ABSTRACT
It is an honor to be asked to provide a synthesis and commentary to this special issue featuring various authors writing on the significance, implications, and recommendations from their perspective on the International Futures Conference in School Psychology. This series of articles, along with the special issues of the other major school psychology journals (D’amato, Sheridan, Phelps, & Lopez, this issue), represent an important effort in the profession to summarize key ideas and provide specific directions for change. I also was honored to be a participant of the Futures Conference and believe this is a critical time, yet again, in school psychology’s history to have an opportunity to realize the promise of the profession as it has long been described. In this synthesis and commentary, I (a) summarize key themes of the articles on consultation, prevention, and intervention and highlight the authors’ conclusions and recommendations; (b) provide a personal context, noting observations from my perspective as a conference participant who also participated in the Spring Hill Symposium on the Future of School Psychology 346over 20 years ago and who has been active in advocating reform in practice; and (c) conclude with noting what can be different now to contribute to real change in the profession and recommending directions for training and practice based on consultation, prevention, and intervention.
