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Session Descriptions and Speaker Bios

Handouts:

Thursday Morning Keynote: Use of Data to Improve the Odds of Children success System-Wide by Amanda VanDerHeyden

Early Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 1:15 pm-2:45 pm

• Providing Mathematics Multi-Tiered Instruction that Works by Amanda VanDerHeyden
• Integrating RtI with Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Scientific Approach to Reading by Steven Feifer
• What’s New in the World of Internet Safety by Katrina Berzins
• Statistics and Measurement for the Practicing School Psychologist by Dan Hyson (Dan will be presenting alone as Ted Christ is unable to make it)

Late Afternoon Concurrent Sessions  3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

• The Untapped Potential of Functional Behavioral Assessment by Kevin Filter
• Integrating RtI with Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Scientific Approach to Reading by Steven Feifer
• Special Education Law: Trends and Ethics by Jill Coyle (also download her second handout: SpEd Flow Chart)
• WPPSI IV (handout) (sample report) by John Hanson

Friday Morning Keynote: Building Leaders by Amy Smith – NASP President

Morning Concurrent Sessions 10:15 am- 11:45 am

• The Affordable Care Act and School Psychology by Amy Smith, Sally Baas, and Kelly Vaillancourt
• WIIIP 2.0: The Woodcock Interpretation and Instructional Interventions Program by K.R. Duffy
• Writing Interventions for Students with EBD: Applications in the Classroom by Carlos Panahon and Alexandria Hilt-Panahon
• School Crisis Prevention and Intervention: Critical Components and Response Tips by Scott Woitaszewski

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

• Sexuality Education for Individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities by Christine Peterson
• Applying Learning Theory to Brief Experimental Analysis: Using Skill by Treatment Interactions to Identify Tier 3 Interventions by Matt Burns  (continuing into late afternoon)
• Neurological Disorders: Their Impacts on Education and Implications for Special Education by Kelly King
• Scaling up and Sustaining PBIS in Minnesota by Kevin Filter, Eric Kloos, Mary Hunt and Ellen Nacik

Late Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm

• Facing the Frontal Lobe: Executive Function Deficits in Elementary Age Learners by Jill Kuzma
• Applying Learning Theory to Brief Experimental Analysis: Using Skill by Treatment Interactions to Identify Tier 3 Interventions by Matt Burns (continuing session)
• Prevention of School Bullying: Implications of the Task Force Report for Partnership by Christy McCoy, Marilyn Leifgren, Sally Baas and Dan Hyson
• University Trainers Session with Annie Hansen

Click here for the updated 2013 Midwinter Conference Brochure

“School Psychologists as Leaders: Using Data to Improve Student Outcomes”

The brochure includes all of the information you need about the 2013 Midwinter Conference including the two-day schedule, speakers, and session information.

*A crisis response session has been added to the conference, which is reflected in the updated brochure above.

Click here to register for the 2013 Midwinter Conference
or copy and paste the link below:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4804336901

Rates this year have stayed the same as previous years.
MSPA Member
Thursday ONLY: $135
Friday ONLY: $135
BOTH days: $205

Non-Member
Thursday ONLY: $165
Friday ONLY: $165
BOTH days:  $275 (will receive a free 1-year membership w/purchase)

Student/Retiree
Thursday ONLY: $40
Friday ONLY: $40
BOTH days: $65

If you’re headed to the 2013 Annual MSPA Conference in the Twin Cities from January 17th to the 18th and would like to reserve a room, do so by January 4th to receive the special MSPA discount rate! Note: there is no cancellation fee.

Click here to register online or call the hotel at: 1-888-236-2427

If you aren’t able to click above, copy and paste the following url into your browser: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mspnw-minneapolis-marriott-northwest/?toDate=1/18/13&groupCode=mphmpha&fromDate=1/16/13&app=resvlink

Hotel Information:
Minneapolis Marriott Northwest
7025 Northland Drive North
Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 USA

MSPA Discount rate: $119.00 per night
Check in: 3pm
Check out: 12pm

Hope to see you there!

Keynote Speakers for the 2013 MSPA Annual Conference

Dr. Amanda M. VanDerHeyden, Ph.D.

Amy Smith, NASP President

Minnesota School Psychologists Association

Call for Poster Proposals

  Midwinter Conference 2013

MSPA is taking proposals for the 2^nd annual poster session as part of the 2013 Midwinter Conference on January 17^th and 18^th, 2013. We plan to display posters in the main hallways of the conference center during the conference with half of the posters on display on Day 1 and the other half of the posters to be displayed on Day 2. Poster proposals are due on November 15^th, 2012, and authors will be notified of their acceptance status via email by December 1^st, 2012.

Poster presentations will be of two types: (a) original research studies and (b) summaries of innovative practices. Original research studies must include descriptions of the purpose of the study, research methods, results/discussion, and implications for practice. Summaries of innovative practices must provide a description of the innovative practice and how it has impacted outcomes where they have been implemented. Innovative practices with clear outcomes data will be given the highest priority.

Authors will be expected to stand by their posters and answer questions during a brief poster session during the conference. The remainder of the time the posters will be displayed for conference attendees to review at their leisure. MSPA will provide poster boards and stands for visual display of content. More details will be provided upon acceptance of poster proposals.

Please complete the attached Poster Presentation Application and submit to Dr. Kevin Filter, MSPA President, at kevin.filter@mnsu.edu. Please also direct any questions to Dr. Filter before the application deadline of November 15^th.

MSPA 2013 Midwinter Conference

Poster Presentation Application

Primary author name (as you would like it to appear in a brochure):

Primary author affiliation:

Secondary author name(s) (as you would like them to appear in a brochure) and affiliation(s):

Primary author title (e.g., graduate student, school psychologist, professor):

Primary author email address:

Primary author phone #:

Title of poster:

Poster type (check one): (   ) Original Research Study        (   ) Summary of Innovative Practices

250 word abstract:

Please submit proposals via email to:
Kevin Filter, Ph.D.
MSPA President
Minnesota State University,  Mankato
kevin.filter@mnsu.edu

Deadline: November 15^th, 2012.

http://www.mspaonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MSPA-Call-for-Posters-20131.pdf

Save the Date!

The 2013 Midwinter Conference will be held January 17th & 18th at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest.

More information to follow.

We look forward to seeing you there!