NASP Designates Nov 8-11 National Psychologist Week
Published November 11, 2010 | 
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has designated November 8–12, 2010, as National School Psychology Awareness Week. This year’s theme, “Today is a good day to … SHINE,” helps our students and school focus on strengthening positive relationships and increasing positive experiences. The program involves a series of resources and activities that school psychologists can use to reach out to school staff, students, and parents to help students feel connected, supported, and ready to achieve their individual goals.
At the October 20th Palm beach County School Board meeting, the Palm Beach County School District’s Lead Psychologists and David Ramos accepted a formal proclamation from the Palm Beach County School Board officially recognizing November 8th -12th , 2010 as School Psychology Awareness Week.
School Psychologists and Interns share information about School Psychology at the Fulton- Holland Educational Service Center
Volunteer Initiative
Published November 11, 2010 | “Helping School Psychologists Support Student Success”
Elizabeth Buchanan, PBASP Volunteer Coordinator for PBASP PROJECTS
PBASP PROJECTS :
“Project Holiday Dinner: Christmas”
- PBASP members are asked to provide nonperishable items for holiday meals
- The Volunteer Coordinator will pick up the boxed supplies at the designated AREA
- TheVolunteer Coordinator will bring the supplies to Adopt-A-Family
“ Project Holiday Hope”
- PBASP Volunteer Coordinator will host a Toy Drive for Palm Beach County families
- The Volunteer Coordinator will deliver toys to designated families or organization
“Project Care”
- The Volunteer Coordinator will organize donations with events such as garage sales, bear collection, etc. and deliver to families in need. This will occur on an as-needed basis.
School Psychology Awareness Week November 14-18, 2011
Published October 24, 2011 | The Superintendent of the Palm Beach County School District has declared November 14-18 as School Psychology Awareness Week in Palm Beach County. The proclamation was announced at a recent School Board meeting in October. Lead School Psychologist for the District were on hand to receive the proclamation for staff.
From left to right: Dr. Kathi Gundlach, Karen-Lane Garland, Dr. Angelo De Simone, Tony Silva, and Dave Ramos. The announcement was made in conjunction with the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) designation of November 14–18, 2011, as National School Psychology Awareness Week.
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Leave a commentPBASP President Speaks to PBCSD School Board
Published April 29, 2011 | President Dave Ramos of the Palm Beach Association of School Psychologists (PBASP) spoke to the Palm Beach County School Board on April 20th this year concerning the important roles of school psychologist in assisting all children to learn within the District.
Vodcast here:
His full text is here:
“Superintendent Malone and Ladies and Gentlemen of the board…
My name is David Ramos and I am the current President of the Palm Beach Association of School Psychologists- also known as PBASP. The mission of PBASP is to promote educationally and psychologically healthy environments for all students by providing comprehensive services that prevent problems, enhance independence, and encourage optimal learning within the schools of Palm Beach County. This mission is accomplished through professional training, advocacy, ethical standards, program evaluation, and caring professional service. PBASP is comprised of 69 total members, 66 of which are employed with the School District of Palm Beach County. Many of these individuals are seated behind me tonight.
School psychologists touch the lives of students every day, at every grade level, in every school in Palm Beach County. We are highly trained to address barriers to learning across the spectrum of educational issues at the individual, classroom, and building-wide levels, particularly given mandates established by No Child Left Behind and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. Our specialized skills allow us to play a key role in assessing student needs and helping to remove barriers to student achievement and outcomes. We help improve student performance by providing psycho-educational assessments for learning, behavior, and mental health problems; support for English Language Learners; group and individual counseling; drop-out prevention; positive behavioral supports; consultation with school staff, parents , and community agencies; risk assessment; and crisis intervention and postvention services. Additionally, we have extensive knowledge of school law, and we work to ensure that school-based multidisciplinary teams are compliant with federal and state statutes. To offer a snapshot of who school psychologists are, I’d like to quote Dr. Gene Cash, the former president of the National Association of School Psychologists, and a nationally recognized leader in the field, “School psychologists are the one professional in our schools who know more about behavior and mental health than most educators, while understanding more about education than most other mental health professionals.” We are THE BEST TRAINED mental health professionals in our schools today.
