NASP Convention - Boston Day 2

My second day at NASP wasn't as successful as my first. I woke up too late to make it to the one mini-skills workshop that I wanted to go to. The problem of lack of handouts continued into the second day. There were a few sessions that I wanted to attend, but I was spent by 3:00. There is only so much you take in after a while. All in all, I enjoyed myself. It's always good to get out of the building and do something for yourself. One thing that was new to me was the forms that I used to document my professional development hours. It was a good way to track what I did. The bonus of attending is that I now have a few more strategies to use and a few more ideas about improving how I do my job.

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Live from the NASP Convention in Boston - Day 1

I'm reporting live from the NASP Convention in Boston. Despite everyone's grumblings about having to travel to New England in February for a convention, the weather hasn't been that bad. It isn't snowing, so that's always a plus.

My initial impression of the convention is that the association has done a poor job of gauging how popular some of the free workshops would be vs. the ones that are real duds. I've either attended or tried to attend 3 very popular free workshops and they have all been standing room only. Meanwhile I attended one session that had a ballroom and it was a 1/4 full. What gives, NASP?

I attended a session run by Cecil Reynolds, professor from Texas A & M, and frequent NASP listserv contributor. He's really nice and personable in person, too bad he comes off as a prick online. That's my assessment so far. More later.

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