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Over 100 Sessions Intensive Training Ten Specialty Tracks Site Visits to School Mental Health Programs • Networking and Reception • Youth Involvement

Back by Popular Demand! 10 Specialty Tracks • Youth Involvement and Leadership • Education: An Essential Component of Systems of Care • Connecting School Mental Health and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports • Developing a Common Language • Faith-Community Partnerships • Family Partnerships • Improving School Mental Health for Youth with Disabilities • Mental Health-Education Training and Workforce • School Mental Health, Juvenile Justice and Dropout Prevention • Quality and Evidence-Based Practice

In Partnership with: IDEA Partnership funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) housed at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)

Keynote Speakers: Lucille Eber, Ed.D., Statewide Coordinator of Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center, PBIS Network, LaGrange Park, IL Freeman Hrabowski, III, Ph.D., UMBC President and co-author of Overcoming the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males, Baltimore, MD http://csmha.umaryland.edu

Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

11th Annual Conference on Advancing School-Based Mental Health Effective Work in Schools: A National Community of Practice on School Mental Health September 28-30, 2006 Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel Baltimore, Maryland In partnership with: The IDEA Partnership, funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) housed at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)

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Back by Popular Demand: Advanced Specialty Tracks! Specialty tracks are available for those interested in gaining more intensive training in one specialty area. Participants can choose to either attend the full track or to attend select presentations. Below is the Guide for Advanced Specialty Tracks (Each seminar title is followed by the corresponding specialty track abbreviation) Youth Involvement and Leadership (YIL) Education: An Essential Component of Systems of Care (ED) Connecting School Mental Health and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Developing a Common Language (DCL) Faith-Community Partnerships (FCP) Family Partnerships (FP) Improving School Mental Health for Youth with Disabilities (YD) Mental Health-Education Training and Workforce (MHE) School Mental Health, Juvenile Justice and Dropout Prevention (JJD) Quality and Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) ∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗

Thursday, September 28, 2006 ∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗ All Participants and Speakers must check in each day at the Registration Desk.

7:30 - 8:30 AM

Registration for Intensive Training Participants

8:30 - 8:45 AM

Welcome and General Information Session

9:00 - 12:00 PM

Intensive Training - Conference Session I

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Site Tour: Visit one of Baltimore’s Outstanding School Mental Health Programs This site visit will spotlight two Programs. The Judy Center Partnerships of Baltimore City are dedicated to improving school readiness for children from birth to six years of age and provide comprehensive, integrated, full-day, full-year services. The Judy Centers are located in high risk Northeast and West Baltimore communities marked by poverty and inequitable public and private sector services. The tour will take participants to the Judy Center located in the Moravia Park Primary Campus lower school building. This Center is a school-based based program that houses several partners (Head Start, Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center and University of Maryland) under one roof. The school-based model allows children and their families to access services easily from one location. The partnerships address issues that include, but are not limited to, school readiness, mental health, nutrition, homelessness, child care, adult literacy, family health and family advocacy. The East Baltimore Mental Health Partnership, part of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital, has been

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Public School System for 12 years. A full range of services from screening, referrals, prevention and comprehensive treatment services are available to general education students. Tour participants will have the opportunity to visit Dallas F. Nicholas Elementary School, a Pre K- 5 Title I school. The tour will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about the various evidenced-based prevention interventions and treatment strategies that are used to promote optimal mental health. Participants will glean practical strategies for collaborating with school administrators and staff to meet the needs of the students and their families. (Because of limited space, you must have pre-registered for this tour. Your name tag will be marked “Site Tour - AM.” Look for the sign in the lobby about where to meet the bus. Boarding is at 8:45am)

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Practical Strategies for Communicating With and Involving Youth of Color in Community and School Settings (YIL) The presenter will examine the environmental influences and unique communication style of urban youth, help participants learn the implications for their programs, services and outreach efforts, and find out how to motivate youth to be leaders. Ivan Juzang, MBA, Motivational Educational Entertainment, Philadelphia, PA

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Scaling-Up a Statewide PBS/ State Improvement Grant Initiative: An Evidence-Based Implementation Blueprint from Prevention to Intensive Mental Health Intervention (ED) Scaling-up strategies used by the Arkansas State Improvement Grant/Project ACHIEVE Positive Behavioral Self-Management System (PBSS) are described. Also addressed is the PBSS integration with school-based mental health services for students demonstrating challenging behavior in our schools. Howard Knoff, PhD, Arkansas Department of Education, Little Rock, AR

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Draw It Out! Don’t Act Out! In this session, School-based clinicians/Art Therapists present theory supporting art-based counseling with children and strategies for designing/implementing effective art-based interventions for individuals, groups, various ages, developmental levels and clinical needs. Common art material will be explored experientially. MaryAnn Hendricks, LCPC, Marjorie Gold, MA, East Baltimore Mental Health Partnership, Baltimore, MD

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Meeting the Expectations of IDEA 2004 Through the Provision of School Based Mental Health Services (YD) This presentation will provide participants with an overview of the requirements of IDEA 2004 when a determination of racial disproportionality in the prevalence of students identified as emotionally disturbed has been established. Nicholle Hobbs, MA, James Mount, PhD, Chesapeake Bay Consulting Group, Huntingtown, MD Mary Tillar, MA Ed, Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, MD Kelly Spanoghe, MA, Anne Arundel County Children’s Guild Program, Annapolis, MD

Ron Farkas, PhD, Chester County Intermediate Unit, Chester, PA

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Making the Grade in School-Based Mental Health: Preparing the Mental Health Workforce (MHE) This workshop will engage diverse stakeholders in a discussion that aims to identify core competencies required for effective mental health practice in schools, as well as strategies for teaching and evaluating these competencies within pre-service training programs. The anticipated outcomes will be a set of recommendations for training programs. Melissa Maras, MA, Paul Flaspohler, PhD, Carl Paternite, PhD, Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs, Miami University, Oxford, OH Catherine Golden, BA, Julie Owens, PhD, Y.E.S.S. Program, Ohio University, OH Jason Parkin, BA, Karen Weston, PhD, Center for the Advancement of Mental Health Practices in Schools, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

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If Not ADHD, What is it? Exploring the Many Causes of Student Hyperactivity, Impulsivity, & Distractibility (EBP) Students often are referred for evaluation of, and medication for, AttentionDeficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Comprehensive clinical assessment frequently finds these students having other, often coexisting, conditions that impair their learning. Various diagnostic domains which feature hyperactive, impulsive, and off-task behaviors are reviewed. Treatment principles are described and effective referrals are illustrated. This session summarizes a recent school-based lecture series. Dan Rifkin, MD, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

