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Abstract
This study provides valuable information regarding the characteristics, training, roles, activities, preferences, research interests and challenges reported by 803 Portuguese educational psychologists. The study includes responses to the International School Psychology Survey (ISPS) from educational psychologists across various regions of Portugal. The information gathered through the implementation of the International School Psychology Survey (ISPS) allowed us to conclude that they had one of the highest levels of experience and of discrepancy in gender (favoring female psychologists), when compared with findings from ISPS surveys in other countries. They come from different backgrounds and with different training within psychology and have an increasing higher school psychologist/children ratio. The greatest proportion of their work involved counseling students, psychoeducational evaluations and vocational guidance. The greatest current challenges or threats to the profession in Portugal were the absence of appropriate psychological assessment instruments, conflicts of leadership within the profession, lack of adequate supervision, lack of funds to properly fund services, lack of career prospects, and the low status of school psychology.
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Author biographies
Vitor Alexandre Coelho has a PhD in Educational Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra and is also a Nationally-Certified Psychologist. His main areas of research are the promotion of social emotional learning, bullying, as well as school adjustment during the transition to middle school. He has published several articles in these areas. He has also published over ten articles concerning the professional development of psychology and educational psychology in Portugal.
Marta Marchante has a Master in Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Lisbon, and she is also a Nationally-Certified Psychologist. She has conducted research mainly in the areas of social and emotional learning and psychological assessment and has published several articles. Presently she has been researching and publishing articles about the professional developmental of school and educational psychologists. She is also presently co-ordinating an artistic development program involving 20 teachers.
Raquel Raimundo has a Master in Stress and Well-Being and a Phd in Educational Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisboa. She published several articles and book chapters on social and emotional learning, bullying and psychological assessment. She presently coordinates the Psychology team of a private school in Portugal.
Shane Jimerson has a PhD in Child Psychology and Child Development from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He is a Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology and he is also a Nationally-Certified School Psychologist. He is the President of the International School Psychology Association and a former APA Division 16 President. He has published over 80 articles concerning several themes such as school dropout and professional issues. He is also the Editor of School Psychology Quarterly.
