Dear MSPA Member:
We are writing to inform you that school psychology week is April 27th through May 3rd. This is a great opportunity for school psychologists across Maryland to educate our legislators and other stake holders about the role of school psychologists and our impact on public education. We are asking you to contact your legislators through the following link
http://mdelect.net/. Once you arrive at the webpage you will need to determine who your legislators are by entering your street address. After identifying your legislators you can click on their name and it will open their e-mail page. You can use the attached
sample letter or create your own correspondence to educate your legislator about school psychologists. Feel free to use the letter to inform other stake holders such as county council members, board of education members, administrators, school staff, parents, and community members. Please take this opportunity to celebrate the great work done daily by school psychologists in the state of Maryland!
Model Licensure Act Fact Sheet
Maryland’s Health Occupations Act regarding licensure of psychologists is derived in large part from the "Model Act for State Licensure" of the American Psychological Association (APA). This document contains a "school psychologist exemption" However, the APA is considering removing the exemption; it may do so later this year. If the new APA Model Licensure Act removes this exemption, then as a next step the APA would encourage states, including Maryland, to follow the lead and eliminate the school psychologist exemption from state law. This would mean that only licensed psychologists could provide psychological services to Maryland students, and prevent well trained and fully qualified school psychologists from doing so.
Read the Model Licensure Act Fact Sheet for more information.