Hey there LSSPs,

And just like that, October is over and way-too-early-to-be-playing-Christmas-music-and-how-can-it-be-a-Black-Friday-deal-if-it-is-available-every-day-for-two-months season is here.

We have TASP about to start and National School Psychology Week right around the corner. I hope you find a little time and space to take pride in your work as a school psych and get a little recognition from your campuses and teams. I know it is a busy time and I certainly appreciate all of the wonderful hard work you are all doing for students and schools across Region 10.

We here at Region 10 are also keeping busy. We have started to update and add some of our Spring 2022 sessions, which you can find on the PD for LSSPs newsletter (also linked at the bottom of every issue of Get School Psych'd) and we are currently in the process of digitizing some of our core offerings to make them available to you on-demand to address the high demands on your time. I hope to have some more details for you in the next edition!

If you see me at TASP, don't be afraid to come up and say hi!

Keep Being School Psych'd,

Keya Saleh, LSSP, NCSP

Region 10 Educational Service Center

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 more integrated comprehensive evaluations.

Please save the date - March 22, 2022

In addition to the wonderful variety of sessions we will be offering, Region 10 is looking for some presenters from our LEAs who are interested in providing a session for our symposium. We are interested in getting some 'boots on the ground' practical advice that our evaluators can hear about from people who are doing amazing things in their LEA.

If you or a group of evaluators are interested in presenting, please develop a brief proposal for the session. The content of the proposal should consist of the following components:

1. COVER PAGE:

a. Title of the proposed work

b. Names, titles, and affiliations of presenter(s)

c. Date of submission

2. ABSTRACT

The abstract should be on a separate page and be no more than 175 words in length. It should summarize the focus of the presentation, including the learning objectives of the presentation/poster. Please do not use any personal identifying information in your abstract.

3. SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT

The summary should be no more than 900 words in length. This section should include a summary of the purpose and learning objectives of the presentation. It should also discuss how the proposed session will help others improve collaboration and interdisciplinary work across multidisciplinary teams (MDTs). Please do not use any personal identifying information in your abstract.

Submissions will be accepted now through November 30th, 2021.

If you are ready to submit the proposal, click the button below!

Come and join us on January 18th, 2022 for a full day of sessions presented by experts in the fields of school safety and mental health! We will kick off our day with a special keynote presentation by Vanita Halliburton! Followed by presentations by the Texas School Safety Center, Homeland Security, United States Secret Service and more!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT!

After you have registered: Please click here to go to the event site and plan your day!

In response to the recent shooting at the Timberview High School Shooting in Arlington, Texas, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed resources to help families and communities. These resources include:

• For Teens: Coping After Mass Violence
• Tips for Parents on Media Coverage
• Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth after the Recent Shooting (Also in Spanish)
• Tip Sheet for Youth Talking to Journalists about the Shooting
• Talking to Children about the Shooting
• After the Injury—website for families with injured children
• Health Care Toolbox—website for pediatric health providers working with injured children

Psychological First Aid

The NCTSN also has resources for responders on Psychological First Aid (PFA). PFA is an early intervention to support children, adolescents, adults, and families impacted by these types of events. PFA Mobile is an app that can be accessed for free on Apple and Android mobile devices. Additional PFA resources include:

• Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S) – field operations guide
• Providing PFA-S: For Health-Related Professionals – handout
• Providing PFA-S: For Principals and Administrators – handout
• Providing PFA-S: For School Support Staff – handout
• Providing PFA-S: For Teachers - handout

Disaster Hotline

SAMHSA has a Disaster Distress Helpline – call or text 1-800-985-5990 (for Spanish, press “2”) to be connected to a trained counselor 24/7/365.

In an effort to address some of the questions around the adopted updates to the Dyslexia Handbook, TEA has released a free webinar to discuss the changes. You can find the Dyslexia webinar here.

For more information about past and upcoming webinars from TEA, click here.

We are excited to announce our ADA Certification Series that we are offering for the first time this year! We are partnering with the Walsh Gallegos Trevino Kyle & Robinson Law Firm to offer this opportunity to all of you. The series will be virtual only. Please see the attached flyer to register. Participants can attend as many or as few sessions as necessary, so please share with other administrators in your LEA. Participants who complete the entire series will receive an ADA certificate from Region 10 ESC. We look forward to experiencing this new opportunity with each of you!

See the flyer below for details

The Texas Association for the Education of Young Children and United Way Dallas are teaming up to provide the following free webinar:

A New Approach For Addressing Childhood Trauma - 11/9/2021 - 7:00-8:30PM

Without timely detection and treatment, early childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences can increase the risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, depression and anxiety, and substance use disorder later in life. But there’s hope: When early childhood professionals know how to address childhood trauma in sensitive, respectful and hopeful terms, they can:

• Help prevent negative labeling and self-fulfilling prophecies

• Protect parents’ critically important positive regard and dreams for their children

• Promote early identification and treatment

• Reduce stigma, shame and avoidance of needed services

You can register for the session for free here.

The Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTCN) in Collaboration with the UT Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health is offering an upcoming webinar series on supporting LGBTQI2+ youth and staff in schools. See below for details or check out this flyer:

This new webinar series will bring professionals from the school mental health field to share knowledge, lived experiences, affirming practices and resources to create supportive spaces for the LGBTQIA2+ community in schools in our region.

This four-session series includes:

Session 1: Setting the stage - Stories and numbers
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:00pm-6:00pm CT
Stephen Russell, Ph.D (he/his)
University of Texas at Austin

Session 2: What's behind a pronoun? Gender, identity and language
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 5:00pm-6:00pm CT
Jessi Davis (she/they) & Ari Acosta (she/ella)
Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health

Session 3: Gender affirming support practices in schools: How to support students, school communities, families, and school staff
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 5:00pm-6:00pm CT
Moderator: Shane Whalley (ze/hir/hirs) - Daring Dialogues Consulting
Panelists:
Frederick Heather (they/them/elle) OutYouth
Hendrix Olson (they/them) New Mexico GSA Network

Tuesday, December 14, 2021 5:00pm-6:00pm CT
Moderator: Shane Whalley (ze/hir/hirs) - Daring Dialogues Consulting
Panelists: TBD

Register in advance for the sessions here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIudOGrqzwpHt3BjrKIC_p63t25S3FWhlHJ

The new Baylor University-Dallas School Psychology program is looking for another clinical faculty member. If you or someone you know with a Ph.D. is interested, reach out to Dr. Julie Ivey at Baylor.

You can learn more about the position 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 Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside The Brain by Annie Murphy Paul

Digging into research on using our resources of embodied, situated, and distributed cognition, Annie Murphy Paul provides an easy read into deep subject matter. I found little nuggets throughout the book and some pieces that really challenged some of my thinking around....thinking. :)

One of my biggest goals of GSP is to get information about our Region 10 LSSPs. I know your time is valuable and I don't want to ask you to spend half a day filling out tons of information, so I have settled on what I am calling the Two-ish Question Quiz. Every so often, I humbly ask for you to answer two questions about yourself to help us get a better picture of the LSSPs in Region 10.

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