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Science & Research · Updated Aug 2026

School Psychologists

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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
72/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
64/100
High

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage87%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Maintain student records, including special education reports, confidential records, records of services provided, and behavioral data.High
72
Assess an individual child's needs, limitations, and potential, using observation, review of school records, and consultation with parents and school personnel.High
75
Collect and analyze data to evaluate the effectiveness of academic programs and other services, such as behavioral management systems.High
74
Compile and interpret students' test results, along with information from teachers and parents, to diagnose conditions and to help assess eligibility for special services.High
68
Counsel children and families to help solve conflicts and problems in learning and adjustment.High
71
Interpret test results and prepare psychological reports for teachers, administrators, and parents.High
75
Collaborate with other educational professionals to develop teaching strategies and school programs.Medium
75
Develop individualized educational plans in collaboration with teachers and other staff members.High
68
Promote an understanding of child development and its relationship to learning and behavior.Medium
75
Provide consultation to parents, teachers, administrators, and others on topics such as learning styles and behavior modification techniques.High
62
Design classes and programs to meet the needs of special students.Medium
75
Initiate and direct efforts to foster tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of diversity in school communities.Medium
76
Refer students and their families to appropriate community agencies for medical, vocational, or social services.Medium
62
Serve as a resource to help families and schools deal with crises, such as separation and loss.Medium
76
Conduct research to generate new knowledge that can be used to address learning and behavior issues.Medium
74
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Initiate and direct efforts to foster tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of diversity in school communities.76
  2. Serve as a resource to help families and schools deal with crises, such as separation and loss.76
  3. Assess an individual child's needs, limitations, and potential, using observation, review of school records, and consultation with parents and school personnel.75
  4. Interpret test results and prepare psychological reports for teachers, administrators, and parents.75
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Assess an individual child's needs, limitations, and potential, using observation, review of school records, and consultation with parents and school personnel.01
  2. Collect and analyze data to evaluate the effectiveness of academic programs and other services, such as behavioral management systems.02
  3. Promote an understanding of child development and its relationship to learning and behavior.03
  4. Initiate and direct efforts to foster tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of diversity in school communities.04
  5. Serve as a resource to help families and schools deal with crises, such as separation and loss.05
Where else this work leads

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency51
Physical dependency19
Adoption pressure37
Labour-market resilience54
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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