NE Psych Juris study guide
NE Psych Juris · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Board-Developed Jurisprudence Examination is the Nebraska-specific, board-written test that sits alongside the national EPPP in the state's psychology licensure pathway. It is not a test of clinical skill; it is a test of whether you know the legal and professional framework you will practice inside. The NE Psych Juris study guide has 9 sections and about 2,936 words.
01Counseling Psychology
Nebraska issues a single psychologist credential, so "counseling psychology" here means the counseling knowledge base - assessment, diagnosis, psychotherapy, consultation, and supervision - applied inside that one license. Expect items on case formulation, evidence-based intervention selection, and where the psychologist role stops and other Nebraska credentials (LMHP, LIMHP, LADC) begin.
345 words, about 2 min02Industrial/Organizational Psychology
I/O content on a jurisprudence exam focuses on workplace applications - selection, validation, performance appraisal, coaching, and organizational development - and on the ethical question unique to this setting: who is the client, the organization or the individual employee? Clarify at intake who the client is and what will be shared with management (APA 3.07, 3.10).
349 words, about 2 min03School Psychology
School psychology items test the Nebraska school-based process: certification through the Nebraska Department of Education, special education procedure under IDEA and Rule 51, FERPA, consent, and the boundary between school certification and the DHHS psychologist license. School psychologists hold an NDE special services certificate with the school psychologist endorsement.
333 words, about 2 min04Ethics
Ethics items probe the architecture of the APA Ethics Code and how Nebraska converts ethical failure into disciplinary exposure. You need to know which provisions are enforceable and how to reason when duties collide.
292 words, about 1 min05Nebraska Statutes, Rules and Regulations
This domain tests the regulatory skeleton: who regulates psychologists, what the credential requires, what counts as unprofessional conduct, and how discipline works. The Uniform Credentialing Act (Neb.
332 words, about 2 min06Federal Requirements
Federal law sets floors and sometimes ceilings on privacy, education, employment, and billing conduct. Items test whether you know which federal regime governs which record and which disclosure.
306 words, about 2 min07Professional and Sexual Relationships
This domain covers boundaries: multiple relationships, sexual intimacies, bartering, self-disclosure, and the criminal exposure Nebraska attaches to sexual contact within a professional relationship. APA 3.05: refrain from multiple relationships that could impair objectivity or risk exploitation; multiple relationships are not all prohibited, but foreseeable harm is.
331 words, about 2 min08Advertisements
Advertising items test APA Standards 5.01–5.06 and Nebraska's treatment of false or misleading public statements as unprofessional conduct. The exam applies these rules to websites, directory profiles, social media, podcasts, and printed materials.
333 words, about 2 min09Research
Research items test APA Standard 8 and the federal human-subjects framework, plus the records issues that arise when a clinician wants to study their own clients. 8.01 requires IRB or equivalent approval before research begins; exempt categories still need an institutional determination.
315 words, about 2 min