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MSPA’s Nomination for a “Certificate of Appreciation”

Jennifer Reen has been nominated to receive a Certificate of Appreciation at the NASP 2009 Convention in Boston by MSPA President Susanne Toomajian. Jennifer has served on the Massachusetts School Psychologists Association Board (MSPA) as co-chair of the Mental Health Committee. Jennifer is an active member of the Children’s Mental Health Task Force, a forum to promote access to children for medically appropriate mental health services. As a member of this group, she has participated in the investigation of pre-screening tools for pediatricians and in discussions as to how to streamline mental health services for children and adolescents. MSPA President Toomajian feels that “Ms. Reen is an added voice to improve mental health services for children and adolescence within the communities of Massachusetts and a worthy recipient of this award.”

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Book of the Month

Publications by MSPA members and friends.

book cover Emerging and Young Adulthood: Multiple Perspectives, Diverse Narratives

Varda Konstam, Ph.D., MSPA member

The delayed onset of maturity from adolescence to adulthood is gaining the considerable attention of scholars, not to mention that of the parents and the young adults themselves. The chapters in this volume examine the experiences of numerous individuals in their 20s and early 30s – as well as parents and employers – the end result of which is a finely nuanced, research-based portrait of today’s aging adolescents and the increasingly high hurdles they must jump to reach full-fledged adulthood.

Varda Konstam, Ph.d., is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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