The Colorado Society of School Psychologists and the Colorado School Social Work Association would like to invite you to an end of year collaborative effort presenting Jackie Larner, who will provide professional development on trauma as it relates to school mental health professionals. CEU's available. There will also be a panel discussion with school mental health and special education professionals about what district's are doing to implement Response to Intervention models.  read more »

One great reason to be a member of CSSP is if you are looking for school psychologist or related positions in Colorado. Members of CSSP can log into the website and access the jobs section. In case you do not see it on the site, you can click here and see several positions available around the state. As the season gets later, more positions will likely be posted, so check back often.

There are some important things happening nationally and within the state in the field of school psychology that could impact our ability to practice. It is imperative that all members of CSSP know about these happenings. Unfortunately, many members of CSSP have changed their email address', but have not updated their address on the CSSP website. If you have change your email address in the last year, please log into the CSSP website and update your email address. Ask your colleagues as well if their email address is current.  read more »

As you may know, on Friday, March 6, the American Psychological Association (APA) released revised wording of their proposed Model Licensure Act (MLA) and initiated a second 90-day public comment period. NASP leaders and staff have carefully analyzed the revised wording. We strongly oppose a number of the proposed changes and the language that would seriously undermine services to children, families, and schools, as well as school psychologists’ professional identity and practice. We are writing to urge you to send comments to APA’s MLA Task Force  read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – In honor of National School Social Workers week, March 1-7, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) helped introduce legislation in Congress Thursday to increase the number of school counselors, school social workers and school psychologists in qualified schools in low-income communities.  read more »

Tis the time for positions to be opening, people moving or retiring or new positions being funded. If you know of a position in Colorado that is opening, send us the information or have your personnel department send us the information. All you need to do is click on "Contact Us" button at the bottom or top of the page with the information. If you want to post a job application as well, no problem. Just email the application as an attachment to cssponline@gmail.com and it will be posted with the job listing.  read more »

The CSSP 2008 Fall Conference was a smashing success! With over 400 participants and packed sessions for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, people from all over the state walked away with good professional development, good company and great networking opportunities. In the not-too-distant future a page will be posted with a slide show of images from the conference. Keep an eye on the site so you can see what fun folks had.