been highly successful in attaining extramural funding and have received more than 7 million dollars of federal grant funding since 2002. Each year approximately 6 school psychology doctoral students are fully funded on faculty research projects. Every student who has desired funding and been admitted since 1999 has had a graduate assistantship. For the 2007-2008 academic year of full-time study, the tuition for in state residents is $9,604.16. For out of state residents the tuition is $23,629.92. Mandatory student fees are $388.10 per semester.
**Stipends for Teaching or Research assistantships above a 33% time include tuition remission, which includes in-state or out-of-state rates. Stipends for an academic year (9 month) appointment for 2008-2009 are $11,890 for 50% assistantships and $7,847 for 33% assistantships. Students are eligible for assistantships funded through the School of Education for three years, thus after the 3rd year in the program, students seek assistantships through faculty grants, or off-campus support.
For 06-07
In our fist year cohort there are 5 students on graduate assistantships. For the second year cohort there are 4 students on assistantships. The third year cohort has 2 students on assistantship. The fourth year cohort has 4 students on assistantship. The fifth year cohort has 3 students in APPIC funded internships, and one student in a school district funded internship.
| Cohort Year | Assistantship | # Off-Campus Employment | Funded Internship | # Not Funded |
| 1 | 5 | | | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | | | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | | | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | | | 0 |
| 5 | | | 4 | 0 |
*Committee on Accreditation
c/o Office of Program and Accreditation
Education Directorate
American Psychological Association
750 First Street NE
Washington, DC, 2002-4242
(202) 336-5979
