2012 Midwinter Conference

2012 MSPA Midwinter Conference Handouts

Promoting Resilience:Identifying and Advocating for the Needs of our At-Risk Youth

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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...

THURSDAY KEYNOTE:

Dr. Samuel Goldstein-
Hardwired to Learn:
Creating Resilient Schools that Nurture
and Grow Developing Minds

Keynote Handout

THURSDAY BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

The Changing Face of Autism:
New Data, New Ideas and the ASRS
Samuel Goldstein

Handout 1

Socially Savvy and Emotionally Equipped:
Strategies to Support Social Skill Needs
Jill Kuzma

Handout 1

Improving Behavior, Relationships & Motivation:
Solution-Focused Schools
Doug Anderson

Effectively Responding to Behavior Problems: Solution-Focused Discipline in PBIS (or non-PBIS) Schools Doug Anderson
An Overview of How the New SLD Technical Manual
Impacts the School Psychologist’s Role
Amy Mahlke and Vicki Weinberg

Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4

FRIDAY KEYNOTE:

NASP President Dr. Philip Lazarus

Advocating for the Emotional Well-Being
of Our Nation’s Youth

Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3

FRIDAY BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

Cyberbullying: Preventing and Responding to Digital Assault
Phil Lazarus

Handout 1

Children’s Depression Inventory 2 (CDI2):
Introduction and Application
Danielle Politi

Handout 1

The Smart Psychologist’s Guide to Dressing for Crisis
Martha Rosen

Handout 1

School Readiness from a Developmental Perspective
K. R. Duffy

Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4

Executive Functions in Children:
Concepts, Assessment, and Intervention
Steven Guy

Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4 Handout 5

Academic Interventions for RTI:
Without the I, the R Won’t Happen
Matt Burns

Handout 1

Using the Children’s Psychological Processes Scale (CPPS)
to Evaluate Children with Learning Problems
Milton Dehn

Handout 1

Face Blindness: A Disorder We’ve (Often) Been Missing
Sherryse Corrow

Handout 1

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