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Happy New Year LSSPs!

New Years is always a funny holiday for educators, because it is a new start and a half way marker.

Personally, NYE was very chill occasion for me (which included going to bed at what I call parent-midnight AKA 10:15). For me, this break and time off turned out to be an excellent blend of down time and being productive (getting random half-finished home improvement projects completed). I hope your time away from the schools was filled with a good combination of up and down time. =)

Welcome back and Keep Being School Psych'd,

Keya Saleh, LSSP, NCSP

Region 10 Educational Service Center

'Email Apnea' Is a Real Thing—Here's How to Stop Holding Your Breath While Working (and Feel Less Stressed)

'Email apnea' is a phenomenon where people unconsciously hold their breath or drop into shallow breathing when they're responding to email or texting. It can be subtle, and it's not always for long, but it's enough to disrupt our regular flow of oxygen and unwittingly kick our stress response into gear. Learn more in the article above.

The Science of Math

The Science of Math is a movement focused on using objective evidence about how students learn math in order to make educational decisions and to inform policy and practice. For more information, check out this wonderful Communique article from Dr. Amanda VanDerHayden et al on the subject (NASP membership required).

Region 10 is excited to bring Dr. Marilyn Monteiro in to share out strategies and information about using the MIGDAS-2 in evaluations for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Dr. Monteiro's full day virtual workshop will allow you to learn from and interact with one of the leading researchers in our field and learn about using this new approach to evaluations direct from the source!

You can register for the session here.

Region 10 is excited to announce that we will be offering the 1st annual Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Evaluations (ICE) Symposium in collaboration with Region 11. This all day event will feature a variety of breakout sessions designed to provide all multidisciplinary evaluation team members (LSSPs, Diags, SLPs, OTs, PTs, VI/OM, etc) with valuable insights and information about engaging in more collaborative evaluations.

Please save the date - March 22, 2022

Our MTSS consultant here at Region 10 wanted to share this opportunity as there are dates for this FREE training approaching.

There is training for teachers, coaches (Partner Training), community liaisons, parent liaisons, counselors, and more! We’ve received calls about needing tiered behavior support. PAX Good Behavior Game provides a free one-day training with flexible dates to choose from! We have plenty of free resources stored at our service center to provide you with for your training.

If your campus/district would like more information about needing your whole staff trained, please email Jennifer Hernandez, our MTSS Consult! If you are ready to sign up, please click here and save your spot!

Please see the research opportunity below if interested:

My name is Anabel Vega Meyer, and I am a doctoral candidate at Texas Tech University working with Dr. Patricia Hawley. We are conducting a study related to practicing school psychologists, their career self-efficacy, experiences related to racial stressors, and coping. We are also interested in future intentions of school psychologists currently in the field. Your input will help potentially identify stressors and barriers school psychologists currently face. Participation eligibility includes school psychologists in the United States who are currently practicing independently in the schools.

If you meet the criteria, please consider completing the survey in the link below. The survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your participation is completely voluntary. You can skip any questions you are not comfortable with and stop at any point. There are no foreseeable risks to your participation. To protect your confidentiality, your name and any other identifying information will not be collected. Your e-mail address will not be collected. Your responses will be completely anonymous and confidential.

To access the informed consent and survey, please click on the link below:

https://educttu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bOvEnQnT9Zg1tau

If you have any questions about this research, please contact me at Anabel.Meyer@ttu.edu or Dr. Patricia H. Hawley at Patricia.Hawley@ttu.edu. IRB approval was secured on 10/15/2021. If you have questions about your rights as a research participant, contact the Human Research Protection Program, Office of Research & Innovation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409. You can contact them at 806-742-2064 or hrpp@ttu.edu.

Dr. Thomas Schanding, a pas president of TASP and current member of the UBC team, is conducted a study into the

The purpose of the study is to look at the ability to efficiently and accurately screen students who may need additional behavioral, social, or emotional support in schools has gained more attention. The goal of the current research project is to examine how acceptable parents, teachers, school administrators, and school psychologists are of certain forms of social, emotional, and behavioral universal screeners- specifically screeners related to behavioral/mental health, social and emotional learning (SEL) skills, and trauma/adverse childhood events. By exploring these issues, it is hoped that we can provide information to schools about how key stakeholders view these screenings.

If you would like to learn more or participate in the study, you can find a link with the relevant information here.

I have always gotten a lot of questions about the books I am reading (mostly because approximately 84% of my sentences start with "you know I just read this book..."), so I decided to start sharing some of my personal favorites that I have recently read (or in some cases, reread).

This month: The Long Game: How to be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short Term World by Dorie Clark.

I certainly fancy myself as a long term thinker, but with all of the demands on my brain and time, that isn't always the easiest thing to do. Dorie Clark's book was a nice reminder and refresher on the topic. From deciding what to be bad at to the No Asks for a Year rule, there were a number of fun strategies and tips for being able to keep the long-term in mind within your current flow.

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

Email: keya.saleh@region10.org
Website: www.region10.org/programs/evaluation-special-education/overview/
Location: 904 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX, USA
Phone: 972-348-1598
Twitter: @getschoolpsychd