December 10, 2024 @ 8:45 am – 2:30 pm

In person registration is closed. Virtual registration closes on December 9, 2025.

Registration: 8:15 – 8:45 am
Conference: 8:45 am – 2:30 pm

Attend In Person or Via Zoom

Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School
565 Maple Street
Danvers, MA 01932

To receive PDPs, participants must attend this conference and the conference, Liability and Fidelity in School Threat Assessment, on November 19, 2024. Members can participate in-person, virtually or by viewing the recording. Following the live conference, registrants will be emailed a link to view the recorded conference. The recording will be made available for 7 days following the conference. If you are not eligible for PDPs and/or CEUs, you may apply for a Certificate of Attendance.

SpeakerS
  • Brian LeBlanc, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Boston, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Squad CT-2 Domestic Terrorism/Threat Response
  • James Barrett, Ph.D., Director of the Clinical Support Unit, Cambridge Police and Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
  • Emma Cardeli, Ph.D., Associate Director of Clinical Services, Massachusetts Area Prevention Program; Attending Psychologist & Research Associate, Trauma & Community Resilience Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
  • Lola Iwanoski, LICSW, Clinical Social Worker
  • Craig Murphy, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director, Family and Educational Wellness Center
  • Ashley Murray, Ph.D., Designated Forensic Psychologist, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
  • Ronald Schouten, M.D., J.D., CTM, DLFAPA, Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital, DC Department of Behavioral Health, Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Howard University College of Medicine
  • Robert Stadolnik, Ed.D., President, Firepsych
Description

Speakers at this conference are experts in forensic mental and behavioral health. Presentations will explore the intersection between mental health issues and youth violence, along with strategies to respond to and manage students’ threats of violence. Practical considerations for Implementing Threat and Risk Assessment Procedures in Schools will be detailed. In addition, myths and truths about youth fire setting will be presented, along with the most recent research on youth fire setters and their propensity for violence.

About the Speakers
Brian LeBlanc

Brian LeBlanc (he/him) is Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Boston, assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in the Boston Division, with a prior assignment to the JTTF in Miami, Florida. Since joining the FBI in 2007, SA LeBlanc has specialized in complex counterterrorism investigations, as well as in the mitigation of terrorism threats as a WMD specialist and bomb technician. SA LeBlanc has led counterterrorism investigations domestically and internationally throughout South America, the Caribbean and Africa. SA LeBlanc has also served as the FBI counterterrorism specialist assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command (SOC) in Afghanistan as well as a long-term assignment to the FBI Legal Attaché Office at the U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to joining the FBI, SA LeBlanc served seven years as a municipal police officer and six years in the U.S. Marine Corps. SA LeBlanc holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Massachusetts and a Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Analysis from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland.

James Barrett, Ph.D.

James Barrett, Ph.D., Psychologist, Cambridge Police Department, (he/him) is the Director of School-Based Programs in the Division of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance and an Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the site director of the Safety Net psychology fellowship program and clinical coordinator of the Safety Net Collaborative in partnership with the Cambridge Police Department. Dr. Barrett has presented at numerous national conferences on juvenile justice, preventing retaliatory violence, juvenile risk assessment, and police-mental health partnerships. He is a contributor to Psychological Services, Adolescent Psychiatry, The Community Psychologist, and The Handbook of Human Development for Health Professionals.

Emma Cardeli, Ph.D., (she/her) is the Clinical Director of the Massachusetts Area Prevention Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cardeli is the lead developer of the T-SAM, a clinically useful risk assessment and management tool that can be used by mental health professionals to guide therapeutic intervention for youth and adults at risk of targeted violence. She is also leading two federal grant initiatives focused on building mental health professionals’ capacity to identify and respond to risk for escalation to violence. In partnership with colleagues at BCH, Dr. Cardeli provides training and consultation in trauma-informed care and trauma-focused treatment across the globe, with a focus on building organizations’ capacity to provide specialized services in a manner that’s congruent with community needs and norms. Her research focuses on understanding multi-systemic factors contributing to violence perpetration and identifying effective methodologies for strengthening healthcare systems to meet the needs of underserved populations.

Lola Iwanoski, LICSW, (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker for the Massachusetts Area Prevention Program (MAPP) at Boston Children’s Hospital. She currently works with youth who have been identified at risk for targeted violence and terrorism, providing wrap around services, including care coordination, advocacy, and individual therapy. Lola has worked with  Boston Public Schools, Juvenile Corrections,  and the Boston Police Department over the past twelve years. 

