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NASP Position Statements

Position papers are generated by workgroups and approved by the NASP Delegate Assembly. Position statements are routinely reviewed every five years. To recommend a change or to suggest that a new position be established, contact your state delegate.

• Appropriate Academic Supports to Meet the Needs of All Students (approved February 2009; replaces "Advocacy for Appropriate Educational Services," "Inclusive Programs," and "Rights Without Labels")
• Appropriate Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Supports to Meet the Needs of All Students (approved February 2009; replaces "Advocacy for Appropriate Educational Services," "Inclusive Programs," "Emotional and Behavioral Disorders," and "Rights Without Labels")
• Assessment, School Psychologists' Involvement in the Role of (revised and approved July 2009)
• Attention Problems
• Children's Rights
• Corporal Punishment in Schools
• Early Childhood Assessment (updated February 2009)
• Early Childhood Services (approved July 2008; replaces "Early Childhood Care and Education" and "Early Intervention Services")
• Effective Character Education
• Effective Parenting: Positive Support for Families
• Ensuring High Quality, Comprehensive Pupil Services (approved July 2008)
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth (formerly Sexual Minority Youth)
• HIV/AIDS
• Home-School Collaboration
• Identification of Students With Specific Learning Disabilities
• The Importance of School Mental Health Services (approved July 2008; replaces "Interagency Collaboration to Support the Mental Health Needs of Children and Families" and "Pupil Services: Essential to Education")
• Periodic Reevaluations for Students With Disabilities (formerly Three-Year Reevaluations for Students with Disabilities)
• Prevention and Intervention Research in the Schools
• Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination
• Recruitment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse School Psychologists (revised and approved July 2009; replaces "Minority Recruitment")
• School Violence
• Sexuality Education
• Student Grade Retention and Social Promotion
• Supervision in School Psychology
• Using Large-Scale Assessments for High Stakes Decisions