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Minnesota School Psychologists Association

MISSION: To provide school psychologists with leadership, support, legislative advocacy, and professional training to meet the needs of Minnesota children and youth.

VISION: School psychologists will serve as effective leaders in supporting the academic success, social-emotional development, and mental health of children and youth in Minnesota.

In keeping with the above mission statement, the goals of the Minnesota School Psychologists Association are to:

1. Promote school psychologists and the unique expertise they offer to educational systems

2. Provide a continuum of high quality professional development opportunities

3. Advocate for the professional integrity and appropriate qualifications of school psychologists

4. Collaborate with student support services and administrators

5. Facilitate connections among school psychologists statewide, nationwide and worldwide

10 Legislative conference committee meeting regarding high stakes testing Starts: 8:00 am Starts: May 10, 2013 Ends: May 10, 2013 - 9:00 am Location: Room 10 of the State Office Building Description: The first conference committee meeting (regarding high stakes testing legislation) is scheduled for Friday, May 10, at 8 am in Room 10 of the State Office Building. We encourage you to be in contact with your legislators regarding the elimination of the GRAD tests and any other items in the bills you feel strongly about. Make your voice heard! Visit for more information: http://www.mspaonline.net/2013/05/09/legislative-update-5-8-2013/ More details...

14 Free Webinar: The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders: A Framework for Effective Interventions Starts: 10:00 am Starts: May 14, 2013 Ends: May 14, 2013 - 11:30 am Location: http://psychcorp.pearsonassessments.com/pai/ca/training/webinars/Cause-and-Effect-Webinar.htm Description: Free webinar! To Register: http://psychcorp.pearsonassessments.com/pai/ca/training/webinars/Cause-and-Effect-Webinar.htm Meeting Description: This webinar will provide educators and psychologists with an overarching framework for effectively diagnosing and treating reading comprehension disorders in children. There will be an overview of reading from a brain-based educational perspective, as well as a review of the neural underpinnings of literacy in children. Specific emphasis will be placed on frontal lobe functions such as executive functioning and working memory as the primary cognitive constructs that allow children to hold, manipulate, and self organize verbal information in an archived manner for more effective recall. Scores of evidenced based interventions will be shared including specific reading comprehension programs, as well as classroom strategies and accommodations. Lastly, specific case studies should provide participants with a better understanding of how various tests of memory, language, intellectual functioning, and executive functioning can be integrated to pinpoint common reading pitfalls that hinder literacy outcomes. More details...

16 Free Webinar: The Role of Executive Functions in Learning to Read and Reading Starts: 10:00 am Starts: May 16, 2013 Ends: May 16, 2013 - 11:30 am Location: Dial-In Number(s): See Invitation Description: Free Webinar! To Register go to this site and scroll down to May Webinars: http://psychcorp.pearsonassessments.com/pai/ca/training/webinars/Cause-and-Effect-Webinar.htm Meeting Description: This presentation will discuss how executive functions are involved in directing and coordinating the use of multiple cognitive capacities to read words and connected text passages, discuss assessment approaches (with an emphasis on the PAL-II) for identifying executive function-related reading problems, and discuss teaching strategies for helping students compensate for the effects of executive function difficulties. More details...

17 Addressing Bullying and Related Problems in Children and Adolescents Starts: 9:00 am Starts: May 17, 2013 Ends: May 17, 2013 - 12:00 pm Location: Metropolitan State University, Midway Campus in St. Paul, MN Description: Minnesota Psychological Association presents: Addressing Bullying and Related Problems in Children and Adolescents When: May 17th, 2013 Where: Metropolitan State University, Midway Campus in St. Paul, MN About the Program: This presentation aims to help participants understand the complex factors that often contribute to bullying and the problems that are commonly experienced by children and adolescents who are involved in bullying as aggressors, victims, or both. Participants will learn about school, group, and individual approaches to preventing and treating bullying and victimization, with emphasis on working with individual children and adolescents involved in bullying. Participants will: 1. Gain understanding about the complex factors that can contribute to bullying problems. 2. Understand problems commonly experienced by children and adolescents who are involved in bullying as aggressors, victims, or both. 3. Become familiar with the characteristics of school-based programs that are successful in reducing bullying. 4. Learn evidence-based approaches to psychological assessment and intervention when working with children and adolescents in bullying. Click here for more information and to register! http://www.mnpsych.org/event-registration?regevent_action=register&event_id=12 More details...

23 NASP Webinar: - What School Psychologists Need to Know about Law and Electronic Communication Starts: 2:00 pm Starts: May 23, 2013 Ends: May 23, 2013 - 3:00 pm Location: http://nasp.inreachce.com/Details?mediaType=bae80c37-9ab1-49da-b01a-1b5db926a477&groupId=584583fa-9638-4e21-b7cb-0428ffe6e8a4 Description: NASP Webinar: What School Psychologists Need to Know about Law and Electronic CommunicationWhen: 5/23/2013 Time: 2pm-3pm Central Cost: $20 for NASP members; $30 for non-members More information & to register: http://nasp.inreachce.com/Details?mediaType=bae80c37-9ab1-49da-b01a-1b5db926a477&groupId=584583fa-9638-4e21-b7cb-0428ffe6e8a4 Meets Ethics/Legal Regulation and School Psychology CPD Requirement for NCSPs: E-mail, text messages, Facebook, Twitter, Evernote and other forms of electronic communication make it easier for educators to communicate with their colleagues and with students and parents. However, significant legal issues arise when educators use these forms of communication as some schools have discovered too late. School attorney Karen Haase will review recent legal decisions involving electronic communication and will provide practice suggestions on how to avoid legal problems while still using these technologies. More details...