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University of Central Arkansas

Updated: 02/15/2024

201 Donaghey Ave
Mashburn Hall Room 253
Conway, AR 72035

Program Director: Joan Simon

E-mail: jsimon@uca.edu

Program Website: https://uca.edu/psychology/masters-school-psyc/

Programs Offered and Program Approvals

Specialist level, NASP Approved/Accredited (full)
Graduation Credit Hours: 60
Not Accessible to Working Professionals
Does not offer at least 50% of instruction via distance education

Financial Support

	Specialist
Assistantship/Traineeship
Do students in your program have access to an assistantship/traineeship?	Yes
Total number of students receiving an assistantship/traineeship	8
Minimum hours per semester	9.0
Minimum stipend/salary per week	$273
Minimum tuition waiver (%)	0%
Hourly Work
Do students in your program have access to hourly work?	No
Internship
Number of interns who received stipends	5
Median Stipend / Pay per year	$15000
Additional Information
Website uca.edu/psychology/ed-s/
Note(s) Our program received a US Department of Education Mental Health Services Demonstration Grant for 2023-2027. Through our grant, we can fund 4 students in each cohort with stipend and full tuition waiver for the duration of their program. These students work in the school setting delivering mental health support and services.

Student Enrollment Data

2023 / 2024	Specialist
Total Enrollment (including interns)	18
# of First Year Students	9
# of Male Students	0
# of Minority Students*	6
# of interns during the academic year	3
# of accepted students for 2023 / 2024	9
# of applicants for 2023 / 2024	15

* Note: Minority students are defined as those from ethnic/racial minorities historically underrepresented in United States colleges and universities.

Faculty

Name	Email	FTE
Heather Martens	martensh@uca.edu	100 %
Joan Simon	jsimon@uca.edu	100 %
Kyla Warnick	kwarnick1@uca.edu	100 %

Note: Minority faculty are defined as those from ethnic/racial minorities historically underrepresented in United States colleges and universities.

Unfilled faculty positions from the previous academic year?	Yes
Anticipate opening a search for a new faculty member in the upcoming academic year?	No

PRAXIS

No data from program has been submitted.

Respecialization

Specialist

Formal Option for Respecialization?

Evaluation through standard Admissions?

Yes

Minimum Graduate Credit Hours for Respecialization

Description of Respecialization Process

Website

www.uca.edu/psychology

Doctoral

Formal Option for Respecialization?

Description of Respecialization Process

Culminating Documentation

Website

www.uca.edu/psychology

Internship Settings

2023 / 2024	Specialist	Doctoral
Total Number of Interns	3	0
Total completing internship entirely in school settings	3	0
Total completing internships partly in school settings		0
Total completing internships entirely outside school settings		0
Total APA Accredited Internships		0
Total APPIC listed meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines (not APA)		0
Total APPIC listed not meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines		0
Total meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines not APPIC listed		0
Total not APPIC listed and not meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines		0

1. The 2010 NASP Standards for Graduate Preparation of School Psychologists defines a school setting as “…one in which the primary goal is the education of students of diverse backgrounds, characteristics, abilities, disabilities, and needs. Generally, a school setting includes students who are enrolled in Grades pre-K–12 and has both general education and special education services. The school setting has available an internal or external pupil services unit that includes at least one state-credentialed school psychologist and provides a full range of school psychology services.”

Multicultural Settings

Program offers a bilingual specialization (i.e. students graduate beign eligible for a bilingual school psychologist certification or designation).	No
Program or department provides the following graduate preparation activities related to multicultural responsiveness.	A specific required course on multicultural responsiveness Inclusion across some (not all) required courses
Program or department provides the following graduate preparation activities related to social justice that align with the NASP definition and extends beyond cultural awareness into action.

Student Outcome Data

2021 / 2022	Specialist
# of students completing program (including internship)	4
Mean # of years to complete the program	3
Median # of years to complete the program	3
# of students who transferred to a School Psych Doctoral Program	0
# of students that left the program prior to graduation	2
# of graduates employed by schools	4
# employed in settings other than schools	0
# employed in a faculty position	0
# entering other fields	0
# continuing formal education	0
# not employed or continuing education	0