Awards · Recognizing excellence since 1978
Celebrating the people who move school psychology forward.
Each year SCASP honors practitioners, advocates, and educators whose work strengthens services for South Carolina’s students. Meet the awards — and nominate a colleague who deserves recognition.
The awards
Three annual honors
SCASP presents three awards each year, recognizing excellence in practice, service to the profession, and contributions to education across the state.
For a practicing school psychologist
School Psychologist of the Year
- A practicing school psychologist and SCASP member
- Outstanding service in the practice of school psychology
- Notable efforts to expand the role of the school psychologist, locally or statewide
For advancing the profession
Outstanding Contributions in the Field of School Psychology
- Outstanding service promoting the profession of school psychology
- Widespread work on a regional or statewide basis
- Efforts to improve services to children by supporting and strengthening school psychology services
Open to non-members
Outstanding Contributions in Education
- Committed to the profession of education broadly
- Notable contributions to education in South Carolina that improved services to children
- Open to nominees who are not SCASP members
Nominations
Nominate a colleague
Know someone whose work deserves recognition? SCASP members may nominate colleagues for any of the three awards. Recipients are celebrated each year at the fall conference.
To submit a nomination or ask about this year’s deadline, email the board.
A lasting tradition
Honoring excellence since 1978
SCASP created its awards program in 1978, recognizing Dr. Ralph Tindall and Dr. Robert Black as its first honorees. The first Distinguished School Psychologist and Distinguished Educator awards followed in 1979.
Nearly five decades later, the association continues to celebrate the practitioners, advocates, and educators shaping the field across South Carolina.
Recognize a colleague
Great work deserves to be seen.
If a colleague’s work has made a difference for students, families, or the profession, put their name forward.