The adolescent years of school psychology and the future: A personal perspective

Anecdotes about a few early legends in school psychology are presented in t he first part of this article. They are followed with information about doc toral recipients in school psychology from 1978 through 1980 with suggestio ns about legends in the next century. It is difficult to stereotype mid car eer school psychologists. They are employed in a variety of settings and, a mong those who hold membership in the American Psychological Association (A PA), have many psychological specialties and belong to 80% of the available divisions. The third section includes expectations for an increased role f or National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) with nondoctoral men tal health providers, a lesser role for dissertations by practitioners, inc reased use of less edited electronic articles, more paraprofessionals for s chool psychologists, more health centers and more licensed psychologists in schools, and more accredited internships in schools.