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This workshop provides foundational restorative concepts addressing the need to shift the punitive discipline model, which leads to disproportionality, to an equity-based approach. With a call for return to in-person instruction, educators must be ready to address the increased disparities and rebuild social ties affected by ongoing and amplified traumas. This session is sponsored by the Convention Committee.

Objectives:
  • identify how the punitive discipline paradigm in schools has led to disproportionate discipline of students of color, expanding the school-to-prison pipeline, and understand how critical it is to support alternatives to suspensions;
  • describe basic restorative concepts and how implementing restorative practices promotes respect for diversity and a safe and connected school climate; and
  • develop language and practice to help other educators understand the benefits of implementing an equity-based approach of restorative practices within the school community.
Wednesday
04:30pm - 05:50pm EDT - February 16, 2022
Melissa Pearrow; John Garruto, D.Ed, NCSP
Credits Available:
1.25 CPD
School psychologists have navigated unprecedented challenges over the past few years. This session will discuss recent ethical challenges, on topics such as confidentiality and professional competency, as well as review NASP’s professional ethics, the ethical problem-solving worksheet, and strategies for responding in an ethically appropriate manner. This session is sponsored by the Convention Committee.

Objectives:
  • become familiar with the 2020 Professional Ethics standards, including roles of the NASP Ethics and Professional Practices Board (EPPB), complaint resolution, advisory opinions on emerging ethical issues, and responding to queries about the parameters of ethical practice;
  • practice using a problem-solving model to address ethical issues; and
  • discuss accepted and evolving standards and principles pertaining to different scenarios and develop strategies for responding to these issues in an ethically appropriate manner.
Thursday
11:00am - 12:20pm EDT - February 17, 2022
Meaghan Guiney; Arlene Silva
Credits Available:
1.25 CPD
This session will provide practical strategies for incorporating the principles of positive psychology into a strengths-based approach to the supervision of school psychologists. Lecture, case examples, and discussion will be used. This session is sponsored by the Convention Committee.

Objectives:
  • recognize that a strengths-based approach to supervision can support all supervisees, including those who are struggling to demonstrate competency and advanced trainees,
  • understand specific actions they can take and questions they can ask to incorporate a strengths-based approach into their supervision practice, and
  • use a strengths-based approach to practice culturally responsive supervision.
Thursday
This interactive session focuses on research methodology for practitioners (e.g., action research), providing them with tools to expand their skills and better access literature and test manuals through better understanding of new and evolving methodologies (e.g., model-based reliability estimates). Instructional strategies will include lecture, demonstration, discussion, and case studies. This session is cosponsored by the School Psychology Review Leadership Team and the Convention Committee.

Objectives:
  • understand research methodologies, including action research that practitioners can implement in schools,
  • understand and apply model-based reliability estimates from higher-order and bifactor models, and
  • conduct and understand research that promotes social justice in schools.
Thursday
03:00pm - 04:20pm EDT - February 17, 2022
Silas Pinto
Credits Available:
1.25 CPD
This session will focus on introducing participants to various wounds related to colonial and racial trauma—often invisible to many of us. The focus will be on contextualizing the experiences of people who have been marginalized and oppressed within a historical framework, and mapping those experiences onto our work in schools. This session is sponsored by the Convention Committee.

Objectives:
  • identify ways to engage and interact with students, families, colleagues (and the self) experiencing and living with these wounds.
  • name and describe the various wounds of colonial and racial trauma,
  • identify the oppressive forces still operating within our educational systems, and
Friday
11:30am - 12:50pm EDT - February 18, 2022
Peter Faustino
Credits Available:
1.25 CPD

NASP thanks Riverside Insights for its sponsorship of this Documented Session. The 2020 pandemic has brought about increased challenges for mental health. Research indicates that individuals with ASD have significant risk for a co-occurring conditions. Comorbid disorders often exacerbate core ASD symptoms. With an outcome focus, participants will discuss emerging trends and use resources to develop an understanding of the impact.

This session is sponsored by Riverside Insights.

Objectives:
  • locate new and free resources for future professional development,
  • understand the diversity within autism to help improve students’ and families’ lives, and
  • create a kinder, more inclusive world.
Friday
01:30pm - 02:50pm EDT - February 18, 2022
Amanda VanDerHeyden
Credits Available:
1.25 CPD
MTSS is now widely used in the United States, but with varying degrees of success. School psychologists are often lead implementers for the MTSS effort in schools because the resulting dataset can be used to identify, prevent, determine eligibility, and remediate specific learning disabilities. This session will provide high-yield practice updates on screening, intervention selection and management, and progress monitoring to improve your MTSS effort. This session is sponsored by the Convention Committee.

Objectives:
  • improve screening accuracy and efficiency,
  • use class-wide intervention as Tier 1.5 in MTSS, and
  • effectively manage interventions to close opportunity gaps.
Friday

School psychologists have an important role in developing social and emotional skills in young children. This session will focus on how we can provide these services for ages 3–8. Participants will learn how to advocate for our role and implement effective strategies to address the needs of young children.

This session is sponsored by Riverside Insights.

Objectives:
  • understand the importance of prevention and intervention in early childhood and early elementary ages,
  • advocate for their role in mental and behavioral health in early childhood,
  • learn easy-to-implement evidence-based strategies to address young children’s social–emotional needs,
  • learn tools to share with parents/caregivers and teachers, and
  • apply the information to diverse needs.