LEPs
Ethics for School Psychologists and LEPs
The objective of this interactive presentation will be to review laws, regulations and ethics governing the role of school psychologists and Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEPs). Through the use of a foundational ethical problem-solving model, this presentation covers current ethical considerations through case studies and collaboration to assist school psychologists and LEPs in navigating various ethical dilemmas in daily practice.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
Becoming a Licensed Educational Psychologist
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
Considering becoming a Licensed Educational Psychologist? Feel you need help studying for the exam? Discussion of the Board of Behavioral Sciences’ LEP Study Guide will be led CASP LEP Specialist, Chris Jones. Prior to attending this session, please download the BBS’ LEP Exam Handbook at http://bit.ly/372Mh1L.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
The Business of Being a Licensed Educational Psychologist
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
You have your LEP, now what? Setting up a private practice can be a daunting task- so much to consider.
Do I take on a few counseling clients, maybe some IEEs? Let us help put you on the path to discovering what model is best for you. This interactive workshop will help participants define what their goals are and provide an opportunity to ask the questions necessary to start developing a practice that will allow them to provide the services they are most interested in. Participants will learn about different private practice models, work on business plans and create a framework for the type of practice that will meet their goals.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
Self-Care
From Helpless to Wholeness: A Team-Centered Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing
As the emotional toll of the pandemic deepens, schools must continue to prioritize the health and wellbeing of their students. Effective mental health management requires a holistic approach that empowers every student to address stress, anxiety and other concerns with greater connection, compassion and communication.
In this interactive and evidence-based webinar, you’ll gain practical and powerful tools to help students manage their mental health and wellbeing. Drawing on life-enhancing principles of positive psychology, you’ll learn how the three R’s – reflection, reframing and reaching out – allow students to gain perspective and control through self-guided and department-based support. Learn proven practices that create wholeness and happiness while activating the brain’s resilience-building capabilities. Adopt “right now” strategies to destigmatize mental health and provide workable solutions for students and their families.
From learning how to spot warning signs to forging closer bonds, this training offers a road map for building support channels, managing stress, boosting optimism and maintaining emotional health – creating the kind of resilient, compassionate and productive school environments where everyone thrives.
Free!
Let it Go: Defrost this Winter Break with Self-Care.
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
As a mental health provider, have you been struggling with your work/life balance? With the additional stressors from COVID-19 and distance learning, many school psychologists are finding it hard to carve out time for themselves. Join us for this hands on workshop that will discuss self-care strategies and our barriers to accessing them. You’ll leave with practical tips for everyday life and tools to feel refreshed returning from the holiday break.
Free for CASP Members
$25 Non-members
Mindfulness & Acceptance Practices for Students, Teachers and Parents
This presentation will explore the use of mindfulness and acceptance interventions across stakeholders, including students, teachers and parents. School-wide, small group and targeted individual mindfulness and acceptance approaches will be overviewed. This hands-on, practical seminar will provide participants with the following: 1) a brief understanding of the research supporting the use of mindfulness and acceptance practices across students, teachers and parents; 2) information about the use of theories behind mindfulness and acceptance approaches addressing prevention, early intervention and targeted intervention services, and; 3) practical experience using mindfulness and acceptance techniques and interventions. This seminar is designed for attendees at any experience level.
$50 CASP Members
$75 Non-members
Compassion Fatigue And Burnout: Self-Care Strategies For School Personnel
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
The objective of this practical, hands-on seminar is to address the effects of compassion fatigue and burnout for school personnel and the school related mental health provider. Specifically, the learning outcomes and skills taught in this session will:
- Instruct the participant on the definition and symptoms of secondary trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout
- The role of self-care, including practical strategies for the working professional
- Address thinking patterns that contribute to stress, compassion fatigue, depression and burnout, including mindfulness and cognitive strategies
- Provide resources for support and self-help.
- To instruct the participant when to seek additional professional help.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
Student Webinars
Getting the most out of Virtual Fieldwork Experiences
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
Covid has drastically altered clinical practice, commonly referred to as fieldwork, for school psychology training. Historically, it is during this aspect of training that candidates integrate theories and contemporary research findings learned at the university to practice in the schools. Safety concerns have shut down schools since March 2020 and with very few exceptions, all fieldwork (as with schooling for K-12 students), have been done virtually. While gains over Covid are emerging (i.e., vaccine), there are still ongoing concerns that suggest that many school psychology candidates will continue to engage in either hybrid or fully virtual fieldwork in the coming year. This panel presentation from several university faculty will offer ideas to school psychology students who are currently or will be entering year 2 (practicum) and year 3 (internship) fieldwork experiences so that they can maximize their experiences.
