Registration for our TASP 2020 Virtual Summer Institute “Promoting Equity” is now open. For the very first time and due to the current circumstances, the Summer Institute will take place virtually in partnership with The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and SEL4TX. The Summer Institute will take place June 18-19, 2020 via the Zoom platform. We are very excited about our presentation line-up and hope you can join us! See you on Zoom!
The TASP Nominations Committee is currently accepting nominations for our 2020 elections cycle. Details about TASP Executive Board positions up for election can be found using the link above.
TASP has collected resources and guidance from a variety of national and state sources. We will update the page as additional guidance becomes available.
TASP would like to recognize one member per month engaging in exemplary service. Please click on the link above to complete the form to recognize an LSSP doing extraordinary things for students across Texas. Members will be chosen at random each month and recognized on TASP's social media platform and website, after approval by the recipient.
TASP has come to recognize that school leaders often desire to have a single evaluation tool for all school professionals that require student outcome data to be linked to the evaluation and personnel decisions. This model presents unique challenges when evaluating LSSPs in the school setting. Evaluation tools are often designed around a narrowly defined role, thereby discouraging LSSPs from providing more comprehensive services to positively help students and families. Using the NASP Practice Model as a guideline, TASP has developed a model evaluation tool to use when evaluating LSSPs in the school setting.
TASP is promoting this tool as it establishes the full range of services that can be reasonably expected of LSSPs. It also promotes consistency of practice and clarity of expectations. It allows for the practical role of the LSSP to be gradually aligned with the NASP Practice Model. TASP is mindful that critical to this is the workload and capacity (e.g., time, resources, and ratios) for an individual to provide those services. On the program level, districts should commit to making available a range of services that can meet student needs. Districts need to consider how these standards are reflected in the professional expectations of LSSPs, including how job descriptions and personnel evaluation articulate these standards.
TASP hopes this model evaluation tool will provide the school administrators who are responsible for evaluating LSSPs a mechanism for determining the true value of LSSPs in the public school setting.
LSSP Evaluation Tool Sample LSSP Job Description
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Would you like to know TASP's stance on an issue related to school psychology in Texas?
The Executive Board of TASP adopted the following position statements in August 2014. Position statements and resolutions represent the official policy of TASP and are approved by the elected members of the TASP Executive Board.
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