National School Psychology Week (NSPW) is Nov. 6-10, 2023 and this year’s theme is Let’s Grow Together. Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) thanks each school psychologist for their dedication to CCPS students and employees and their many contributions to the school system.
CCPS school psychologists met yesterday for a lunch at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building to kick start the celebratory week. Psychologists mingled with one another and enjoyed a taco lunch provided by the CCPS Department of Student Services.
Some school psychologists got into the field to help children like they were. “I became a school psychologist because I wanted to help troubled kids like me,” Matthew Scott, school psychologist at Arthur Middleton Elementary School, said.
There are 44 school psychologist positions in the school system all of which focus on providing psychoeducational testing, behavior consultation, behavior health assessments, behavior plan development, academic support, intervention recommendations, and parent consultation according to CCPS supervising school psychologist Michael Blanchard, PsyD.
“I was a kid who saw a school psychologist when I was young. [My school psychologist] made a very predominant impact on me and made me want to become one,” Jason Anson, school psychologist at Gale-Bailey and Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy elementary schools, said.
Learn more about CCPS school psychologists here: https://bit.ly/3QPa7IP.
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 27,598 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event.
CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).