STUDENT EVALUATION & PSYCHOLOGICALSERVICES 2015–2016

Staff development opportunities for educational diagnosticians and licensed specialists in school psychology

STUDENT EVALUATION & PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES

Region 4 Special Education Solutions offers professional development sessions designed to facilitate the inclusion of students with disabilities. Sessions also can be customized and delivered as on-site trainings for districts and campuses. To learn more, e-mail specialeducation@esc4.net or call 713.744.6365.

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The following courses will be held at the Region 4 McKinney Conference Center unless noted. Session and materials costs are partially funded through state and federal grants.

Methods and Principles of X-BASS (Cross Battery Assessment Software System)September 23, 2015 | Time: 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Fee: $30 | Session ID: 1170585 September 23, 2015 | Time: 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Fee: $30 | Session ID: 1170586

Enhance your understanding and utilization of the Cross-Battery Assessment Software System (X-BASS) for interpreting and presenting findings based on the methods and principles of cross-battery assessment. A review of cross-battery principles and Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory will be completed. Conduct an analysis of specific test data and information and use your analysis to answer questions pertaining to the “pattern of strengths and weaknesses” component in specific learning disability evaluations as well as consider the test performance of individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Credit: Clock Hours 3, CPE 3, NASP 3

The Neuropsychology of Reading and Written Language Disorders: A Framework for Effective Interventions October 2, 2015 | Time: 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Fee: $100 | Session ID: 1164848

Examine reading (dyslexia) and written language (dysgraphia) disorders from a brain-based educational perspective, and classify each disorder into distinct subtypes. There will be a detailed discussion linking each learning disorder’s subtype with scores of evidence-based interventions. Four universal truths with respect to teaching reading based upon brain-behavioral principles will be shared, in addition to five essential steps for effective written language instruction. Learn how to develop comprehensive assessment batteries for specific learning disorders when presented with various clinical case presentations and receive an introduction to an approach to learning disability evaluation by measuring eight core constructs associated with learning disorders in children, including the approach of the Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR) battery. Credit: Clock Hours 6, CPE 6, NASP 6

Multidisciplinary Approach to Dyslexia Identification October 7, 2015 | Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. | Fee: $45 | Session ID: 1138707

Receive comprehensive instruction on using and applying the basic principles of the current methodology of Cross-Battery Assessment (XBA) (as outlined in Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, 3rd Edition), including the newly revised software (DMIA, PSW-A, C-LIM) that accompanies the volume and is designed to facilitate and automate the process. The session will be held at Galena Park ISD’s Zotz Education Center and will be presented by Dawn Flanagan, Ph.D. Credit: Clock Hours 6, CPE 6, NASP 6

Use of the WISC-V in Cross-Battery Assessment and SLD IdentificationOctober 16, 2015 | Time: 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Fee: $45 | Session ID: 1152875

Learn how to interpret the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children®-Fifth Edition (WISC-V) according to the CHC theory. Explore the strengths and weaknesses of the WISC-V and understand how to circumvent some of the most salient weaknesses of the cross battery to maximally exploit its clinical utility via the use of the X-BASS. Gain guidance on how to link WISC-V assessment results to education strategies and interventions that are likely to lead to positive outcomes for children. This presentation will also describe the pattern of strengths and weaknesses (PSW) approach to SLD identification and demonstrate how the WISC-V is used in the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test®, Third Edition (WIAT-III); Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement™, Third Edition (KTEA-3); and X-BASS to conduct a PSW

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analysis. This workshop will conclude with comprehensive WISC-V cross-battery case studies that highlight the use of X-BASS and the PSW model. Credit: Clock Hours 6, CPE 6, NASP 6

Ethics for Licensed Specialists in School Psychology October 21, 2015 | Time: 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. | Fee: $30 | Session ID: 1170412February 26, 2016 | Time: 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. | Fee: $30 | Session ID: 1172257 June 7, 2016 | Time: 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. | Fee: $30 | Session ID: 1177148

Examine ethical situations that commonly occur for individuals providing psychological services in the school setting. This session will review relevant rules of practice, ethical standards, and legal implications. Session and materials costs are partially funded through state or federal grants. Credit: Clock Hours 3, CPE 3, NASP 3

Issues in Cultural Diversity for the LSSP October 21, 2015 | Time: 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Fee: $30 | Session ID: 1170413February 26, 2016 | Time: 12:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. | Fee: $30 | Session ID: 1172264June 7, 2016 | Time: 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Fee: $30 | Session ID: 1177149

Attend this session to consider and discuss current issues in cultural diversity as it relates to the field of school psychology. This session will satisfy the annual requirement for 3 hours of cultural diversity training that is required by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Credit: Clock Hours 3, CPE 3, NASP 3

