Volume 31, Issue 4 (June 2010)

• President's Corner
  Anthony Adamowski
• Jim Agner, the guy that made a difference
  Fred Dornback
• Mental Health Work: An Essential Role for School Psychologists
  Dennis J. Simon, Ph.D.

• Columns and Events

  • School Psychology in Illinois (Task Force Survey Results)
    Nancy L. Scott, Ed.D.
  • Governmental Affairs Update: Pension Legislation and what It MAY Mean for Us
    By Richard S. Harley, Ph.D., NCSP
  • Student Column
    Marlina Liggett
  • School Safety Column - Interview with a N.E.A.T. Member: Shirley Pitts
    Brian Lazzaro
  • Intern Supervision Day
    Ruth Kelly

• Committee Updates

  • Nominations and Elections
    Ross Pesce, Chair
  • Bilingual Bicultural Committee: How should bilingual school psychologists be trained to meet practice needs?
    Gabriela Garibay
  • ISPA Research Grant
    Gregory E. Everett, Ph.D.
  • Region 8 Update
    Jennifer Schultz
  • Continuing Education Committee News
    Ross Pesce and Don Sibley, Interim Chairs
  • Convention Highlights
    Shirley Pitts

Volume 31, Issue 3 (Winter 2010)

• Presidential Perspective
  Anthony Adamowski
• An Open Forum For Psychologists & Administrators Who Work with English Language Learners: October 16, 2009
  Laura Gonzalez Coloccia, Ed.S. and Jennifer Suarez, NCSP
• Answering the How and Why of School Psychologist Certificate Renewal
  Jennifer Schultz, S.S.P., NCSP

• Jim Agner Memoriam

  • Remembering Jim Agner 1935-2009*
    Tom Fagan
  • Recollections of Jim Agner
    Mark Swerdlik
  • Jim Agner, the guy that made a difference
    Fred Dornback
  • Memories of Jim Agner
    Michael Parker, Dave Peterson, George Batsche, Nancy Metzler Peterson

• ISPA Convention

  • Ted Smith Practitioner of the Year
    Nominees and Winner
  • ISPA Awards at Convention
    All Other Awards
  • Illinois Fund for Careers in School Psychology/ISPA Convention Raffle
    Sharon Swanson

• Illinois School Psychology Practice Task Force Survey Results

  • Male School Psychologists in Illinois
    Nancy Scott, Ed.D.
  • School Psychology in Illinois
    Nancy Scott, Ed.D.

• Columns and Events

  • Legislative Update: ADVOCACY & EFFECTIVE LOBBYING
    Richard Harley
  • School Safety Column - ISPA's Haiti Relief Effort
    Brian Lazzaro, PREPaRE Work Group
  • The School Neuropsychologist
    William Turton, Psy.D, ABSNP
  • International School Psychology
    Bob Clark
  • ISPA Region 11 and University Outreach Update
    Kathy Loomos

Volume 31, Issue 2 (Fall 2009)

• Presidential Perspective
  Anthony Adamowski
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Decision Date for Specialist Level Internships
  Mark E. Swerdlik, Ph.D., ABPP
• School Psychology in Illlinois
  Illinois School Psychology Task Force Survey Results
  Nancy Scott, Ed.D.
• Student Column
  Internship Interview: Things to Consider
  Marlina Liggett
• Early Childhood Column
  Early Childhood Fever: Initiatives and Training Opportunities
  Melissa S. Brown, Ph.D.* Available to non-members
• MLA Credentialing Update
  Credentialing Task Force Chair - Jennifer Schultz, SSP, NCSP
• It's True - I Read It In The Newspaper
  Charles Saltzman
• Frank McCourt: Storytelling Teacher
  Charles Saltzman
• Children and Santa Claus: The Benefits of Belief 2009/12/13
  David N. Miller
  Reprinted with permission from NASP Communique, Vol. 36, #4: December 2007

