Hello LSSPs,

We are in the home stretch of the semester! We have roughly one week before Thanksgiving break and then three weeks before winter break! Does anyone else count down before breaks? I know I'm not alone in that! If you went to TASP, I hope you made wonderful connections and learned from fantastic speakers. If there was a speaker that was great, please let me know! I am always on the hunt for new presenters. I hope everyone had an amazing School Psych Week!

We have some exciting events coming up, so please check out our professional development sessions we are hosting at Region 10! You can use this link here to see a list of trainings scheduled for LSSPs (this link we be updated as new trainings are added, so be sure to save it).

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!

Keep on being School Psych'd!

Latisha Stephenson, LSSP

Region 10 Educational Service Center

The Behavioral Health Executive Council (BHEC) met and approved the rule change to allow LSSPs to use the titles of “School Psychologist” and “Licensed School Psychologists.” It is now on it's way to the Texas Register for public comment!

In case you don't know, through the Child Find Network, TEA offers on-demand webinars over a variety of topics. Check out the options at the link below!

For 2022-23, we will have the Ethics session in the morning, and a diversity session in the afternoon. The following dates for Ethics and Diversity are up and ready for you to register:

January 17th: Guest Speaker (Keya!)

February 21st

April 12th

You can click the button below to see all of the trainings we have coming up, including Ethics and Diversity.

From WPS:

The ADOS-2 Clinical Workshop is now available in live webinar format! In this two-day workshop, learn how to administer and score the internationally acclaimed Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2).

November 17–18, 2022

Request my spot

• Learn how to use the definitive autism assessment
• Benefit from the experience of an expert ADOS-2 instructor
• Practice scoring while observing ADOS-2 administrations
• Earn 12 continuing education hours

How to Attend

If you are interested in registering for the workshop, please complete the interest form to request your spot. The two-day live webinar runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time both days; $525 includes the two-day live webinar and Pre- and Post-course Materials. Cost does not include the ADOS-2 Manual, which is required reading and is sold separately. Please visit the WPS website for course details, including learning objectives, special needs requests, and continuing education credit information for the live webinar.

Region 10 has recently expanded our Direct Services department to add some new positions. These irregular part time positions are an effort to support smaller school districts and charters that do not need a full time evaluator, but want to have an easier time to bring in contractors when needed. To that end, Region 10 is looking to add special irregular part-time evaluation professional positions.

If you are an LSSP who is looking to or currently contracting with LEAs and would be interested in this role, you can learn more here.

See the "LSSP - Temporary Part-time" or "Bilingual LSSP - Temporary Part-time" listings for more information. If you have additional questions, please contact Shelee Duke, Assistant Director for Direct Services.

If you have any questions or need support in your campus/district, give me a shout!

Email: latisha.stephenson@region10.org
Website: www.region10.org/programs/evaluation-special-education/overview/
Location: 904 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX, USA