Welcome to the Division of Psychological Services, a dynamic and integral part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS).  With over 250 school psychologists providing outstanding services to students Pre-Kindergarten to 12^th grade, our division is working hard to serve you. 

The Division of Psychological Services is committed to ensuring that policies and procedures for programs and services are the highest quality available for the children of Miami-Dade County.  Through the use of state of the art technology, quality training programs for school psychologists, teachers, and support personnel, school psychologists assist in providing outstanding assessments and consultation services for students who are experiencing academic and/or behavior problems.

To date, over 49% of our school psychologists are proficient in another language, which include Spanish (encompassing the majority of our bilingual staff), Haitian-Creole, French, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Hebrew, Jamaican Patois, Hindi, Japanese, and American Sign.  Currently, our school psychologists are assigned to Regional Centers, Special Programs, or the District Office.  They fill an impressive variety of positions:

• Traditional (consultation and assessment);
• Clinical services to emotionally handicapped students;
• Diagnostics for Child Find;
• Support services for alternative education programs;
• Crises intervention support; and
• Specialized consultations and assessments for students with low-incidence handicapping conditions (e.g., Traumatic Brain Injury, Autism/Asperger's Syndrome, Visually Impaired).