Welcome to our Season 6 preview to celebrate NASP week!

In this episode, we talked with Shawna Rader Kelly, a NASP leader and school-based school psychologist who shared her experiences from her positions in practice and leadership. She talked about finding the “not-so-average" in everything we do as school psychologists, from identifying small ways to start raising our voices in advocacy, to empowering each other, to using our problem-solving skills to address common challenges in school systems. Shawna also shared her goals for NASP's Excellence in School Psychological Services designation for districts and tips for how it can be used as a helpful guide for all school psychologists.

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In our Season 5 finale episode of Not Your Average School Psychologist, we talked with Dr. Robin Hojnoski about the role of school psychologists in early education and in non-traditional settings. Dr. Hojnoski shared how school psychologists in traditional roles could make more intentional, proactive connections with early childhood settings. Dr. Hojnoski also talked about the application of her school psychology background across multiple non-traditional roles in education. Listen in for how to apply the NASP Practice Model as a guide for your work in any setting.

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In today’s episode of Not Your Average School Psychologist, we talked with Dr. Andy Garbacz about family school partnerships. He talked about his research on how school psychologists can conceptualize family engagement in a multi-tiered systems of support framework. He also identified common barriers to forming these family-school partnerships, and how schools can reflect on their own practices in engaging families. As the new editor of the Journal of School Psychology, Dr. Garbacz also shared his vision for the journal and for the field.

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