News & Updates

Suicide Prevention & Crisis Response Training Application
The Colorado Legislature passed Senate Bill 2018-272, which created a grant program to support suicide prevention and crisis response training to school and district staff. This year, the OSP is able to provide additional awards to support staff trainings for up to $5,000 per school or district. to be spent by June 30, 2021. Please submit this application to indicate your interest by October 15, 2020. Please reach out to Kirstin Hoaglund with any questions. 

Registration now open for the 2020 annual Fall Conference! 

The Colorado Society of School Psychologists invites you to our virtual fall conference November 12th & 13th from the comfort of your preferred location by Zoom. This year’s program will focus on an expansive view of the role of school psychologists, covering timely topics, emphasizing social justice and advocacy. 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Thursday, November 12th          
12:00-12:30 pm      Welcome

12:30-2:00 pm        Stress, Distress, and Resiliency During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Racial Injustice
Erica Stetson, Ph.D. & Janise McNally, Ed.S.

2:00–2:30 pm         Awards and Announcements

2:30-4:00 pm         Preventing Extremist and Targeted Violence in Schools Using an Intervention  Approach
Jenny Presswalla, M.A. & Rachel Nielsen, Psy.D.

Friday, November13th                 
12:00-12:30 pm      Welcome

12:30-2:00 pm        School Psychologists and the Myth of a Post-Racial American Society: Implications for Practice, Policy, Justice, and Equity
Charles Barrett, Ph.D, NCSP

2:00–2:30 pm         Announcements

2:30-4:00 pm         Legal and Ethical Issues in Special Education Practice
Kathleen Sullivan, J.D.

See our Conference Flyer for additional information.

Use the Paypal button below to register. Registration closes November 5th.

Members: be sure to login to access the Member Event Registration (Tab at top of page) to get the reduced member rates!
Join or Renew your membership today to get the member conference rates!!!

APA has just released recommendations for kids returning to K-12 schools. The document has a lot of helpful information and considerations. It can be accessed here.

The Colorado Society of School Psychologists has a mini-grant program designed to support new practitioners. For the 2020-2021 school year, $800 is available for mini-grants, with maximum amount awarded per grant of $400. Mini-grant funds may be used for the following purposes: materials to support direct instruction in a classroom; education and training materials; relevant professional development activities/workshops; assessment materials; items which help meet the basic needs of children; therapeutic curricula; relevant apps and/or games; and books for children. Grants may not be used for CSSP fall conference registration fees.
Application due date: October 18th

CSSP Early Career Professional Mini-Grants are completely dependent on private donations and proceeds from the CSSP silent auction held at the annual fall conference.

Qualifications

Early career school psychologists with the following qualifications are eligible to apply for a mini-grant:

●       Currently working in the field of school psychology in a school in Colorado

●       Less than 3 years of experience and/or graduation from a school psychology graduate program within the last 3 years. If you are in your third year of practice, you may apply.

●       Current member of the Colorado Society of School Psychologists

See our FLYER for additional information.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be holding a virtual conference this year. Our dates are still November 12 & 13, so please save those.

More information coming soon!

Click on the Jobs Board link to see available school psychologist jobs!

Standing up for Social and Racial Justice

The Colorado Society of School Psychologists stands united with all people, including our students, members, and community, who are affected by hateful, racist and violent acts in our country.  We denounce the violence against Black men and women and we oppose all forms of bigotry, racism and violence. CSSP recognizes the significant effect of racial discrimination on the mental health of students of color.  Historical racial trauma, current racial tensions, and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 in America directly harm Black and other minoritized groups and individuals in Colorado, in addition to the violent acts witnessed in our communities and through media.  CSSP is committed to promoting social justice in our schools and advocating for our communities of color.  We are here to support Colorado school psychologists in meeting these needs, as we must work together to dismantle racial injustice.   CSSP has endorsed the School Psychology Anti-Racism Statement and Call to Action.  We encourage members to join us by signing on as individuals here: Individual Sign-On to Endorse, Support, and Commit to Action

Congratulations to Representative Jeni Arndt on the NASP Government and Professional Relations (GPR) Special Friend of Children Award.

The NASP GPR "Special Friend of Children" Award is given to individuals or groups outside the profession who have nationally supported political action and advocacy on behalf of children to improve education and mental health services for children, youth and their families. These awardees have worked to make systemic changes in policies that govern the provision of education and mental health services at the state and national level. In addition, these individuals or groups have worked to support the NASP mission and its goals. Individual nominees or groups have so distinguished themselves by this service that clear evidence of improvement of education and services for children can be readily documented. 

To learn more about the award or the other winners click here. 

We are proud of Representative Arndt's advocacy work for the children and school psychologists in Colorado.

 

Colorado School Districts:

Do you want help recruiting for your open school psychologist positions?
Every year, we send CSSP board members to the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Convention.  At the convention, we network with school psychologists from around the nation.  We also will have a booth to advertise school psychologist positions and to recruit out of state candidates.  Our goal is to support our Colorado school districts in recruiting school psychologist to address the shortage of school psychologists in our state. 

If you/your district is interested in partnering with us and advertise your school psychologist positions, we would be happy to distribute flyers for each of you.   
if you are interested in having us advertise your positions at the NASP convention, email Krista Klabo at kristaklabo@gmail.com with all pertinent info and/or send a pdf of a flyer by February 14th.