Volume 31, Issue 1 (Summer 2009)

• Presidential Perspective

• Illinois School Psychology Practice Task Force Survey Results

  • School Psychology in Illinois (Part I)
    Nancy Scott, Ed.D
  • School Psychology in Illinois (Part II)
    Nancy Scott, Ed.D

• Columns and Events

  • African American Affairs Committee
    Disproportionality: A Call to Action for School Psychologists
    Jennifer Rose, M.Ed. and Jessica Shanyfelt, M.Ed., Loyola University Chicago
  • Technology Column - Voice Recorders
    Kurt Wagner
  • Student Column - Congratulations Dr. Breeda McGrath
    Marlina Liggett
  • The School Neuropsychologist
    William Turton, Psy.D.
  • ISPA changes Mission and Goals Format
    Blake E. Martin
  • ISPA Research Grant Report
    An Examination of Mental Health Stigma, Anxiety and Perceived Neighborhood Safety as Predictors of Attitudes Toward Mental Health Care
    Brooke Ferrero Baker

Volume 30, Issue 4 (Spring 2009)

• Presidential Perspective
• Jump Drives (Technology Column)
• Functional Motivational Assessment--Implications for School Psychologists
• School Psychology Graduate Students as Agents of Social Justice: The Importance of Discourse (Student Column)
• The Way Things Were in 1923
• School Safety--The Need for School Crisis Team Training
• Motivating Learning in Young Children (Early Childhood Column)
• The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Announces New Ph.D. in International Psychology
• Saving School Psychology Jobs in a Time of Fiscal Chaos

Volume 30, Issue 3 (Winter 2009)

• A New Day in Early Childhood Education Psychology: Is there a shortage of school psychologists?
• School Safety Column
• Student Column: Is the Reward Rewarding?
• Cyber Bullying and the Schools: Communication is the Key
• Early Childhood Psychology and Response To Intervention

Volume 30, Issue 2 (Fall 2008)

• Lessons from Change
• Letter to the Editor
• NASP Summer Conference Grant Report 1
• NASP Summer Conference Grant Report 2
• Funeral for a Friend, Bill Winslow
• ISPA's 30th Anniversary
• School Psychology Pre-doctoral Internships in Illinois: Past & Present
• Where in the world is Malta?
• Psychology and Politics: Is it time for Data-Based Problem Solving in the Selection of the President?
• The Perils and Promise of Navigating in Uncharted Oceans: Special Education Teachers and RTI
• School Safety Column: Palatine's PROMISE: Bullying Prevention and Beyond

Volume 30, Issue 1 (Summer 2008)

• Consider the Whole Child When "Leaving No Child Behind"
• Tools for Working with School Psychology Practicum Students and Interns
• Presidential Perspective

Volume 29, Issue 3 (Spring 2008)

• Test-Score Gaps and Those That Matter More
• Ethical DECISIONS Model for School Psychologists: Application in the School Setting
• Chicago Suburb Marks Tenth Anniversary of Fending Off the KKK

Volume 29, Issue 2 (Winter 2008)

• Errant Accountability, Skeptical Parents
• What is Good Teaching?
• Too Much Information
• Retirement Tribute to Paula Sachs Wise
• Safe Schools and Springtime Stress: Prevention Issues

Volume 29, Issue 1 (Fall 2007)

• Take a School Mental Health Day: Classic PR, in a Good Way
• The Tides of Change
• A Civics Lesson for New Yorkers
• Jonathan Kozol: Passion and Politics
• Safe Schools--Interview with a Veteran School Psychologist: Mark Drake
• ISPA at NASP Public Policy Institute
• Pamela Kay Denton

Volume 28, Issue 4 (Summer 2007)

