This week I was able to learn one very important detail pertaining to my research question, “What I need to know or do to become a child psychologist.” I came across a book, during my many searches, about the Praxis Exam.  Which is the school psychology licensure exam in the United States.  I knew that I would have to take something of that nature, but I was unaware of what its was called.  This book gave me some insight into what the test may include, the scoring process, some studying tips, and also some first-hand suggestions from other people who have taken the exam.

This weeks reading provided many tips for database searches, and some that would have been helpful during our first database assignment.  I soon learned that many of my searches had too many words, and I was getting results that were so scattered.  Only when I had shorter word combinations or pairings was I able to find something useful. Some of my searched looked like: “ Psychology AND (training or certification) AND (education or school),” “psychology AND degrees,” and “child psychology” degree. 

What I found frustrating were the searches that led me to the advance search menu then zero results found.  Other times, it would bring up a list with a note saying “your word should be here,” another thing, when I did find a source I wanted to use I had trouble bringing it up again, even when I searched under author. 

Learning about this exam, is just one of the things I need to know to pursue my goal, I am looking to create a guide or a roadmap detailing it all.  I hope to find out all the courses I need to take in a masters program, and the steps to take after that.