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Ethical and Professional Practices Committee and Procedures
In March 2010, NASP adopted the 2010 revision of the Principles for Professional Ethics. This revision will become effective on January 1, 2011. However, the Committee recommends that school psychologists begin immediately using this version as a guide for ethical conduct. Prior to January 1, 2011, the Committee will continue to use the 2000 version of the Principles for resolution of formal complaints.
Below you will find documents about NASP's procedures for handling ethical complaints. If you plan to submit an ethical complaint to NASP, please download both the complaint and release forms, complete them, sign them, and return them to the address specified on the forms.
Procedures
Resources
NASP Ethical and Professional Principles Committee Members
Click here for information on the Ethics Advisory
Panel.
Leigh
Armistead - Chair
larmistead@earthlink.net
Dr. Leigh Armistead is a school psychologist who earned his
specialist degree at Winthrop University and his doctorate at Indiana University
of Pennsylvania. He practiced in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District for fourteen years before joining
the faculty of Winthrop University in 2004. Dr. Armistead's specialty
areas include early intervention for reading disabilities, positive behavior
support programs and the use of technology in school psychology. He teaches
courses in behavior modification, exceptionalities in children, psycho-educational
assessment, as well as school psychology traineeship and internship courses. Dr.
Armistead is licensed as a Psychological Associate in North Carolina and as a School Psychologist in
both North and South Carolina.
Juliette Madigan - Midwest Region
julmadigan@aol.com
Juliette Madigan, M.Ed., NCSP is a School Psychologist for the Cleveland Municipal School District in Cleveland, Ohio. She serves in Clara E. Westropp K-8 School and as half time Crisis Coordinator for the district. She has served as NASP Delegate from Ohio for two terms and is currently a NASP Children's Fund Trustee. In 1997, Ms. Madigan was honored as Ohio School Psychologist of the Year and in 1999 served as OSPA President. Ms. Madigan is a Certificated School Psychologist with the Ohio Department of Education and a Licensed School Psychologist with the Ohio Board of Psychology.
Melissa Pearrow - Northeast Region
melissa.pearrow@umb.edu
Dr. Melissa Pearrow obtained her Ph.D. in School Psychology from Northeastern University before joining the faculty of the School Psychology Program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She teaches courses in abnormal psychology, social, emotional and behavioral assessment, and systems- and prevention-focused school-based practicum. She practiced as a school psychologist for ten years in the Quincy, MA Public Schools where she also chaired the program for students with emotional and behavioral disorders and supervised intern and practicum students. She was the President of the Massachusetts School Psychologists Association and has served NASP on the Strategic Planning Committee and Convention Committee. Her research interests are in the areas of school-based mental health services and empowerment programs with urban youth.
Carole Sorrenti - Southeast Region
csorrenti@verizon.net
Bio will be available soon.
Fred Provenzano - Western Region
fredipro@comcast.net
Fred Provenzano, PhD, NCSP is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist in private practice in Seattle, WA. In addition to his work in private practice, he has worked as a school psychologist and intervention specialist in public schools and in pediatric neuropsychology at the Seattle Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. Dr. Provenzano has also been an associate clinical instructor in the University of Washington’s School Psychology training program and a visiting instructor at University of Idaho, teaching graduate courses in counseling theory, counseling practicum, consultation, and family counseling. His experience also includes supervision of pre-doctoral interns and post-doctoral residents. Currently the Washington state delegate to NASP, he has also served NASP as Program Manager for Professional Development, Convention Chair, Leadership Development Chair, and on the Ethics Advisory Panel. Dr. Provenzano is a former president of the Washington State Association of School Psychologists, and served as their Ethics Chair for six years. He completed his PhD from the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Washington in 1983.
Susan
Jacob - Co-Chair
jacob1@cmich.edu
Susan Jacob, who earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology
from Michigan State University in 1981, is currently Professor
of Psychology and faculty member of the School Psychology Program at Central Michigan University. She is co-author, with T.S. Hartshorne,
of Ethics and Law for School Psychologists, now in its fourth edition
(2003), and is author or co-author of more than thirty book chapters and
journal articles. From 1997-2000, Dr. Jacob was coordinator of the Central Michigan State University Institutional Review
Board for Research Involving Human Subjects. She is currently co-chair of
the NASP Ethical and Professional Practices Committee. Dr. Jacob's areas
of professional interest include ethical and legal issues for school psychologists,
creating safe schools for sexual minority youth, and intellectual assessment.