Registration is now open for the 2023 Spring Lecture Series! This great PD opportunity features state- and nationally-recognized speakers, and can be accessed from your home or office via Zoom. A total of 24 clock hours are available, and are included with registration.
Registration Rate (for the entire spring lecture series)
- $75 for ISF series only (morning sessions only)
- $150 for full lecture series (am and pm sessions).
- Retired/Student Pricing: $75 (full lecture series) or $50 (ISF series - morning sessions only)
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This year’s morning sessions will be part of a four week series by the ESA Behavioral Health Coalition and the UW SMART Center as coordinated by Carrie Suchy, NCSP. Hear from experts in the field as well as professionals implementing Interconnected System Framework (ISF) in Washington today. Learn about ISF, the next generation of student wellness supports, a model for implementing effective tiered student wellness services from a variety of providers, school-based and community-based, within an existing MTSS structure.
It takes an active team to support the wellness of all students. Gather your school or district team together to learn about ISF, to benefit from the experience of others, and to spend time creating a plan for change. Learn how existing ESA staff and other providers within your school community fit within the ISF team to support plan formation and implementation.
Student support frameworks in our schools may result in siloed systems which often do not feel productive or supportive for teams and students. Reimagine PBIS as a mental health initiative with ISF, to connect these systems to more effectively and efficiently serve the wellbeing of all students.
Intended Audience: District and Building Level Teams Including administrators, ESA Behavioral Health Professionals, (school psychologists, counselors, nurses, social workers, behavior analysts), and community partners.
February 17, 2023
AM Session (3 hours) - 9am
Title: ISF in Washington State: Richland School District
Speakers: ESA Behavioral Coalition and UW SMART Center, as coordinated by Carrie Suchy:
Presentation Team: Richland Team, Andrea, UW Smart Center team:
Michelle Sorensen, MSW, LICSW - Wellness Coordinator, Richland School District
Angie Withers, Ed.S., NCSP - Wellness Coordinator, Richland School District
Tory Christensen, M.Ed. - Executive Director of Behavioral Health Services, Richland School District
Andrea C Peyton, MSW, CMHS - Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Program Director
Ted Robins - RSD Parent
Tasha Bunnage - RSD Parent
Allison Pfersich MEd, BCBA, LBA - Behavior Analyst, Tukwila School District
Kelcey Schmitz, MSEd - Director of Training and TA, UW SMART Center
Clynita Grafenreed, PhD, LP, LSSP - Training and TA Coordinator, UW SMART Center
Mari Meador, M.Ed - Implementation Coach, UW SMART Center
School psychologists, counselors, social workers, nurses, behavior analysts, and other behavioral health providers along with community partners, all play a role in a multi-tiered system of support. Representatives of the Richland School District, one of their community organization partners, and a parent partner will share how they support collaboration and utilize the Interconnected System Framework to begin breaking down the traditional co-located work of these groups and move towards creating a comprehensive system of social, emotional, and behavioral supports for students. They will speak about their systems and how they leverage this work in support of their District Strategic Plan to promote organizational change.
PM Session (3 hours) - 1PM
Title: Diversity in PK-12 Settings
Speaker: Jenn Burleton
Transgender students exist in every school district, county, city and town in the United States. Recent school surveys and other research tells us that 3% of students identify as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth. By the end of the workshop, attendees will be better prepared to:
- Identify the basic components of gender diversity: identity vs expression vs sexual orientation.
- Demonstrate inclusive language, support for gender diverse students and address gender based bullying.
- Engage parents & caregivers in discussion about their child’s gender diversity.
- Analyze curriculum, lesson plans and classroom activities for inclusiveness.
- Differentiate fact-based information sources from those driven by ideology.
March 10, 2023
AM Session (3 hours) - 9AM
Title: Session 2: What is ISF/MTSS
Speaker: ESA Behavioral Coalition and UW SMART Center, as coordinated by Carrie Suchy:
Piper Sangston, M.S.W. - Mental Health Assistance Team Counselor - Bellevue School District
Liz Pray MSN-Ed, RN, NCSN - School Nurse Organization of Washington NASN Director 2023-2026 Moses Lake School District
Marin Marks, M.Ed - Washington School Counselor Association (WSCA) Professional Development Committee Chair School Counselor: Camas High School, Camas School District #117
Cassie Mulivrana, M EdS NCSP, School Psychologist - WSASP Immediate Past-President Lake Stevens School District
Kelcey Schmitz, MSEd - Director of Training and TA, UW SMART Center
Clynita Grafenreed, PhD, LP, LSSP - Training and TA Coordinator, UW SMART Center
Mari Meador, M.Ed - Implementation Coach, UW SMART Center
Allison Pfersich MEd, BCBA, LBA - Behavior Analyst, Tukwila School District
Kurt Hatch, EdD, - Faculty Director of Educational Administration Program and Professor of Practice- Education, UW Tacoma
RJ Monton, - Director of MTSS, OSPI
Tania May, EdD, - Assistant Superintendent of Special Education, OSPI
Understand and learn how and why the Interconnected System Framework (ISF) enhances the delivery of mental health in the educational setting using the multi-tiered system of support for comprehensive social-emotional-behavioral wellness. Perspectives of ISF will be provided from the national, state, and district levels. Key messages of ISF will be shared, which include the importance of a single system of delivery, mental health wellness as a protective factor, measuring impact as opposed to access, and using the MTSS framework to guide an integrated approach.
