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Begin with Pieces: Inspiring Adolescents with Mental Illness Through Creative Collaboration 305 Rebecca Houston • Yuko Taniguchi, MFA FOCUS (Focusing on Children Under Stress) 315 Vicki Bauman Helping Teens Become Smarter Than Their Smartphones 317 Jonathan McKee Learning About Learned Helplessness 304 Ginna Myers, PhD LGBTQ+ Community and Mental Health 318 Rachel Henry, MA Mental Health Awareness in Schools: How to Run Effective Peer Counseling and Mental Health Awareness Club 302 Julie Casler, MS, PPS • Roisin LeRoy, MS, PPS Professional Well-Being is Organizational Well-Being 303 Erin A. Browder State of the State - Counseling in California Schools Ballroom Loretta Whitson, EdD Those Kids Aren't "Those Kids" - They're Our Kids: Current Efforts To Keep All Kids In School & Thriving - Confronting Education’s Dilemma Around Post-Election Anxiety in Schools 306 Terri Using a Systems Approach to Provide Effective Interventions for At-Risk Youth in Schools 319 Teresse Lewis, LCSW, PPS Using Data to Strengthen Your School-Based Mental Health Program 301 Sabrina Emigh • Amy Specter, MA, MFT, PPS Using the Creative Arts in School-Based Prevention, Intervention, and Counseling 316 Tim McHargue, EdD • Lynnette Diem, MA 12:45pm PST
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10 Ways to Incorporate Reflective Practice Into Your Faculty Meetings 302 Deborah Holmes, LCSW • Jennifer Mundy, LMFT Academic Demands and the Health of Children: New Directions 315 McKenzie Courtney, EdS • Melissa Holland, PhD AVP - Alternatives to Violence Project 317 Joyce Banzhaf • Guari Delgado • Terry Brodie, MA, PPS, LMFT • Tom Zarick Change What You See: The Nurtured Heart Approach Ballroom Scott Lindstrom Healing Trauma, Building Reslience in our Students, Families, and Communities 316 Ashley Wolfe Reilly, LCSW, PPSC Hiphop Scholastics: Healing Ourselves, Our Schools, and Our Communities 305 Itoco Garcia, EdD • Corey Johnson Implementing School-Wide Mental Health and Behavioral Risk Screening 319 Martin Eaton, PhD Recent and Proposed Mental Health Legislation 306 Gordon Doughty • Monica Nepomuceno Start the Work: Addressing the Trauma of African-American Students 301 Mechale Murphy, MEd The Connection Practice: A Self-Empowerment Skill for At-Risk Kids 303 Rita Marie Johnson Understanding Our LGBTQ+ Youth: Educating Our Educators 318 Summer D. Gomez, MSW 3:30pm PST
3 Secrets to Living Your Best Life as a Mental Health Professional Ballroom Taisha Caldwell-Harvey, PhD Building Embrace The Mind: A Mental Wellness Initiative for ICEF Public Schools 319 Tiana Woolridge Creating Cohesive, Equitable, and Stakeholder-Driven School Mental Health Referral Pathways 301 Leora Wolf-Prusan Integration of Health & Wellness as a Tier I Intervention Through Public / Private Partnership 302 Gloria M. Hernández-Goff, EdD • Chi Kim, MEd • John Rettger, PhD Keeping You Together During Racially Charged Times: Self Care Strategies 306 Yvonne Evans LGBTQ+ Community and Mental Health 303 Rachel Henry, MA Making Everyone Happy: How to Build School Mental Health Coalitions that Benefit All Partners 316 Brian McInerney NAMI On Campus High School Clubs 315 Serena Durand • Zuleima Flores-Abid Neurophysiological Impact of Complex Trauma in the Classroom: Implications for Structure, Pedagogy, and Content 318 Stefanie F. Smith, PhD Taking Time to B.R.E.A.T.H.E. -- Strategies for Strengthening Our Well-Being 317 Dr. Joelle Hood The Red Chicken in the Room: Innovative Approaches to Addressing Mental Health in the School Setting 304 Alicia Zayas, LCSW • Marcial Monzon, LCSW • Judith Brannon, Phd (ABD), LMFT, PPS Trauma Informed Care for a District, School-Wide, and Classroom 305 April Jones 4:20pm PST
California Students Direct Change Through Filmmaking: An Innovative Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Program for Middle School Students 315 Devin Saragosa-Harris, MPH • Jana Sczersputowski, MPH Creating a Mindful School: Whole School Implementation Ballroom Nicole Naffaa • Kory O'Rourke Emotional Disturbance: Deconstructing a Definition 306 Dena McManis, PsyD Evidence-Based Approaches to Improve the Understanding about Mental Health, Reduce Stigma, and Enhance Help-Seeking in Secondary Schools 301 Andrew Baxter • Stan Kutcher, MD • Yifeng Wei, PhD How to Help Students Learn to Fail...What? 304 Melanie Trowbridge, MD Keep Calm & Carry On: Strategies for Supporting School Staff with Management of Those in Distress 302 Karen Jarvis, MSN, RN Making the Mental Health Dream A Reality 305 Dr. Rose Ann Bomentre No Stigma No Barriers: A Transition Aged Youth (TAY) Board Working to End Stigma 316 Joy Anderson • No Stigma No Barriers Youth Board Representatives Our Pyramid Scheme: Why a Multi-tiered SYSTEM of Support Must Provide an Integrated Approach to Attendance, Behavioral Interventions and Supports, and Mental Health 319 David Kopperud • Dan Sackheim Social Emotional Learning, Universal Screener, Self-Regulation Instruction 317 Kim Bryant • Susanna Winstead Telling our Story: Parenting While Black 318 Kandace Forrester, PhD, LEP • Carmen Perkins, MBA