$10 CASP Members
$25 Non-members
Don’t Be Scared… Be Prepared. Don’t just Survive…Thrive! Practical Strategies for New School Psychologists.
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
Entering the field of School Psychology can seem daunting. You have learned theory from graduate school, and practical application from your field experiences, but how do you put it all together as a fully-fledged School Psychologist? Through interactive participant discussion with two veteran school psychologists, this workshop will help participants gain an understanding of essential skills needed by new or early-career school psychologists. Participants will learn strategies, based on years of successful practice and specific NASP Ethical Principles that can help school psychologists thrive in their schools. Discussion will focus on why these strategies are important and how the school psychologist can model and live each strategy. In addition, participants will leave with access to a treasure trove of organizational tools and resources, as well as our recommended reading list for first year school psychologists.
$10 CASP Members
$25 Non-members
Student Series: Preparing for your Internship and First Job / Resume Review
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
You think you have everything you need to list on that resume, but do you? In this interactive workshop, seasoned School Psychologists, some of whom do hiring, will be on hand to take a critical look at your resume and give you pointers on how to conduct yourself during those most important interviews.
Free for CASP Members
$25 Non-members
Student Series: What to Expect from Your Internship Besides Money
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
This workshop is designed help participants know what is required for a successful school psychology internship that will prepare you to land your first job. CASP and NASP best practice guidelines for internship, the role of the intern and the role of the supervisor, and suggestions for negotiating the experience you need and the compensation you deserve will be provided.
$10 CASP Members
$25 Non-members
Student Series: Beyond the Numbers: What Really Needs to be Included in All Those Reports
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
Report writing. As you get comfortable in your first job as a school psychologist, you will likely find that report writing is a major part of your job. But how do you make reports understandable to your principal and the parents? What should you look for to make sure these reports are legally compliant?
$10 CASP Members
$25 Non-members
Student Series: Ethics for School Psychology Students
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
Entering the field of school psychology can present various ethical and moral dilemmas for graduate students. This presentation will examine ethical considerations school psychologists face within the educational environment. The session will also examine the basic principles of ethical decision making models utilizing real life scenarios and discussion graduate students can use in order to negotiate various moral and ethical dilemmas.
$10 CASP Members
$25 Non-members
Mental Health
Bringing Joy to Schools: Supporting Students and Teachers Well-Being through Use of Positive Psychology Practices and Principles
Comprehensive school mental health services involve deliberate promotion of positive indicators of mental health (such as subjective well-being) in addition to programs and practices intended to prevent and reduce emotional and behavioral problems. After advancing a modern conceptualization of mental health as including positive and negative indicators, this webinar will convey best practices in promotion of subjective well-being through positive psychology programs and practices that generate positive emotions and strengthen relationships. Evidence-based positive psychology interventions across a range of psychological services will be reviewed, including universal (schoolwide and classwide), small-group, and individualized interventions for students. This webinar will also introduce innovative ways to promote teachers’ positive mental health. Participants will learn strategies for supporting teachers’ stress management, wellness promotion, and blended approaches that both decrease negative emotions and increase positive emotions through interventions that cultivate gratitude and use of signature character strengths. In sum, webinar participants will gain knowledge of how to assess and promote students’ and educators’ happiness.
$59 CASP Members
$89 Non-members
Student Voices, Experiences, and Power with the Youth Liberty Squad
Join students from our Youth Liberty Squad as they share their experiences and discuss school-based mental health as a civil rights issue. Over the past few years, students from the ACLU of SoCal’s Youth Liberty Squad have lead several impactful advocacy efforts related to mental health. The pandemic has created unprecedented challenges with learning and social-emotional wellbeing. Students have responded by demanding state officials take more meaningful action to support student wellness. In this session, high school students will share personal experiences as well as the findings from wellness completed by 1,200+ California students. Join us to learn about the stigma surrounding mental health that prevents students from seeking the mental health support they need.
Free!
