Leveraging School-University Partnerships to Train School Psychologists in Organizational Consultation for PBIS

The purpose of this article is to describe an innovative training model for preservice doctoral-level school psychologists; a model focused on the development of organizational consultation skills and grounded in collaborative university-school partnerships. We describe how faculty have shaped the graduate training experiences for preservice school psychologists and have developed partnerships with public school districts to promote student behavioral health through professional development and consultation to educators faced with building a multi-tiered model of behavioral supports in their school. In partnership, we have researched the implementation of school-wide interventions. We provide descriptive data to demonstrate our recursive process for program improvement and the overall satisfaction of graduate students and over fifty school partners over a span of eight years.