NASP Dialogues

This session focuses on four things school psychologists can do to help schools prepare students for present and future social–emotional and academic challenges: identify focal skills and ensure generalization across tiers, identify core values and purpose, promote and assess positive school culture and climate, and create “schools of character” by building social–emotional competence.

This introduction to restorative practices provides participants with foundational restorative concepts that address the need to shift schools from a punitive disciplinary model to a restorative empowerment model. Disproportionate discipline of a select group of students has led to students being pushed out of schools, which leads to what is known as the school-to-prison pipeline. Restorative prac...

In this session, participants will learn to apply new research findings for frequently monitoring the progress of struggling readers in kindergarten through second grade. Participants will learn state-of-the-art knowledge and skills on selecting ideal measures, setting goals, understanding when to adjust instruction, and on making data-based decisions to improve reading instruction. For questions...

Screening data can be used to better inform schools about where to focus resources for children who demonstrate behavioral and emotional difficulties. This session will provide guidance on how to use universal behavior screening measures, procedures, and a decision-making framework to guide service delivery.

This session will focus on the LA street gangs and their influence on gang culture. The presenter will discuss topics such as gang structure, language, motivation, hand signs, bravado, gangbanging, influence, the difference between Black and Hispanic gangs, lifestyle, denial, enabling, cultural icons, gang violence and retaliation, intimidation, and bullying. Mentorship of gang members, mentorship...

Next Steps: Ensuring Seamless Recovery and Reunification Procedures This session will examine best practices and current reunification models to prepare schools to successfully reunite students and parents after a crisis. The session will cover specific considerations for and details of planning and preparation, along with lessons learned based on actual school crisis events. Participants will rec...

This session will summarize empirical findings regarding the importance of school-based prevention of behavioral and mental health problems. The presentation will address issues specifically related to implementation supports, tiered interventions, and integrating programs. The science of prevention will be discussed relative to the framework of behavioral mental health.

Bullying victimization is typically thought of as between peers but what if teachers join in on the bullying? Ms. Datta discusses how often this occurs and offers suggestions on how these findings can be used in the schools and how she is following up on these findings.

Bullying victimization occurs online and in-person. Drs. Demaray and Jenkins outline how the two overlap and the impact on students social-emotional functioning. They go on to highlight how these findings can be used in the schools and what they are researching going forward.

In this episode, participants provide insights and suggestions on how school psychologists can address bullying through a social justice lens.

This episode explains White privilege, related key concepts, and the implications for school psychology practice.

This episode explores the definition of social justice, how the social justice lens is utilized in various roles, and why social justice matters to school psychologists. Podcast participants also discuss what social justice means to them personally and where they think the work of the field should go next within a social justice framework.

The podcast targets strategies for managing severe problem behavior in the school setting across grade levels. Strategies will be rooted in applied behavioral analysis with specific focus on functional analysis and on antecedent and consequent-based interventions. Although the session will discuss Tier 1 and 2 strategies, the focus will be on Tier 3–based strategies. This featured Mini-Skills Sess...

This workshop will teach skills in consumer-responsive assessment reporting, both written and oral. Participants will learn guiding principles and recommended practices that effectively address the needs of students, parents, and teachers. Skill development will emphasize (a) reports that are written in everyday language, integrate varied sources of information, and apply to everyday functioning;...

The presenter will share how underachieving occurs—that is, when people have a significant gap between their abilities and what they achieve. In this interactive session, she will discuss the four types of underachievers, talk about the importance of executive function skills, explore the characteristics and causes of underachieving, and present effective solutions that can reverse this problem. “...

Education data and research findings are known for being cumbersome to use and easy to misunderstand. …but they don’t have to be. This session will help participants turn data into something they can easily use and communicate to others. The lecture will be accompanied by hands-on tasks and audience participation. This session is sponsored by the Convention Committee and the Society for the Study...

This podcast will present strategies to assist participants in preparing for the School Psychology Praxis Exam. the Presentation will include methods, materials, and strategies for exam preparation.

School psychologists will learn the steps they can take to transform their position to a broad-based role within MTSS with the support of district and school leaders. What services do stakeholders (teachers, administrators, parents) expect from school psychologists—across ALL tiers—and what supports will be needed to ensure successful transition to a new service delivery model (e.g., professional...

To dream the impossible dream, to reach for the unreachable star—this presentation will describe one school psychologist’s personal and professional quest, underpinned by a quixotic passion for acceptance, fairness, and equity. The presenter will use the Legends Address to describe his career—from attending one-room schoolhouses in rural Michigan to obtaining a doctorate, co-founding and editing a...

This session is intended to empower attendees to support refugee students and their families as they navigate the challenges of adjusting to life in receiving countries following the stressful and potentially traumatic experience of emigrating from home countries. The session will consist of a panel presentation, and facilitated discussion amongst panelists and attendees.. This session is sponsore...

Tools, such as NASP Practice Model, will be presented as a means of data collection and service delivery. Psychological services data can be used to advocate for essential student services.

Given the need for preventing and intervening in social–emotional issues in school, this mini-skills session provides attendees with information and resources to implement a social–emotional screening process in secondary schools. Presenters will review a universal screening measure (Connections Survey), including administration instructions, steps for decision making, and how to build buy-in. Thi...

This mini-skills session will provide participants with an understanding of privilege and poverty in the context of power systems such as schools and their detrimental effect on academic achievement and discipline practices. Strategies that embrace socially just practice will be provided, with opportunities for interactive engagement during the session. This featured Mini-Skills Session is invited...

School resource officers (SROs) and school psychologists both play critical roles in establishing safety. However, legal guidelines are often misinterpreted, collaborative barriers exist, and/or their expertise is not used efficiently or effectively. This session will clarify the laws pertaining to collaboration and information sharing, outline how to establish effective collaboration to promote s...

Executive functioning (EF) has become a near catch-all phrase for many higher cognitive skills. This session will focus on understanding what is and what is not EF and how the brain functions as a dynamic and interdependent systemic network.