Reflection, Recovery, and Rejuvenation after COVID-19
Who would have thought a year ago that we would face an international pandemic that changed the face of education as we knew it? As we enter the final stretches of this school year, we must ask, how do we support healthy functioning for ourselves and the families we serve? We are faced with a crucial time to reflect, recover, and rejuvenate from the events of the last year. Social and emotional supports are in great need as more schools shift in their service delivery model and we closely evaluate the needs of the families we serve. As many students, parents, and staff lack the skills to deal with the magnitude of changes we have faced; mindfulness and other practices are an excellent way to support building of these essential skills to help people thrive. These skills can be taught efficiently and effectively to support healthy life-long functioning. This presentation is designed to reflect on the events of the last year, while giving an overview of various types of mind-body practices with practical applications for use in the schools.
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
Universal Screening for Mental Health Risk in Schools
This session will discuss the full range of issues associated with universal screening including, reasons for screening, initiating and carrying out a screening program, follow-up, and integration with social-emotional learning and special education services (MTSS; Tier 1 through Tier 3). Practical issues of permission, timing, screener informant, administration, and use of results will be discussed. Screening tools will include the Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS) for universal screening, BASC-3 Skill Builder Guide for social-emotional learning, and BASC-3 Intervention Guide for intervention
services.
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
Increasing Attendance in Students with Mental Health Challenges: A Community-Based Approach
Topics for this webinar will include:
- School Attendance and Mental Health
- The Role of Mental Health Providers in the School Setting
- The Role of Psychological Assessments to Identify Barriers, Strengths, etc.
- The Sense of Connectedness Amongst Students
- Introduction of a Community-Based Program/Approach
- Specific Interventions/Supports
- Barriers to Success
- Resources for a Community-Based School Environment
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
AB114: Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) Advocacy, Legal, & Practical Perspectives: How school psychologists may be best positioned to provide mental health services for students at all tiers
This presentation provides an overview of how school psychologists are qualified mental health professionals whose scope of practice includes providing mental health services within all tiers of MTSS, but specifically focusing on DIS Counseling and ERMHS. This presentation will address several questions: 1) Historically, who has delivered counseling services to students eligible for special education? 2) What provider is best prepared to conduct ERMHS assessments and has that expertise been upheld in court? 3) Is providing DIS Counseling/ERMHS counseling within a school psychologist’s scope of practice? 4) What specific district ERMHS models, delivered by school psychologists, currently exist in California? What resources are available to increase a school psychologist’s counseling skills?
Free for CASP Members
$25 Non-members
Dyslexia
Dyslexia and Phonological Processing
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
This one hour webinar is on Phonological Processing and Dyslexia with emphasis on the use of the Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP-2). The CTOPP-2 is one of the most widely used and popular assessments for reading-related phonological processing skills. This webinar is appropriate for psychologists, speech-language pathologists, special education teachers, resource specialist and other professions. CEUs are not available for this webinar.
Free!
Suicide Prevention
Comprehensive Suicide Prevention and Intervention for LEPs
After reviewing the mandate for comprehensive suicide prevention generated by the adoption of AB 2246 (which has required the governing boards of all California school districts that serve student in grades 7-12 to adopt a comprehensive suicide prevention policy beginning this fall) this workshop will review activities judged to be consistent with the intent of this law. It will review primary suicide prevention, immediate suicide intervention, and suicide postvention activities.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
Child Abuse
Child Abuse Prevention, Assessment, and Reporting
The purpose of this 7-hour workshop is to meet the needs of Licensed Educational Psychologists for the renewal of their licenses; and for instruction in best practices regarding the assessment and reporting of suspected child abuse.
This workshop will include the study of the assessment and method of reporting of sexual assault, neglect, severe neglect, general neglect, willful cruelty or unjustifiable punishment, corporal punishment or injury, and abuse in out-of-home care. The training also includes physical and behavioral indicators of abuse, crisis counseling techniques, community resources, rights and responsibilities of reporting, consequences of failure to report, caring for a child’s needs after a report is made, sensitivity to previously abused children and adults, and implications and methods of treatment for children and adults.
$100 CASP Members
$150 Non-members
Assessment
Detecting and Serving the Needs of Worried and Anxious Youth
Anxiety problems are best understood as a dimensional construct where children and adolescents vary from “normative” worry and stress to mental health conditions such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Phobias, Social Anxiety, and Panic Disorder. Still other youth have problems in the middle of the continuum with mild symptoms of anxiety problems that can nevertheless cause significant impairment in daily functioning and increased risk for developing a diagnosable condition later in development. The placement of a child’s problems on this continuum has implications for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Anxiety, however, is also challenging to detect, sometimes presenting as anger, irritability, and somatic complaints. As such, differential diagnosis and rule out of alternative causes and comorbidities are also important for prevention and treatment planning. Fortunately, well understood interventions, such as exposure, have a good track record of efficacy.
