Afterschool PLC (Professional Learning Community) 2026-27

NHASP Members are invited to participate in our virtual Professional Learning Community! This Event is the Afterschool offering which will occur once a month. The format will be topical discussions: a NHASP facilitator will select a topic related to school psychology practice and lead a discussion regarding the topic. Each topic will be accompanied by a journal article which will be emailed to participants.

This PLC is facilitated by Past President Joe Mahoney. Please feel free to contact Joe via the membership directory on this website with any questions. If you have questions regarding any NHASP event, please contact our current President via the Contact Us form. 

The topics for Afterschool PLC in 2026-27 will be as follows: 

• October 21 - Cognitive abilities test performance of students with autism spectrum disorders - Stephenson et al. (2021) 
• November 18 - Students who have in-utero exposure to psychotropic substances - Smid et al. (2022) 
• December 16 - Students who show letter reversals in reading or writing - Treiman et al. (2014) 
• January 20 - Relationship between cognitive abilities and academic skills test scores - Caemmerer et al. (2018)
• February 17 - Side effects of stimulant medications for students with ADHD - Kidwell et al. (2015) 
• March 17 - Variability in factor/index scores and interpretation of the overall IQ - Watkins, Glutting & Lei (2007) 
• April 21 - Relationship of various performance measures to reading performance - Araujo et al. (2015) 
• May 19 - Grade retention outcomes for students - Goos, Pipa & Peixoto (2021) 

Zoom links will be sent to all NHASP Members in advance each month. Registration is not required. Hope to see you on Zoom.