Professional Development

NASP 2021 Virtual Convention
Save the date and join us virtually in February!

Online Learning Center
Enhance your knowledge and earn documented, NASP-approved CPD at your own convenience.

PREPaRE Training Curriculum
The PREPaRE curriculum provides relevant schol personnel comprehensive training on how to establish and serve on school safety and crisis teams.
Important Dates
Upcoming Events
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Stressed Out? Understanding and Conquering Stress, Fear, and Anxiety
December 9, 3:00–4:00 p.m. EDT
This presentation will allow school psychologists to present to students, parents, and school staff on what anxiety is, what stress is, and learning how to manage both through an understanding of the reasons we experience such and the physiology and evolution behind stress.
On Demand
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Promoting a Work and Life Balance
This podcast covers ways that school psychologists can achieve an adequate work–life balance to prevent burnout, compassion fatigue, and maladaptive functioning. -
General Update on Current Issues in Special Education Law Affecting the Practice of School Psychology
This session covers significant special education legal happenings, particularly with legal liability and money damages, disability harassment, retaliation, Child Find and evaluations, discipline, and Section 504. -
Centering Indigenous and Oppressed Voices in School Psychology Teaching and Practice
This podcast covers issues indigenous communities face in the United States, the role of colonial policies in displacement and cultural erasure, and resources for educators to support indigenous students and families. -
Translating Assessment Results Into Recommendations for Intervention Strategies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This session presents current research and evidence-based practices on how to foster functional independence in the areas of social communication and interaction, behavioral regulation, and adaptive behavior. -
Adding Mindfulness Practice to Your School Psychology Toolbox
This podcast demonstrates activities to teach formal and informal mindfulness practice, including games and counseling strategies. -
An Advanced Workshop on Designing Executive Skill Interventions
This session uses case examples, intervention design templates, and examples of teaching strategies to design interventions for students with executive skill challenges on an individual, whole class, and whole school basis. -
NASP Distinguished Lecture: Time for SEL 2.0: Skills and Virtues, Schools of Character
This podcast covers four things school psychologists can do to help schools prepare students for present and future social–emotional and academic challenges. -
Ethical and Professional Practices in the Digital Age
This session addresses questions about digital communication with and about clients; digital psychological record keeping; computerized testing, scoring, and report writing; and professional reputation and effectiveness. -
Behavioral Interventions for Severe Behavioral Problems
This podcast targets strategies for managing severe problem behavior in the school setting across grade levels, rooted in applied behavior analysis with a specific focus on functional analysis and on antecedent and consequent-based interventions.