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Therapeutic Alternative Learning Environments: Enhancing Successful Outcomes for Expelled Students (JJD) When students are expelled from a regular school district, they are often angry and unmotivated to participate in an Alternative Environment. Three years into providing a Therapeutic Alternative Learning Environment, education and mental health staff delves into the turf issues that complicate defining success of non-traditional programs that provide therapy, develop life skills, and engage students/families in their overall programming. The most successful components of the Therapeutic Alternative Learning Environment will be identified. Team building exercises that are ongoing for this team will be illustrated. Strengthening teams of education and mental health staff is a necessary prerequisite for the establishment of a successful treatment/ educational program. Angela Sanders, PhD, Vernard Davis, MSE, Jeanne Boschert, BSRN, The HELP Network, Marion, AR

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Suicide Prevention in Schools: Effective Strategies and Prevention Part I - The first part of this intensive training will allow participants to understand programs and strategies schools can employ in efforts toward promoting mental health and preventing suicide. Part II -The second part of this intensive training will provide a state example and will review Wisconsin’s efforts to train school staff in suicide prevention and student mental health. The process and lessons learned will be shared. Participants will receive materials to develop toolkits and student curricula for schools.

John Humphries, MSE, NCSP, Jon Hisgen, MS, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, WI Lloyd Potter, PhD, MPH, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Newton, MA

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Bringing Them In: Designing and Implementing a Successful Parent Event (FP) CANCELLED

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The Real Wraparound: A Family Perspective This workshop will present an overview of family-driven, youth-guided approach to Wraparound care planning for children with mental health needs. A parent professional team will provide a basic understanding of Wraparound values, principles, and implementation factors. Incorporating family perspectives, participants will understand how wraparound can empower families and create collaborative partnerships with families and youth. Michelle Zabel, MSS, Innovations Institute, University of Maryland School of Medicine Marlene Matarese, MSW, Innovations Institute, University of Maryland School of Medicine Pat Mosby, Maryland Coalition of Families for Children’s Mental Health

12:00 - 1:15 PM

Lunch (on your own)

1:15 - 4:15 PM

Intensive Training -Conference Session II

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Site Tour: Visit one of Baltimore’s Outstanding School Mental Health Programs The Tour will provide an opportunity to see school mental health in action at an elementary/middle school (Carter G. Woodson) in the University of Maryland School Mental Health Program, a long-standing program providing mental health promotion and intervention to youth in 27 Baltimore City Public schools. Helpful forms and tools will be shared and participants will hear about how the program incorporates 10 principles of best practice, including implementation of evidence based practices. As part of the site visit, participants will have the opportunity to learn more about Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and Coping Power. (Because of limited space, you must have pre-registered for this tour. Your name tag will be marked “Site Tour - PM.” Look for the sign in the lobby about where to meet the bus. Boarding is at 1:00 pm)

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Improve Youth Outcomes through Aligning Systems of Care, PBIS, Safe Schools, and School-Based Mental Health Services (ED) This session will focus on the use and outcomes of school-wide systems of positive behavioral support as a strategy for implementing a system of care values and principles and meeting the mental health needs of children and youth. A state example, New Hampshire, will be presented. The NH DOE and NH DHHS have committed to developing Systems of Care and Education and the support of strategies to develop community capacity to serve all youth, including a statewide PBIS initiative. Successes and challenges of interagency partnership will be highlighted. Sandra Keenan, MEd, American Institutes for Research, Kingstown, RI Debra Grabill, BA, MEd, CAGS, Virginia O’Brien Irwin, BA, MEd,

New Hampshire Department of Education, NH Joe Perry, BA, MSW, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Concord, NH Eric Mann, BA, MSW, LISCW, New Hampshire Center for Behavioral Interventions and Supports, Bedford, NH

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Developing, Implementing, and Monitoring Positive Behavioral and Mental Health Supports for Students with Autism Based on Individual Student Profiles (PBIS) Effective instruction and support for students with autism correlates with positive mental health outcomes. Learn specific strategies based on individual student profiles, which will promote positive behavioral and mental health growth. Mary Ann McIntyre, MA, CCC-SLP, Maureen Bradshaw, MSE, Arkansas Department of Education-Special Education, Fayetteville, AR

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CHNP: A Model for Community-School-University Partnerships (DCL) This workshop presents the Children’s Hospital Neighborhood Partnerships, which serves children and families in Boston schools and community sites. Included will be theoretical frameworks, partnership models, and evaluation data. Caroline L Watts, EdD, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

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Rising to the Challenge of Family-Driven Practice (FP) This intensive training will introduce participants to family-driven approaches and apply it to schools and community building. The discussion will look at the relationship to family engagement and professional practice from systems, family, and research perspectives. Trina W Osher, MA, Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Takoma Park, MD Gary M Blau, PhD, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA, Rockville, MD David M Osher, PhD, The American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC

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Evidence-Based Clinical Interventions for Students with Disabilities (YD) This presentation will provide participants with an overview of recent work in validating evidence-based interventions in schools for students with disabilities. These interventions include treating students with disabilities that have conduct/substance abuse disorders, executive functioning deficits or chronic exposure to critical incidents/distressing events. Cynthia Smith, PhD, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, Baltimore, MD Jennifer Luhrs, MA, Frederick County Public School System, Frederick, MD Marc Fishman ,MD, Phillip Clemmey, PhD, Mountain Manor Treatment Center, Baltimore, MD Sharon Stephan, PhD, University of Maryland, Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action, Baltimore, MD

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Beyond Time Out: Understanding and Serving Students with Behavioral Impairments in the Public Schools (MHE) The Beyond Time Out presentation promotes a comprehensive and relatively simple model for understanding children with behavioral and emotional impairments. Dr. John Stewart presents his model followed by discussion of

some successful initiatives related to this model being implemented in Chittenden County, Vermont. John Stewart, PhD, Maine Special Education/Mental Health Collaboration, New Gloucester, ME Debbie Mintz, MSW, Baird Center for Children and Families, Burlington, VT

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SBMH Outcomes and Evaluations (EBP) As SBMH expands, the vital infrastructure to become research/quality focused is often not considered. This presentation will share how Talbot County Public Schools, Maryland captured seven consecutive years of outcome data. Robert Schmidt, MA, LCPC, NCC, Talbot County Public Schools, Easton, MD Kathryn Seifert, PhD, DABPS, DAC, Eastern Shore Psychological Services, Salisbury, MD

