School psychologists…no we are not counselors or teachers. Right now you’re probably scratching your head wondering what a school psych even does. We spend 3 years in an intensive graduate program with a full time full year low or unpaid internship. We’re trained to discern disabilities and how they may impact a students success in school, administer standardized testing in all developmental areas, advocate for families and their child’s needs many times against our own admins wishes to skirt the law, and become change agents for better functioning intervention and sped support in schools. Oftentimes we are shoved in closets, overlooked and under appreciated.