Rescheduled Conference: School Discipline: Changing Behavior Using a Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach

April 30th, 2019

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Rescheduled Conference: Please note that the "School Discipline: Changing Behavior Using a Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach" conference, scheduled for Wednesday, February 13 at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in Marlborough has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 30. 

School Discipline: Changing Behavior Using a Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach

J Stuart Ablon, Ph.D., will present a paradigm-shifting model to transform school discipline that has been shown to reduce behavioral challenges, teacher stress, and detention and suspension while helping our most at-risk students build the skills they need to succeed. Based on the latest neuroscience which shows that challenging students lack the skill―not the will―to behave, the evidence-based Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach provides K– 12 educators with a clear framework that can be implemented in both general and special-education settings.

The afternoon session will showcase how staff from the Billerica Public Schools address social and emotional learning through building-based teams and a Social Emotional Learning Support Specialist. With a focus on shifting the school culture from working in silos to working in integrated teams, the Billerica staff will explain the roles, functions, struggles and benefits of this approach. The role of Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) on interdisciplinary teams to support behavior change in students will be highlighted.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Location: Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, Marlborough

8:15 am – 8:45 Registration and Breakfast

8:45 am – 2:30 pm Conference

Cost: Free for members || $100/nonmembers

Speakers:

• J. Stuart Ablon, Ph.D., Director, Think: Kids, Massachusetts General Hospital, Thomas G. Stemberg Endowed Chair in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
• Jennifer Flynn, M.Ed., C.A.G.S., L.S.W., Coordinator of Health Services and Wellness, Billerica Public Schools
• Julie Laub, M.S., LABA, BCBA, Licensed/Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Billerica Public Schools
• Meghan Nolet-Downey, M.S., Ditson Elementary School, Social Emotional Learning Specialist/Coach, Billerica Public Schools
• Lisa M. Maher, M.S., Ed., Social-Emotional Learning Support Specialist, Billerica Public Schools
• Bernie McCann, M.Ed., Assistant Principal, Marshall Middle School, Billerica Public Schools

Jennifer Flynn/Panel's Presentation

​Membership Information

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PDPs and CEUs
PDPs are offered for all MPY professional development conferences. PDPs are issued for minimum of 10 hours through attending two conferences. In order to facilitate awarding PDPs, we will be issuing PDPs under the heading of Mental Health and Safety Conferences. Any combination of conferences an individual attends will be used to accumulate PDPs. They will not have to be linked, as previously required.
PDPs certificates will be issued at the end of the school year for all MPY conferences an individual attends during this school year. PDPs can only be issued to participants who have attended the conferences and submitted the appropriate paperwork. PDP certificates will be emailed to attendees.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available for clinical staff, upon approval from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association, Inc. (MaMHCA). Approval is granted by the NASW and MaMHCA separately for each conference. Conference participants may request CEUs by filling out the appropriate paperwork at MPY conferences. CEUs are given at Mental Health Series conferences in a minimum of 5 hours. They do not need to be combined with other conferences. 

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Accessibility and Accommodations
All Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth conferences are handicapped accessible. Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth will work to make reasonable accommodations as requested by individuals with disabilities. Requests should be made at least 3 weeks before the event. Direct accommodation requests to Executive Director Margie Daniels at Margie@mpyinc.org.

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