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Crisis Bereavement Group Intervention Guidelines for School Personnel Resources for school personnel on how to directly assist a large group of acutely stressed or grief stricken students following a student suicide, homicide or other tragic event are very limited. Participants will learn a specific and useful multiphase intervention plan in the aftermath of a tragic event utilizing principles of crisis intervention, critical incident stress debriefing, and elements of post trauma counseling. Jerry Ciffone, MSW, South Elgin High School, Elgin, IL

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Going Back to the ABC’S: Implications for Service Provision, Funding and Research Based on Lessons Learned from Ten Years of Collaboration with Baltimore City Public Schools and Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc. A framework for conceptualizing school-based mental health services will be provided that facilitates service delivery, funding and research. Jacquelyn Duval-Harvey, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, East Baltimore Mental Health Partnership, Baltimore, MD Louise Fink, MEd, Baltimore City Public Schools System, Baltimore, MD Denise Wheatley-Rowe, MSW, RN, Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc., Baltimore, MD

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Friday, September 29, 2006 ∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗ All Participants and Speakers must check in each day at the Registration Desk.

7:30 – 8:30 AM

Registration

7:30 – 8:15 AM

Breakfast Meetings: Open to all participants (Please attend the meeting of your choice. Continental breakfast is in the back of each breakfast room.) 1. Mental Health – Education Training and Workforce 2. Developing a Common Language 3. Education: an Essential Component of Systems of Care 4. Connecting School Mental Health and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports 5. Improving School Mental Health for Youth with Disabilities

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8:30 – 8:45 AM

Welcome to Baltimore and to the Conference

8:45 – 9:30 AM

Keynote Address: "Education for the 21st Century: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of All Our Children" Freeman Hrabowski, III, PhD, University of Maryland Baltimore County, President, Baltimore, MD

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Book Signing by Dr. Hrabowski Break and Exhibits

10:00 - 11:30 AM

Workshop Session I

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The Importance of Involving the Youth Voice in Public Policy Making (YIL) The workshop presented by the DC Department of Mental Health, Youth Advisory Council, will explore ways in which child and youth serving agencies can more effectively involve the youth perspective in policy making and program development. Michael Koonce, Brittany Smith, Youth Consultants, DC Department of Mental Health, Washington, DC Shelly Spizuoco, MS, LPC, DC Department of Mental Health, Washington, DC

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District-Wide Versus Building-Level Strategies for School Mental Health: Lessons Generated from the Ohio Community Collaboration Model for School Improvement (ED) This presentation will compare and contrast lessons learned within the districtversus- school- specific implementation of the Ohio Community

Collaboration Model for School Improvement. Design strategies will be shared and applied to facilitate learning and application. Dawn Anderson-Butcher, PhD, MS, MSW, Aidyn Iachini, MS, College of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Paul Flaspohler, PhD, Department of Psychology and Center for SchoolBased Mental Health Programs, Miami University, Oxford, OH Keith Zullig, PhD, Program of Health Promotion, Miami University, Oxford, OH Amber Kwiatkowski, MSW, Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, OH Jean Snyder, MA, Freedom Elementary School, Lima City Schools, Lima, OH

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Stop Bullying Now! Making it Work Locally (PBIS) The comprehensive elements of bullying prevention programming, as well as the components of the HRSA Stop Bullying Now! Campaign will be described using a case study involving youth from an elementary school, middle school, and a high school. Stephanie Bryn, MPH, Seeta Gowda, MPH, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD Youth Presenters, Sherwood High School, Sandy Spring, MD

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Tunnels and Cliffs: A Guide for Workforce Development Practitioners and Policymakers Serving Youth with Mental Health Needs (DCL) This workshop presents Tunnels and Cliffs: A Guide for Workforce Development Practitioners and Policymakers Serving Youth with Mental Health Needs developed to improve service quality, strategic planning, and results for youth with MH Needs. Rhonda Basha, MA, Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, DC

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Catch Them Before They Fail: Comprehensive School-Based Mental Health Services for the 0-22 Population in a Rural Setting (YD) This presentation will focus on the development and implementation of a comprehensive school-based mental health system to address the needs of children with mental health disorders from birth through 21 years in a rural setting. Jenae Tucker, MS, Ronald J. Powell, PhD, Desert/Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area, Apple Valley, CA

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Supporting Academic Success for Children with Mental Illness (MHE) This presentation will provide research revealing the effect of mental illness on the brain, detail effects of stress on functioning, and offer strategies for academic success. The session will highlight the youth voice through written, audio, and video youth testimony. Susan Mikolic, RN, Stepping Stone, Eastlake, OH

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Preparing Mental Health Professionals for Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Consultation in Schools (MHE) In this session, professionals will learn skills and action steps for engaging in collaborative mental health-education consultation. Julie Sarno Owens, PhD, Erin L Girio, BA, Carrie Murphy, PhD, Ohio University, Athens, OH Rochelle Rokusek, BS, Miami University, Oxford, OH

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Promoting a Coordinated and Integrated Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice System: Improving Outcomes (JJD) There is a credible body of research confirming the connection between child maltreatment with juvenile delinquency with a variety of associated negative outcomes for this population in multiple other domains. The barriers and obstacles confronted in multi-system coordination and integration efforts, as well as promising approaches and best practices engaged around the country, will be the primary focus of this session. John Tuell, BS, MA, Child Welfare League of America, Washington, DC

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General and Innovation Specific Capacity Building to Support Implementation of Bullying Prevention Programs (EBP) Lessons learned through the implementation of universal bullying prevention efforts; measuring fidelity; connections among social support, school connectedness, and bullying; and identifying students for whom school-wide prevention efforts might not be sufficient will be presented. Angela Ledgerwood, BA, Paul Flaspohler, PhD, Karin Vanderzee, BA, Jennifer Elfstrom, MA, Rochelle Rokusek, BS, Holli E Sink, BA, Melissa Arnzen, JD, Angela Volz, BS, Patricia Kerig, PhD, Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs, Miami University, Oxford, OH

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Cognitive Behavior Intervention Services (EBP) This presentation describes the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS), an evidence-based program that improves symptoms of PTSD and Depression for youth ages 10-15 who have been exposed to community-level violence. CBITS has been used in urban and rural settings and with diverse ethnic and language groups. Marleen Wong, PhD, Pia Escudero, MSW, LAUSD, Los Angeles, CA

