Efforts began, however, during the 1996-1997 legislative session to amend those regulations. David G. Gotthelf, Ph.D., licensed psychologist and director of student services at Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School, says that class size and services in his district have remained fundamentally unchanged, but that other areas have been affected. According to Gotthelf, a major problem is the speed with which some of the adjustments are being made. Many of the changes have occurred in quick succession, sometimes before the previous regulations are clearly explained.
Psychologists have to assimilate one set of changes at a time.