As the end of the summer nears, I want to share with you a few NASP updates.

I encourage you to renew your membership, which expired on June 30, to maintain access to your NASP member benefits. Please renew online at www.nasponline.org/membership/index.aspx.

As you begin to gear up for the new school year, you will want to check out the back-to-school resources available at www.nasponline.org/families/index.aspx#back. The offerings include several handouts and audio articles for parents on topics such as homework, school refusal, anxiety disorders, and much more. Don't forget to utilize the Resource Library, which is organized alphabetically by topic, throughout the school year to easily find resources on the topics you need. You can access the library at www.nasponline.org/resources/index.aspx.

ISPA is sponsoring an hour long webinar presented by Randy Allison. He will cover the child find process, how it fits into the larger system, and what school psychs should be prepared to do. This event is free to current ISPA members. Registered members can sign up for the event here.

If you're currently not a member, we invite you to join us. More seminars will come this fall, so your membership will pay for itself many times.

I am in Washington, DC this week, attending the Delegate Assembly with NASP leaders from across the country. It has been a busy and exciting year at NASP. I wanted to share some of our proudest accomplishments with you.

This year, our Delegate Assembly approved three new NASP position statements and the NASP 2010 Professional Standards. You will be hearing more on the standards and related Practice Model in the coming months. Also, critical to the identity and practice of school psychologists, NASP advocated for the retention of the school psychologist exemption in APA's Model Act for State Licensure of Psychologists. Thanks to your help, the 2010 Model Act continues to recognize the authority of state education agencies to credential and title school psychologists.

The school year is coming to an end, but things at NASP continue to be very busy. I am pleased to share the latest updates with you.

The NASP membership year comes to an end on June 30. If you have not already done so, please renew your membership at www.nasponline.org today. Through June 30, you can choose to pay your membership dues online in three monthly installment payments. Learn more at www.nasponline.org/membership/duesinstallments.aspx

The new NASP 2010 standards, which were adopted by the Delegate Assembly in March, are now available online. Visit www.nasponline.org/standards/2010standards.aspx to review the standards on graduate preparation, credentialing, ethics, and model for comprehensive services. You can also keep an eye out in the June 2010 issue of School Psychology Review for the ethical principles and model for comprehensive services standards.