Information for Educators

Resilience

• NASP-Fishful Thinking Partnership
• Building Resiliency: Helping Children Learn to Weather Tough Times
• School-Wide Methods for Fostering Resiliency

For Principals

• Principal Leadership magazine articles, written by NASP members on issues relevant to adolescent mental health and academic achievement.

About School Psychology

• What Is a School Psychologist?
• School Psychologists: Providing Mental Health Services to Improve the Lives and Learning of Children and Youth
• School Psychology: A Career That Makes a Difference

Success in School/Skills for Life Toolkit

• Download a collection of NASP resources for your school's website.

Assessment and Instruction

• NASP Position Statement on Assessment
• Problem-Solving Model for Improving Student Achievement
• Psychological Evaluations

Behavior

• Discipline: Effective School Practices
• Zero Tolerance and Alternative Discipline Strategies
• Bullies and Victims
• Bullying Prevention and Intervention
• Defusing Violent Behavior in Young Children: An Ounce of Prevention
• Sexual Abuse of Children and Adolescents
• Sexual Harassment
• Zero Tolerance and Alternative Strategies: A Fact Sheet for Educators and Policymakers

Crisis and Safety

• School Safety and Violence Prevention Resources
• Preventing Youth Suicide: Tips for Parents and Educators
• Coping With Crisis - Helping Children With Special Needs
• Dealing With Death at School
• Helping Children Cope With Loss, Death, and Grief: Tips for Parents and Teachers
• How to Handle the Media During a Crisis
• Identifying Seriously Traumatized Children: Tips for Parents and Educators
• Memorials/Activities: A List of Do's and Don'ts
• Memorials/Activities/Rituals Following Traumatic Events: Suggestions for Schools
• Responding to a Death: Tips for Administrators
• Suggested School Safety "Teachable Moment" Lesson
• Threat Assessment: Predicting and Preventing School Violence
• Understanding Cultural Issues in Death: Information for Schools and Crisis Response Teams

Diversity

• Home-School-Community: Communicating With Indigenous American Families
• Communicating With Latino Parents and Families
• Effective Communication With Black Families and Students
• NASP's Culturally Competent Practice Initiatives
• Communication Matters: Communicating Effectively With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families
• Communicating With Asian Parents and Families
• Culturally Competent Schools
• English Language Learners: An Introductory Guide for Educators
• Making Schools Safe for Sexual Minority Youth
• Safe and Affirmative Schools for Sexual Minority Youth

Economic Crisis

• Economic Crisis Resources
• Supporting Students and Academic Progress in Tough Economic Times—Article for Secondary School Principals

Health and Wellness

• Collaborating With Physicians: A Guide for School Leaders
• Mood Disorders: What Parents and Teachers Should Know
• Obesity Prevention in Children: Strategies for Parents and School Personnel
• Otitis Media (Ear Infections): Information for Parents and Teachers
• Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Information for Parents and Educators

Helping Children Cope

• Helping Children Cope in Unsettling Times: Tips for Parents and Educators
• Military Deployment and Family Reintegration

Home and School

• Back-to-School Transitions: Tips for Parents
• Family-School Partnerships: Information and Approaches for Educators
• Foster Care Children in School: Information for Teachers
• Homework: A Guide for Parents
• Home-School Conferences: A Guide for Parents
• IEP Team Meetings - A Guide to Participation for Parents
• IEP Team Meetings - A Guide to Participation for Parents (Spanish)
• Immigrant Parents and the School: A Handout for Teachers
• Immigrant Teenagers: Helping Them Adjust to Their First Year - Recommendations for Parents (English)
• Immigrant Teenagers: Helping Them Adjust to Their First Year - Recommendations for Parents (Spanish)
• Motivating Learning in Young Children
• Psychological Evaluations: What Every Parent Should Know
• Psychological Evaluations: What Every Parent Should Know (Spanish)
• Supporting Homeless Students in School

Instruction and Curriculum

• Grade Retention and Promotion: Information and Strategies for Educators

Mental Health

• Children's Mental Health
• Depression in Children and Adolescents
• Depression: When It Hurts to Be a Teenager
• School-Based Mental Health Services and School Psychologists
• Supporting Children's Mental Health: Tips for Parents and Educators
• Understanding and Responding to Students Who Self-Mutilate

Social/Emotional Development

• ABC's of Children's Mental Health
• Depression in Children and Adolescents: Information for Families and Educators

Special Populations

• An ADHD Primer
• Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Secondary School Principals
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Helping Homeless Students
• Helping the Student With ADHD in the Classroom
• Transitioning High School Students With Learning Disabilities Into Postsecondary Education: Assessment and Accommodations

Suicide

• After a Suicide: Answering Questions From Students
• Save a Friend: Tips for Teens to Prevent Suicide

Useful Links

• Cybersmart! Cyberbullying Package, a NASP Partnership
• National Association of School Psychology
• State School Psychology Association Links
• American Association of Suicidology
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
• Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Teens
• Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
• Gay-Straight Alliance Network
• Healthy Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Students Project
• National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
• SAFE Alternatives
• SOS High School Suicide Prevention Program