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The NASP code of ethics requires that, “To benefit clients, school psychologists engage only in practices for which they are qualified and competent” (NASP Guiding Principle II.1; also APA Standard 2.01). As noted previously, the term competent generally suggests that the practitioner is able to integrate professional knowledge and skills with an understanding of the client and situation and make appropriate decisions, based on a consideration of both the immediate and long-term effects (Dreyfus, 1997; Nagy, 2012). Practitioners must consider their competence to provide various types of services and to use techniques that are new to them. They also must consider whether they are competent to provide services in light of client characteristics such as age; disability; ethnic, racial, and language background; and sexual orientation and gender identity. Psychologists who step beyond their competence place the student at risk for misdiagnosis, misclassification, miseducation, and possible psychological harm.