• NCLB Reauthorization: Time to Speak Up
• Fighting an Urban Suicide Contagion: Finding Sunshine after the Storm
• Removing The Public From Public Schools
• Data Based Decision Making: Using Response to Intervention
• ISPA Grant Award Report I
• ISPA Grant Award Report II--The Relationship of Behaviors Associated with Childhood Bullying, Cyber-Bullying, and Victimization, with Adult Self-Esteem and Anxiety

Volume 28, Issue 3 (Spring 2007)

• PREPaRE Crisis Curriculum
• Implementing RTI in Schools: Strategies for Success
• Using RtI with English Language Learners
• The Impact We Have
• Who Answers the "Questioners?"
• Evidence-Based Practice: The Dialogue Continues

Volume 28, Issue 2 (Winter 2007)

• How to Succeed in School Psychology Without Really Trying
• Montessori Education: A More Objective Look
• Tips Regarding School Crisis Prevention
• Memorial: ISPA Pioneer David Bortree Dies
• How Far to Tampere?
• Research Reviews: What They Might Be But Seldom Are

Volume 28, Issue 1 (Fall 2006)

• Remembering Mary Ellen Sarbaugh
• International School Psychology Comes to Illinois
• The Other Perspective: F.A.T. City Workshop
• The Four H Club: The Guiding Dictionary of a School Psychologist

Volume 27, Issue 4 (Summer 2006)

• The Other Perspective: Discovered, Not Told
• Nearly Total Self-Disclosure
• The Challenge of Apollo 13 --"Right the Spaceship"
• Research Supported Interventions: Unquestioned Demand, Questionable Supply
• Road Not Taken
• Chicago Cuts Just the Beginning?

Volume 27, Issue 3 (Spring 2006)

• Remembrances: Dale Isaacs
• Remembrances: Herb and Jan Lotz
• Putting Things in Perspective
• The Other Perspective on ADD
• Is It Time to Try Something Else?
• Child Advocacy Area Report

Volume 27, Issue 2 (Winter 2006)

• "I QUIT!" Empowering Students Who Quit School

Volume 27, Issue 1 (Fall 2005)

• Testimonial: Joseph's Amazing Scale of Many Colors
• Gateway to Good Behavior: How to Make Behavior Modification Programs More Effective
• The Other Perspective
• Remember Grace Walker
• Remembering Adrian Durant--ISPA's First Practitioner of the Year

Volume 26, Issue 4 (Summer 2005)

• Can School Psychologists Diagnose ADHD?
• Jeremiah Jenkins and the Education Factory by Lowell Harp
• The Other Perspective by Ann M. Stevens, Schaumburg School District 54

Volume 26, Issue 3 (Spring 2005)

• The Other Perspective
• Thoughts from the Inside
• ISPA Research Grant Program
• Shortage Task Force Assembles Data

Volume 26, Issue 2 (Winter 2005)

• Remembrance: Remembering NASP's 9th President, Thomas E. Ciha, 1935-2004
• Culturally Competent Crisis Response: Information for School Psychologists and Crisis Teams
• Recycling of Ideas and Movements aka That Sounds Familiar

Volume 26, Issue 1 (Fall 2004)

• Absolutely Normal Chaos
• Testimonial--Mastering Kaufmans' New Test is Easy as ABC
• Life Advisory Class
• Comprehensive Evaluation of Learning Disabilities--A Response to Intervention Perspective

Film Reviews

• Giftedness: Blessing or Burden? (Winter 2010)
• No Reservations (Fall 2007)
• Film Review: The Freedom Writers (Winter 2007)
• You and Me and Everyone We Know
• Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Literature Reviews

