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NASP Position Statements

Position papers are generated by workgroups and approved by the NASP Delegate Assembly. At the last Assembly, the Delegates decided to routinely review position papers every five years. Any paper adopted prior to 1993 is assigned to a work group for review and could be updated at the next Delegate Assembly. To recommend a change or to suggest that a new position be established, contact your state delegate.

• Appropriate Academic Supports to Meet the Needs of All Students (approved February 2009; replaces "Advocacy for Appropriate Educational Services" and "Inclusive Programs")
• Appropriate Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Supports to Meet the Needs of All Students (approved February 2009; replaces "Advocacy for Appropriate Educational Services," "Inclusive Programs," and "Emotional and Behavioral Disorders")
• Assessment, School Psychologists' Involvement in the Role of
• Attention Problems
• Children's Rights
• Corporal Punishment in Schools
• Early Childhood Assessment (updated February 2009)
• Early Childhood Services (approved July 2008; replaces "Early Childhood Care and Education" and "Early Intervention Services")
• Effective Character Education
• Effective Parenting: Positive Support for Families
• Ensuring High Quality, Comprehensive Pupil Services (approved July 2008)
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth (formerly Sexual Minority Youth)
• HIV/AIDS
• Home-School Collaboration
• Identification of Students With Specific Learning Disabilities
• The Importance of School Mental Health Services (approved July 2008)
• Minority Recruitment
• Periodic Reevaluations for Students With Disabilities (formerly Three-Year Reevaluations for Students with Disabilities)
• Prevention and Intervention Research in the Schools
• Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination
• School Violence
• Sexuality Education
• Student Grade Retention and Social Promotion
• Supervision in School Psychology
• Using Large-Scale Assessments for High Stakes Decisions