A Collaborative Training Model to Address Substance Use and Addictions in Schools

Volume 48 Issue 6

Volume 48 Issue 6

This article examines the development of a specialization in school psychology graduate education related to adolescent substance use and addictions. The specialization is built on a collaboration between a graduate school psychology program and a graduate addictions counseling program to increase t ...

Advocacy Regarding School Safety and Mental Health

Volume 48 Issue 4

Volume 48 Issue 4

This article describes NASP’s Policy Playbook for School Psychology, a document that provides advocacy and communications tips and guidance, as well as a series of issues-specific strategies and key messages. ...

A New Perspective on Sleep Deficits and Sleep Assessment in School Psychology

Volume 49 Issue 5

Volume 49 Issue 5

Pediatric sleep deficits have been extensively examined in the research literature with a particular focus on the interaction between deficient sleep and performance on the cognitive, academic, neuropsychological, and psychological assessments commonly used by school psychologists. While the confoun ...

A Practical Guide To Mental Health and Learning Disorders for Every Educator: How to Recognize, Understand, and Help Challenged (And Challenging) Students Succeed

Volume 49 Issue 3

Volume 49 Issue 3

This book recommends itself as a “ready reference for teachers, counselors, school psychologists, administrators, and classroom aides,” and is the latest edition by Dr. Cooley, supplementing an earlier version published in 2007. The additions to the book were designed to reflect modifications in edu ...

Best Practices: Data-Based and Collaborative Decision Making

First in the new Best Practices series, this book is the basis for understanding methods that permeate all aspects of service delivery by school psychologists. Uncover the framework of school psychological services; analyze problems and data sets; assess and intervene against a number of common issu ...

Best Practices: Student-Level Services

Second in the new Best Practices series, this book provides the foundation for supporting students' mental health in both academics and social development. This staple resource guides you to: Develop interventions for academic problems Create classroom strategies that build behavioral, social, and ...

Best Practices: System-Level Services

Third in the new Best Practices series, this book is critical for understanding your student body and all the underlying mechanisms through prevention programs, interventions, and family–school collaborations. This staple resource guides you to: Develop effective prevention strategies Plan fo ...

Book Review: CBT Strategies for Anxious and Depressed Children and Adolescents: A Clinician's Toolkit

Volume 46 Issue 4

Volume 46 Issue 4

This is a book review of CBT Strategies for Anxious and Depressed Children and Adolescents: A Clinician's Toolkit. ...

Book Review: Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Kids and Teens

Volume 46 Issue 4

Volume 46 Issue 4

This is a book review of The Art and Science of Mindfulness in Schools, a comprehensive perspective of mindfulness in applied and academic settings. ...

Building Leadership in Cultural Proficiency and Crisis Response

Volume 46 Issue 8

Volume 46 Issue 8

Alyson Mitchel, NCSP, is a school psychologist at Patuxent Valley Middle School in Jessup, Maryland. It is a comprehensive middle school with a population of about 650 students within the Howard County Public School System, a diverse suburban district that lies between the Baltimore and Washington, ...