Research Requests
Research Requests
In support of transferring research into best practices, ASPP is offering a service to both researchers and practitioners.
For researchers, we invite you to post the information about your project and how school psychologists in PA may be able to assist in your study. In order for us to do this we need to gather information from you. Please submit a description of your study, your IRB approval, and any other supporting documents. We will post your information on the this page as well as our Facebook Page along with any appropriate links. After each quarterly review of applicants, we email our members if your study is approved.
Please review the Research Opportunities policies and procedures before requesting a posting.
To request a posting on the research opportunities page, contact the Communications Committee through the Contact Us page.
For our members, please make sure to check out the current research opportunities and help support the advancement of our field!
Current Research Requests
The ASPP Executive Board is pleased to announce one research opportunity for the review period of September – December 2025. The Research Subcommittee reviewed this research opportunity and believe it is of considerable merit. We, therefore, endorse it for our members to individually consider. What follows is a brief synopsis of the study and how ASPP members can participate.
Practicum, Internship, and Practice Competencies
The consensus study is being conducted to determine the degree of competence in various tasks, work activities, and components of knowledge required for graduate students’ entry to practicum, internship, and practice. As part of this process, participants will also be asked to identify whether these various areas represent foundational (i.e., permeate all areas of practice for every school psychologist) or functional skills (i.e., processes and contexts through which work of school psychologists is carried out). Collecting this information will help us better understand competencies required for the field of school psychology and how it can apply to graduate training. Possible outlets of dissemination may be professional conferences and refereed journals.
Qualified professionals are
- 18 years of age or older and
- a certified school psychologist and/or university-based practicum/internship school psychology supervisor
Participation in this study should take about 20-25 minutes to complete. The survey can be completed on a computer, tablet, or mobile device. Participants will be provided with an opportunity to 1) receive the results, to 2) enter a raffle to win a $15 gift card to Amazon, and/or 3) to be sent information about future studies.
Participation in this online survey involves risks similar to a person’s everyday use of the Internet. There are no additional risks to individuals participating in this survey beyond those that exist in daily life. The decision to participate or decline participation in this study is completely voluntary, and participants have the right to terminate participation at any time without penalty. Participants may skip any questions they do not wish to answer. If participants do not wish to complete this survey, they may just close their browser. Participation in this study is confidential as data are averaged and reported in aggregate. Confidentiality will be maintained to the degree permitted by the technology used. No guarantees can be made regarding interception of data sent via the Internet by any third parties. Once participants complete and submit the survey, we are unable to extract anonymous data from the database should they wish it withdrawn.
If you need any additional information regarding this research project, you may email me, Oksana Huk, at ohuk@iona.edu. For questions about rights as a research participant, you may contact the university’s Institutional Subjects Review Board Iona University, Dr. Tricia Mulligan 914.633.2429 or via e-mail at tmulligan@iona.edu. You may also contact the university’s IRB chair, Dr. Mary Jane Skelly at 914.633.2382 or via email at mskelly@iona.edu.
Thank you again for your assistance,
Oksana Huk, Psy.D, NCSP
Associate Professor, Psychology Department
Coordinator of Internship
Iona University
Doorley Hall 11
715 North Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10801