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CUNY - Brooklyn College

Updated: 03/27/2024

2900 Bedford Avenue
1107 James Hall
Brooklyn, NY 11210

Program Director: Paul McCabe

E-mail: paulmc@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Program Website: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/schools/education/graduate/psychology.php

* The department offers Advanced Certificates including 1) school psychology bilingual specialization, 2) mental health counseling bridge AC (additional 18 credits to obtain licensure as MHC), and 3) play therapy, which can be taken alongside the school psychology specialization.

Programs Offered and Program Approvals
  • Specialist level, NASP Approved/Accredited (full)
    Other Accreditations: AAQEP
    Graduation Credit Hours: 60
    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?No

Hourly Work

 
Do students in your program have access to hourly work?No

Internship

 
Number of interns who received stipends15
Median Stipend / Pay per year$65000
Student Enrollment Data

2023 / 2024

Specialist
Total Enrollment (including interns)94
# of First Year Students36
# of Male Students12
# of Minority Students*69
# of interns during the academic year21
# of accepted students for 2023 / 202471
# of applicants for 2023 / 2024131
* Note: Minority students are defined as those from ethnic/racial minorities historically underrepresented in United States colleges and universities.
Faculty
NameEmailFTEMinority
Eliza DragowskiElizaD@brooklyn.cuny.edu100 %
Graciela Elizalde-Utnickgutnick@brooklyn.cuny.edu 50 %
Paul McCabepaulmc@brooklyn.cuny.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?No
Anticipate opening a search for a new faculty member in the upcoming academic year?Yes
PRAXIS
No data from program has been submitted.
Respecialization

Specialist

Formal Option for Respecialization?
No
Internship Settings

2023 / 2024

SpecialistDoctoral
Total Number of Interns21
Total completing internship entirely in school settings21
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).Yes
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
  • Inclusion across all required courses (excluding statistics)
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.
  • A specific required course on social justice
  • Inclusion across some (not all) required courses
  • Extracurricular Events (e.g., Town Halls, Institute Days)
Student Outcome Data

2021 / 2022

Specialist
# of students completing program (including internship)28
Mean # of years to complete the program3.5
Median # of years to complete the program3
# of students who transferred to a School Psych Doctoral Program0
# of students that left the program prior to graduation8
# of graduates employed by schools28
# not employed or continuing education0