$50 CASP Members
$75 Non-members
CoVitality: Assessing Student Social Emotional Wellness for Screening, Progress Monitoring, and Psychoeducational Assessment
Educators are interested in what is right, good, and healthy about youth, educators, and schools. CoVitality offers administrators and school employed mental health professionals (school psychologists, school social workers, school social workers) a refreshing way of conceptualizing youths’ psychological strengths and personal assets. We present a field-tested approach to examining psychological strengths using CoVitality instruments developed and validated in California schools. We provide pragmatic guidance for integrating wellness screening and progress monitoring within your MTSS, including Tier I universal screening, Tier 2 progress monitoring, and Tier 3 psychoeducational assessment. Examples will demonstrate how practitioners are using the CoVitality instruments to inform prevention and intervention decisions meant to foster youths’ well-being.
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
Issues in the Identification of Emotional Disturbance
This session briefly explores issues relevant to applying IDEA’s Emotional Disturbance eligibility criteria. Topics discussed are the identification of a “condition” and the need to connect such to at least one of the five emotional disturbance characteristics. Also examined are the three limiting criteria, what their function is, and how to ensure that they are addressed within an emotional disturbance eligibility determination.
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
TBI: School Psychologists Ready to Respond and Assess
Learner Objectives:
- Become knowledgeable about the prevalence and types of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Prepare school teams to conduct initial and ongoing assessments for students with TBI
- Understand the impact brain injury may have on various cognitive domains of functioning
- Learn about issues of re-integration to school following TBI
- Examine evidence-based interventions to meet the needs of students with TBI
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
Early Childhood Assessment: Collaborative Approach to Inclusive Practices
This mini-skills will focus on early childhood assessments and highlight a collaborative approach with inclusive practices. Specifically, we will cover how to approach these types of assessments with cultural sensitivity, an understanding of language development, and knowledge of how behaviors of preschool-aged children can have a resemblance to different disorders.
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity
Foundational Knowledge for Achieving Equitable Outcomes
During this session, participants will discuss how privilege, implicit bias, intersectionality, and inclusion (inclusive practices) are related to social justice in schools and school systems. Specific attention will be given to disparities in achievement (e.g., disability and gifted identification) and discipline (i.e., suspension and expulsion) as a function of inequitable access, opportunity, and other factors (e.g., ineffective practice and policy). A framework for embedding socially just practices and principles into school-based service delivery will be offered to help educators achieve equitable outcomes for all students and families.
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
Social Justice and Anti-Systemic Racism Practices
Racial and Ethnic Disparities continue to be an area of deep concern for California. Poor children and children from minority groups are less likely to be identified as gifted and talented, and more likely to be identified as requiring special education services. They are also more likely to attend schools with a greater police presence, increasing the odds that they will enter the criminal justice system. School psychologists have an ethical responsibility to end systemic racism and to promote antiracist policies and practices. This segment will present methodology for providing services to students, while addressing cultural biases that negatively impact outcomes for youth.
Free for CASP Members
$15 Non-members
Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies for Dual Language Learners
Given the large representation of DLLs in California, it is imperative that educators utilize research-based practices to improve academic achievement outcomes when working with DLLs. This presentation will focus on the review of the literature of evidence-based instructional practices for DLLs with an emphasis on literacy instruction.
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
A School Based Approach to Promoting the Optimal Development of Black Boys
Academic and life success of Black boys is a critical task of schools. However, many school-based interventions use deficit models of behavior and rarely attend to the unique developmental needs of Black school aged boys. School-based interventions can promote sustainable changes if they are placed in a life course framework. The workshop will build the capacity of school psychologists, administrators and teachers to: 1) define optimal development with parents and communities; 2) design interventions that promote optimal development; and 3) create metrics that account for the strengths and assets of Black boys and their families.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
LGBTQ+ Solidarity in Schools Equitable Practices for Gender and Sexuality Variance
Supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth is critical to improving student outcomes. Learn to support school teams by assessing current school environment, and access resources to fill in the gaps and ensure your schools are welcoming and inclusive for some of our most vulnerable youth.
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
Other
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Assessment, Eligibility, and School-Based Interventions
This webinar will be held January 27, 10:30AM-12PM and is eligible for one hour of CEUs. A recording will be made available.
