INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION and SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY Proposals to the International School Psychology Research Initiative GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS 2014 Proposal Deadline: October 15, 2014 The International School Psychology Association (ISPA) and the Society for the Study of School Psychology (SSSP) invite proposals by international researchers to investigate important [...]

Some of the presentations and posters that were presented during the ISPA Conference in Kaunas, Lithuania have been uploaded on the members only part of the website. For more information, please go to “Conference Presentations and Pictures”. If you're having trouble logging into your ISPA membership account, please contact the ISPA Central Office.

The 36th ISPA Conference was held at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania from 15-18 July, 2014. It was a memorable event. The Executive Committee would like to thank everyone for their participation, contribution and enthusiasm. The conference provided a varied and stimulating scientific program accompanied by an exciting social program. With more than [...]

Managing and Resolving Conflicts Effectively in Schools and Classrooms Let’s begin with an obvious but critically important concept: teachers who must deal with frequent bullying, arguments, teasing, fighting, or other forms of conflict in or on school property have less time to provide academic instruction. An unfortunate amount of teacher time is devoted to conflict [...]

Dr. Robert Burden (left) accepting the ISPA Outstanding International Scholar Award as presented by Peter Farrell (right). You may have already received the sad news that Dr. Bob Burden, one of our longest and greatest contributors to the ISPA mission, has passed away. We were lucky to have him with us again during the Porto [...]

The Consortium to Advance School Psychology - International (CASP-I) with its university partners is proud to announce the Fourth Conference on School Psychology, held from 14-15 August, 2014, at the University of Education, Vietnam National University, 144 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi. The conference theme is “Developing Training Programs and Managing Quality Assurance for Training [...]

Monday 19th May 2014 BPS Offices Tabernacle St London 10.30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Cost: £20.00 (includes lunch - pay on the day) To book email Keith Venables: psychinclusion@yahoo.co.uk Registration from 9.30 a.m. Morning: 1. Presentations from Mel Ainscow and Tara Flood (Salamanca Statement and lessons learned from it) 2. Workshops: what have Educational Psychologists [...]

PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention and Intervention Workshops 1 & 2, 2nd Edition Date: March 18-20, 2014 Location: Weisbaden, Germany (~1 hour from Frankfurt) Schedule: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Trainers: Melissa A. Reeves, Ph.D, NCSP & Stephen Brock, Ph.D, NCSP Contact: Brian McKeon, 571.723.3986; bmckeon@schoolsecurityroundtable.com Registration information will be provided soon. For more information, please [...]

1. The ISPA Distinguished Service Award The ISPA Distinguished Service Award is offered annually by the International School Psychology Association (ISPA) to an ISPA member in recognition of outstanding services to the Association over an extended period of time. Persons eligible for this award must be fully paid ISPA members and exhibit one or more [...]

Dear ISPA colleagues and friends, We would like to inform you of the new membership procedure: As of January 1, 2014, all ISPA memberships will be for one calendar year only. Membership runs from 1 January through 31 December. Each autumn, the ISPA Central Office will send a renewal reminder via e-mail to all members [...]