SOS Membership

Benefits of Membership

With almost 300 members in local schools and professional practices, SOS continues to be an important resource for those who work with students in the greater Philadelphia area. SOS provides formal and informal opportunities to network with other professionals, and to share information about the many things we do within and across specialties to make each student’s learning experience successful.

These are some of the benefits of SOS membership:

  • Program and networking meetings are held four or five times per year. These meetings are free to members and include presentations on topics of professional interest. Networking is encouraged at all meetings.
  • ACT 48 and APA-approved continuing education credits (CEUs) are available for attendees at presentations.
  • The SOS Membership Directory includes names and areas of specialization, enabling members to contact each other easily. Members are listed alphabetically and by specialty. The directory is a useful tool when trying to identify resources or make referrals. It is updated continuously on our website and is available in a printer-friendly format.
  • The SOS Listserv is a popular forum for sharing general news and information on upcoming events. It is also a convenient medium for contacting other members with questions and referrals.

Why join?

Specialists of Schools provides members with opportunities for sharing information about professional activities, exchanging ideas and experiences, learning new methods and approaches from experts and colleagues in different fields, and collaborating to create models for the optimal learning environment.

Professional workshops and meetings offer:

  • A wide variety of programs of interest to members.
  • Opportunities to meet informally and network with other members.
  • A range of meeting locations and times.
  • Opportunities to host a meeting at your work site and share information with other members.

Membership directory:

Updated continuously in a printer-friendly format, the SOS directory includes contact information for current members and a listing by specialty.

Joining is simple.

Sign up online now or download our membership application (PDF) to submit by mail or in person.  Existing members can also renew their memberships online by signing into the site. SOS By-laws available upon request.

Upcoming Program

  • Managing Mind Chatter: How to work with anxiety in high pressure and high stakes performance situations.
    April 26, 2024
    12:30 am - 2:30 pm

  • Managing Mind Chatter: How to work with anxiety in high pressure and high stakes performance situations.
    April 26, 2024
    12:30 am - 2:30 pm

Credits: 2 CEU Credits

High-performers, such as Olympic athletes, CEO’s, and orchestra musicians, succeed at the highest level because of their ability to know where to focus when faced with internal and external distractions. These insights are equally applicable to student high performers. In this workshop, clinical and sport psychologist Dr. Mitchell Greene will discuss how he helps student athletes who struggle because of what he calls “mind chatter”—the voice in a performer’s head that is full of doubt, second-guessing and negative thinking.

Program Flyer:Flyer 4-26-2024

Location: Zoom Online in Real Time