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2008 MSPA Midwinter Conference

MSPA is celebrating 50 Years!

The 2008 Minnesota School Psychologists Association (MSPA)  Midwinter Conference was held on March 3 & 4, 2008.
University of Minnesota Continuing Education & Conference Center (CECC), University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus

Accommodations were made at the Radisson Hotel in Roseville
MSPA Social, Dinner, and 50th Year Celebrations were held at the hotel

Conference Speakers and Presentation Handouts

• Keynote Speakers
  
  Dr. Rhonda Armistead
  President, National Association of School Psychologists
  Becoming a Resilient School Psychologist
  
  Dr. George Sugai
  Co-Director, National Technical Assistance Center Positive Behavior Interventions and Support
  RTI & PBIS: Rationale, Features, and Examples
   
• Panel Presenters
  
  RTI Secondary
  (Facilitated by Holly Windram, SCRED):
  Ann Casey, Minnesota RtI Center; Jason Riebe, Chisago Lakes High School; Sara Johnson, Chisago Lakes High School; Robert Dixon,
  UW-La Crosse
  
  
  Data-Based Decision-Making - Agenda
  Data-Based Decision Making - Resources
  (Facilitated by Dan Hyson, HVED):
  Benjamin Silberglitt, TIES; Rick Spicuzza, South Washington County Schools; Dave Heistad, Minneapolis Public Schools; Chris Balow, Stillwater Public Schools
   
  PBIS
  (Facilitated by Marsha Dawson Burgraff, Fairmont Public Schools):
  Char Ryan, MDE; Curt Slater, Wayzata Public Schools; Kevin Filter, MSU-Mankato; Cindy Shevlin-Woodcock, MDE; Carolyn Zieske, Mahtomedi Public Schools
   
  Cross Cultural Competency
  (Faciliated by Marilyn Leifgren, White Bear Lake):
  Lionel Blatchley, formerly with SPPS; other participants TBA
   
  RTI Elementary
  (Facilitated by Stacey Kosciolek, SCRED):
  Ann Casey, Minnesota RtI Center; Kim Gibbons, SCRED; Kerry Bollman, SCRED; Heidi Springborg, Mahtomedi Public Schools
   

• Individual Session Presenters
  
  Resilience Builders
  Rhonda Armistead, NASP President
  
  Determining Appropriate Academic Interventions for Individual Students
  Matthew Burns, University of Minnesota
  
  Designing RTI Practices at the Secondary Level
  Robert Dixon, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse
  
  System-Wide Intervention Model: Integrating RTI and PBIS District-Wide
  Heidi Springborg, Mahtomedi School District
  Carolyne Zieske, Mahtomedi School District
  
  Developing a Continuum of School-Based Mental Health Supports
  Daria Paul Dona, MNSU Mankato
  Cindy Shevlin-Woodcock, MDE
  
  MSPA/TSP/MDE Forum
  Andrea Bie, Luther College 
  
  Intercultural Developmental Inventory
  Sally Baas, Concordia University
  Daria Paul Dona, MNSU Mankato
  
  Direct Behavior Ratings (DBR) to Assess Social Behavior within Response to Intervention (RTI)
  Theodore Christ, University of Minnesota
  Christine Boice, University of Minnesota
  
  Subskill Analysis of Reading Fluency (SARF) within RTI
  Theodore Christ, University of Minnesota
  Skylar Werde, University of Minnesota
  Sarah Scullin, University of Minnesota
  
  SLD Criteria in Minnesota - Presentation
  SLD Criteria in Minnesota - Resources
  Vicki Weinberg, Minnesota Department of Education
  
  

• MSPA Dinner Speakers
  
  Dr. James Ysseldyke
  Director, Graduate Program in School Psychology at University of Minnesota; Birkmaier Professor of Educational Leadership, School Psychology Program at University of Minnesota
  
  Dr. Andrea Canter
  Reviewer of NASP Communique'; 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipient, University of Minnesota
        
• 2008 Yssledyke Best Practices Award Recipient
  
  Sandra L. Christenson
  Professor, School Psychology Program at University of Minnesota
   
• MSPA Conference Information
  
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  Brochure and Mail-In Registration
  
  Conference Information
  
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