On September 27, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1016 into law, adding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) to the definition of other health impairment (OHI). Dr. Bylund and Dr. Hiramoto will be discussing FASD including its symptoms, prevalence, and educational impact. Attendees will learn about important areas of functioning to assess in students with known or suspected FASD, factors to consider in eligibility determination, as well as school-based interventions. Attendees will also learn how interventions for those with ASD may look different from those with other disabling conditions.
Free for CASP Members
$50 Non-members
Getting Kids to School: Understanding and Supporting the Needs of Children with Attendance Problems
School attendance problems, if left unaddressed, can drastically impact a student’s social, emotional, and academic functioning. This functional impairment often occurs simultaneously with underlying, complex mental health struggles. Unfortunately, these struggles are persistently heterogeneous in children with attendance problems and can result in confusion when attempting to identify or provide support appropriately. The role of a school psychologist is critical in effectively understanding and supporting these children and their unique needs.
This workshop will help school psychologists to better understand, identify, and support students with school attendance problems and their underlying mental health struggles. We will rely on a dual-factor model to present a holistic approach to student mental health that observes their subjective well-being and clinical pathologies. Appropriate assessment and intervention methods will be outlined in a multi-tiered pathway for different severity or intensity of attendance problems. Further, a functional assessment approach will be outlined to promote more targeted interventions to support attendance problems.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
Effective use of Technology for School Psychology Practices: Demystifying Google Drive
Technology is an integral part of our daily lives. The pandemic forced individuals to use more web based services, leaving many overwhelmed in needing to learn new technology. The amount of technology information available can be overwhelming. Given that many staff have moved on to more web based communication, school psychologists need to stay informed on how to utilize web based services to create efficiency in everyday practice. Past practices included sending out paper forms to collect student information. The goal of this workshop is to inform and educate how to use programs specific to case management, data collection, collaboration with team members digitally. The session will review how to utilize google drive services including: docs, sheets, slides, and forms to communicate with staff and collect data.
Free for CASP Members
$15 Non-members
Wildfire Crisis Response Using the PREPaRE Model
California has numerous wildfire events that impact the physical and psychological safety of our students, schools, and communities. This webinar will review the key tenants of crisis preparedness and response to help guide school systems in responding to identified needs at the universal, primary, and tertiary levels. Components of response include: planning; staff training; implementation of interventions including resource sharing, classroom meetings, psychoeducation groups, and ongoing triage/referral; administrator coordination with local, state, and federal resources; and supporting families through the lens of a wildfire survivor. The presenters will draw upon their personal experiences supporting and facilitating crisis response following the aftermath of wildfires that destroyed homes and property within their school communities. Targeted audience includes school administrators, school psychologists, school counselors, and mental health providers.
Free!
Grant Writing 101: Is Grant Writing for Me?
This webinar is not eligible for CEUs.
We have enough money, we don’t need grants! … Said no school psychologist, ever. Grant funding is out there and can make a big difference for your school site. But how do you find grants, how do you get them, and how do you manage them? The answers to those questions, and a whole lot more, will be covered in this interactive webinar. Follow along the grant writing process, from deciding to pursue a grant all the way to writing your final report. You’ll leave armed with the knowledge you need to decide whether grant writing is for you – and if the answer is yes, you’ll have the tools you need to get started.
This overview session will be followed by additional sessions that dive deeper into various aspects of the grant process. This webinar is recommended for experienced school psychologists, particularly those in administrative roles.
Free for CASP Members
$15 Non-members
Grant Writing 201: Finding & Preparing for Grants
We have enough money, we don’t need grants! … Said no school psychologist, ever. Grant funding is out there and can make a big difference for your school site. This second webinar in our grant writing series will focus on three key aspects of the grant writing process: conducting a needs assessment at your school site; gathering data to support your proposed program; and finding a grant that can fund your program. This second session in our grant writing will take a deep dive into these subjects.
While all are welcome to attend, this session is recommended for those who have some grant experience or have watched Grant Writing 101. This session is the second in an ongoing series and will be followed by additional sessions that dive deeper into various aspects of the grant process. This webinar is recommended for experienced school psychologists, particularly those in administrative roles. A recording will be made available to all who register.
Free for CASP Members
$15 Non-members
Grant Writing 202: Preparing and Submitting Your Application
We have enough money, we don’t need grants! … Said no school psychologist, ever. Grant funding is out there and can make a big difference for your school site. This third webinar in our grant writing series will focus entirely on writing your grant application. You will be walked through preparation and submission of an actual grant application, for a real life learning experience you can take to the bank!
