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SPP 182: Upping Your Report Writing With ClickReport

Join #psychedpodcast as well welcome back fellow school psych, Jenna! You can catch our first episode on ClickReport here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Xl-DgSKMZQ4?si=YrSjuUv93X6_hPR7

Read her story here:

MY NAME IS JENNA AND I HAVE BEEN YOU…

I know how it feels. I entered the field of school psychology because I wanted a career that was intellectually stimulating and allowed me to reach my ultimate goal—helping as many kids as possible. I loved being a school psychologist in the field, however, I often got frustrated about the guilt I felt from not being able to do more to help my students and schools. I felt like I was armed with the knowledge and ability to do so, but my time ended up spent mostly on the monotonous tasks within report writing.

In July of 2016, I went on maternity leave with my first child and began to worry about being able to maintain an appropriate work/life balance when it was time to go back to work. I was gripped with this idea about how to solve the problem of wanting to do the most for everyone with only a finite amount of time per day.

I started to research coding every free moment that I got and began to teach myself how to code. Since this was something very new to me, I was surprised by how much I loved it and how easily I slipped into flow. After a lot of trial and error, I created the first ClickReport smart template and presented my work to my colleagues. I will never forget the silence that seemed to fall upon the room after I was done presenting, then finally one person let out a very long, “WOW”. I will be forever grateful that after that moment my team pushed me to continue to work on this passion project.

I realized that if I could help others be more efficient it would mean that I am indirectly able to help more students. I realized I could make a bigger impact by tackling the problem at the source, and now I am devoting my career to empowering and equipping other educational evaluators to do more and be more for the students who need them.

https://schoolpsychclickreport.com/about/

SPP 181 – Systemic Self-Care

#psychedpodcast is so excited to have Dr. Imad Zaheer back! Tune in Sunday night for a great conversation.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Imad-Zaheer

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37561430/

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rbuh09fPWnYu-5L1ESA2X1xUxSimwOYz/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=104669229091021738930&rtpof=true&sd=true

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B7URpsooWueVyalpW1gu7-48FklcIp4h/view?usp=drive_link

Dr. Imad Zaheer is an Assistant Professor of School Psychology in the Department of Psychology, at St. John’s University. Dr. Zaheer is a pediatric school psychologist and has worked on numerous projects in clinics, hospitals, and public and alternative school settings that involve direct and indirect (consultation) services across individual, group (classrooms) and systems level. His areas of interest are in developing assessments and interventions for children with emotional and behavioral challenges and creating comprehensive school-based prevention programs by integrating school mental health (SMH), social emotional learning (SEL) and school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SW-PBIS). For his work in these areas, Dr. Zaheer was awarded the Council for Exceptional Children’s (CEC) Professional Performance Award in 2019. Additionally, Dr. Zaheer sits on the steering committee for the national group, Family School Community Alliance (FSCA), which is an organization dedicated to creating robust collaboration and engagement across schools and families/community settings. Dr. Zaheer is the co-founder of the Nurturing Environments Institute (NEI).

SPP 172: NASP President Dr. Andrea Clyne

Join #psyched podcast as we speak with our NASP president!

https://www.nasponline.org/about-school-psychology/media-room/files/meet-the-2023%E2%80%932024-nasp-president-dr-andrea-clyne

Andrea Clyne, PhD, LP, is President of the National Association of School Psychologists (2023–2024) and a licensed school psychologist with over 30 years of experience as a school-based practitioner in Colorado. Andrea has spent many years working with her educator colleagues to advance safe and welcoming school environments, equitable practices, and multitiered systems of support (MTSS). Her leadership experiences include serving as district lead school psychologist; leading her school’s special education, PBIS, and MTSS teams; and serving on her district MTSS team. Advocating at the school, district, state, and national levels has reinforced her beliefs that change is possible, that everyone can be a change agent, and that building relationships is critical to success. Active in her state association leadership for 20 years, Andrea developed a passion for promoting the comprehensive school psychologist training and role. Andrea has also maintained a clinical practice, providing evaluations and psychotherapy for children, teens, and their parents. Before becoming NASP President, Andrea served for nearly a decade in NASP leadership in various roles, including as Colorado Delegate, NASP Practice Model Committee Chair, 2020 Practice Model Revision Writing Team Lead (as part of NASP’s 2020 Professional Standards revision), Western Delegate Representative, and President-Elect on the NASP Board of Directors. Throughout her presidency, Andrea hopes to shine a light on school psychologists’ important role as champions on behalf of students and for improving school and community systems to enable all students to thrive. In addition to her professional interests, Andrea loves music, reading, hiking, dancing, and spending time with her husband, daughters, family, and friends.

SPP 179: Measures and Interventions for Numeracy Development

Join us as #psychedpodcast talks with Dr. Poncy and Dr. Duhon on math!

https://brianponcy.wixsite.com/mind

Brian C. Poncy, PhD., is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Oklahoma State University. He is a recipient of the 2005 Outstanding Dissertation Award from Division 16 (School Psychology) of the American Psychological Association and the School Psychology Review 2015 Honorable Mention Article of the Year. Dr. Poncy’s research focuses on academic interventions and behavioral principles of learning, specifically in the area of mathematics. He teaches classes focusing on the design, selection, implementation, and evaluation of academic interventions and single-case research designs. He has published approximately 20 research articles and book chapters.

