Dear Students,

The upcoming Ohio School Psychologist Association Fall Conference 2008 
(November 6 & 7) in Columbus at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (6500 Doubletree 
Ave. 614-885-1885) will be the "required" conference for the first and 
second year students to attend. For the interns, please contact me 
directly about NASP and your ability to go to Boston. Given the 
significant finances, logistical issues, and limited proposals or 
presentations, the trip to Boston appears to be out of reach for most of 
us this year. In addition, with the NCATE team visit it will be important 
for the faculty and students to be focused and prepared for this visit. 
More importantly, the OSPA conference has two excellent speakers this year 
(Judy Elliott & Jack Fletcher) and the opportunity to meet and network 
with educators and school psychologists throughout the state is 
invaluable. 

I am happy to inform all of you that each student will receive $125 from 
the department and approximately $20-40 from the Dean's Office. The 
possibility of support from the Graduate School exists but nothing 
specific has been determined at this time. Hopefully, some support can be 
obtained from the Graduate School.

Please stop by and see Ginny to confirm that you are attending the 
conference. She needs to have verbal confirmation that you will be going. 
Department reimbursement procedures are being developed and specific 
guidelines will be provided for you to follow. When they are available 
they will be sent to you along with any necessary forms. There is an early 
registration deadline of October 15 and we are trying to find out if we 
can register all of you as a single group. We have a call into OSPA and 
hope to have an answer later this week.

Please mark your calendar, start making plans and get prepared to have a 
productive, professional experience at OSPA.