11:30 – 11:45 Break 11:45 – 12:45 PM

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Paper Session I

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The Choices Room: Bridging Gaps in Services (JJD) The “Choices Room” is a program designed and built upon solid principles of effective intervention, and intended for use in many types of educational settings. This presentation will focus on how a program conducted in cooperation with 3 major entities: juvenile justice, mental health, and alternative education is helping to bridge gaps in services for juvenile detainees with problematic behavior in the classroom. Summer Clapper, MSW, WPIC, Sharon Campbell, MEd, NCC, LPC, Bridges for Education and Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

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Preventing Sexual Harassment and Assault in Our Schools: A Collaborative Approach This presentation will address the importance of primary prevention, the team approach and institutionalizing a program in a school system when addressing youth-focused sexual harassment and assault prevention. Joyce Dantzler, MS, Saran Myers-Martin, MPH, Maryland Department of Health and Hygiene, Baltimore, MD Brian Griffith, MEd, Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, MD

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A Review of School-Based Suicide Prevention Programs (EBP) A review of popular school-based suicide prevention studies was conducted. Information in the review includes program descriptions, study characteristics, and relevant effect sizes for outcome measures. Results indicate mixed support for such school-based interventions. Philip Rodgers, PhD, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Philadelphia, PA

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Child Psychiatry and School Mental Health: New Policy Directions This presentation will describe and illustrate evidence-based, best practices school district policies in the identification, assessment, treatment and education of mainstream and special education students who have psychiatric disorders. William Dikel, MD, Consulting Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Minneapolis, MN

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The Role of Public Health in Promoting School Mental Health (ED) The Coordinated School Health Program model, developed by the CDC, serves as a public health approach for addressing school mental health and reducing the burden of emotional and behavioral problems among our nation’s children and youth. This presentation will highlight the role of public health and promote school mental health. Mary Vernon-Smiley, MD, MPH, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

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Mental Health Promotion in the Primary School: Contributions from the Resilient Children and Communities Project (MHE) The Resilient Children and Communities Project is one of Australia’s major mental health promotion projects for young people. This presentation discusses the establishment, implementation and evaluation of this major resiliency enhancing initiative. Donald Stewart, MPH, PhD, Jin Sung, PhD, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

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Mental Health Provision in High Schools in England: Barriers and Bridges to Meeting Identified Needs (DCL) Results from a study of mental health provisions in English high schools are presented. Gaps between current provision and the needs identified by students, teachers and policy-makers are identified and the reasons for them explored. Judi Kidger, PhD, MSC, MA, David Gunnell, MBChB, MRCGP, PhD, FFPHM, Jenny Donovan, PhD, Rona Campbell, PhD, MFPH, Lucy Biddle, PhD, Fenella Starkey, PhD, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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Using Positive Behavior Supports to Enhance Community Mental Health Initiatives: Strategies and Benefits (PBIS) This presentation provides practical strategies for combining two state-of-theart, empirically-validated approaches to address the mental health needs of all children: Systems of Care and Positive Behavior Supports to improve the mental health of all children. Mary Magee Quinn, PhD, Jeffrey M Poirier, MS, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC

Stanley N Bernard, MPH, The PARK Project, Bridgeport, CT Susan Stromberg, MEd, Center for Mental Health Service, SAMHSA, Rockville, MD 9.

Social Skills Deficits or Racism? A Story of Change in A Rural Predominately White High School Community (YL) Finding compelling reasons for students to change problematic behavior sometimes seems impossible. Often, however, the solution is counterintuitive. A model for one such approach to increasing student engagement and social skills development is presented and discussed. Christopher Reiger, MA, Miami University, Oxford, OH

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The Fifteen Minute Session: An Integration of Cognitive Behavioral and Psychodynamic Techniques (YD) This presentation will focus on the integration of cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic technique in a clinical intervention with an eighth grade student experiencing severe anxiety in the classroom. The fifteen minute session is organized around three five minute segments. Theory and rationale are discussed. Outcome and follow up procedures will be discussed. The application of this technique to other clinical problems will be addressed. Anthony Gullo, DSW, MSW, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA

12:45 - 1:45 PM

Luncheon, Awards and Exhibits

Fifth Annual Recognition Award for an Exemplary School-Based Mental Health Program established by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) This annual award acknowledges the work of an outstanding school-based program that advances mental health programs in schools and promotes mental health. Presenter: Patrick Weld, MSW, MPA, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD Juanita Evans Memorial Award for Contributions in School -Mental Health This annual award is given to an individual who has significantly impacted the advancement of school mental health policy, research, and/or practice. Presenter: Mark Weist, PhD, CSMHA, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 1:45 – 2:45 PM 1.

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Paper Session II

Integrating Education and Mental Health: The Key to Academic Success This workshop will describe how the federally-funded Safe-School/Healthy Students grantees develop innovative in-service trainings among education and mental health professionals who are working to create a comprehensive mental health promotion initiative. Jennifer Kitson, MEd, Woodbury Clift, MA, National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention, Newton, MA

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The Language of Play: Integrating Multiple and Multicultural Approaches to Creative Arts Counseling in Schools Creative arts counseling is presented as a highly effective intervention in preschool, elementary, middle school and high school settings. The definition, process, age appropriateness, and relevance of the approach with culturally diverse youth are discussed for five creative arts counseling techniques: play therapy, art therapy, drama therapy, poetry therapy and sand play therapy. Caroline Clauss-Ehlers, PhD, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

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Hawaii’s Community of Practice-Integrating Mental Health and Education This presentation will describe efforts of a Community practice group in Hawaii to increase mental health Access to Care and Capacity, and to develop uniform guidelines for Standard of Care, Performance Improvement and Practice Parameters, across agencies with particular focus on the Departments of Health and Education. Michael Faran, MD, PhD, Albert Saito, MD, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI Paul Ban, PhD, Pauline Schick, MS, Hawaii Department of Education, Honolulu, HI Christina Donkervoet, MSN, Hawaii Department of Health, Honolulu, HI

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The Effects of Mental Health Labels on Teacher Attributions: A Comparison between Pre-service and In-Service Teachers (MHE) This presentation will describe a research study comparing the difference between pre-service and in-service teachers’ attributions toward the behavior of students who present with mental health labels in the classroom. Karen Weston, PhD, Jason Parkin, BA, Julia Bertel, EdS, Center for the Advancement of Mental Health Practices in Schools, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, OH

