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.
In addition to these accomplishments, I have some great new member benefits to share with you this month.
I encourage you to renew your NASP membership, which expired on June 30, 2010. Your support of and participation in NASP is critically important. As a courtesy, NASP has extended your membership benefits, including access to the member-only resources on the website, through Thursday, August 12, but there are only a few short weeks remaining. Please renew online at www.nasponline.org/membership/index.aspx today.
As a special thank you to NASP members who have renewed their membership through June 30, 2011, NASP is offering a savings of $100 off the list price on the latest edition of the practice essential, Best Practices in School Psychology V. Renew your membership and you can purchase this book at this great price in the online store atwww.nasponline.org/publications/index.aspx.
Check out NASP’s latest podcast on school discipline, featuring expert George Bear, co-editor of Children’s Needs III and a featured speaker at the 2011 convention in San Francisco, at www.nasponline.org/resources/podcasts/schooldiscipline.aspx. You can also find an online discussion on the topic there and read a related article for principals by Dr. Bear at www.nasponline.org/resources/principals/nassp_fosteringselfdiscipline.pdf.
If you missed the 2010 Annual Convention keynote addresses by Salome Thomas-EL and Alexa Posny, you can visit http://www.nasponline.org/conventions/2010conventioninfo.aspxto watch the videos, synced to Powerpoint presentations.
I would like to encourage you to mark your calendar now for NASP’s 2011 Annual Convention in San Francisco, February 22-25, 2011. The theme for this year’s convention is ‘Positive Relationships-School Success’ and Linda Darling-Hammond, who headed President Obama’s education policy transition team and continues to serve as a policy advisor, will be the keynote speaker.
I hope you enjoy your summer and I look forward to being in touch with you in the coming school year.
Sincerely,
Deb Schwiesow, IA Delegate