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Recent News
KASP Service Recognition Awards
When you see any of the following
people, offer them your thanks for many years of service to the
profession of school psychology in our state.
20 years of Service
Jeanette Carter
Janeth Dysart
Lyle Holthus
Sheena Parks
Don Pennington
Denise Ruel
Colleen Rumbough
Kathy Williams
25 years of Service
Pamela Clark
Valerie Jennings
Joseph O'Hare
Mary Ann Rupp
Joan Silvertooth
Mary Lynn Sylvester
30 years of Service
John Basham
Gerald Jones
Janice Ibbotson Davis
Jeff Lough
Carol Molloy
G. Dale Pierson
Roger Pitts
Chris Ponce
Kathryn Williamson
NCSP Parity in Kansas
A KASP committee worked hard to get a
bill before the Kansas legislature this spring, to provide stipends for
school psychologists with the NCSP. An identical bill for
board-certified teachers passed recently, so this attempts to establish
parity for our profession. In February it had sponsorship by education
committee member Barbara Craft (Kansas House Republican District 65),
to go up for a vote this session. Click here to see
HB2869. Unfortunately, Chairman Aurand did not bring the bill up
for a hearing this session. As we'd been advised, the fiscal note for
the bill ((approximately
$90,000) is a problem. It had been foreshadowed to us that
there's VERY LITTLE discretionary money for new spending in 2008, so
legislators are being very selective in the bills that are moved
forward if there's a fiscal impact to the state. For 2008, there were
higher priority bills; We'll try again in 2009!
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Contact Us
While the website is in the
months-long process of being linked back together again, if you really
need something which seems unavailable, please email webmaster Jim
Persinger at jpersing@emporia.edu
and I'll get it to you.
Or for membership or other
business-related questions, email executive manager Keely Persinger at keelypersinger@yahoo.com
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Welcome to our Website
6.22.09:
Summer 2009 Newsletter available.
If you didn't receive a copy via email, it means that you either have the wrong email address on file with us (which, due to typos, happens a LOT) or you have a spamblocker preventing our emails from reaching you. Put jpersing@emporia.edu and keelypersinger@yahoo.com in your "trust list" to assure you receive correspondence from KASP. If you think it's because of an email typo issue, sent your name and correct email to keelypersinger@yahoo.com and we'll update the database directly.
Download a copy of the summer 2009 newsletter here.
6.22.09:
Pittsburg State University announces the 2009 Summer Institute.
PSU's Department of Psychology offers great workshops each summer, all of interest to school psychologists. This year's offerings include workshops on autism spectrum disorders, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and the Wechsler Memory Scales VI. As a KASP member, you may attend any one workshop for free! Simply register as per usual to assure that you reserve a seat, but indicate that you are a KASP member and the fee is waived. Because this is a KASP-sponsored event, CPD credits are available for NCSP renewal purposes.
Click here to download a flyer.
4.2.09:
KASP Announces PREPaRE Crisis Prevention and Response Training
Click here to download a flyer. Click on the conferences link above for further details.
No more seats available. This workshop will be available at KASP 09!
2.26.09:
Access the Spring 2009 Kansas School Psychologist Journal
Click here to download. This
was sent to the email address you have on file with KASP: if you
missed it, please email us your current address and make sure that your
spam filter is set to receive emails from jpersing@emporia.edu and
keelypersinger@yahoo.com
KASP Conference 2009 Call for Papers and Convention Preview!
See a conference preview at the link above. Click here to download a call for papers in MSWord or in Adobe pdf
1.14.09: The 2009 Independent Evaluator Lists and Other Site Changes Discussed in Recent Examiner
A few weeks into the New Year, we hope to have the remaining functions restored to the site, better than ever. It will be capable of generating the most up-to-date lists of independent evaluators and bilingual school psychologists, for example. The new tools/resources section will go back online as well. Email jpersing@emporia.edu in the meantime if you need any of these items, and they can be manually-generated and emailed back to you immediately.
12.14.08:
Kansas Youth Leadership Forum Searches for Potential Youth Leaders
Do you know a high school junior or senior with a disability, who would
be interested in a week full of learning, fun, friends and
empowerment? Click here for
details on the 9th annual forum held June 16-20 in Topeka. |
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Congratulations to
Gerald L.
Jones
2008
Kansas School Psychologist
of the Year.
Described by his colleagues as
one of the most incredible people in regards to his professionalism and
compassion, Jerry is a humble person who leads by example. He's
representative of many unsung educators in Kansas: a faithful,
compassionate profession who comes to work every day, doing the best he
can for the teachers and students in his buildings.
Elton
Ambrister, who worked with Jerry for several years in NCKSEC, reports,
"To say that Jerry has had an influence on my life, both on a personal
basis and on a professional one, would be the understatement of a
lifetime." He goes on to describe Jerry as "always being able to
show a caring attitude, while giving difficult advice that he has
carefully thought through. This is done in a deliberate manner,
with a calm demeanor; The calm is absorbed by those around
him. His quiet influence on others is astounding."
A
graduate of Fort Hays State University, Jerry worked at Tri-County for
several years, primarily responsible for Fort Larned and Lewis
schools. Since 1982, he's served at the North Central Kansas
Special Education Cooperative. His primary responsibilities in
recent years have been in the Stockton and Palco schools.
Separately,
Jerry was honored at the 2008 KASP convention for having served Kansas
as a school psychologist for 30 years. Thank you for your
dedication and service, Jerry!
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Our mission:
KASP exists
to advocate for the psychological and educational well-being of Kansas
Children, while serving the needs of the membership and promoting
school psychology as a profession.
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We Are a
NASP-Approved CPD Provider.
 School
psychologists who hold the NCSP have long been required to engage in
activities designed to maintain, expand, and extend their professional
training and skills. Beginning with renewals in January 2010, NCSP's
must obtain one-third of their documented professional development from
a NASP-Approved provider. We're happy to report that this fall, KASP
became one of the first professional organizations to receive from NASP
the "Approved Provider" status. This means that for most professional
development opportunities we offer or help sponsor, NCSP's may use this
documented experience to meet the CPD requirement. We'll provide the
suitable documentation at these events.
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NASP Affiliate
We are an affiliate (and one of the founders!) of the National
Association of School Psychologists.
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