Archived Webinars
Bullying in Public and Charter Schools
The National Practice Group on Connecting School Mental Health with Juvenile Justice and Dropout Prevention hosted a teleconference on February 14, 2011 with Dr. Philip J. Lazurus. This practice group is committed to working across stakeholder groups to advance knowledge and best practices related to effectively linking school mental health with juvenile justice and dropout prevention. For youth to be succesful, effective coordination and communication across systems is needed, and resources and best practice guidelines related to this work need to be readily available. Click here to view the full transcript of the interview. The National Association of School Psychologist also complied a list of bullying prevention resources. Vist their website to learn more about how school psychologist work with educators, students, and families to ensure that every child feels safe at school, as well as traveling to and from school.
Common Elements of Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice in Schools
The Quality and Evidence-Based Practice (QEBP) Group of the Community of Practice on School Behavioral Health (sponsored by the Center for School Mental Health and IDEA Partnership) hosted a webinar on March 26, 2012. The webinar featured two presentations: "The Common Elements of Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice in Schools" presented by Dr. Sharon Stephan, CSMH Co-Director and Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine and “Implementing the Common Elements of Evidence-Based Practice in Schools – Waccamaw’s Experience” presented by Samantha Paggeot, School Based Services Coordinator and LaToya Simmons, School Mental Health Therapist, Waccamaw Center for Mental Health, School Mental Health Program. The two presentations provided an overview of a common elements of children's mental health treatment in schools and discussion of a systematic approach to implement these common elements for students with disruptive behavior disorders in a school mental health program in South Carolina. A PDF of the presentation is now available. The webinar recording will be available soon! If you have any questions regarding this webinar or joining the QEBP practice group, please contact Dr. Nicole Brandt at nbrandt@psych.umaryland.edu.
Video of Connecticut's Statewide Summit on School-based Mental Health
In January 2012, CSMH Co-Director, Dr. Sharon Stephan, had the honor of presenting a keynote at a statewide Summit on School-based Mental Health (SMH) in Connecticut. The purpose of the summit was to showcase models in Connecticut that have collaboratively improved educational and mental health outcomes in order to identify common goals and determine action steps to pursue in 2012. The summit, attended by close to 200 stakeholders, brought together state leaders in SMH as well as several distinguished guests including: Stefan Pryor, Commissioner (CT State Department of Education), Joette Katz (Commissioner, CT Department of Children and Families), and Dr. Fred Volkmar (Director, Yale University Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine). To view entire video coverage of the event, click "Watch Now" at: http://ct-n.com/ondemand.asp?ID=7388
Outcomes Assessment in School Mental Health Webinar
A webinar titled "Outcomes Assessment in School Mental Health" was hosted by the Quality and Evidence Based Practice Group on March 16th, 2011. The webinar included brief presentations by Dr. Mark Sander on an evaluation of school mental health programs in Minneapolis Public Schools, Dr. Sharon Stephan on outcomes assessment in Baltimore City Public Schools, Dr. Nicole Evangelista on updates from the Center for School Mental Health, and Dr. Michael Kelly on the rationale for the special issue of Advances in School Mental Health Promotion. There was a brief discussion with participants at the end of the webinar. Please click on the link to listen to the webinar https://tadnet.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/recording_launch.pl?pvr_id=810203&session_id=zmfmxwrv
School Based Health Centers and Academic Outcomes: New Research and Future Directions from a Seattle-Based Academic-Community Partnership
In collaboration with the IDEA Partnership, the Quality and Evidence Base Practice (QEBP) Practice Group hosted a webinar on June 6, 2011 titled "School Based Health Centers and Academic Outcomes: New Research and Future Directions from a Seattle-Based Academic-Community Partnership". The webinar was presented by Dr. Eric Bruns, Associate Professor, and Dr. Aaron Lyon, Postdoctoral Fellow, from the University of Washington School Medicine. They presented research on the connection between school-based health center service utilization (both health and mental health services) and academic outcomes, as well as several projects that are underway to promote positive social emotional and academic outcomes via effective school-based mental health services. Please click on the link to listen to the webinar https://tadnet.ilinc.com/join/yvbysss
