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5-Year LSP CE Tracking Registration for 2025-30

Please use the Table of Contents to navigate to information on continuing education tracking requirements for Licensed School Psychologists (LSPs). If you are looking for information on the 2-year Independent School Psychology License, please click HERE. 

 


Single Document CE Tracking

This service is free to members and $25 for non-OSPA Members.  Click HERE to register for this service and pay via credit card if applicable.

This plan is designed for LSP licensees who can demonstrate CE compliance with an active NCSP credential or by working with a supervisor to sign-off on professional development activities. If you hold an active 2-year Independent School Psychologist License or were a permanent certificate holder, you do not need to enroll in CE tracking with OSPA; you may renew your license directly with State Board of Psychology.

If using supervisor approval, please use this supervisor compliance report and upload into your account:  Supervisor Compliance Report 

Your compliance report must be completed and signed by a supervisor as well as yourself prior to upload.  Click HERE for detail on how to upload your document.

The term "supervisor" is intentionally vague to allow for approval by anyone to whom an LSP reports.  Examples of supervisors who can sign off on your CE document include but are not limited to:

  • Another School Psychologist who supervises you
  • Special Education Director
  • Principal
  • Superintendent
  • Individual who completes your employment evaluations

Full Service CE Tracking

If you wish to pay via credit card for your Full Service CE Tracking registration, please do so via the website by Clicking Here.

For registration with check or purchase order, please complete the Paper Form (coming soon) and mail to the OSPA Office at the address on the form or email to mail@ospaonline.org. Carefully review the deadline for registration to avoid late fees.

Licensees must register and pay the fee at the start of the license cycle. Late fees for registering will apply starting March 1, 2027.

Full Service Late Fees:
Members
March 1, 2027: Still $300 + $90 late fee = $390
March 1, 2028: Still $300 + $120 late fee = $420
March 1, 2029: Still $300 + $150 late fee = $450

Nonmembers
March 1, 2027: Still $450 + $135 late fee = $585
March 1, 2028: Still $450 + $180 late fee = $630
March 1, 2029: Still $450 + $225 late fee = $675

Click HERE for instruction for uploading documentation.

Details Specific to Full-Service CE Tracking

  • OSPA Approved Provider Courses: Be sure to sign the attendance sheet along with your license number at each course taken. All OSPA Approved Providers (including any courses presented by OSPA) send course attendance records directly to the OSPA office. OSPA will record your CE credits from the attendance sheet. Therefore, if you attended a course presented by an OSPA Approved Provider, you do not need to upload your certificate of completion to the portal. 
  • APA and NASP Approved Courses: APA and NASP Approved Providers DO NOT send course and attendance information to the OSPA office for recording. OSPA CE registrants need to upload a copy of the certificate of completion stating that the course is APA or NASP approved. 
  • All Other (Non-Approved) Courses: All other submissions must be accompanied by the Psychologist’s Request for Single Course Review form (see top of this page). Course/activity attendance certificate AND promotional materials must BOTH be attached and uploaded for review. Materials must show speaker credentials and learning objectives. To avoid delays in getting your transcripts up to date, please be certain to fully complete the forms and attach all necessary documentation. The Ohio psychology law and rules require that such coursework must be relevant to school psychology, at the graduate level, and taught by instructors with appropriate degrees and credentials to teach a graduate course.
  • Credit will be given for activities such as taking a graduate course (face to face hours), teaching a graduate course (face to face hours), writing a published article/chapter (5 to 10 CE) and writing a book (10 – 20 CE). Credit is only given once for teaching a course or conducting a workshop. Writings must be published in the quinquennium. Documentation of the activity must be included with the Single Course Review Form. For books, articles and chapters, use the date it was published or accepted for publishing.
  • Online Courses may be used to satisfy all 50 hours of continuing education required, provided that 4 hours of the 50 meet the requirements of ORC 4732.141 (professional conduct, ethics and the role of culture, ethnic identity, etc…) of continuing education required in Ohio. 
  • Once you have reached the required number of hours, you will receive a letter and transcript via email confirming your completion. OSPA will also notify the Ohio State Board of Psychology of this achievement.

Please review the documents available at the below links.

Guidelines for Registrants  

CE Single Course Review Form 


 Online Records

OSPA CE tracking registrants may view an unofficial copy of their record online.  Log into the website, click "Account" and select the "5-Year" tab. This is where your record is kept.  Please contact the OSPA Office if you need an official copy of your record.


CE Webinars

OSPA offers a number of online professional development modules to meet both general requirements as well as courses specifically designed to meet the four-hour ethics and multicultural State Board of Psychology license requirements.  For more information, please visit our Online Professional Development Modules page.


Licensed School Psychologist CE FAQs

  • 50 Continuing Education Hours are required to renew Ohio license: including not less than four hours of continuing education in one or more of the following: 1) Professional conduct; 2) Ethics and/or 3) The role of culture, ethnic identity, or both in the provision of psychological assessment, consultation, or psychological interventions, or a combination thereof.  If using full service tracking, program content must be provided by approved providers, and if not, must be approved through OSPA upon receipt of a Single Course Review application form.
  • All courses must be completed between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2030.
  • If using a one-page upload, please submit your form as soon as your hours are completed and your document has been signed.  If using full-service tracking, please submit courses to OSPA as soon as you receive the certificate of attendance.
  • Courses taken in August 2030 must be submitted before September 15, 2030.
  • Courses taken in one quinquennium DO NOT carry over into another quinquennium.
  • Once you have reached the required number of hours, you will receive a letter and transcript via email confirming your completion. OSPA will also notify the Ohio State Board of Psychology of this achievement.

OSPA Pre-Approved Providers for 2024-26

Interested in becoming an OSPA Pre-Approved Provider? Please contact the OSPA Office at mail@ospaonline.org.

The following providers have registered with OSPA for approval of their courses for OSPA registrants. Courses taken with these providers receive automatic CE credit and do not require that registrants submit their certificates of completion. The providers are required to submit attendance sheets of those who attended. Once that occurs the hours are added to registrants' records.