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WAKEFIELD — Executive Director Marge Daniels of the Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth (MPY) announces the details of a free in-person seminar for all Western Massachusetts educators, Building Capacity and Resources in Public Schools.

The seminar features Dr. Alex Hirshberg of Hirshberg Behavioral Health Services, who will speak on Leveraging Mental Health Resources Effectively, and Attorney Michael Joyce of Nuttall, MacAvoy & Joyce, P.C., who will present on Legal Issues Impacting Schools.

This seminar is free and open to educators from Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties. Superintendents, principals, special education administrators, social-emotional learning and wellness directors, school counselors, and school psychologists are particularly encouraged to attend.

WHEN: 

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025

Seminar: 8:30 a.m.-noon

WHERE: 

Holyoke Police Academy, 600 Kelly Way, Holyoke, MA 01040

WHAT: 

A half-day seminar — Building Capacity and Resources in Public Schools — will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the Holyoke Police Academy. A continental breakfast will be provided.

At MPY’s seminar, speakers include:

Joseph Baeta, the Superintendent of Stoughton Public Schools

Margie Daniels, M.Ed., LICSW, an educator, psychologist, and social worker who is now the Executive Director of Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth

Alex Hirshberg, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist who is the founder and executive director of Hirshberg Behavioral Health Services in Hadley, Massachusetts

Michael J. Joyce, Esq., a former public school teacher who is now an attorney with Nuttall, MacAvoy & Joyce, P.C., specializing in general education and special education law in public schools

Paul Vieira, Ed.D., the Superintendent of Douglas Public Schools

Registration is open on MPY’s website, mpyinc.org. To register for a seminar, webinar, or conference, use the “Webinars & Conferences” tab at the top of the website or click here to register for the Jan. 8 seminar.

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education-approved Professional Development Points (PDPs) and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are not being offered for this event.

About the Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc.
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides training, fosters collaboration and develops programming to increase the health and safety of students. MPY is committed to bringing cutting-edge information and high-quality trainings to constituents and endeavors to provide solution-oriented, community-based, multi-disciplinary approaches to reducing and ideally eliminating risky behaviors for youth. MPY programming reaches nearly 6,000 educators per year in Massachusetts, spread across approximately 300 districts, with more than 150 webinars and over a dozen conferences.

Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth is governed by a Board of Directors made up of school superintendents, police and fire chiefs, and other community leaders who work closely with MPY staff to deliver this mission. To learn more, visit: massachusettspartnershipsforyouth.com.

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