Jenna Palacios, LEP
Providing individuals and families with high-quality psychoeducational services to foster equity, inclusion, and resilience.
“The peculiar drama of my life has placed me in a world that by and large thinks it would be better if people like me did not exist. My fight has been for accommodation, the world to me and me to the world.”
- Alice Wong, Disability Visibility
What is a Licensed Educational Psychologist?
A Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP), is a licensed professional under the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS). An LEP's scope of practice includes any of the following professional functions pertaining to academic learning processes or the education system or both:
Educational evaluation.
Diagnosis of psychological disorders related to academic learning processes.
Administration of diagnostic tests related to academic learning processes including tests of academic ability, learning patterns, achievement, motivation, and personality factors.
Interpretation of diagnostic tests related to academic learning processes including tests of academic ability, learning patterns, achievement, motivation, and personality factors.
Providing psychological counseling for individuals, groups, and families.
Consultation with other educators and parents on issues of social development and behavioral and academic difficulties.
Conducting psychoeducational assessments for the purposes of identifying special needs.
Developing treatment programs and strategies to address problems of adjustment.
Coordinating intervention strategies for management of individual crises.
Who would benefit from working with an Educational Psychologist?
Someone having learning difficulties and are having a hard time understanding what is making things hard
Someone unsure about a diagnosis
Someone who is struggling socially, emotionally, or behaviorally and are unsure why
Someone who seeks additional services or supports at school or work
Someone who is having a difficult time accessing services within the school system and needs someone to help them navigate
Someone who needs support advocating for their child during IEP meetings
Someone who wants specific and individualized recommendations for school, home, and treatment based on data
Someone who wants to understand their or their child’s strengths, abilities, and potential
