Transforming the Role of School Psychology: A State-Level Effort

Volume 45 Issue 6

Volume 45 Issue 6

This article explores how the New Jersey Association of School Psychologists has worked to advocate for the expanded role of school psychologists under ESSA. ...

The School Psychology Workforce

Information on the school psychology workforce, including salaries, service ratios, graduate preparation programs, and more. ...

Research Summaries: Impact of School Psychological Services

Read research summaries on the impact of school psychological services. ...

Implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Update and Next Steps

Volume 46 Issue 5

Volume 46 Issue 5

Efforts to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act are well underway, as states submitted their state plans to the Department of Education in September 2017. This article provides an update on the plans, the mention of school psychologists, accountability systems, and more. ...

Expanded School Mental Health Services: Development of the Southeastern School Behavioral Health Community

Volume 46 Issue 8

Volume 46 Issue 8

This article reviews the development of the Southeastern School Behavioral Health Community (SSBHC), which began in 2013 to bring coherence to the school behavioral health (SBH) agenda in South Carolina (SC) and has since expanded to become a regional effort in the southeastern United States. The te ...

Are Student Communications With School Psychologists Legally Privileged?

Volume 46 Issue 2

Volume 46 Issue 2

More than 30 years of research has consistently demonstrated that counseling effectively addresses many psychological problems. This article shares a case study in solution-focused counseling. ...

A Resource Guide to Remediating the School Psychology Shortages Crisis

Volume 45 Issue 6

Volume 45 Issue 6

This article defines the shortages issue in the school psychology profession, highlights the importance of overcoming these shortages, and provides information about the new shortages resource guide. ...

Trauma and the Role of the School Psychologist

Volume 46 Issue 7

Volume 46 Issue 7

In a previous article (Diamanduros, Tysinger, &Tysinger, 2018), we described the effects that trauma exposure can have on children, the risk and protective factors that influence the impact of trauma, and the responses to trauma that children can exhibit at home and in school. The present article fo ...

Contracting for School Psychological Services

Volume 46 Issue 7

Volume 46 Issue 7

The gap between the mental health and educational needs of America's school children and the availability of services has grown increasingly evident, especially in rural and high-need urban areas where the recruitment and retention of school psychologists has proven to be more difficult. As a result ...

Book Review: Transforming Schools: A Problem-Solving Approach to School Change

Volume 46 Issue 7

Volume 46 Issue 7

The book Transforming Schools provides clear structures and protocols for school psychologists who desire to be change agents in the schools. In this new book, the authors, Rachel Cohen Losoff and Kelly Broxterman, state that the purpose of their book is to arm school professionals with strategies t ...