End of the year – 2017

Hello all,

I hope everyone is enjoying the beginnings of summer.  Please find some notes below about the end of the semester:

NASP

If you are interested in submitting a poster, paper or workshop for the NASP convention in February of 2018, you need to submit your abstract and summary proposal before Monday, June 19th. Check in with Dr. Mass so he can guide you through the process.  Doing some research in an area of interest and presenting at NASP looks great on your resume and makes you more desirable when you start interviewing for jobs and/or applying to doctoral programs.

Newsletter

The students involved in putting the Newsletter together. Please let Dr. Mass know so he can give you the pictures and last year’s newsletter as a template. The newsletter is very easy to do and should take you no longer than an hour.

ABA Track School Psych Students

Students taking the ABA track along with the school psychology track, please use your time-management skills when working on assignments, doing practica, and satisfying all the requirements of both programs. If you are also working, Dr. Mass would suggest you cut down on an area that can wait. For example, you may want to do the school psych. program over 5 years instead of 4 years or you may want to wait until after you graduate from the school psych program to do your practica requirements for the ABA program. Please check in with Dr. Massarelli, Dr. Cicero, and Professor Yankouski (Connors) as to what works best for you.

First Year Students

Students finishing their first year of the program please start looking over the information that will be on the comprehensive exam. Although the test is nine months away, time goes by fast. Dr. Massarelli sent out your review packet so you can start going over what is important to study.

Practicum Students

Students going out on practicum this fall (2017) should have your contracts to Dr. Mass signed within the next week. Once in July you may not be able to start in September due to the paper work that has to be processed by the administration. Many administrators take vacations during July and August so your paperwork could sit on someone’s desk for 2-3 weeks before it is processed.

Intern Students

Students taking the Praxis this summer should register soon. The next review meeting will be this Monday evening at 6:00 pm for a review class.

Graduating Students

Students graduating this December (2017) and next May (2018) must fill out the Application for Degree form, it is on-line or you can pick it up and fill it out at the registrar’s office. If you don’t fill out the form and submit it there will be no record of you graduating.

Dr. Mass’s hours during the summer will be in Tuesdays and Thursdays. I will be away July 15-22.

Have a nice and relaxing summer!