Session Evaluations

Session evaluation forms will be enabled and made available to complete at the close of each session.

Obtaining Proof of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Policy: It is the responsibility of each participant to initial next to their name on the sign-in sheet within 15 minutes of the beginning of the session. Sign-in sheets will not be available after the first 15 minutes of a CPD session. Only participants that sign-in within 15 minutes of the start of the session AND submit the electronic evaluation for that session by 11:59 PM on November 4, 2017, will receive proof of CPD. No proof of CPD will be issued for participants who sign in after 15 minutes of the start of the session OR submit their electronic evaluation AFTER November 4, 2017.

Proof of CPD will be emailed to the participant's email address that is associated with their TASP account by November 11, 2017.

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Executive Function in the Everyday Context: The Evidence for Screening, Assessment, Intervention, and Progress Monitoring
Gerard Gioia, Ph.D., George Washington University School of Medicine

School-Based Motivational Interviewing: Evoking Change Talk and Rolling with Resistance
Gill Strait, Ph.D., University of Houston – Clear Lake

Update from the TSBEP & KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Making Connections
Darrel Spinks, JD & Board Members, Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
John Kelly, Ph.D., President, National Association of School Psychologists

Friday, November 3, 2017

Restorative Justice: Using Current Skillsets to Influence Positive Change
Sara Glennon, Ph.D., Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

Manifest Determination: A Case Study Approach
Ginger Gates, Ph.D., Region 4 Education Service Center & Gail Cheramie, Ph.D., University of Houston – Clear Lake 

SEL 2.0: Promoting Social-Emotional and Character Development and Positive, Participatory School Culture and Climate
Maurice Elias, Ph.D., Rutgers University

Assessment of English Language Learners: Evidence-based Evaluation and Practice
Sam Ortiz, Ph.D., St John’s University

Maximizing Parental Involvement in Secondary School Behavior Interventions
Courtney Swisher Banks, Sam Houston State University

Through a Different Lens: Working in Schools with Children Who Have Experienced Maltreatment
Julia Englund Strait, Hannah Hartnett, Sarah Praytor, & Kimberly Ann-Nicholson, University of Houston – Clear Lake

Culturally Responsive Interdisciplinary Crisis Intervention
Michelle E. Pastorek, Ronda S. Reyna, Traci Schluter, Caryn Darwin, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD

Partnering School Psychologists and Families to Promote Postsecondary Education Preparation for Latino Students
Rebecca R. Clayton, Jorge E. Gonzalez, University of Houston

Autism and Educational Need: Assessment and Identification in School-Based Evaluations
Sarah Mire, Ph.D., University of Houston

Disproportionality in School Discipline and the Role of the LSSP
Clynita Grafenreed, Ph.D., Region 4 Educational Service Center

Trainers’ Meeting
Jennifer Schroeder, Ph.D., Texas A&M – Commerce

Legal Update: Top 20 Special Education Hits for 2017
Dianna Bowen, JD, Thompson & Horton, LLP

The Provision of School-Based Mental Health Services within a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Framework
John Kelly, Ph.D., President, National Association of School Psychologists

Writing Effective and Informed Behavior Goals for the IEP: The SMART Approach
Ryan H. Hinojosa, SSP, and Anita Sohn McCormick, Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Linking FBAs and BIPs Using a Competing Behavior Pathway
Crystal Hansen, LSSP, Kip Childers, LSSP, Mary Beth Morgan, LSSP, & Sandra Thomas, LSSP

No Better Time to ACT Than Now
Kristina Harper, MA, Whitney Urane, MS, Staci Schield, MA, Laurel Casillas, MA, Kristin Streich, SSP/LSSP/NCSP, & Yarden Ran MA, University of Houston – Clear Lake

Using the Good Behavior Game to Improve Student Classroom Performance
Laura Martinez, Brook Roberts, & Rosario Moreno, Texas Tech University

Graduate Student Session
Kristin Streich, TASP Graduate Student Representative

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Bullying Prevention to Intervention: Research to Practice
Kris Varjas, Psy.D., Georgia State University

Multiculturalism and Consultation in the Schools
Felicia Castro-Villarreal, Ph.D., University of Texas – San Antonio

Ethics Round Table Discussion
Gail Cheramie, Ph.D., University of Houston – Clear Lake; Laurie Klose, Ph.D., Trinity University; & Jon Lasser, Ph.D., Texas State University

Best Practices for Related Service Evaluations: Counseling/Psychological Services, Parent Training, In-Home Training, and Community Based Training
Carol Booth, Ph.D.

Developing Evidence-Based Recommendations within Evaluation ReportsElise Hendricker, Ph.D. & Shannon Viola, Ph.D., University of Houston – Victoria

Neuroimaging 101
Amy Shatila, LSSP/NCSP & Kelsey Theis, SSP/LSSP

Specific Statutory Language Relevant to Special Education Eligibility: Through the Lens of Legislative Intent and Case Law
Robert D. Lackey, Ph.D., Spartan Consulting

Functional Cattell-Horn-Carroll (F-CHC) Nomenclature and Its Relationship to Selective Assessment
Daniel C. Miller, Denise E. Maricle, Richard Woodcock, Texas Woman’s University; Ryan McGill, College of William and Mary

Middle School Teachers’ Mental Health Training, Knowledge, & Perceived Roles: School Psychologists’ Potential Contribution
Nancy Peña Razo, Ph.D., LSSP, Federico R. Guerra Jr., Ed.D., Javier Cavazos, Ph.D., & Ashwini Tiwari, Ph.D., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley