Adoption & Ethics of AI in School Psychology in 2024-25 School Year: A Statewide Survey of Ohio Practitioners

School psychologists provide a variety of services to children in schools. With academic, behavioral, mental health, and social emotional needs of children on the rise (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024; National Center for Education Statistics, 2024), school psychologists are required more than ever to address these needs and improve outcomes for children. However, there is a significant shortage of school psychologists. Indeed, many school psychologists are asked to serve more students than is appropriate. This shortage might leave students underserved as school psychologists spend the majority of their time in special education evaluations and are unable to provide comprehensive services including consultation, program evaluation, universal or systems-level supports, and targeted interventions (Eklund et al., 2020; Farmer et al., 2021). While we attempt to grow the workforce through recruitment efforts and development of flexible training programs (Morrison et al., 2022; Sohn, 2024), we may also explore innovative technologies to make school psychological work more efficient to ease the burden on practitioners.