Paul Henkin Scholarship

Getting to the annual CASP Convention can be difficult for graduate students and first-year school psychologists.

Former CASP member Paul Henkin had a passion for working with children and helping them achieve their full potential. He believed that new psychologists would be best served by the workshops and other information available at the conferences; thus, the creation of the Paul Henkin Scholarship.

“He had an immense amount of knowledge and he really loved working with kids,” said Vicky Schwartz, who was a colleague of the late Henkin while working for Los Angeles Unified School District in the 1980s. “Even people who didn’t know him personally would see him working with children and could tell that it was his passion.”

The award, up to the amount of $750, is made annually to CASP members; one to a graduate student in school psychology, and one to a newly credentialed school psychologist. It is to be used to attend the annual convention and funds are to be applied toward registration and workshop costs, lodging and transportation.

Scholarship applications are evaluated based on evidence of knowledge of the demands of the vocation of school psychology as well as an understanding of the importance of continuing professional development.