12:15-1:45pm

Social-Emotional Learning With the Second Step Program
Amy Walker, Senior Regional Outreach Manager, Committee for Children

What New School Psychologists Should Know: A Panel Discussion
Heidi Perez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Central Washington University

The Cost of Special Education
Steve Hirsch, Ph.D., NCSP, Shoreline School District

2:00-3:30pm

Keeping Our Kids Safe: Brain Injury Is More Than Sports Concussion
Brain Injury Alliance of Washington

How to advocate for, build, and run effective ESA collaboration teams to meet student’s social, emotional and behavioral health needs.
Carrie Suchy, NCSP, School Psychologist, Co-Founder of the ESA Behavioral Health Coalition
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Utilizing the BASC-3 for Intervention and Progress Monitoring
Kathleen M. Woodward, Ed.S., NCSP, Clinical Education Consultant, Pearson Clinical

4:00-5:30pm

OSPI Question & Answer
John Bresko, Program Supervisor, Special Education, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)

8:15-9:45am

Keynote: Power of One: Creating Connections
John Kelly, Ph.D., NASP President

Remotely Administered Ability and Achievement Assessments: A Study
Stephanie Taylor, Director of Psychoeducational Assessments and Behavior & Mental Health at Presence Learning.Inc.

Advocating for the Role of School Psychologist
Alexandra Franks-Thomas, Ed.S., NCSP, North Thurston Public Schools, WSASP Area 5 Co-Representative; NASP PPI Participant in July 2016
Carrie Suchy, MA, NCSP, Franklin Pierce School District, WSASP GPR Co-Chair, NASP PPI Participant in July 2014
Sherri Bentley, MS, Tumwater School District, WSASP Area 5 Co-Representative, WSASP GPR Co-Chair, WSASP Past President; NASP PPI Participant in July 2016

Does Anyone Actually Read These Reports Anyway?: Improving the Acceptability and Readability of Psychoeducational Reports So That Intended Audiences Will Read and Understand Them
Kathleen Waldron-Soler, Associate Professor of Special Education
Susan Ruby, Professor of School Psychology, Eastern Washington University

Legal Update: Cases and Trends Affecting School Psychologists
Lynette Baisch, Attorney/Porter Foster Rorick LLP

Language Development and Oral Language Specific Learning Disabilities
Kelly Coughlan, Ph.D., School Psychologist/Tacoma Public Schools & Tahoma Therapy & Ed. Specialists

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Spanish/English Language Dominance in Special Education Assessment
Beth Varner, M.Ed., NCSP, Clinical Account Executive, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt