Comprehensive School Psychology Program

  • Caregivers & Students We Want to Hear From You!

    Have you and/or your child worked with the school psychologist at your school? If so, we appreciate your feedback on this experience by completing a brief survey linked below and/or sharing your experience directly with any staff at your school.

  • NASP Practice Model

    What is the program? 

    • Five-year, $5.5 Million dollar Federal School-Based Mental Health grant. Within the 5 year grant period, it provides a full-time school psychologist to schools designated as Title I at the time of the grant award. 
    • School year 2025/26 Grant schools include: Boise-Eliot/Humboldt, Cesar Chavez, Lent, Rigler, Rosa Parks, Scott, Sitton, Faubion, Grout, James John, Woodmere, George, Kelly, Lane, Marysville, Roseway Heights,  HarrietTubman, Whitman, Harrison Park, Woodlawn
    • Supervision of school psychologist intern or practicum students.

Program Vision & Mission

  • PPS Comprehensive School Psychologist Vision: All Portland Public School (PPS) students are provided equitable access to a culturally responsive and socially just education that prepares them to be compassionate critical thinkers, able to collaborate and solve problems, be prepared to achieve their goals, and lead a more socially just world.

    PPS Comprehensive School Psychologist Mission: Portland Public Schools (PPS) comprehensive school psychologists’ mission is to center student and family strengths and voices, especially the voices of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and Multilingual students and families, to model collaboration and compassion through relationship building with staff, students, and families and to ensure that ALL students have equitable access to realize the graduate portrait. School psychologists collaborate with school teams to achieve this mission through enhancing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) implementation in their schools, including:

For Additional Support, Contact:

Kristin Irwin
School Psychologist on Special Assignment
503.310.1580
Elaine Hidalgo
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student Services School Psychologist
971.895.1243
 
    • Providing direct services to students and families to amplify student and family voices, strengths, and partnerships
    • Supporting teachers/staff and school communities (consultation & collaboration)
    • Participating in MTSS Teams
    • Supporting school teams with data-informed decision-making to facilitate equitable practices and outcomes

  • 24-45 School Year Comprehensive School Psychologist Program Services: 

    • School psychologist ratios at or below the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) ratio recommendation of 1:500 in 18 schools

    • School/classroom-wide mental health services to 6,108 students

    • 12,605 individual or group mental health services in addition to specialized services to students with disabilities 

    • 100 students receiving Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) services to address anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide 

    What are the Key Program Outcomes? 

    • Increase MTSS fidelity including Tiered Foundational Reading Instruction & Assessment
    • Reduce Disproportionate Special Education Identification
    • Reduce Disproportionate Discipline

NASP Practice Model and Domains

  • Academic Interventions and Instructional Supports

  • Consultation and Collaboration

  • Data-Based Decision Making

  • Equitable Practices for Diverse Student Populations

  • Family, School, and Community Collaboration

  • Legal, Ethical, and Professional Practice

  • Mental and Behavioral Health Services and Interventions

  • Research and Evidence-Based Practice

  • School-Wide Practices to Promote Learning

  • Services to Promote Safe and Supportive Schools