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Fagan, Tom; Traylor, Tera – Communique, 2009
Granting awards to recognize outstanding service and leadership is among the more important functions of professional associations. The School Psychologist of the Year Award (SPYA) is one of several national-level recognitions. Although NASP's annual SPYA dates only to 1991, several state associations were already granting such distinctions. Their…
Descriptors: Awards, School Psychologists, Professional Associations, School Psychology
Burns, Matthew; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris – Communique, 2009
School psychologists in this country are fed up. The authors are both fortunate enough to consult with school districts all over the country about implementing response to intervention (RTI), and they consistently hear frustration resulting from using the "wait to fail" discrepancy model for learning disability identification. Many school…
Descriptors: Intervention, Eligibility, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification