Your Role:

The Connecticut Department of Correction Unified School District #1 is dedicated to providing quality educational programs for incarcerated individuals. Academic knowledge, vocational competencies and life skills integrated with technology are offered to students in a positive environment to foster lifelong learning, multicultural awareness and a successful transition to society.

As a School Psychologist, you will have the opportunity to work in the following areas:

Liaison Activities

Acts as a liaison between:

• • Students and former education placements
  • Outside agencies and local school programs
  • The school program and institutional DOC components
  • Interested parties and the school programs, particularly as it relates to transition to the community

Direct Service

• • Individual and group counseling of students with respect to the social, emotional, and psychological issues related to education; as well as vocational, educational, and career planning
  • Uses crises intervention skills to mediate student problems
  • Administers and analyzes psychological related assessments
  • Creates IEP goals in the areas of self-determination, behavior, and transition
  • Prepares and delivers classroom lessons and group presentations related to appropriate vocational, career, and social/emotional topics

General Assessment & Placement

• • • Assists as needed with the general assessment program at the local site including the collection of information needed for educational and vocational placement and institutional classification
    • Administers group and individual achievement and vocational assessment as needed
    • Assists in development and administration of the process to make assessment data available for decision making
    • Assists the school administrator in the development and implementation of an efficient process for the placement of students into appropriate programs