Ladies and gentlemen, in these stressful political and economic times, I hope you recognize the value of our role and support what we do for our students every day.
Thank you for the opportunity”
A Conversation With Dr. Phil Lazarus NASP 2011
Published February 25, 2011 | Everyone,
I interviewed Dr. Phil Lazarus, current President Elect of NASP, at the NASP Annual conference this year. This is the second in a series of “Conversations With…” that I bloged from the NASP conference. We spoke about next year’s NASP conference and on going professional development for school psychologists.
Dr. Lazarus indicated that NASP will be looking to expand professional development by offering more opportunities on line via the “Life Long Learning Model” next year via the NASP Web Site.
Listen to interviews here.
More to come.
Angelo
A Conversation With Dr. Gene Cash NASP 2011
Published February 24, 2011 | Everyone,
I sat down with Dr. Gene Cash, Past President of NASP , at the annual NASP conference in San Francesco today and we spoke about “Total Education” or Time on Task Advances Learning”. The interview reviewed the concept of year long schools and how to maximize leaning in the US and the role of school psychologists and RtI. This will be a 2 part series of my interview with Dr Cash. The interviews are approximately 15 minutes in length each. You can listen them here once posted.
Angelo
NASP 2011
Published February 23, 2011 | Everyone,
Started the day meeting Dr. Gene Cash Past President NASP. I will be interviewing him on Thursday morning . The topic will be the direction of education (school psychology) going forward in light of all the reforms going on in the news (budget cutbacks etc).
Also, I will meeting with Bill Donaldson from FASP and we will be discussing PBS in Florida some time later this week. Dr. Scott Poland former President of NASP is here and I will try meet with him and review cyber bullying as it is impacting students in the schools and our roles.
Finally, I met with Dr. Agnes Shine from Barry University and we discussed the Universities roles training Interns to be prepared for RtI.
I will post pictures next week on Share Point and on the PBASP web site at PBASP.org.
More to come.
Angelo
NASP 2011 Blogging From the Annual Conference
Published February 18, 2011 | Everyone,
I will be “Blogging” from the NASP Annual Conference this year and posting on the PBASP web site updated school psychology information from the NASP annual conference as it relates to Florida. My hope is to meet as many Florida Delegates of NASP and get their input on how RtI is moving along in Florida. This will be a work in progress as I attempt to cover timely topics related to school psychology, the Palm Beach County School District, and Florida. My hope to is to start next Wednesday and “Blog” as much important information that I can find of interest.
I will be working with Joanne Byron to work out the details of posting to everyone from the PBASP Web Site. Stay tuned.
Angelo DeSimone Ed.D NCSP
Palm Beach County Schools Listing
Published November 18, 2010 | Palm Beach County School Departments
Published November 17, 2010 | Departments
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- Area Office, Central
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- Chief Learning Officer
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- Chief Counsel
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- Chief of Facilities Management
- Chief Financial Office
- Chief of Human Resources
- Chief of Information Technology
- Chief of Performance Accountability
- Chief of Public Affairs
- Chief of Safety and Learning Environment
- Choice Programs and School Choice
- Community Education
- Compensation & Human Resources Planning
- Construction Purchasing
- Curriculum Development & School lmprovement
- Diversity In Business Practices
Palm Beach Schools Links
Published November 17, 2010 | Palm Beach County Schools Commission
Published November 17, 2010 | The Board of County Commissioners serves as the legislative and policy-setting body for county government; enacts countywide laws and authorizes programs and all expenditures of county funds. They also act as the Child Care Facilities Board, the Solid Waste Authority Governing Board, the Environmental Control Board and the Zoning Board.
Seven commissioners are elected from single-member districts to staggered four-year terms to represent the entire county. The Board of County Commissioners generally meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month for public hearings and regular agenda items.
During the first meeting of the month, with the exception of January and August, citizens may offer comments on any issue or topic during Matters by the Public. Workshops are usually held on the fourth Tuesday of the month. All meetings are carried live on PBC-TV Channel 20 on this Web site.
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