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Who Changes School Culture and How? RESPECT: An Evidence-based Practice that Ignites Empathic Capacities in Middle and High School Students to Reduce Peer Aggression and Improve School Climate. RESPECT is a social-emotional curriculum for middle and high school students that teaches the ‘psychological structure’ and breaks empathy down into its three clinical components. Based on 8 years of program development and outcome research using RESPECT, we have gathered a body of statistical evidence that explains how the intervention works to shift cultures in schools. The presentation will demonstrate how social development theory on adolescents informs clinical skills and practice in order to foster a systematic approach to changing school culture through this brief school-based intervention. Steven Drannoff, PhD, Wanda Dobrich, PhD, Principals and Program Developers, RESPECT, Clifton, NJ Olga Acosta Price, PhD, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

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Navigating Ethical Issues in Interdisciplinary Work in Expanded SchoolBased Mental Health (DCL) This paper focuses on the ethical issues that arise when working within an expanded school-based mental health model. Participants will be provided with resources and recommendations to better navigate this cross-disciplinary work. Rochelle Rokusek, BS, Melissa Maras, MA, Chris Reiger, MA, Jennifer Green, PhD, Miami University, Oxford, OH

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Working on the Edge of Chaos: Helping Young People Become Decision Makers in School Mental Health Practice (YIL) Can working on the edge of chaos be transformational for adult/youth partnerships in school mental health? Lessons learned from developing youth as decision makers and growing effective adult/youth partnerships will be presented. Barbara Silverman, LCSW, Erasmus Teen Health Clinic, Brooklyn, NY

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How Does Family Engagement in Systems of Care Have Impact on Outcomes? (FP) Quantitative and qualitative findings from the Family-Driven Study of Family Involvement in Systems of Care will be presented and the role of families will be discussed. Trina Osher, MA, Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Takoma Park, MD Bonnie Bates, MA, ORC Macro, Calverton, MD

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Community Engagement in School-Based Mental Health Service Delivery (FCP) This presentation will present a process model for implementing school-based services through a faith-community collaborative. Dana Cunningham, PhD, Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action, Baltimore, MD Michael Lindsey, MSW, MPH, PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Alvin Hathaway, MACM, Union Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD

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Mental Health Quality Improvement in School-Based Health Care (EBP) This paper will describe a Quality Improvement process implemented by the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care and the Center for School Mental Health and Analysis and Action to improve school-based providers’ mental health service delivery. Sharon Stephan, PhD, University of Maryland, Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action, Baltimore, MD Laura Brey, MS, National Assembly on School-Based Health Centers, Washington, DC

2:45 – 3:00 PM

Break and Exhibits

3:00 – 4:00 PM

Paper Session III

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Developing and Evaluating an Online Mental Health Degree Program for School-Based Personnel: Assessing the Knowledge Base, Attitudes, and Efficacy of Students (MHE)

The following components of an online mental health degree program for school-based personnel will be discussed: rationale behind the need, how the program was developed, an explanation of the program evaluation, and the findings of the study. Christina Pate, MEd, Karen Weston, PhD, Center for the Advancement of Mental Health Practices in Schools, Columbia, MO 2.

Whatever it Takes: Strategies to Help At-Risk Youth to Finish High School (JJD) This session will describe a school-to-career service model that engages and assists youth with very significant emotional or behavioral issues to complete high school and begin to transition successfully into adult life. JoAnne Malloy, MS, University of New Hampshire/Institute on Disability, Manchester, NH Gail Cormier, MS, Alliance for Community Supports, Inc., Manchester, NH

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School Involvement and Outcomes in Community-Based Wraparound Services for Children with SED (ED) CANCELLED

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Group Dynamics in Leadership Training for Sexually Exploited Youth (YIL) This workshop will pay particular attention to the group dynamics involved in providing leadership training for sexually exploited youth. It will use as a case study the only organization that serves the ever-growing population of sexually exploited youth in New York City, Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS). Participants will address successes and challenges in the development of a responsive and comprehensive youth leadership curriculum. Ramatu Bangura, BA, Dominique Vickers, Girls Educational &Mentoring Services, New York, NY

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Everything Has Its Place: Developing Integrated, Interdisciplinary Social Skills Programs in the Schools to Meet the Needs of Students with Asperger’s Disorder (YD) This presentation explores the components of optimal programming for children with Asperger’s disorder within a school setting, enabling participants to develop guidelines for interdisciplinary programs that support social skills development. Lisa Crabtree, MS, Towson University, Towson, MD

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Building Resilience through Supportive School Environments (PBIS) Australia has a high proportion of new migrants. This paper argues that the Health Promoting Schools approach enhances human, social, and cultural capital within the school setting, promoting resilience in culturally diverse primary school-aged children. Donald Stewart, MPH, PhD, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Kate Lemerle, MEd, PhD, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia

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Survival in the Age of Audits: Reduction of Risk in School-Based Services School-based programs have inherently higher risks due to the communitybased nature of their work. We will address issues surrounding verification of

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services, documentation of medical necessity, demonstrating outcomes, and the golden thread which knits services together. Ron Van Treuren, PhD, Helen Hinton, MEd, Terri White, LCSW, Seven Counties Services, Inc., Louisville, KY 8.

From the Grassroots to the Top Down: The Shared Agenda and the Community of Practice for Carolina’s Children The South Carolina “community of practice”, including education, families, and mental health involves building a coalition for effective services and outcomes. The session will describe youth created “Stories”, stigma-breaking poster contests, and legislative advocacy. Mike Paget, MEd, South Carolina Department of Education, Columbia, SC Diane Flashnick, Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Elizabeth Freeman, MSW, South Carolina Department of Mental Health, Columbia, South Carolina

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Advanced Models of Training in School-Based Universal Prevention: Lessons Learned and Future Initiatives This presentation will discuss competency training in school-based universal prevention. Specific topics include a) identification, teaching, and evaluation of universal prevention competencies, b) relevant ethical issues, and c) recommendations for advancement in teaching practices. Heather Alvarez, PhD, Lindsay Johannes, BS, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Karin Vanderzee, BS, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

10. Creative Tools for Working with Depressed and Angry At-Risk Youth

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4:00 - 4:15 PM

Break and Exhibits

4:15 – 5:45 PM

Workshop Session II

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SAFE - Seeking and Finding Everyone (YIL) In this presentation, presenters will describe efforts to align policy and practice in support of expanded school-based mental health services in Ohio. Jim Still-Pepper, MA, Six County, Inc., Zanesville, OH Youth, SAFE Program, OH

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Establishing a System of Mental Health: Bringing Together Parents, Teachers and Mental Health Professionals (ED) This workshop demonstrates how a school district has used a model program (FAST) to establish a system of mental health care that connects parents, teachers and students to services in school and in the community. Pat Davenport, BA, FAST National Training and Evaluation Center, Madison, WI

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Paving the Path to Collaboration: A School-Based Liaison Project (DCL) This workshop tells the story of a successful project that has reframed services and enhanced understanding and quality of care by developing a school-based program to coordinate cross-system collaboration for students with multiple needs.