PM Session (3 hours) - 1PM
Title: Trans Children and Youth: It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child
Speaker: Jenn Burleton
Serving the holistic needs of trans and gender diverse children, youth and their families can require collaboration between healthcare providers, educators and social services professionals. By working together with our partners in these fields, TransActive Gender Center has been successful in minimizing or preempting gender identity and gender expression-related trauma experienced by kids and their families.
Attendees will learn in detail that:
- Affirming and collaborative pediatric care provides wrap-around services that are adaptive and patient/client-centered.
- Mental health counseling may not be a necessity for every gender diverse child or youth, even though providers are asked to play a ‘gatekeeping’ role.
- Social services response to the psychological and medical needs of gender diverse children in their care/custody can be the difference between positive and tragic outcomes.
April 21, 2023
AM Session (3 hours) - 9AM
Title: Session 3: How to Move Towards Change: Advocacy and Implementation Science
Speaker: ESA Behavioral Coalition and UW SMART Center, as coordinated by Carrie Suchy:
Tawni Barlow, Director of Student Services, Medical Lake School District
Carrie Suchy, NCSP - Washington State Association of School Psychologists President 2022-2023 Franklin Pierce Schools
Marin Marks, M.Ed - Washington School Counselor Association (WSCA) Professional Development Committee Chair School Counselor: Camas High School, Camas School District #117
Allison Pfersich MEd, BCBA, LBA - Behavior Analyst, Tukwila School District
Kelcey Schmitz, MSEd - Director of Training and TA, UW SMART Center
Clynita Grafenreed, PhD, LP, LSSP - Training and TA Coordinator, UW SMART Center
Mari Meador, M.Ed - Implementation Coach, UW SMART Center
Understand and learn how to successfully advocate for change in a system; building, local or state level. Presenters will share important communication concepts to strengthen advocacy efforts. Part of advocacy for change is understanding how systems change. We will share findings from implementation science to help you build system change that lasts. Finally we will discuss how to prevent burn out through a system change process.
PM Session (3 hours) - 1PM
Title: Agents of Change or Agents of Chaos? How to Be the Change the System Needs
Speaker: Kathryn Salveson, M.A. Ed.S., NASP 2022 Outstanding Advocate, WSASP 2021 Outstanding Advocate
Fenning et al. (2015) found that the largely faculty- and school-based practitioner sample considered advocacy, although still important, among the least highly rated activities. School psychologists are called upon daily to advocate for the needs of students and families, but little is known about what factors contribute to effective advocacy. As a profession, school psychology has promoted itself as advocating for the needs, rights, and welfare of children and their families, as well as for high-quality educational services designed to maximize students’ potential. Advocacy has been a central and defining feature of the services delivered by school psychologists, according to the National Association of School Psychologists.
However, school psychologists face a menagerie of obstacles and hindrances to demonstrating effective advocacy. Often the specific systems school psychologists work within can undermine their efforts and deter them from seeking the best possible outcomes for their students. The biggest question we must ask ourselves is how can school psychologists utilize their knowledge, training, and expertise to become truly effective change agents in their school systems? Our presentation will explain the common and various barriers to advocacy and provide research- and evidenced-based indispensable advice for school psychologists to incorporate advocacy in their everyday practice.
May 12, 2023
AM Session (3 hours) - 9AM
Title: Session 4: Developing an Action Plan
Speaker: ESA Behavioral Coalition and UW SMART Center, as coordinated by Carrie Suchy:
Jo Callaghan, MS - School Psychologist/Instructor Northshore School District/Seattle University
Allison Pfersich MEd, BCBA, LBA - Behavior Analyst, Tukwila School District
Kelcey Schmitz, MSEd - Director of Training and TA, UW SMART Center
Clynita Grafenreed, PhD, LP, LSSP - Training and TA Coordinator, UW SMART Center
Mari Meador, M.Ed - Implementation Coach, UW SMART Center
Understand and learn how to develop an action plan to implement ISF that can be accomplished. Presenters will review existing planning tools which can aid teams in planning. There will be resources to prevent burn out through system change processes. groups will have time to design next steps on your ISF journey.
PM Session (3 hours) - 1PM
Title: Literacy in Core and Pre-Special Education Referral for Suspected Dyslexia; Presented by WSASP and Decoding Dyslexia, a parent dyslexia advocacy organization
Speaker: Laree Foster, Leayh Abel, Carrie Suchy, Heather Schwindt, Sara Buetow
Description coming soon
Archived Sessions
Interested in accessing handouts and PowerPoints from previous years? You can find them here, without purchasing the webinar.
If you'd like to purchase previous sessions of the Spring Lecture Series and watch them in their entirety, you can register here and within 72 hours, you'll be sent the link to watch the video(s) you purchased. The price includes clock hours (which you'll receive after doing the evaluation). The 2020 SLS is available for $40/session. Previous 2014-2022 SLS sessions are available for $25-30/session.
