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The American Psychological Association was expected to vote in mid-February to eliminate the waiver that allows Masters and specialist level school psychologists to use the title of psychologist. But it didn’t happen.
After a three-year battle, more than 20,000 letters from educators from throughout the nation, and very strong opposition from the APA’s own Division 16 who are the psychologists who deal with educational psychology, the APA’s Council of Representatives in essence rejected the move to take the word “psychologist” from the title “school psychologist.” Both CASP and NASP had been on the front lines fighting this change, and both now have cause for celebration.
So join members of the CASP Board of Directors as all California school psychologists celebrate this victory. Panel members Jim Russell, CASP Legislative Committee chair; John Brady, CASP president; Doug Siembieda, CASP immediate past-president, will talk about how school psychologists rose to the occasion. Most morning convention sessions end at 11:30 a.m. that day, so pick up a sandwich at the luncheon carts and join us for this important discussion.
