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	School Psychologists	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	Training and Development Specialists	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
SUMMARY	12% Minimal Risk	7% Minimal Risk	10% Minimal Risk	19% Minimal Risk	15% Minimal Risk
JOB SCORE	6.6/10	7.1/10	8.1/10	7.3/10	7.3/10
POLLING	27% (Low Risk, Based on 147 votes)	19.3% (Minimal Risk, Based on 168 votes)	26% (Low Risk, Based on 756 votes)	38% (Low Risk, Based on 146 votes)	29% (Low Risk, Based on 133 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	0.7%	3.4%	11.2%	10.8%	3.5%
WAGES	$86,930 or $41.79 per hour	$58,570 or $28.16 per hour	$95,830 or $46.07 per hour	$65,850 or $31.66 per hour	$65,140 or $31.31 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	63,830	382,960	72,190	436,610	342,350
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DESCRIPTION	Diagnose and implement individual or schoolwide interventions or strategies to address educational, behavioral, or developmental issues that adversely impact educational functioning in a school. May address student learning and behavioral problems and counsel students or families. May design and implement performance plans, and evaluate performance. May consult with other school-based personnel.	Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.	Assess, diagnose, and treat mental and emotional disorders of individuals through observation, interview, and psychological tests. Help individuals with distress or maladjustment understand their problems through their knowledge of case history, interviews with patients, and theory. Provide individual or group counseling services to assist individuals in achieving more effective personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment. May design behavior modification programs and consult with medical personnel regarding the best treatment for patients.	Design or conduct work-related training and development programs to improve individual skills or organizational performance. May analyze organizational training needs or evaluate training effectiveness.	Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.

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