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NJASP Winter Conference 2016

  • Friday, December 09, 2016
  • 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Crowne Plaza 390 Forsgate Drive Monroe Township, NJ 08831

Registration

  • Affiliated organization includes state school psychology associations as well as NJ related state associations such as Learning Consultants and Counselors associations. It does not include NJEA.
  • This is NJAP members only; however students are should register under the student rate.

    Early Bird rate ends 11/11/16
  • For NJASP members paying by Purchase Order. Early Bird Registratioin is avaialable to members registering by November 11, 2016.
  • This is only available to new members (not renewing members). It includes NJASP membership for the 2016-2017 school year and the winter conference.
  • Available December 3, 2016-December 9, 2016.
  • Onsite registration is available from December 3, 2016 to December 9, 2016.
  • NJASP Student Affiliate Members - for non-certified students currently enrolled in a school psychology program.
  • For current or renewing NJASP members paying online. Onsite registration is required after 12/2/16.
  • For NJASP members or renew members paying by purchase order. Onsite registration is required after 12/2/16.
  • NJASP Student Affiliate Members - for non-certified students currently enrolled in a school psychology program. Onsite registration is required after 12/2/16.
  • For non membes paying by purchase order and registering before 12/2/16. Onsite registration is required after 12/2/16
  • For non-members registering before 12/3/16. After 12/3/16, onsite registration is required.


Keynote

ESSA, School Climate, and Social-Emotional Competence and Character:  Opportunities and Challenges for the Role of School Psychologists - Dr. Maurice Elias

ESSA gives schools license to assess and address their culture and climate, and students’ social-emotional, or “noncognitive,” skills and character.   What role can, and should, school psychologists play as the possibilities unfold?  What are the necessary competencies and structures for school psychologists to be game-changing leaders toward creating promising practices and state and National Schools of Character and Excellence? 

Dr. Maurice Elias is Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Psychology Department, Rutgers University, Academic Director of Rutgers’ Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships Program (CESEP; engage.rutgers.edu), Coordinator of Rutgers’ Internship Program in Applied, School, and Community Psychology, Past President of the international Society for Community Research and Action/Division of Community Psychology (27) of APA, Director of  Rutgers Social-Emotional Learning Lab, Coordinator of Improving School Climate for Academic and Life Success (ISCALS) at Rutgers’ Center for Applied Psychology, and Founding Member of the Leadership Team for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning. Books include Emotionally Intelligent Parenting (2000), Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools: The Next Generation of Prevention (Haworth, 2003), the Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving Curricula for Elementary and Middle School Students (2006), The Educator’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement:  Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom (Corwin, 2006). He collaborated with storytellers in the U.S. and Israel, and a prominent Israeli School Psychologist, to create a book for young children: Talking Treasure:  Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (2012).  He is a licensed psychologist in NJ and writes a blog on Social-Emotional and Character Development (SECD) for the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

Morning Workshops

8:45 -11:30 AM

WORKSHOP A: CLOSED - Response to Intervention - Reading


WORKSHOP B: Psychiatric Consultation in Schools:  Can We Talk about Meds? - Joseph Hewitt, D.O.

This talk will cover the range of student situations where a child psychiatrist might be consulted crossing the entire school-age lifespan from pre-school thru high school.  Also, the primary mental health disorders including ADHD, Mood disorders, Anxiety, other Externalizing Behavioral diagnoses, as well Autism Spectrum Disorder and their treatments with a specific emphasis on pharmacologic interventions will be covered.

Dr Joseph Hewitt is a Board Certified Child,Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist who has been providing school-based psychiatric consultation to public schools in South Jersey for the past 15 years.  This work has included:  evaluations for special education eligibility and related supports; threat assessments; forensic consultation; on-site collaboration with Child Study Team staff, guidance counselors, school-based mental health programs, as well as teachers and administrators; and on-going direct treatment to students who are an at-risk population identified as needing more intensive mental health services.