Ruth Ann Koss, MEd, CAAP, Bureaus of Child and Adolescent Services, Pittsburgh, PA Chelsea Quattrone, BSW, Allegheny County Office of Behavioral Health, Pittsburgh, PA 4.

A School-Based Rural Program: Vaya con Dios (Go with God) (FCP) Ever wonder if advancing mental health in schools is worth the painstaking collaboration with others? Do we really want the students and families involved? Of course! And, God can be an essential ally. Participants in this workshop will learn from the five years of direct experience of the presenter in directly providing comprehensive mental health services in a faith-based community and school. This presentation will highlight the do’s and don’ts of how to live in a small rural community and still be effective! John Rich, MS, Casa De Corazon Community Mental Health Center, Fairview NM

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School-Based Partial Hospitalization: A Working Model (YD) A model for school-based Partial Hospitalization Programs will be presented. Topics discussed will include: staffing patterns, theoretical models, therapeutic activities, funding sources, service delivery, and measuring outcomes. Emphasis on a collaborative, strength-based approach is central to the presentation. Janice Cunningham, PhD, Ron Prator, PhD, Resolve Services, Easton, PA

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Seeds to Sustenance: Advancing Educator Preparation to Meet Mental Health Challenges in Missouri (MHE) The workshop will describe how a small Seed Grant from the IDEA Partnership blossomed into substantive teacher preparation and professional development reforms in a university curriculum and in legislation in Missouri. Edwin Morris, PhD, Karen Weston, PhD, James Koller, PhD, Bruce Horwitz, PhD, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO Representative Judy Baker, Jefferson City, MO

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Connecting for Success: Families, Schools and Mental Health (PBIS)

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Keys to Success: Revisiting Secondary Student Support (JJD) This workshop presents a unique urban high school drop-out prevention model that provides flexible and accessible mental health and consultative services. Participants will receive an overview of the model and data related to program outcomes. Amy Maisterra, LCSW, Jennifer Collier, MSW, School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

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QI What? Obstacles and Challenges to Developing and Implementing a Quality Improvement Program in a School-Based Mental Health Program (EBP) This workshop will discuss the obstacles and challenges of developing and implementing a SMH CQI program, including how to create a CQI culture amongst staff and how to use data to improve overall program performance. Barbara Parks, MSSA, Julie Goldstein Grumet, PhD, Department of Mental Health, Washington, DC

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Training Families as Advocates (FP) This presentation will highlight a successful leadership program for families and will offer participants a better understanding of how to help families to become leaders in the larger system of care. The Family Leadership Program is an intensive training and leadership program for families caring for a child with mental health needs. Families are provided with information, training, resources, and skill building so that they can become leaders in building a better system of care in children’s mental health. Jane Walker, LCSW, Connie Escoe, MA, Maryland Coalition of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Columbia, MD

(Poster Session set-up starts at 3:45pm) 5:45 – 7:45 PM

Poster Session and Networking Reception

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Breakfast Meetings: Open to all participants (Please attend the meeting of your choice. Continental breakfast is in the back of each breakfast room.) 1. School Mental Health, Juvenile Justice and Drop-out Prevention 2. Family Partnerships 3. Youth Involvement and Leadership 4. Faith – Community Partnerships 5. Quality and Evidence-Based Practice

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8:30 – 8:45 AM

Greetings

8:45 – 9:30 AM

Keynote Address: School-wide Positive Behavior Supports and School-based Mental Health: Merging Systems, Data, and Practices to Support ALL Students Lucille Eber, EdD, Statewide Coordinator of Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center PBIS Network, LaGrange Park, IL

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Break and Exhibits

10:00 – 11:30 AM

Workshop Session III

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Opportunities and Challenges in Providing a Continuum of Mental Health Services in Schools (ED) This workshop will examine the key considerations for implementing a fullcontinuum of care, including acknowledgement of the training of providers, traditions of organizational systems, public policy considerations, and commonly encountered obstacles to effective service delivery. Anastasia Skalski, PhD, Ted Feinberg, EdD, National Association of School Psychologists, Bethesda, MD Chris Campbell, MA, American Counseling Association, Alexandria, VA Myrna Mandlawitz, JD, School Social Work Association of America, Washington, DC

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Tick! Tick! Tick!: Addressing the Spiritual, Emotional, and Academic Needs of Children of Color Impacted by Parental Incarceration and HIV/AIDS (FCP) The clock is ticking. Can you hear it? This powerful and personal presentation focuses on how faith community partnerships work together to

address the needs of children of color affected by parental incarceration and parents living with HIV/AIDS. Lela Hairston, Executive Director of Higher Visions 4 Families, shares how her faith helped her turn her husband’s incarceration into a story of triumph and a mission to serve children. Renee Beaman, Executive Director of Beautiful Gate Outreach Program, shares how her center has been providing HIV/AIDS testing, counseling, and outreach for the black community in Wilmington, Delaware. Alyson Lang, Executive Director of Each One Teach One, shares how she works with teens and former prisoners on HIV/AIDS education and prevention. Renee Beaman, Executive Director of Beautiful Gate Outreach Program, Newark, DE Alyson Lang, Executive Director of Each One Teach One, Newark, DE Lela Hairston, MA, MSW, Higher Visions 4 Families, Newark, DE

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Partnership with Youth in Transition- A Local Mental Health/Transition Community of Practice (YD) The Allegheny County (PA) Department of Human Services has partnered with two school district communities and State Vocational Rehabilitation to implement a project to assist youth and young adults with serious emotional disturbance or mental illness to transition to adult life and adult support services through a Community of Practice approach. Rick Boyle, MSEd, PA Training and Technical Assistance Network, Pittsburgh, PA Gwendolyn White, MS, Allegheny County Department of Human Services, Pittsburgh, PA John Ulozas, MEd, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Pittsburgh, PA

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NAMI’s New National School-Based Mental Health Education Program (MHE) An in-service mental health education program helping school professionals and families better understand the early warning signs of mental disorders in children and adolescents, and how best to intervene so that youth with mental health treatment needs are linked with services will be discussed. Darcy Gruttadaro, JD, Joyce Burland, PhD, Kate Fariholt, JD, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Arlington, VA

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Prevention in Middle School: Promoting Resiliency (JJD) Part 1—Poverty is one of the largest environmental risk factors threatening school success for children. Identifying protective factors in schools that mediate or moderate risk factors will assist professionals in promoting and building resiliency in schools. Part 2—The second part of this session will describe the development and implementation of a school-based group counseling program for urban early adolescents. The program aims to prevent risk behavior by supporting students’ mental health and promoting a positive school climate. Evaluation data will also be presented. Caren Moore, BA, Stephen Whitney, PhD, Karen Weston, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO Luba Falk Feigenberg, EdM, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA Shelly Dennery, LICSW, Children’s Hospital Neighborhood Partnerships Program, Boston, MA

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Autism Program Quality Indicators: A Self-Review and Quality Improvement Guide for Schools and Programs Serving Students with Autism (EBP) The Autism Program Quality Indicators (APQI) are a compilation of the best practices in educating students with autism, which were developed to serve as a means of guiding quality improvement activities for schools and programs serving children with autism. Kristin Christodulu, PhD, Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Albany, NY

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Finding Their Voices, Strengthening Youth Presence in a Culture Dominated by Adults (YIL) Youth participation is a process of involving young people in the institutions and decisions that affect their lives. This workshop will look at the development of youth participation initiatives in schools, and adult attitudes towards sharing power with youth in decision making. Barbara Silverman, LCSW, Erasmus Teen Center, Brooklyn, NY Olga Acosta Price, PhD, George Washington University, Washington, DC Emily Huff, IDEA Partnership, Concord, NH Michael Koonce, DC Department of Mental Health, Washington, DC

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Supporting Implementation of School-Based Mental Health: Aligning Programs, Process, Policy and Practice in Ohio (DCL) In this presentation, presenters will describe efforts to align policy and practice in support of expanded school-based mental health services in Ohio. Paul Flaspohler, PhD, Miami University, Oxford, OH Kay Reitz, Ohio Department of Mental Health, Columbus, OH Dawn Anderson-Butcher, PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Carl Paternite, PhD, Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs, Miami University, Oxford, OH

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Providing Mental Health Services in School-Based Mental Health Centers: Lessons for the Caring of Kids Presenter will focus on school-based mental health programs, their delivery, experiences about the challenges of organizing effective programs, and strategies for overcoming difficulties associated with accommodating school schedules, interdisciplinary practice, and gaps in training. Julia Lear, PhD, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC

10. Sustaining Evidence-Based Prevention Programming CANCELLED

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11. Dialogue Guides: A Model for Conducting Interactive Discussions on Connecting School Mental Health and PBS ( PBIS) Dialogue Guides are models for conducting interactive discussions across stakeholders in States and districts. In this manner, stakeholders (families, practitioners, professional associations, professors, policymakers, legislators) from across the country can begin interacting in new ways around implementation issues. Come join us to learn more about this exciting model and assist us in developing a Dialogue Guide on Connecting School Mental Health with PBS.

Gordon Wrobel, PhD, National Association of School Psychologists, Bethesda, MD Mary Summers. EdD, American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA 11:30 – 12:00 PM

Break, Exhibits and Pick up your lunch and Attend Your Selected Lunch Discussion Group

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Planning and Lunch Discussion Groups 1. Mental Health – Education Training and Workforce 2. Developing a Common Language 3. Education: An Essential Component of Systems of Care 4. Connecting School Mental Health and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports 5. Improving School Mental Health for Youth with Disabilities 6. School Mental Health, Juvenile Justice and Drop-out Prevention 7. Family Partnerships 8. Youth Involvement and Leadership 9. Faith – Community Partnerships 10. Quality and Evidence-Based Practice

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Break and Exhibits

1:30 – 2:30 PM

Paper Session IV

1. Identifying Students with Traumatic Brain Injury Students with traumatic brain injury (TBI) suffer from being under-identified, and from being misclassified in school settings. This session will focus on strategies to more accurately identify and effectively serve students with TBI. Jessica Crown, MHS, MEd, Federal Traumatic Brain Injury Program, MCHB, Rockville, MD

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2. Lessons Learned in Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation with Head Start Teachers This presentation will detail the mental health consultation model used by the CSBMHP and the lessons learned by the faculty and graduate student mental health consultants working to provide consultation in area Head Start classrooms. Kathryn Conaway, BA, Karin Vanderzee, BA, Holli Sink, BA, Jen Elfstrom, MA, Raven Cuellar, BA, Angela Volz, BA, Jen Green, PhD, Center for School BasedMental Health Services, Miami University, Oxford, OH

3. New Mexico’s SBHC Mental Health Pilot Project-Implementation of SBHC Mental Health Best Practice Guidelines (EBP) CANCELLED 4. An Introduction to Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy and How It May be Used In a School Based Setting This workshop reviews the Esther Deblinger (evidenced-based) Model of trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy and how it may be adapted for use in the school based setting. Sally O’Hara, MA, LCPC, Teresa Laya, LCSW-C, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 5. Program Evaluation: What Method Works for You? (EBP) This presentation will outline key variables and different methods of collecting data, such as group versus individual level data. Advantages and disadvantages of each method will be discussed and practical examples and processes will be provided. Mark Sander, LP, PsyD, Minnesota Public Schools Amy Mack, PsyD, Caliber, ICF Consulting Firm, Fairfax, VA 6. Process Management Improvement: A Model for Continuously Improving Clinical and Operational Processes in School-Based Mental Health Programs Commonly used research methodologies may not be the “best fit” for evaluating varied and innovative services provided in school-based mental health programs. This workshop will present a continuous improvement model (Process Management and Improvement) as a prototype for evaluating and improving clinical and operational processes. Stephen Fritsch, PsyD, TriHealth Community Outreach Program, Fairfield, OH 7. A Technical Assistance Model: Promoting Cultural Competence and Resilience in the Engagement of Ethnically Diverse Children through Supervision (PBIS) A technical assistance model that promotes cultural competence and resilience with ethnically diverse children in schools will be presented. The model includes implementing cultural competence and resilience in all clinical policy, technical assistance, rounds, training, and clinical supervision. Kenneth Glass, PhD, Lynne Hopper, LSW, Charlotte Wroton, MA, Dr. Warren E. Smith Health Centers, Philadelphia, PA 8. Teaching Teens About Depression: Lessons Learned from the Adolescent Depression and Awareness Program (MHE) The Adolescent Depression Awareness Program (ADAP) has developed a curriculum to teach high school students about the illness of depression. This presentation will describe the rationale, development, outcomes and future directions of the ADAP program. Karen Swartz, MD, Sally Hess, RN, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

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9. Changing Policies, Beliefs and Attitudes about Bullying: The First Step on Bullying Prevention (PBIS) Bullying is a serious problem for which children receive limited adult help. This workshop will present an overview on the nature, scope and harmful

consequences of bullying and discuss ways to partner with schools to develop a comprehensive approach to bullying prevention. Virginia Blashill, MEd, Program Implementation Specialist, Committee for Children, Seattle, WA 10.

