<p>I am very interested in a masters or perhaps an EdS in School Psychology. While my current research experiences are limited to research methods class work and papers, I am in my senior year and going to participate in independent research studies with a professor. I have had experience volunteering with children at schools (a few semesters) and interning (twice) at Special Ed school.
What I would like to ask is if admissions to School Psychology programs requires research or practical/volunteer experiences? I am worried that I might not get any journal publication or noteworthy research before it is time to apply for grad school...</p>
<p>The majority of students admitted to grad programs don’t have a publication to their name (especially in the Master’s level). Just get good letters of rec and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>From my experience (applied to School Psych PhDs last year and will be entering one in August), school psych program, especially EdS programs, really value child and child-clinical experience. You seem to have a good amount of that, so that will help (my relative lack of child experience was probably the biggest weakness in application, though I had a lot of research experience, including a publication [which seemed uncommon]). As for research experience, it can’t hurt, but EdS programs in general are going to be much more focused on the practical experience side of your application, which seems strong. Still, I’d definitely put the research independent on your CV when applying, just to show that you do you have that experience.</p>
<p>Nope, though it was related to my area of research interest. PM me if you’d be interested in the specifics of my experience/CV, which I’d be happy to provide!</p>