WORKSHOP C:  CLOSED - Anxiety and School Avoidance: A Primer for School Personnel - Allen Weg  Stress and Anxiety Services of New Jersey


Afternoon Workshops

12:45 - 3:30 PM

WORKSHOP D: Response to Intervention and the Changing Role of the School Psychologist - Math Interventions Caitlin Colandrea, Old Bridge Township Public Schools  Dr.Colandrea’s AM workshop A will focus on reading interventions; you may choose either or both

This workshop will discuss the various components of a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework and how school psychologists can utilize their skills and knowledge to transform a district. Participants will be provided with information pertaining to the implementation of RTI and how to successfully provide educational supports and interventions to struggling students. The presenter will showcase how the role of the school psychologist as a consultant can maximize the success of RTI implementation. Participants will learn how to communicate goals with staff and gain buy-in for RTI initiatives. The presenter will discuss the importance of utilizing data to inform decisions and how to investigate and select evidence-based interventions. 

This session will help participants

  • Understand the impact that RTI can have on school districts 
  • Understand the role of the school psychologist as a consultant 
  • Understand how to utilize program evaluation to transform school frameworks 

Dr. Colandrea currently works for Old Bridge Township Public Schools in Old Bridge, New Jersey. In her time at Old Bridge she worked as a school psychologist for three years before being promoted to a district Supervisor of Intervention Services with the task to implement a Response to Intervention framework within 12 elementary schools and two middle schools. She received her Masters in Education Psychology and Professional Diploma in School Psychology from Kean University and her Doctorate in School Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dr. Colandrea’s areas of expertise include: Program evaluation, co-teaching, Response to Intervention (RTI) implementation, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), data-based decision making, academic and behavioral interventions, reading interventions and literacy instruction at the elementary level, professional development, supervision and evaluation, assessment, and data management systems. 


WORKSHOP E:  CLOSED - 10 Ways to Create Positive Change in School Climate and Student Outcomes - Maurice Elias, Rutgers University, Rutgers Social Emotional Learning Lab


WORKSHOP F: Managing Anxiety within the Classroom - Robert Zambrano and Jennifer Kennedy Stress and Anxiety Services of New Jersey, LLC 

This worksjhop will focus on how to quickly and accurately identify the symptoms of the anxiety disorders that commonly plague teachers, counselors, school psychologists, and other school professionals through an interactive and practical workshop. Discuss what treatments have been shown to successfully reduce anxiety in children, and how to utilize interventions within the school that will maximize the academic and psychological functioning of students with anxiety disorders. And when children and their families require a higher level of care, learn all about the most effective treatments and types of professionals to look for. • Recognize the signs of common anxiety disorders that affect children within the academic environment • Strengthen existing skills to manage these symptoms in an academic setting • Learn more about how to refer children and families to the appropriate professionals in order to maximize the child’s overall academic and psychosocial functioning. 

Dr. Zambrano and Dr. Kennedy work for Stress and Anxiety Services of New Jersey, where they specialize in treating children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety disorders. They have extensive experience working with school systems to help improve the functioning of children and adolescents, especially with disorders such as school refusal, phobias, and obsessivecompulsive disorder. 


Full Day Workshop

8:45 AM - 3:30 PM

WORKSHOP G: My What is Due When? And Where is it?  Treating Organization, Time Management and Planning Deficits in Children and Adolescents with ADHD - Janelle Nissley-Tsiopinis

This session will describe the principles underlying effective organization, time management and planning interventions for children with ADHD. It will overview the research-evidence for one of these interventions, the Organizational Skills Training Program developed by Drs. Howard Abikoff and Richard Gallagher and will train participants to administer this intervention to late elementary school students. 

This session will help participants

  • Describe the organization, time management and planning (OTMP) deficits commonly shown by children and adolescents with ADHD.
  • List the clinical principles underlying the Organizational Skills Training Intervention that are essential to its design and important for effective implementation of the intervention
  • Describe aspects of the OST intervention which are used to address deficits in each of the following areas: Tracking Assignments, Managing Materials, Managing Time, and Planning for Long Term Projects

Jenelle Nissley-Tsiopinis, PhD, is a child clinical psychologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She was a clinician administering the Organizational Skills Training (OST) Intervention in the NIMH funded RCT, a co-investigator for a middle school, school-based OST development grant, and collaborates with Drs. Abikoff and Gallagher in further developing OST.

Winter Conference 2016 Brochure with registration form.pdf

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