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OCTOBER 2018

Your monthly newsletter for LSSPs in the Region 10 Area

Letter from the 'Editor'

Hello and Welcome to the 1st Edition of the Region 10 Monthly Newsletter for LSSPs.

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Keya Saleh. I am the new LSSP consultant here at Region 10. For a background, I am a Houston native and an alumni of the University of Houston and Trinity University (Go Cougars and Tigers!) I worked in Northside ISD in San Antonio as an LSSP before moving to Dallas where I was an LSSP and Coordinator for Richardson ISD. Much of my free time is spent hanging out with my family (wife, daughter, and dog), reading books (currently, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink), or falling asleep re-watching old sitcoms (Scrubs at the moment).

But enough about me, let's talk about you! My position is new and was added to Region 10 based on a lot of feedback and requests from the member districts. There were a number of requests for more support for LSSPs in making sure they are equipped to deal with the myriad of emotional and behavioral challenges that seem to be only increasing in our schools.

Like any good LSSP, the first thing I did in this position was collect data. I sent out a survey to every email address I could find to get some feedback about who was out there and what kinds of needs there were (and if you didn't get the survey, there still time to provide your input here). This feedback is going to be turned around and used for future planning for upcoming trainings and supports. In fact, the feedback is already being put to work, as one of the most requested things was a monthly newsletter!

The goals of this newsletter are still in flux, but some of the things that will be featured are upcoming training opportunities, ideas and resources for your practice, interesting articles, and generally useful information. We also want to make the newsletter interactive and will feature some polls and questions from time to time to get information from you.

I hope you will find some value in this newsletter and look forward to it hitting your inbox. If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please send in your feedback here. If you have any questions of any kind, please feel free to reach out to me directly as well (contact info is at the bottom).

-Keya Saleh

LSSP Consultant @ Region 10

R10 LSSP PD Planning Survey

UPCOMING R10 TRAININGS

Here's a small sampling of what we having coming up at Region 10 that is relevant to LSSPs. Get over to the Calendar of Events to register.

Webinar - Generating and Writing Data Based and Student-Centered Recommendations, 10/9/2018, 10:00-12:00, Session ID# 2619674
Webinar - Social Emotional Learning Program Evaluation, 10/10/2018, 4:00-5:30, Session ID# 2620626
Kids and Social Media (Grace Counseling Collaborative Training Series), 11/5/2018, 9:30-12:30, Session ID# 60452
Webinar - Low Incidence Evaluations, 11/13/2018, 10:00-12:00, Session ID# 2619679
Webinar - Play Based Assessments, 12/11/2018, 10:00-12:00, Session ID# 2619681
Social Emotional Learning Instructional Planning (AM), 12/18/2018, 9:00-12:00 OR 1:00-4:00, Session# 2621566 (AM), 2621713 (PM)

1st LEAP Meeting Coming Soon

Are you the lead LSSP/evaluator for your district? Be sure to talk to your director about attending the Lead Evaluation Personnel (LEAP) Meeting on 10/19/2018. The 1st session will feature Gigi Driscoll from Walsh Gallegos discussing the most recent legal updates in the field.

Admission is open to leads from districts nominated by their directors. Please contact Angelia Rottman to get added to the eligibility list.

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Secrets to Self-Compassion

Self-Compassion and Self-Care can be a challenge this time of year. The school year is ramping up and evaluations are coming due. Don't let the stress pile up until it is too much!

Check out this great coffee break interview by Dr. Rebecca Branstetter, The Thriving School Psychologist, with Dr. Kristin Neff on Self-Compassion and strategies for LSSPs:

https://www.thrivingschoolpsych.com/self-compassion-resources-for-school-psychologists-a-coffee-chat-with-kristin-neff/

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Intervention/Strategy: 2 by 10

Need a quick and efficient relationship building/connection strategy for teachers? Check out the 'two-by-ten'':

If a teacher has a strained (or non-existent) relationship with a particular student, that teacher may want to jump-start a more positive pattern of interaction using the 'two-by-ten' intervention (Mendler, 2000). With this time-efficient strategy, the teacher commits to having a positive 2-minute conversation with the student at least once per day across 10 consecutive school days. The active ingredient in the intervention is regular and positive teacher attention delivered at times when the student is not misbehaving. After the 10-day intervention, teachers often find that their relationships with formerly problematic students have improved markedly.

From Intervention Central