Hello School Psychs!

Welcome back from winter break!

Region 10 is hosting the third annual ICE Symposium in March, check out the flyer below for registration information! Our keynote speaker is Dr. Liz Angoff. She is a former classroom teacher and eventually became a school psychologist with a specialization in neuropsychology.

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Keep on being School Psych'd!

Latisha Stephenson, M.A., LSSP, NCSP

Region 10 Educational Service Center

Dr. Liz Angoff has made helping children understand their brains a cornerstone of her practice. At this year's ICE Symposium, she will talk about this and other relevant topics, including a session regarding AI. In the meantime, check out her latest blog post on using AI in our practice as school psychologists.

Our SLP consultants at Region 10 have offered spots to their virtual training with Dr. Monteiro. It is a two part training. Part one is in February and part two is in April. While this training is marketed for SLPs, this would be a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the MIGDAS-2.

The first session will highlight the use of the MIGDAS-2 visual framework and strength-based descriptive language to individualize the diagnosis of autism spectrum differences across age and ability levels in the school setting. Integrating the use of this qualitative set of protocols with autism-specific standardized communication measures will be discussed, along with outlining how the MIGDAS-2 strength-based process aligns with the IDEA special education eligibility guidelines for Autism Spectrum Disorder.

During the second session, participants will learn to write narrative communication summary reports using the MIGDAS-2 visual framework and descriptive language. Sample Brain Style Profiles and excerpted narrative report samples will be discussed across age and ability levels

The on demand book study for It's Always About the Children by Charles Barrett is live!

Follow the link below to the book study. Or you can login to Online Learning on the Region 10 website and search in the catalog for Book Study: It's Always About the Children.

For 2023-2024, we will have the Ethics session in the morning, and a diversity session in the afternoon. The following dates for Ethics and Diversity have been scheduled.

February 21st

April 24th

Follow this link to access a list of sessions provided at Region 10 that is relevant to the work we do in the field school psychology. I will be updating it as new sessions are created!

School Psych PD

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
Phone: 972-348-1450