• The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education, (Winter 2010)
  by Diane Ravitch, Basic Books, 2010.
  Book Review – Charles Saltzman
• The School Neuropsychologist (Winter 2010)
  Review of Neuropsychological perspectives on learning disabilities in the era of RTI
  Review by William Turton, Psy.D, ABSNP
• Divorcing with children (Winter 2010)
  By J. G. Lippman and P. G. Lewis (2008). Westport, CT: Praeger.
  Reviewed by Melissa Salinas
• Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An emotional education curriculum for adolescents (Winter 2010)
  By Ann Vernon (2006). Champaign, IL: Research Press.
  Reviewed by Nigel Anderson
• Taking Part: Introducing Social Skills to Children (Winter 2010)
  By Cartledge & Kleefeld (2009)
  Reviewed by Rachel Hedrick
• Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction (Winter 2010)
  By Marcia K. Henry (2003). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks Publishing Company.
  Reviewed by Christy Budt, ISPA Past President and Past SPII Editor
• Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences: Research in an Age of Info-Glut (Fall 2009)
  By Kristin Luker (2008), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
  Book Review by Charles Saltzman, Contributing Editor
• Medication Fact Sheets 2009/12/13 (Fall 2009)
  A Behavioral Medication Reference for Educators (3rd Ed.) by Dean E. Konopasek
  Book Review by William Turton, Psy.D., ABSNP
• Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality and Development (Fall 2009)
  By Carol S. Dweck, 2000, Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, New York.
  Book Review by Charles Saltzman, Contributing Editor
• So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools (continued) (Summer 2009)
  By Charles M. Payne (2008), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
  Book Review by Charles Saltzman, Contributing Editor
• So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools (continuation of article above) (Summer 2009)
  Charles M. Payne (2008), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
  Book Review by Charles Saltzman, Contributing Editor
• Helping: How to Offer, Give, and Receive Help (Summer 2009)
  By Edited by: John D. Bransford, Deborah J. Stipek, Nancy J. Vye, Louis M. Gomez and Diana Lam, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA (2009)
  Reviewed By Charles Saltzman, Contributing Editor
• The Role of Research in Educational Improvement (Summer 2009)
  By Cartledge & Kleefeld (2009)
  Reviewed By Charles Saltzman, Contributing Editor
• Identifying, Assessing and Treating PTSD at School (Summer 2009)
  By Nickerson et al.
  School Safety Column
  Book Review By Amanda Lazzaro
• Adolescents at School (Book Review) (Spring 2009)
• Comprehending Columbine (Book Review) (Spring 2009)
• Painting Chinese: A Lifelong Teacher Gains the Wisdom of Youth (Spring 2008)
• You Won't Remember Me (Winter 2008)
• Bad Girls Club (Fall 2007)
• Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats (Fall 2007)
• Review of An Elusive Science: The Troubling History of Education Research (Book Review) (Spring 2007)
• Review of "Tuned In and Fired Up: How Teaching Can Inspire Real Learning in the Classroom" (Fall 2006)
• Review of "Multsensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills" (Fall 2006)
• A review of "Elaine's Circle: A teacher, a student, a classroom and one unforgettable year" (Fall 2006)
• Review of "Reading Educational Research: How to Avoid Getting Statistically Snookered" (Summer 2006)
• Book Review: In Schools We Trust (Summer 2006)
• Review of the Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America (Summer 2006)
• Book Review: Holding Accountability Accountable: What Ought to Matter in Public Education (Summer 2006)
• Book Review: Jackson Whole Wyoming (Summer 2006)
• Book Review: Mindful of the Human Condition
• Book Review: Mindful Teaching, Mindful Learning
• Essay Review: From the Barnyard to the Bookshelf: Bullshit, Now a Proper Subject of Academic Discourse
• Book Review: Narrative Counseling: Just Right for School Psychologists
• Book Review: The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing

Other Reviews

• School Psych Tech: Behavioral Cueing Device
  Kurt Wagner
• School Psych Tech – New Members to the BASC-2 Family (Fall 2009)
• RIAS (Testimonial) (Spring 2009)
• Letter to the Editor (RIAS Review) (Spring 2009)
• Testimonial: BASCing in the Son (of the BASC-I) (Winter 2007)
• Materials Review: Who I Can Be is Up to Me
• Test Review: WISC-IV Integrated: The Process Subtests