On becoming a child advocate in school psychology

Child advocacy is becoming an important concept as well as practice in education and other serivices for children. There are definite societal reasons for the evolution of formal advocacy mechanisms, not the least of which is the functioning of professionals. School psychology provides an ideal opportunity for many child advocacy concepts to be implemented. However, the individual psychologists must have a personal commitment to “follow through” to see that children's needs are met. Child advocacy can be built into the school psychology training program in both philosophy and practice.