Position

Nature and Variety of Work
The Learning Disability/Mental Health Specialist reports directly to the Director of Disabled Student Services. In conjunction with the Director, the Learning Disability/Mental Health Specialist formulates and/or modifies goals, objectives, and policies with regard to the rendering of services to disabled students with a variety of psychological and/or learning disabilities. The Learning Disability/Mental Health Specialist will assume primary responsibility for the implementation and supervision of programs and services directed to these students. Specific duties and responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Provide individualized diagnostic assessment and report of findings to students suspected of having a learning disability, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder or a psychological disability. This screening will utilize a clinical intake interview and the administration and interpretation of psycho-educational, psychometric and neuropsychological tests and the exercise of clinical judgment. Specific instruments that might be employed in various assessments include the WAIS-III, Woodcock-Johnson-III, WRAT-III, WMS-III, Bender Gestalt, Nelson-Denny Reading Test, Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery, MMPI, Tennessee Self Concept Scale, Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, Test of Variables of Attention, or other instruments as appropriate.
• Provide individual and/or group counseling to students presenting with personal psychological problems.
• Provide academic and supportive counseling and advisement to students with a physical disability, a learning disability, Attention Deficit Disorder or some other psychiatric-psychological disability. Provide assistance to these students with the acceptance, understanding, and management of their disability by maximizing the balance of strengths to weaknesses. Coordinate, in conjunction with the Coordinator of Support Services, academic adjustments/accommodations and support services to include readers, note-takers, tutors, scribes, taping services, and proctored course testing among others as appropriate.
• Coordinate and supervise a supportive counseling program utilizing graduate student interns and clerks where practical. May provide clinical supervision for graduate counseling interns who are earning hours towards licensure as a Marriage, Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associates, or Pre Doctoral Psychology Interns or Clerks and Post Doctoral Psychology Interns.
• Provide liaison and consultation with faculty, administrators and other student affairs professionals with regard to students with physical, learning and/or psychological disabilities. This will include correspondence, personal contact and committee participation.
• Coordinate research activities on learning psychological disability with counterparts on campus and/or sister campuses.
• Participate in committee assignments for the division and the university and assume other responsibilities as assigned by the Director.

Personal Guidance and Direction Received
Administrative supervision is provided by the Director of Disabled Student Services. Most of the work of the Learning Disability/Mental Health Specialist emanates from broad policy guidelines and objectives established in conjunction with the Director and/or issued by the CSU Chancellors Office for system wide implementation. The Learning Disability/Mental Health Specialist will obtain peer consultation from colleagues in the Office of Disabled Student Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, the Student Health Services, the Testing and Research Office, counterparts from sister campuses and other such programs or persons with whom the Learning Disability/Mental Health Specialist may be collaborating or sharing a professional interest.

Originality and Creativity Involved
The ability to act independently and draw on specialized training and knowledge are essential to the development, implementation, and maintenance of services and programs geared to meet the special and individualized needs of learning disabled students. Considerable administrative and supervisory acumen and professional competence are essential in taking a leadership role in various programs.

Interpersonal Relations
Relationships with prospective and currently enrolled students being interviewed, assessed, advised and counseled can be very complex and require considerable personal sensitivity. Supervision of support staff, interns and student assistants calls for tact, poise, self-assurance and understanding. Relationships with faculty and other student affairs, university and community professionals require the flexibility to fill the roles of supporting staff, colleague and leader.

Scope of Authority
The Learning Disability/Mental Health Specialist reports directly to the Director for personnel and administrative purposes and for general assignments and direction. The Learning Disability/Mental Health Specialist must, however, rely on personal professional judgment in matters of counseling, diagnostic assessment, advising of students and training of supports staff and interns. Supervisory responsibilities may be ad-hoc or general depending on the nature of the assignment and may cover professional, support and student assistant staff.

Required Qualifications
Doctorate in neuro-psychology or clinical psychology or a master's degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, social work or other behavioral science with licensure as a marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker or educational psychologist. Graduate school training in testing and diagnostic assessment is required.

Three years full-time professional level experience in post-secondary student development with an emphasis with learning and psychological disabilities, diagnostic assessment and testing, and personal counseling is highly preferred.

Desired & Preferred Qualifications
Licensure as a psychologist is highly desirable.

Rank & Salary
In the CSU system, this position is classified as a Student Services Professional, Academic-Related I and is a tenure-track. This is a full-time 12 month position. As counselors in the CSU system, SSP AR's serve as members of the academic faculty unit and are represented by the faculty union. Counselor faculty earn full tenure generally through a six-year tenure process. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. The University offers excellent, comprehensive benefits including health/dental/vision plans for the employee and dependents, a defined-benefit retirement through the state system, along with optional tax-sheltering opportunities, spouse, domestic partner and/or dependent fee-waiver as well as access to campus child-care. For a detailed description of benefits, go to http://hr.fullerton.edu/Benefits/CompareBenefits.aspx

Appointment Date
The anticipated starting date is May 1, 2006 or as soon as possible.

Application Deadline
Applications review will begin immediately and will be accepted until the position is filled.

Application Procedure
Submit 1) current curriculum vitae; 2) the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three professional references familiar with the candidate's clinical qualifications; and 3) a letter of interest which includes a brief statement explaining your experience and/or theoretical orientation in providing services to a diverse group of university students with disabilities. Send application materials to:

Director, Disabled Student Services Office
Disabled Student Services, Room101
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA 92834-6830

Job Control Number: 3070-3G-06-094