Gary J. Duhon, Ph.D., is currently a Professor and Director of Training for the School Psychology PhD program at Oklahoma State University. His areas of research include response to intervention, direct behavioral interventions, academic intervention techniques and increasing treatment integrity of teacher run interventions. Dr. Duhon received his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University. He has worked with individual districts in Oklahoma and Louisiana to enhance pre-referral intervention procedures in an effort to reduce over referral concerns and enhance student achievement. He has also assisted in the design and implementation of response to intervention models in Oklahoma school districts.

SPP 178: The Complexities of AI Application in School Psychology

Join #psychedpodcast as we welcome doctors Lockwood and Farmer! Hear about some interesting studies looking at the use of AI in school psychology

https://www.kent.edu/ehhs/spsy/dr-adam-lockwood

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=E_cOHe4AAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=E_cOHe4AAAAJ:q3oQSFYPqjQC

https://www.memphis.edu/psychology/people/faculty/farmer.php

Dr. Lockwood received his Ph.D. in School Psychology from Northern Arizona University. He also completed a pre-doctoral internship through the Louisiana School Psychology Internship Consortium at Louisiana State University’s School of Allied Health Professionals, and a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) post-doctoral psychology fellowship at the University of Kansas Medical Center – Center for Child Health and Development. Prior to joining the faculty at Kent State University, Dr. Lockwood worked as a school psychologist in California and as a faculty member in Western Kentucky University’s Psychology Department. He has a passion for working with individual with autism and their families, as well as with Native American stakeholders. Dr. Lockwood’s research focuses on improving educator training with an emphasis on evidence-based assessment and inclusive practices.

Dr. Farmer’s research program focuses on defining, describing, and understanding low-value practices (i.e., psychological and educational practices that are unvalidated, ineffective, harmful, or unnecessary), as well as what maintains their use amongst practitioners and educators. Concurrently and relatedly, he is interested in meta-science in school psychology and is exploring replication practices, publication processes, and evidence standards in the field. His past research has focused on assessment science, with emphasis on the psychometric properties of intelligence and adaptive behavior assessment. Dr Farmer employs a variety of research methodologies, including factor analysis, diagnostic accuracy estimation, delphi and survey designs, and systematic review. He has been supported in his work by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

SPP 177: School Safety

Please join #psychedpodcast for this important topic with Dr. Paula Gill Lopez

https://facultyprofile.fairfield.edu/?uname=pgilllopez

Paula Gill Lopez received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. While working as a school psychologist in Richmond, CA, she co-wrote curriculum and conducted workshops in cultural awareness, anger management, conflict mediation, and gang violence prevention for the West Contra Costa Human Relations Department. In 1994, Paula was hired at Fairfield and is now an Associate Professor, chair of the Department of Psychological and Educational Consultation and directs the school psychology program. She has presented nationally and internationally and published articles on dropout and bullying prevention, mentoring, and social-emotional learning. In 2008 she attended her first mindfulness conference – Hearts & Minds – at Georgetown University and found her personal and professional passion. Since then Paula has attended many mindfulness conferences and retreats and has trained in several major programs, including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness in Education (MiEN), Mindful Schools, and Inner Resilience. She has presented self-care and mindfulness workshops throughout the state of CT and nationally. Paula authored a two-part article on self-care published in the December 2016 and January/February 2017 issues of the National Association of School Psychologists Communique’, which currently has over 300 reads. She was an invited the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Convention in Atlanta in 2019. She has written blogs and two book chapters on self-care, as well as recorded a podcast. She and her student research team are currently compiling data that investigates the benefits of practicing self-care and mindfulness for school practitioners, graduate students, and whole school climate. The research teams have presented at state and national conferences, and published findings. She has lobbied NASP to include self-care in the revised Professional Ethics document coming out in 2020. Paula is a PREPaRE trainer, teaching prevention, preparation, intervention, and recovery of crisis to students and community members. She is the chair of the CT School Safety & Crisis Response Committee.

SPP 176: Anxiety and OCD Treatment

#psychedpodcast is excited for a great episode! Please join us as we chat with Natasha Daniels

https://www.anxioustoddlers.com/
https://hillchildcounseling.com/

SPP 175: AI for School Psychologists with Jon Scaccia

Great topic! Join #psychedpodcast as we chat.

SPP 174: Self-Care and Burnout Prevention

So happy to have Dr. Lisa Kelly-Vance back on #psychedpodcast! https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/psychology/about-us/directory/kellyvance-lisa.php

SPP 173: Psychiatry with Dr. Jeff Bostic

Jeff Bostic, MD, EdD, is a member of the child psychiatry faculty at Georgetown University Hospital, active in the intake clinic, DC MAP consultation program to primary care clinicians, and consultation to local DC schools. He remains affiliated with Harvard/Mass General Hospital, where he was the Director of School Psychiatry from 1997-2016. Dr. Bostic remains active on the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Committees for Schools and for Continuing Medical Education, and an assistant editor of their Journal. He received his MD and doctorate in education at Texas Tech University, psychiatry training at Timberlawn/UT Southwestern-Dallas, and child psychiatry training at the Harvard MGH/McLean program. His clinical and research interests include school consultation and enhancing mental health, police training to improve child/adolescent interactions, and sports psychiatry.

https://psychiatry.georgetown.edu/faculty/