Membership Benefits

• Annual spring conference that includes a legal update, presentations on best practices in the field, and featured speakers 
• Periodic regional workshops, sometimes in cooperation with NAPSA on topics of timely interest
• Availability of members with expertise in a variety of programs and techniques who can design activities for staff
• Quarterly newsletter that features:
  • updates on state and national legislation
  • regulatory initiatives
  • association activities
  • program reviews from the field
• PAPSA manual, a compilation of recent laws, regulations, model programs, and sample forms that is updated quarterly
• Services of the Executive Director to advise and locate information upon request.
• Testimony at hearings and roundtables on pertinent issues.
• “Peer Review” process in which a team of pupil services professionals visit a school district to examine pupil services programs and offer recommendations for improvements
• Liaison with organizations having a mutual interest in promoting student welfare and professional practices
• Monitoring of any standards legislation, regulations, and guidelines related to pupil services
• Presentations at seminars and conference conducted by other organizations to promote awareness of the programs and services of PAPSA
  
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