Functional Educational Evaluation ProjectOctober 22, 2015; December 10, 2015; February 18, 2016 | Time: 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. | Fee: $135 | Session ID: 1138715

Explore best practices for using functional/non-standardized educational evaluation techniques that are non-discriminatory and are administered in the student’s native language or other mode of communication to assess students with moderate/severe disabilities, including autism and intellectual disability, as well as low-incidence disabilities such as auditory impairment, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, and traumatic brain injury. Build skills to identify what the student knows, understands, and is able to do in pre-academic, academic, and vocational areas, and learn how to write summaries of the student’s present levels of academic achievement and functional performance within a full and individual evaluation. Credit: Clock Hours 18, CPE 18, NASP 18, TSHA 15

Introduction to the Behavior Assessment System for Children™, Third Edition (BASC-3) October 23, 2015 | Time: 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Fee: $45 | Session ID: 1155440

Gain an overview of all Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition (BASC-3) components, including Teacher Rating Scale, Parent Rating Scale, and Child and Adolescent Self-Report Rating Scale. Changes to the rating scales will be presented as well as updates on the other BASC-3 components, including history taking (Structured Developmental History), observations (Student Observation System), screening (Emotional Screening System), interventions, and progress monitoring. Credit: Clock Hours 6, CPE 6, NASP 6

Assessing Adaptive Behavior with the Newly Revised Adaptive Behavior Assessment System™, Third Edition (ABAS-3) October 27, 2015 | Time: 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Fee: $30 | Session ID: 1154137October 27, 2015 | Time: 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Fee: $30 | Session ID: 1154141

Attend this session to learn the newly revised Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Third Edition (ABAS-3) to assist with assessment and identification of skills and behaviors related to how an individual meets his or her personal needs as well as how they deal with expectations from society and the environment. Participants will learn to identify the appropriate populations for the ABAS-3, to understand the relevance of the ABAS-3 in relation to the criteria for intellectual disability, to apply the principles of administration and scoring of the ABAS-3, to apply the three rules of interpretation, and to apply the results of the ABAS-3 scores to intervention planning. Credit: Clock Hours 3, CPE 3, NASP 3

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES

Houston Metropolitan Educational Diagnostician Association 40th Conference November 17–18, 2015 | Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. | Fee: $125 | Session ID: 1138590

The purpose of this conference is to provide the latest information on evaluation for eligibility and to facilitate networking opportunities for school personnel involved in the evaluation of children with disabilities. Credit: Clock Hours 12, CPE 12, NASP 12

Save the Dates!Summer Evaluation Institute 2016 June 8–9, 2016

NATIONAL PRESENTER WEBINARS

Each session below will provide the following credits: Clock Hours 2, CPE 2, NASP 2

A Systematic Method of Analyzing Assessment Results for Tailoring Interventions October 6, 2015 | Fee: $20 | Session ID: 1176092 | Presenter: Jennifer Mascolo, PsyD, NCSP

The Assessment of Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents November 10, 2015 | Fee: $20 | Session ID: 1176095 | Presenter: Peg Dawson, Ed.D.

Visual Impairment Evaluations, Part 1 January 12, 2016 | Fee: $20 | Session ID: 1176096 | Presenter: Marnee Loftin, TSBVI Psychologist

Visual Impairment Evaluations, Part 2 March 1, 2016 | Fee: $20 | Session ID: 1176099 | Presenter: Marnee Loftin, TSBVI Psychologist

How to Write Psychoeducational Reports that People Will Want to Read April 12, 2016 | Fee: $20 | Session ID: 1176818 | Presenter: Joel Schneider, Ph.D.

Bilingual Assessment Strategies for Monolingual Evaluators November 5, 2015 | Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. | Fee: $45 | Session ID: 1158034

Attend this session to gain a greater understanding of language development in English language learners (ELLs), to understand the instructional and intervention strategies that are appropriate for ELLs prior to referral and post-evaluation, to learn three comprehensive assessment strategies when evaluating ELLs, to learn to to use various informal and formal tools (a variety of assessment tools and strategies), and to learn to use an interpretive framework that will help distinguish between language differences and language disorders. This session will add to the skill set of monolingual evaluators when identifying language-based disorders. Credit: Clock Hours 6, CPE 6, NASP 6

Using Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment, Second Edition (TPBA2) to Assess Children through PlayNovember 12–13, 2015 | Time: 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Fee: $90 | Session ID: 1174384

Learn how to use TPBA2 (with children from infancy through age 6 on either an ongoing or yearly basis) to thoroughly assess any child’s development level, learning style, temperament, motivation, and interaction pattern in four domains: cognitive, social-emotional, communication and language, and sensorimotor. Credit: Clock Hours 12, CPE 12, NASP 12