NASP President cites SPAW 2017 as one of most successful in NASP's history

NC School Psychologists - please see the message below from Dr. John Kelly, NASP President for 2017.  It was exciting to see North Carolina frequently represented during the SPAW Daily Recaps last week.  I have seen time and time again how school psychologists have been agents of change which had a positive impact on the students and families served.  I commend all of you for the work that you do and am especially grateful for the opportunity to represent school psychologists in the state of North Carolina.

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Dear Colleagues -

We have just completed one of the most successful School Psychology Awareness Weeks in NASP's history!

According to NASP's social media guru, Clem Coulston, there were over 500 social media posts PER DAY about the good work that school psychologists were engaged in to celebrate SPAW. These posts reached nearly 900,000 unique users and the content of the posts were displayed 4.6 MILLION times during the week.

Beyond the sharing of activities on social media, school psychologists accessed the NASP website and the material created by the Communications Committee over 1.5 MILLION TIMES between September 1 and November 18. These are amazing numbers!

I was recently informed that approximately 4600 school psychologists have already registered for the NASP Convention in Chicago in February 2018. At three months out, this represents the highest level of pre-registration for the Convention in NASP's history. We have the potential to break the 6000 attendee mark, which would exceed the record for NASP Convention attendance. 

What does all this mean? First, there are some very hard working volunteer committee leaders and members, as well as NASP staff, who are working hard to support all school psychologists and promote our profession. However, the level of involvement of school psychologists represents something much larger. As one school psychologist reflected last week, there is a different level of energy within NASP and the field.

I see a real opportunity to use this "energy" and momentum to effect change. I know that many remain frustrated by their work environment or professional roles. Remember that school psychologists can serve as "change agents" when working at a systems level. NASP supports these efforts through advocacy resources and our professional development. You can access resources to promote the profession at (www.nasponline.org/about-school-psychology/... as well as advocacy tools and resources to help communicate the value of school psychologists or promote effective policy and practice (www.nasponline.org/research-and-policy/... 

Lets break that record attendance in Chicago!

Hope to see you there!

John

John Kelly, Ph.D.

School Psychologist

President, National Association of School Psychologists

Commack, NY