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Explain what the future role of an educational psychologist professional may be, as well as at least two challenges encountered by educational psychologists and how to address those challenges.

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Discusses what the possible role could be of future educational psychologists as well as some of the challenges that can be faced by these psychologist's and how they can work through these challenges.

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Currently, most education psychologists play a vital role in schools, and psychologists have conducted a great deal of their research and interventions in public schools systems. Many schools organized early school learning and diagnostic clinics with the assistance of psychologists in the testing and diagnostics. In many public school systems today, the services that the educational psychologist typically provides are centered on psycho-educational assessment for learning disabilities and other possible psychiatric disorders (1).

It can be implied that the future role of the educational psychologist will change. Some of the ...

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