Participants, in collaboration with others, demonstrate skills to use assessment and data collection methods to implement and evaluate services that support socialization, learning, as well as mental and behavioral health.

Examples of professional practices include:

Providing a continuum of mental and behavioral health services, including individual and group counseling, behavioral coaching, positive behavioral supports, and parent education.
Integrating behavioral supports and mental health services with academic and learning goals for students.
Facilitating the design and delivery of curricula to help students develop effective skills, such as self-regulation, planning, organization, empathy, social skills, and decision making.
Using systematic decision-making to consider the antecedents, consequences, functions, and causes of behavioral difficulties.
Developing and implementing behavior change programs at individual, group, classroom, and school-wide levels.
Evaluating evidence-based interventions to improve individual student social, emotional, and behavioral wellness.