Student Affiliates in School Psychology

**About SASP:** The Student Affiliates in School Psychology (SASP) is a student organization formed under the auspices of the Division 16 Executive Committee. SASP has over 50 chapters in APA-approved programs across the United States and has an executive board that provides resources and direction to SASP chapters. The executive board is composed of 12 school psychology graduate students, representing school psychology programs and SASP chapters across the nation. By being active participants and collaborators with the APA Division 16 Executive Committee, the SASP executive board works steadfastly to provide meaningful representation of and advocacy for SASP chapters, graduate students, and future scientists and practitioners in our field. **SASP Executive Board Mission *(Updated Fall 2023)*:** The mission of the SASP executive board is to 1) build a student community that is ready to take on the future challenges of the field, 2) advocate for strong training, 3) commit to social justice and anti-racist work, and 4) foster collaboration with students and faculty across school psychology programs and their respective institutions. To actualize these goals, we have several key objectives. Each objective is matched with projects/tasks that the SASP executive board is currently undertaking: - Given our unwavering commitment to serve school psychology graduate students, the SASP executive board strives to maintain consistent outreach and communication with our constituents. We seek to keep graduate students appraised of emerging and developing issues within the field. We also strive to provide transparent channels of bidirectional communication to empower graduate students to share their unique perspectives. - Given graduate students are the future of the field, the SASP executive board is committed to providing several professional development opportunities. Through publishing, presentations, networking opportunities, and funding, we aim to build a student community that is able to independently and collaboratively engage in important research, apply research to effective practices within their schools and communities, and enact structural and policy improvements to cultivate a more just society. We also seek to recognize and honor individuals who are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and anti-racism in their work. - As a student-led organization, the SASP executive board recognizes the competing demands and unique challenges school psychology graduate students face. We seek to amplify graduate student voices, with an emphasis on empowering underrepresented student groups, to the Division 16 executive board. We commit to advocating on behalf of student perspectives in order to advance the interests and welfare of everyone’s educational experiences.