University of Dayton awarded nearly $1 million grant for grad students in school psychology program
The University of Dayton’s school psychology program has been awarded almost $1 million to help recruit and train graduate students.
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UD got over $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the university announced Wednesday.
“This grant will help us prepare practitioners to address the youth mental health crisis in our nation, but, in particular, in some of our highest needs schools in southern Ohio, where it is historically and consistently difficult to recruit and retain practitioners,” said Elaina Bernstein, assistant professor of school psychology and program coordinator. “The program will create new opportunities to train future school psychologists from underserved communities who may have financial and logistical barriers preventing them from enrolling in a graduate program, and who will return to their communities to serve.”
It is a five-year grant and the funding will support a partnership with the Adam County Ohio Valley Local School District, where 64% of students live in poverty, according to the university.
The program will also target six counties in Southern Ohio, mostly rural regions, because of their high rate of youth mental health needs.
The university’s school psychology program has been successful in getting grad students ready to work with a 100% graduate assistantship and job placement rate.
