The Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology is a multidisciplinary endeavor devoted to research, teaching, and service in the use of psychological principles to promote lifelong growth, learning, and development in multiple life roles and contexts. Four disciplines are represented in the department: Counseling Psychology, Educational Psychology and Methodology, School Psychology, and Special Education.
Heidi Andrade of Educational & Counseling Psychology and Jason Bryer PhD ’14 seven years ago led their research team to create Diagnostic Assessment and Achievement of College Skills (DAACS), a suite of technological and social supports to optimize learning for incoming college students. It has just received a $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Albany, NY (August 27, 2021) – The Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP) has awarded full 7-year accreditation to the University at Albany’s graduate programs for school leadership, literacy educators, and special education preparation. The award includes a commendation for the literacy and special education programs (inclusive of the early childhood and childhood education programs).
ALBANY, N.Y. (Feb. 27, 2020) — Chronic pain, a disabling health condition that various surveys have said affects anywhere from 50 million to 116 million Americans, is often treated with opioid pain medication. But there is little evidence of this treatment's long-term benefit, and it comes with the risks of addiction and harmful, even deadly, overdose.
Albany, NY (March 25, 2019)- The School of Education at the University at Albany, part of the State University of New York, continues to garner recognition as the top ranking public school of education in New York and #2 in the Northeast, according to the
A leading national authority on school leadership, Dr. Todd Whitaker will be leading a half-day workshop on What Great Principals and School Leaders Do Differently on Wednesday, May 8. The workshop is co-hosted by the Empire State Supervisors and Administrators Association (ESSAA), the UAlbany Department of Educational Policy & Leadership, and the Capital Area School Development Association (CASDA). The workshop will take place from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm in the George Education Center Auditorium on the UAlbany Health Sciences Campus in Rensselaer, NY.
