Your NASP membership will expire on June 30, 2013. I invite you to renew your membership at www.nasponline.org/membership. To provide members with greater flexibility, if you renew by June 30, you can choose to pay your dues in three installments. Visit www.nasponline.org/membership/duesinstallments.aspx to learn more about the installment program.
The Future Faculty Interest Group is the latest addition to NASP’s 29 Interest Groups. This group provides individuals who aspire to school psychology faculty positions with a forum for discussing and relating information about the requirements of faculty positions, research and publishing within the field, and mentorship opportunities for academic and professional development through NASP. To participate, join the Future Faculty Interest Group Community at http://communities.nasponline.org/nasponline/communities1/viewcommunities/communitydetails?CommunityKey=9005845a-51a4-469c-88f3-a4f10dd31bed.
Read NASP’s testimony regarding ending the school-to-prison pipeline to Senators Durbin and Graham on Zero Tolerance and Positive Discipline and Behavior at http://www.nasponline.org/advocacy/docs/Dubin_Graham_12_10_12.pdf.
Sign up for the live webinar, ‘Sexting and Online Solicitation: A Discussion for School Psychologists’ coming April 18 at 3:30 p.m. ET. Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to describe the issues of online solicitation and sexting, describe the risk factors that lead to these incidents, and identify free prevention resources that can be easily implemented. Members can register for only $20, and participants receive 1 documented NASP-, APA-, and NBCC-approved CPD credit. Please register at https://nasp.inreachce.com/Details?mediaType=bae80c37-9ab1-49da-b01a-1b5db926a477&groupId=6da44621-08de-4719-8546-ead40d9700e0.
It’s not too early to think about how you’ll use your summer break. If you’re looking for intensive training for advanced practitioners, make sure you plan to attend the NASP 2013 Summer Conferences. With topics including academic interventions, behavior management, creating trauma-informed schools, legal compliance, and more, you won’t want to miss this chance to get practical skills and up to 18 hours of documented CPD at each conference. Join us in Cincinnati, OH, July 8–10 and Albany, NY, July 22–24! Register at http://www.nasponline.org/conventions/2013/summer-conferences/index.aspx.
NASP is cohosting with George Washington University (GW) our annual Public Policy Institute, July 17–19 (3-Day) or July 17–19 and 22–23 (5-Day, GW graduate credit only), in Washington, DC. The Public Policy Institute will feature national experts in policy, education, and school psychology. The sessions will focus on professional advocacy and how both administrative and legislative policies are advanced. Participants will engage in a hands-on Capitol Hill experience and earn over 12 NASP-approved CPD credits. Registration is now open at http://www.nasponline.org/advocacy/ppi/2013/index.aspx.
I hope you will renew your NASP membership so I can continue to send you the latest updates from NASP. If your address or e-mail will be changing this spring, please visit www.nasponline.org and update your information at ‘View My Account’ so we can continue to stay in touch.
Sincerely,
Charlotte Wieck
NASP State Delegate – IA