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Ethical and Professional Practices Committee and Procedures

Here you can find documents about NASP's procedures for handling ethical complaints. If you plan to submit an ethical complaint to NASP, please download both the complaint and release forms, complete them, sign them, and return them to the address specified on the forms.

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NASP Ethical and Professional Principles Committee Members

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Leigh Armistead - Southeast Region
larmistead@earthlink.net

Dr. Leigh Armistead is a school psychologist who earned his specialist degree at Winthrop University and his doctorate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  He practiced in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District for fourteen years before joining the faculty of Winthrop University in 2004.  Dr. Armistead's specialty areas include early intervention for reading disabilities, positive behavior support programs and the use of technology in school psychology.  He teaches courses in behavior modification, exceptionalities in children, psycho-educational assessment, as well as school psychology traineeship and internship courses.  Dr. Armistead is licensed as a Psychological Associate in North Carolina and as a School Psychologist in both North and South Carolina.

Stephen R. Crane - Midwest Region
srcpsych@aol.com

Stephen R. Crane, NCSP, LPC is a School Psychologist for the Edmond, Oklahoma Public Schools, serving two elementary schools, Angie Debo Elementary and Washington Irving Elementary.  Mr. Crane has served NASP in many roles: Delegate from Oklahoma for two terms, West Central Regional Director, member of the Executive Council, two terms as chair of the Strategic Resources Committee, two terms as Co-Chair of Professional Development for the Convention Committee, Co-Chair of the Executive Director Search Committee,  Membership Co-Chair, and a member of both the GPR and Assistance to States Committees.  In 1993, Mrs. Crane was honored as the Oklahoma School Psychologist of the Year, and in 1995, he was one of the four finalists for the National School Psychologist of the Year.  He was the President of the Oklahoma School Psychological Association in 1988, has been on the Executive Board from 1985 to the present, and currently is the Chair of the Ethical and Professional Standards Committee.  Mr. Crane is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist and is a Licensed Professional Counselor.  His many professional affiliations include the Oklahoma School Psychological Association, NASP, the Learning Disabilities Association, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, Safe Kids Oklahoma, and Pi Theta Phi. 

Fred Provenzano - Western Region
fredipro@comcast.net

Fred Provenzano, PhD, NCSP is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist in private practice in Seattle, WA. In addition to his work in private practice, he has worked as a school psychologist and intervention specialist in public schools and in pediatric neuropsychology at the Seattle Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. Dr. Provenzano has also been an associate clinical instructor in the University of Washington’s School Psychology training program and a visiting instructor at University of Idaho, teaching graduate courses in counseling theory, counseling practicum, consultation, and family counseling. His experience also includes supervision of pre-doctoral interns and post-doctoral residents. Currently the Washington state delegate to NASP, he has also served NASP as Program Manager for Professional Development, Convention Chair, Leadership Development Chair, and on the Ethics Advisory Panel. Dr. Provenzano is a former president of the Washington State Association of School Psychologists, and served as their Ethics Chair for six years. He completed his PhD from the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Washington in 1983.

Joan Struzziero - Northeast Region
DrJStruzz@aol.com

Dr. Joan Struzzziero is a school psychologist at Scituate High School in Scituate, Massachusetts. She also teaches in the Applied Educational Psychology Program at Northeastern University in Boston. Previously, Dr. Struzziero taught in the School Psychology program at the University of Massachusetts – Boston. She has been Co-chair of the Ethics and Credentialing Committee of the Massachusetts School Psychologists Association for ten years. Dr. Struzziero received her doctorate from Northeastern, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at Boston Medical Center. Her research interests include mood disorders in children, electronic communication methodology, ethics, and supervision. She is the co-author of “Effective Supervision in School Psychology,” which is published by NASP.

Susan Jacob - Co-Chair       
jacob1@cmich.edu

Susan Jacob, who earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Michigan State University in 1981, is currently Professor of Psychology and faculty member of the School Psychology Program at Central Michigan University.  She is co-author, with T.S. Hartshorne, of Ethics and Law for School Psychologists, now in its fourth edition (2003), and is author or co-author of more than thirty book chapters and journal articles.  From 1997-2000, Dr. Jacob was coordinator of the Central Michigan State University Institutional Review Board for Research Involving Human Subjects.  She is currently co-chair of the NASP Ethical and Professional Practices Committee.  Dr. Jacob's areas of professional interest include ethical and legal issues for school psychologists, creating safe schools for sexual minority youth, and intellectual assessment.

Kathy McNamara - Chair
k.mcnamara@csuohio.edu

Kathy McNamara received her Ph.D. in School Psychology from Kent State University in 1985, and served as a practitioner and supervisor for fifteen years before joining the faculty of the School Psychology Program at Cleveland State University in 1994, where she is currently serving as director of the program. Dr. McNamara serves on the Executive Board and chairs the Professional Ethics and Standards Committee of the Ohio School Psychologists Association. She authored a chapter on “applied ethics” in Best Practices V, and her research interests include service delivery models, Response to Intervention, and professional practice issues. Dr. McNamara has been a member of the NASP Ethics and Professional Principles Committee since 2000.