Kansas Association of School
Psychologists
2009 Fall Convention
Featured Speakers: Dr. John J.
Murphy
and NASP President Dr. Kathleen Minke
Dr. Murphy is an internationally recognized trainer
and practitioner of brief solution-focused counseling
with children, adolescents, and school problems
and author of Brief Intervention for School Problems:
Outcome-Informed Strategies (with Barry Duncan,
Guilford Press, 2007) and the award-winning Solution-
Focused Counseling in Schools
Dr. Minke is Full Professor at Indiana University, where she teaches courses in counseling techniques, family-school collaboration and supervised field experiences. Before joining the faculty, Dr. Minke worked as a school psychologist in Virginia and Indiana. She served as chair of the NASP convention committee and is President-Elect of NASP.
Some conference materials made available by presenters:
- Download Dr. Kathleen Minke's "Family School Collaboration" notes (powerpoint) and "Core Beliefs" handout (MSWord).
- Download Dr. Murphy's "7 Habits of Highly Effective School Psychologists" article here.
- Download Dr. Murphy's "Brief Solution Focused Counseling" notes (powerpoint), and additional training materials here (MSWord).
- Download Brad Chapin's "Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Children who Struggle with Self-Regulation" notes (powerpoint).
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Past Conference Info Archived Below
KASP 08
Announcements
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A copy of the final program can be downloaded
here.
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MOST (not all, quite yet) of the main speaker's
powerpoint notes are available for download
below. Sorry, several people had asked that
we replicate all handouts and have them available
prior to the conference: Typically, presenters
don't have materials to us in time to do this
for our conferences, or we'd have provided.
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The Main Conference
Workshop Speakers
Our key presenters
this year are the most prolific researchers and
presenters on RTI in the nation
 Dr.
Matthew K. Burns, University of Minnesota
Dr. Burns has authored more than
50 professional publications and has conducted
an equal number of local, state, national, and
international presentations. His work addresses
matching instructional demands to student skill
with curriculum-based assessment and problem-solving
team processes and outcomes. He is Associate Editor
for Assessment for Effective Intervention and
is on the editorial board of School Psychology
Review and Remedial and Special Education.
Powerpoints used in his presentations
can be accessed here:
Intro: Using Data to Enhance Outcomes for All Learners
Problem
Solving Teams
Problem
Solving Teams Figure 1
Problem
Solving Teams Figure 2
Reading
Interventions
 Dr.
Amanda VanDerHeyden, University of California-Santa
Barbara
Dr. VanderHeyden achieved one
of school psychology's highest honors in receiving
the Lightner Witmer Early Career Award Winner
in 2006. Working with Joe Witt, she's helped develop
LSU's STEEP model: Screening to Enhance Equitable
Placement. Dr. Vanderheyden has authored over
35 related articles and book chapters and works
as a national trainer and consultant to assist
districts implementing RTI models. She serves
on the editorial boards for School Psychology
Review, Journal of Early Intervention, and
is associate editor for Journal of Behavioral
Education.
They are Co-Authors of The
Handbook of Response to Intervention: The Science
and Practice of Assessment and Intervention (2007,
Springer). In January, Dr. Burns published with
co-author K. Gibbons Implementing Response-to-Intervention
iin Elementary and Secondary Schools: Procedures
to Assure Scientific-Based Practices (Routledge,
2008).
Powerpoints used in her presentations
can be accessed here:
Intro: Using Data to Enhance Outcomes for All Learners
STEEP
Model
RTI Integrated with Early Intervention for Young Learners
Mathematics
Interventions |
Dr. Larry Hanken, National Consultant and Director of the Pearson University Alliance Program.