While all are welcome to attend, this session is recommended for those who have some grant experience or have watched Grant Writing 101 and Grant Writing 201.This session is the third in an ongoing series and will be followed by additional sessions that dive deeper into various aspects of the grant process. This webinar is recommended for experienced school psychologists, particularly those in administrative roles. A recording will be made available to all who register.
Free for CASP Members
$15 Non-members
Connection is Key
As a school psychologist, I have learned that one of the most important tools I have is making connections and connecting people with each other. I have been a school psychologist for 14 years and in those years, the connections I have made in various school districts and with people from all professions, have helped me do my job on a daily basis. Whether it’s a question about ELL assessment or language acquisition, or emotional support animals, or just needing a template for a specific assessment I have not yet given, I reach out and get the information I need. This has helped me as the membership co-chair of CASP and in my other positions on the CASP board. In this presentation, I will share my experiences with building relationships, having courageous conversations, and membership in professional organizations, as well as some valuable networking tips. The support system of other school psychologists and colleagues can significantly contribute to being a highly competent school psychologist and career longevity.
Free for CASP Members
$15 Non-members
NASP Professional Standards
The NASP’s professional standards, including the Model for Comprehensive and Integrated School Psychological Services (aka NASP Practice Model), the Standards for Graduate Preparation of School Psychologists, and the Standards for the Credentialing of School Psychologists, and the Principles for Professional Ethics, provide a unified set of national standards that guide graduate education, credentialing, professional practice and services, and ethical behavior of school psychologists. NASP professional standards undergo review and revision every 10 years. As of July 2020 NASP professional standards have been updated. In this mini-skill workshop, you will learn the latest updates of the 10 NASP Domains, have a better understanding of the 6 organizational principles, and how to apply these standards into your practice.
Free!
The Queen’s Gambit: Advocacy Strategies to Make Your Voice Heard
With a clear need for expanded and enhanced mental health services for students, California state policymakers are looking to schools as places to serve students and communities. School psychologists have long been school-based mental health providers. Yet what, exactly, they do beyond their role in special education assessors is not well known by school administrators and public policy makers. This workshop will focus on how school psychologists can advocate at the state level and local school site level to build programs to promote school climate, mental health and wellness interventions and multi-tiered system of support.
- Participants will gain an advocacy perspective to their profession.
- Participants will be updated on CASP’s advocacy efforts.
- Participants will be offered advocacy strategies as a vehicle to influence state public policy.
- Participants will be provided an advocacy strategy for resource allocation decisions via LCAP/LCFF funding at the site level.
Free for CASP Members
$15 Non-members
How MTSS Teaming Structures Can Help Students in a Post-COVID World
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges to schools in supporting students with differentiated needs. We weathered storms of technology access, Wi-Fi hotspots, and being “on mute,” but as educators, we continued to struggle with the feeling of not being able to do enough to support our students in a Distance Learning model. Now we turn our attention to what we can do when students return to our campuses after being out of school for well over a year. The challenges we anticipate can seem overwhelming: students who are far behind with academic learning, coming back to a school and sitting in a classroom, dealing with traumatic events during COVID, and many more. School Psychologists are gearing up to face increased referrals for SPED assessment, requests for retention, and “out-of-control” kids! How can our school systems cope with this demand? Well, the answer might be leveraging our existing teaming structures within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), figuring out who needs what, when they might need it, why they should have it, and how we can deliver it. This workshop will focus on how a large urban school district in Central California has worked to develop problem-solving teams at all tiers to answer those questions. Participants will learn examples of how to intentionally identify need and provide support at all tiers.
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
Keynote – Power of Possibility
Too often, when working with enormous assessment caseloads and state mandated timelines, school psychologists can find themselves paying more attention to diagnosing the child’s disability (or what they cannot do), to the exclusion of more positive attributes/skills (or what they can do).
Positive psychology is rooted in a humanistic approach and focuses on positive aspects that make life worth living. The Presidential theme for 2020-2021 (The Power of Possibility) emphasizes student strengths that contribute to a better quality of life. By focusing on these positive characteristics (e.g. creativity, grit, humor, love of learning, bravery, and so on), school psychologists can promote happiness, optimism, and resiliency in students.
