Advocacy News
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NASP and UCLA Center for School Mental Health have released a joint document on the three-component approach to school improvement.
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The U.S. Secretary of Education has announced the establishment of an Equity and Excellence
Commission to study how the federal government can increase educational opportunity by
improving school funding equity. The Secretary is inviting nominations for individuals to
serve on the Commission.
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NASP releases “School Psychologists: Improving Student and School Outcomes” document that aligns NASP policy,
standards for practice, and improved student outcomes research.
- Information on the 2010 GWU/NASP Public Policy Institute
- NASP participates in a Senate briefing on the role of
pupil services personnel in student success (May 12, 2010)
- Letter to Congress Calling for Ban on Corporal Punishment
- Learn how you can participate in National Children's Mental Health Day on
May 6
- NASP Submits Comments on the Reauthorization of NCLB/ESEA
to the U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Department of Education Blueprint for
Reauthorization of ESEA
- NASP participates in a U.S. Senate hearing on “Children and Disaster Recovery” on December
10, 2009
- Capitol Hill Recognizes National School Psychology Week and the Work of School
Psychologists
- Send a personal invitation to your U.S. Senators and U.S. Representative to
attend a bipartisan bicameral briefing in honor of National School Psychology Awareness Week
- Legislative Alert: Send a letter to your U.S. representative asking for
his/her support of “Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2009”
- Review the National School Psychology Week House Resolution and
Senate Resolution recently introduced in Congress
- Legislative Alert: Send a letter to your U.S. Senators and Representative
asking them to sign on as a cosponsor of a resolution designating November 9-13, 2009 as National School Psychology
Week
- Action Request: NASP needs you to call or e-mail your U.S. Senators to ask for their
support restoring funding for school mental heath related programs
- NASP Advocacy Roadmap: School-Based Medicaid Reimbursement
- How to Promote School Psychological Services
Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- Advocacy Alert: Send a letter to the APA expressing your opposition to the proposed
removal of the school psychologist exemption from the MLA
- NASP Response to APA's Model Act for State Licensure
- Information on the 2009 NASP Public Policy Institute
- NASP Advocacy Roadmap: Preserving and Promoting School Psychological Services
- Legislative Alert: Send a letter to your U.S. Representative
asking for his/her support of “Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act”
- Research on the relationship between mental health and academic achievement
- Legislative Alert: Send a letter to your U.S. Senators and Representative
asking to pass the “Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008”
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National Association of School Psychologists: Guiding Principles for Effective Education—August 2008
- Increased Student Achievement through Increased Student Support Act Introduced
into the U.S. House and Senate, July 30, 2008
- Proposed Regulations to Strengthen NCLB Released
for Public Comment, April 23, 2008
- Advocacy Alert: Participate in the National Children's Mental
Health Awareness Day, May 8, 2008
- Legislative Alert: Send a letter to your U.S. Representative asking for his/her
support of HR 5613, the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008
- Loan Forgiveness for School Psychologists
- The NASP Advocacy Roadmap for States: Navigating
a State Level Response to the APA Model Act for the State Licensure of Psychologists
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Institute's Mental Health Panel
- NASP Position on APA Model Act Revisions
- 2007 NASP/GWU Public Policy Institute
- NASP Advocates for School Psychology on Capitol Hill - 2007
- Legislative Alerts
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