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South Carolina Licensed Psychologist
South Carolina Certified School Psychologist
Nationally Certified School Psychologist
Melinda D. Crenshaw, Ph.D,
School Psychologist III
Dutch Fork High School,
803 476-3375
mdcrensh@lexrich5.org
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Dr. Crenshaw is certified as a School Psychologist in South Carolina as well as Nationally and a South Carolina Licensed Psychologist. She has proudly served all the students, families, teachers, and schools in School District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties since 2002.
Dr. Crenshaw studied Human Development and Educational Psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and School Psychology at the University of South Carolina. She also has worked in mental health helping children who experienced trauma and their families, worked in emergency and crisis response, and disaster response.
For emergencies, as appropriate:
Columbia Area Mental Health, 803 898-8888
Richland County Police, 803 576-3000
National Suicide Prevention: 988 or 1-800-273-8255
National Crisis Text: text Home to 741741
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233;
TTY 1-800-787-3224
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
Who are School Psychologists?
School Psychologists serve students, teachers and schools in a variety of ways. They are trained in academics and behavior as well as the systems of schools. They receive specialist or doctoral level training including practicum experiences and a year-long internship with supervision. School psychologists consult with teachers, collect and interpret data including progress monitoring; evaluate individual students using multi-methods and sources; support school-wide practices; have expertise in positive psychology, academics/ learning, behavior and mental health, prevention services, intervention including special education, crisis response and recovery, ecological systems, families, communities, schools; research/ evaluation, and professional ethics.
The simple version of this description is what I tell students, "School psychologists are here to help!" We work with students, parents/ families, teachers, and school administrators to meet the needs of individual students and the school.
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