The Power of Possibility can also be applied to your NASP membership. President Price will provide key NASP updates, and will highlight opportunities to use the power of possibility to expand your role as a school psychologist.
Free for CASP Members
$15 Non-members
Leveraging Information Technology for Effective Practice
Every skill in this workshop is immediately applicable to maintaining quality work through effective information technology use, despite a large caseload. There is a demonstration of leveraging information technology from an assessment plan through the completion of the IEP meeting. Provided are techniques, skills, resources, and procedures, not just theory.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
Supporting Staff who Support Students with Trauma
Mental health services are emerging rapidly in schools to address a wide range of trauma exposure that impacts the daily lives of students. While traditional clinical providers have a long-standing practice of professional self-care, this is an unfamiliar territory for educators. Treating student trauma can evoke adverse reactions and high levels of stress by the instructional staff; school psychologists are uniquely qualified to provide leadership, training and supports for educators.
$25 CASP Members
$50 Non-members
The Hidden World of Medi-Cal Billing…A Whole New Set of Acronyms
Ever wonder what happens to the time survey or service logs your supervisor has asked you complete? This mini-skills presentation will provide participants an overview of the billing programs and how school districts utilize these programs to increase funding from federal Medicaid funds. Participants will also be provided with recent changes to the billing programs through the State Plant Amendment 15-021. School psychologists will also be provided with information related to the provision of telehealth services and how to begin the conversation with your supervisors regarding the billing and allocation of these funds to enhance your practice.
Free for CASP Members
$25 Non-members
Pupil Personnel Services Guidance Documents for Checking-in on Students During School Closures
This presentation will provide PPS credentialed professionals with thoughtful guidance as their mode of communication with their students change from in-person to remote contact. It will include a “Check-In” process with students during school closures, a School Telehealth Checklist, and hyperlinked resources for further professional support.
Free for CASP Members
$25 Non-members
How The School Psychologist Can Support Educators To Increase Positive Behaviors And Classroom Participation Of Students With ASD
Students with ASD often display challenging behaviors that impede their academic, adaptive and social development and school psychologists are often called upon to provide support to the teaching team. This session will describe how to support the understanding and use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for individuals affected by ASD to promote positive prosocial behaviors that result in increased student engagement and well-being. The presenter will guide participants in how to use the research-based resources and EBPs. The participants will also learn which EBPs can be easily integrated into whole class universal interventions and instruction, which can be used for small group interventions and how to integrate EBPs into individual behavior intervention plans.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
School Psychology: Leadership in Action
The purpose of this workshop is to provide information regarding effective leadership and advocacy. Following a brief overview of major leadership models, the presentation will focus on how school psychologists can use many of their existing skills and knowledge to become effective leaders in schools, districts and at state or national levels.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
Resilience Can Be Taught: 4 Keys to Unleashing Resilience
Resilience is something we’re all born with. In this presentation, participants will learn about the vital skills of resilience found in WhyTry Founder Christian Moore’s book, “The Resilience Breakthrough: 27 Tools for Turning Adversity into Action.” This engaging presentation will empower you to deliver these skills to students of any background and learning style, enabling them to thrive not only in school, but in life.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
Hello PSW: Using a Neurocognitive Approach for SLD Eligibility and Targeted Interventions
A pattern of strengths and weaknesses (PSW) method for identifying students with a specific learning disability has gained momentum because it is consistent with IDEA regulations and helps answer the question “Why does the student fail?” School psychologists will learn, from a practitioner’s perspective, how to use the Discrepancy Consistency Method for determining a PSW, with emphasis on the use of the CAS2, FAR, and FAM. Case studies will be presented that illustrate the DCM/PSW method, with a comparison of other assessment tools and methodologies. Additionally, interventions that would follow given the cognitive and academic needs of the student, based on assessment results, will be discussed. The overarching goals are to first, become more familiar with a neuropsychological approach for SLD eligibility determination using the CAS2, FAR, and FAM, and secondly illustrate various scenarios involving students with different disabilities (e.g., Dyslexia, ADHD, math calculation, etc.) and different disorders in basic psychological processes.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to Address Emotional Regulation Problems in Adolescents with SED
This workshop will introduce you to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a model of intervention that is designed to reduce problems associated with poor affect and behavioral regulation. Theoretical foundations that are associated with the development of problems with emotional/behavioral dysregulation will be discussed in this presentation, and the primary emphasis of the workshop will be on intervention concepts.
$75 CASP Members
$125 Non-members
