The deadline for Division 16 award nominations is just around the corner! Be sure to review the opportunities below and nominate colleagues, students, mentors, and yourself for the appropriate honors! All materials are due no later than April 1, 2015. Should you have questions, please contact the named chair for each award.
2015 Outstanding Dissertation Award
Each year, the Division of School Psychology presents an Outstanding Dissertation in School Psychology Award to a school psychology student who has completed a dissertation that merits special recognition and has the potential to contribute to the science and practice of school psychology. Find eligibility details and application instructions here.
Chair: Dr. Steve Kilgus (kilguss@missouri.edu)
2015 Lightner-Witmer Early Career Award
Each year, the Division of School Psychology presents the Lightner Witmer Award to young professional and academic school psychologists who have demonstrated scholarship that merits special recognition. Continuing scholarship, rather than a thesis or dissertation alone, is the primary consideration in making the award, and a person does not need a doctoral degree to be eligible. Find eligibility information and application instructions here.
Chair: Dr. Lisa Sanetti (lisa.sanetti@uconn.edu)
2015 Senior Scientist Award
Each year, the Division of School Psychology presents a Senior Scientist in School Psychology Award to a mature professional and academic school psychologist who has demonstrated a program of scholarship that merits special recognition. A sustained program of scholarship of exceptional quality throughout one’s career is the primary consideration in making the award. Find eligibility details and application instructions here.
Chair: Dr. Bruce Bracken (babrac@wm.edu)
2015 Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award
This award is presented at the APA Convention to mature school psychologists who throughout their careers have demonstrated exceptional programs of service that merit special recognition. This award is given for accomplishments relating to (a) major leadership in the administration of psychological service in the schools, (b) major contributions in the development and implementation of policy leading to psychologically and socially sound training and practice in school psychology, (c) sustained direction or participation in research that has contributed to more effective practice in school psychology, or (d) the inauguration or development of training programs for new school psychologists or for the systematic nurturance of inservice training for psychologists engaged in the practice of school psychology, or any combination of those. Find eligibility details and application instructions here.
Chair: Dr. Cathy Fiorello (cfiore02@temple.edu)