EAST BRUNSWICK — Veteran school psychologist Thomas Massarelli of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) has been honored by two professional organizations for his work at East Brunswick Vo-Tech and Seton Hall University.

Massarelli — who is the lead member of one of two child study teams at East Brunswick Vo-Tech, and is also a professor in the Department of Professional Psychology and Family Therapy and director of the School and Community Psychology Program at Seton Hall — received the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award from the New Jersey Psychological Association and the Professional Development Award of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society.

The New Jersey Psychological Association presented the award Oct. 25 during its fall conference at the Metropark Woodbridge Hotel in Iselin.