8:39 a.m., March 9, 2009----Kathleen Minke, professor and acting director of the School of Education in the University of Delaware's College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy, has been voted president-elect of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).

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She will assume her duties as president of the organization July 1, 2010, after serving a year as president-elect.

NASP is a nonprofit association representing more than 26,500 school psychologists from across the United States and other countries. The mission of NASP is to represent and support school psychology with leadership to enhance the mental health and educational competence of all children.

Minke has been active in the leadership of NASP since 1996. She has previously served as chair of the professional growth and convention committees, as a member of the research committee and the ethics advisory panel, and as Delaware's state delegate to NASP's governance body.

“NASP provides outstanding support to schools, families and communities,” Minke said. “It is an honor to serve the organization and profession as president.”

Minke earned her bachelor's degree from Duquesne University, and her M.Ed. and Ed.S. degrees from James Madison University. She holds a Ph.D. in school psychology from Indiana University.

Minke joined the School of Education in 1991 as an assistant professor in the school psychology program. Her research has examined parent-teacher relationships, professional issues in school psychology and the self-perception of students with learning disabilities.

She has published more than 20 articles and chapters and co-edited three books targeted toward school psychology practice. She teaches courses in family-school collaboration and solution-oriented, strength-based counseling.

For the past six years she has been a consultant for the state of Delaware's Positive Behavior Support (PBS) initiative. Her work with the project has focused primarily on family-school collaboration, universal screening and targeted interventions.

Article by Beth Chajes