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NASP Government and Professional Relations (GPR)
Committee Framework for Advocacy
The NASP GPR Committee promotes professional practices, legislation,
and policies that support the educational, health, and mental health
needs of children and families, and the profession of school psychology,
such as:
Building partnerships between parents, families, schools, and
communities
- Parents and families are essential to their children’s educational
success
- All children can learn best when education acknowledges their uniqueness
- Coordinated service teams should support schools and communities,
health and mental health, career and independent living, and
the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students
- Collaborative relationships among agencies and professional organizations
lead to improved outcomes for children and their families and reduce
wasteful duplication
Supporting effective learning environments for the academic/social-emotional
success of all children
- Research-based practices provide for effective learning
- A safe, orderly environment promotes learning
- Responsible children make responsible citizens
- Healthy, well-adjusted children learn better
- Prevention is more cost-effective than reactive intervention
- The availability of a continuum of services is essential for all
students
- All children have a right to comprehensive services from school psychologists
Promoting education funding as a priority
- Quality educational programs and services are an investment in the
future and require adequate funding
- Full funding of special education at the federal level is essential
- Access to mental health services for students should be a funding
priority
Increasing advocacy among NASP members and other stakeholders
at the local, state, and federal levels
- Informed, committed individuals can impact legislation that promotes
positive outcomes for children and their families
- Effective public policy results in quality professional practice