On-line Membership Application / Renew membership / ISPA Mentor Program / ISPA Regions Map
If you chose to print or access your membership card from the ISPA web site instead of having a copy mailed to you, you will find your membership card as well as a membership certificate in your profile, which may be accessed using your username and password and selecing "edit profile." Following documents are available for download at the bottom of this page:
*Print-based ISPA membership application
*What is School Psychology? Presentation

Membership Benefits

ISPA membership provides many benefits to school psychologists; school psychology educators, interns and graduate students; retired school psychologists; and others committed to the social, emotional and academic development of students.

• Publications
• School Psychology in Illinois (hard copy as well as full color copies available on-line, and searchable articles from each issue).
• School Psychologists in Illinois brochures now available in eight languages
• ISPA Now
• Legislative Involvement
• Professional Lobbyist
• Active Government Affairs Committee
• Member of Illinois Special Education Coalition (ISELA)
• Liaisons to: Illinois Administrators of Special Education (IAASE), National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium (ISPIC), International School Psychology Association, ISPPAC
• Annual Conferences and Regional Workshops give school psychologists opportunities to gather at mutually convenient locations to discuss timely topics.
• Fall Conference
• Winter Convention
• Reduced rates for ISPA members
• Job Placement Services
• At the convention, employers conduct on-site interviews
• Openings across the state are posted in the ISPA newsletter
• Positions are posted on the ISPA web site
• Continuing Professional Development Program
• NASP-Approved CPD Provider
• ISBE-Approved CPD Provider
• Regional Representation
• Elected Regional Directors
• Local Associations
• Searchable On-line Membership Directory
• Material on Guild Issues
• Position papers available on critical issues
• Publicity information for your professional use
• Governing Board
• Quarterly meetings open to the general membership
• Board representation for all membership categories
• Opportunities to serve on committeess and task forces
• Connections
• Board representation for: graduate educators, graduate students, interns
• Liaisons to related professional organizations
• Awards and Recognition. ISPA regularly recognizes the talent, perseverance and contributions of its members through the Practitioner of the Year Award, Minority Scholarship Awards, Research Grant Awards, and various other recognitions.
• Mentor Program. As an ISPA member, you can volunteer to become a mentor or have a mentor assigned to you. In these relationships, both participants gain from the experience and perspectives of their partner. Members can express their interest in the program through their Web site member profile. To learn more....
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• Contributions to:
• DUSPP Intern Supervision Workshop
• IFCSP Illinois Fund for Careers in School Psychology
• ISPPAC Illinois School Psychologists Political Action Committee
• CASP Chicago Association of School Psychologists
• SISPA Southern Illinois Association of School Psychologists
• WSSP West Suburban School Psychologists Association
• ICVP Illinois Council for Violence Prevention
• NAMI National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• NASP National Association of School Psychologists

Files linked to this article
File name	Published on
Print based ISPA Membership Application 2012/13 pdf format	2012/7/23
What is School Psychology? Powerpoint presentation	2008/4/2