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School Mental Health Systems Integration & Lessons Learned Presenters from Maryland, Missouri, and Ohio will discuss their respective U.S. Department of Education School-Mental Health System Integration Grant in their state. Successes, challenges, and lessons learned will be highlighted and effective strategies and resources for enhancing mental health identification and referrals in school will be shared. Nancy Lever, PhD, University of Maryland, Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action, Baltimore, MD Susan Tager, BA, Maryland Coalition of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Baltimore, MD Karen Weston, PhD, Center for the Advancement of Mental Health Practices in Schools, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Edwin Morris, PhD, James R Koller, PhD, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO Carl Paternite, PhD, Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs, Miami University, Oxford, OH Dawn Anderson-Butcher, PhD, College of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2:30 – 3:00 PM

Break and Exhibits (last time to visit exhibits)

3:00 – 4:30 PM

Workshop Session IV

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Boston Connects: A Comprehensive, Coordinated Approach to Addressing Mental Health in Urban Schools (ED) A partnership among Boston Public Elementary Schools, Boston College, and several community agencies is providing a comprehensive, coordinated web of supports, including mental health services. This workshop will describe the strategies for developing, implementing and evaluating this unique approach. Mary Walsh, PhD, Patrice DiNatale, MEd, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Carolyn Riley, MEd, Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA

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Dinosaur School-Evidenced Based Small Group Therapy (EBP) Dinosaur School Group Therapy Program, part of the Incredible Years curriculum developed by Dr. Carolyn Webster-Stratton, will be presented. Meet the puppets and facilitators for the program, see video clips and discuss implementation of evidenced-based programs. Anne Marie Cardinal, MSW, Medical Professional Associates of Arizona, Phoenix, AR

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Bright Futures in Practice: School Nurse Mental Health Instructor Training Project in Washington State School nurses from Washington State will share implementation strategies for the Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health materials. Case examples will be used to demonstrate how the materials promote mental health in a broad range of settings and communities.

Teresa Cooper, MN, MPH, RN, Washington State Department of Health, Seattle, WA Jennifer Douglas, ADN, BSN, MN, Walla Walla Public Schools, Seattle, WA

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Breaking the Silence: Teaching the Next Generation about Mental Illness (MHE) This workshop for Breaking the Silence: Teaching the Next Generation about Mental Illness (BTS) will focus on classroom strategies for grades 4-12 designed to educate students and eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness. Janet Susin, MA, Lorraine Kaplan, MA, National Alliance on Mental Illness Queens/Nassau, Lake Success, NY

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Improving Classrooms for Students with Emotional Behavioral Disorders (EBP) Students with EBD are often educated in self-contained classrooms. This presentation will provide data showing correlations between critical classroom variables and student behavior/learning. Case studies will illustrate class-wide interventions to promote appropriate behavior and achievement. Lee Kern, PhD, Natalie Sokol, MEd, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Frank Gresham, PhD, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

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Engaging Immigrant Families in School-Based Mental Health Services (FP) In this unique workshop, the audience will develop an understanding of challenges faced by immigrant families within the school system, and acquire programmatic skills in relation to multicultural service delivery within schools. Jessica Soussana, LCSW, Azhar Abu-Ali, PhD, Center for Multicultural Human Services, Falls Church, VA

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Story Guided Group Counseling to Enhance Social Reasoning (YD) STORIES use the story and peer group process to enhance social reasoning. This presentation includes a description of the program, theoretical bases and outcome data from two implementations with a control or comparison group. Hedwig Teglasi, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Lee Rothman, PhD, NCSP, Prince George’s County Public Schools, Adelphi, MD Samantha Sedlik, Samantha Sweeney, Doctoral Students, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

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Implementing a Comprehensive Health Plan to Address Barriers to Learning through School-Community Collaboration (DCL) An interactive and engaging session about the role of an external agency, The Center for Community Solutions, in the development and implementation of Cleveland Municipal School District’s Health Leadership Council and Comprehensive Health Plan, Cleveland, OH Wendy Leatherberry, MS, James Harvey, EdS, Center for Community Solutions, Cleveland, OH David Harrison, RN, Youth and Support Services, Cleveland Municipal School District

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Bridging the Gap Between Education and Mental Health Professionals: Arkansas Departments of Education and Mental Health Collaborate to Promote SBMH Programs (MHE)

This workshop will facilitate participants’ understanding of a statewide collaborative initiative to develop quality school-based mental health programs with the creation of state agency partnerships that promote the integration of mental health and education services. Ruth Fissel, LCSW, Arkansas Department of Education, SBMH Network, Little Rock, AR 10.

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CSI Detroit: Coordinating Systematic Interventions (PBIS) This session will provide an overview and examples of a systematic and collaborative process in an urban school district. Students in this district face mental health challenges that require collaborative approaches. Sheila Turner, MSW, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit, MI Ashara McKee-Williams, MSW, EdS, Detroit, MI

The Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action University of Maryland School of Medicine has three over-arching goals:

1. Enhance understanding of successful and innovative school mental health policies and programs across urban, suburban, rural and frontier settings, and across local, state, national, and international levels. 2. Further develop a rapid, innovative and widespread communications framework to disseminate to all interested stakeholders findings and recommendations on successful and innovative policies and programs in school mental health. 3. Promote knowledge, utilization, and action toward the advancement of successful and innovative policies and programs in school mental health. Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action University of Maryland Baltimore Department of Psychiatry 737 West Lombard St., 4th Floor Baltimore, MD 21201 Email: [email protected] Website: http://csmha.umaryland.edu Phone: 410-706-0980 main 888-706-0980 toll-free 410-706-0984 fax