Craig Murphy, Ph.D., (he/him) is the founder and executive director of the Family and Educational Wellness (FEW) Center. Dr. Murphy is a nationally certified school psychologist with over twenty years experience in public schools. He was an Associate Professor of School Psychology at William James College for fifteen years before leaving academia to return to working in schools and private practice. Dr. Murphy is currently the clinical director of the Summit Therapeutic Program for the Bi-County (BICO) Collaborative in Walpole, Massachusetts. In his role at BICO, Dr. Murphy conducts comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations, risk assessments, and threat assessments for over 50 school districts throughout Massachusetts as well as consulting with school districts to overcome emotional and educational barriers to learning. His research efforts have focused on changing educator and parent perceptions of students with problem behaviors and fragile emotions and integrating developmental factors into children’s mental health treatment. Finally, Dr. Murphy is the author of The Influential School Leader: Inspiring Teachers, Students, and Families Through Social and Organizational Psychology (2021), a book that he co-authored with Dr. John D’Auria. 

Ashley Murray, Ph.D.,  (she/her) obtained her doctorate degree in clinical forensic psychology at Simon Fraser University, where her research and clinical work focused on violence risk assessment and psychopathic personality disorder. She completed a predoctoral internship at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in forensic psychology at UMass Chan Medical School. She currently works as a designated forensic evaluator for the state of Massachusetts, and is the Director of the UMass Chan Forensic Psychology Fellowship, where she also serves as a Forensic Mental Health Supervisor. She is an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School, and has conducted many trainings across the state for the trial courts, DMH, DYS, and UMass Chan Medical School, on topics of violence risk assessment, psychopathic personality disorder assessment, competency to stand trial, ethical practice, and the intersection of mental illness and the criminal justice system.

Ronald Schouten, M.D., J.D., (he/him) is Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, DC, Director Emeritus of the Law & Psychiatry Service (LPS) of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and Chair of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) Governmental Affairs Committee. Dr. Schouten previously served as Director of the MGH/Harvard Medical School Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship and is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Schouten is currently a member of the MassBay Threat Assessment Team based at the Boston FBI Field Office and is past president of the New England Chapter of ATAP.

Dr. Schouten is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist with Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry, a Past President of the Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry, licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts, California, New York, and the District of Columbia, and is a Member of the Bar of the State of Illinois. In 2016, the American Psychiatric Association named his a Distinguished Life Fellow.

He is the co-author of “Almost a Psychopath: Do I (or Does Someone I Know) Have a Problem with Manipulation and Lack of Empathy” published by Hazelden/Harvard Health Publications in 2012.  He is the editor of “Mental Health Practice and the Law” published in 2017 by Oxford University Press. He serves on the Advisory Boards of “Parents for Peace” (http://parentsforpeace.org) and “Psychopathy Is.” (https://PsychopathyIs.org).

Robert Stadolnik, Ed.D., (he/him) is a licensed psychologist and President of FirePsych, Inc., a specialized private practice devoted to firesetting assessment, training, and research. Dr. Stadolnik is the author of Drawn to the Flame: Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Firesetting (Professional Resource Press, 2000), the Firesetting Risk Assessment Tool-Youth (FirePsych, 2010), and  Promising Practice in the Development of Assessment and Treatment Models for Juvenile Firesetting/Arson in The Psychology of Arson (Eds: Gannon, Doley and Dickens; 2015).    Since 1995, he has completed or supervised over 2000 firesetting behavior assessments for youth and adults. Dr. Stadolnik has completed research studies on adolescents in residential care and adolescent females and regularly consults with youth and adult serving agencies, schools, and state agencies. He serves as Consulting Psychologist to Brandon Residential Centers (Natick, MA). Dr. Stadolnik provides trainings nationally and internationally on juvenile and adult firesetting.  

Membership Information

Most MPY webinars are available ONLY to current staff from member districts and organizations. Public school memberships include police and fire personnel. Former and retired employees and members of committees, including but not limited to, PTO/PTA, PAC, School Improvement Councils, Health Councils, Drug/Alcohol Councils, and school volunteers, are not considered MPY members.

PDPs and CEUs

MPY is an approved Professional Development Provider through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (Provider No. F20180079). Professional Development Points (PDPs) are offered for most MPY professional development webinars. PDPs are issued in 10 hour increments, per DESE requirements.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available for clinical staff through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association, Inc. (MaMHCA). The NASW and the MaMHCA approve each event individually. CEUs may be given in hourly increments.

To receive PDPs and CEUs, participants must pass the quiz. The PDP quiz will be made available only to participants who have registered for and attended both conferences.

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Registration: 8:15 – 8:45 am
Conference: 8:45 am – 2:30 pm