AN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORK FOR PSYCHOLOGY IN EDUCATIONNetwork Agreement • September 9th, 2013
Contract Type FiledSeptember 9th, 2013In mid-September 2010, an agreement was signed in Spain on the incorporation of the educational psychologist into the Spanish education system. As stressed at the time, there was a clear and relevant need for a network that would make possible the bringing together of efforts by parents, teachers, educational psychologists (including professionals), academic authorities and practitioners from academia and professional psychology (Conference of Deans of Psychology and Psychological Associations) for improving the state of non-university formal education in Spain. What is presented here is an outline of the Network, which seeks to integrate the advantages of Web 1.0 (one way) and 2.0 (multidirectional and participatory). It is organized around 5 core categories: educational psychologists, parents, teachers, the academic world, and support institutions. All such groups are offered the possibility of access to relevant and up-to-date information (on legislation, intervention programmes, se