COVID-19 and School Psychology: Research Reveals the Persistent Impacts on Parents and Students, and the Promise of School Telehealth Supports

Abstract

Two years later, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact children, families, and schools around the world. COVID-19 spread, cases, vaccinations, hospitalizations, and deaths persist. Educational professionals around the world continue to adapt and adjust to the ongoing configurations of in-person, distance/remote, and hybrid instructional context. This third series of articles in this special topic section of School Psychology Review further informs innovations and adaptations in research, training, and practice relevant to the field of school psychology during the COVID-19 pandemic. This introduction describes the ongoing impacts on children, schools, and communities around the world, offers reflections on recent scholarship focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and school psychology, and also shares a synthesis from the next seven articles featured in this second edition of the special topic section focused on adaptations and new directions for the field of school psychology. Impact Statement The continuing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in numerous complications and onging challenges in he fields of education and school psychology around the world. R Contemporary scholarship informs innovations and adaptations that will benefits school psychologists and other education professionals within and beyond the COVID-19 syndemic. The recent research identifies the persistent deleterious impacts on parents and children, and also provides valuable information regarding the use of telehealth to support students and families.