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Community 360: Leveraging Student, Parent, and Community Support to Improve Academic Outcomes and Mental Health 319 Ryan Gleason Dollars and Cents: Public Funding to Sustain School-Based Mental Health Services 315 Lisa Eisenberg, MSW, MPP How Are The Children? 305 Susan Morris Wilson, MA How to Build a Campus-Wide Mental Health Movement 317 Emilia Aguirre, MPH, CHES Implementing a Three-Component Model to Expand Student Mental Health Awareness and Services: The Project Cal-Well Initiative Ballroom Hilva Chan • Mara Madrigal-Weiss • Heather Nemour Improving Teacher Retention by Addressing Teachers’ Compassion Fatigue 301 Jacquelyn Ollison, MEd Lawndale Elementary School District & University of Southern California Collaboration: An Innovative Trauma Informed School District 316 Jorge Arroyo • Suh Chen Hsiao, DPPD, MSW, LPCC • Vivien Villaverde, MS SW, PPSC, LCSW • Maria Ruelas, EdD, MSW, PPSC Lesson One: An Award-Winning and Evidence-Based Guide for Adults and Children to Help Prevent Violence and Promote Social and Academic Success 303 Jon Oliver, MEd The Brain Can Change 304 Pauline Leavitt, MS Using Survey Data to Reveal Disparities and Promote Wellness 306 David Dobrowski • Mayu Iwatani • Stephan Lambert When the Jokes Aren’t Funny: Helping Students to Process Offensive Comments 318 Stephanie Caine, PhD 11:15am PST
Addressing the Hidden Mental Health Epidemic and Creating a New Path Toward Wellness in Schools 304 Cindy Beck • Gustavo Loera, EdD • Ignacio Hernandez • Tony Peña • Jackie Valadez Charting our Journey to MTSS - One School's Journey from Discovery to Implementation 302 Chad Chandler • Callie Donnelly • Jennifer Meehan, MA • Charity Moreno Legally Speaking: What You Need to Know About Addressing Students' Mental Health at School 306 Heather Edwards, JD • Eric Stevens, JD Preparing and Supporting Millennial Educators for Student Success 316 Ashley Wenter, MEd Restorative Approaches to Building Positive School Climate 305 Edith Jordan-McCormick, MEd Staff Wellness: Cultivating Daily Wellness & Resiliency Ballroom Mara Madrigal-Weiss • Heather Nemour Suicide Prevention in Adults and Adolescents 319 Jessica Oakes, MS, LMFT, PPS The Role of Mental Health Services Act in Student Mental Health 315 Ahmadreza Bahrami Tools to Help Students of Color Survive: Who May Feel Like a Fly in a Bowl of Milk. Alone. 317 Susan Toler Carr, PE,GRMS Tumultuous Teens: Online Peer Support as a Zero Barrier Entry Point 303 Helena Plater-Zyberk, MBA • Emma Bruehlman-Senecal, PhD When the Jokes Aren’t Funny: Helping Students to Process Offensive Comments 301 Stephanie Caine, PhD 12:30pm PST
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A Panel Discussion: Mental Health and Behavior Multi-Tiered System of Supports 316 Garry Creel • Veronica del Rio-Barreras, EdD • Erin Kremer • Jackie Girgis, LCSW • Ira Kruskol, LCSW • Jamaica Murphy, LCSW ACES, Behavior, and Us 303 Susan Jones Building Bridges: Lessons Learned in School and Community Behavioral Health Integration to Build a Continuum of Services and Supports for Students and Families 315 Anna Naify • Kristal Antonicelli Compassion Fatigue: Acknowledging the Importance of Vicarious Trauma in Teaching 306 Ryan Gleason Creating and Sustaining Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention Support in a Large Urban School District Ballroom Jeff Layland, Ed.D. Data-Informed Care: The Importance of Using Universal Screeners in Schools 301 Alex Aronson • Ashley Blum, LCSW Emotional Intelligence: From Theory to Practice for ALL Students 317 Randhir Bains, EdD, MA School-Based Wellness Centers: How to Make it Happen at Your School 305 Maedeh Golshirazi, MA • Alisa Crovetti, PhD Success of a Senior Peer Mentor program 302 Lise Spiegel, PhD • Tammy Shpall The Well-Balanced Student 318 Margaret Dunlap Trauma-Informed Classrooms 304 Dara Pfeiffer, LEP, PPS Understanding the Role Executive Function Plays in the Social and Emotional Health of Students 319 Rachael Gonzales, EdD • Devan Adair, MA 3:15pm PST
#ThatsNotLove: Join One Love & Learn About Relationship Violence Prevention Curriculum for Your Students 302 Megan Gray Addressing the Mental Health and Social Emotional Needs of All Students 316 Sarah Kremer, PhD, LPCC, ATR-BC • Tracy Lyons, LMFT • Daniela Velasquez, LMFT Building a Trauma-Informed Positive School Culture 304 Jennifer Cates Educator Wellness - Establishing a Self-Care First Aid Kit 315 Nathan Herzog, PhD Extents & Practices of Psychosocial Family Centers (PFCs); to Endorse the Psychosocial Need After Army Public School (APS) Massacre in Peshawar Pakistan 318 Sadaf Ahmed, PhD Free Services to Protect Students (From Themselves and Others) 301 Lisa Thee Hidden in Plain Sight: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder- With One in Twenty Students Affected, a Training on Accommodations for FASD in Our Schools 303 Annette Kunzman, MBA Meeting the Needs of Immigrant Students: Implementing the FUERTE Curriculum 319 Marta Posada, MA • Karin Jinbo, MA, PPS Meeting the Social-Emotional Needs of ALL Students 305 Nicole DeWitt, MEd • Esther Izquierdo-Hemmen, MSW The Wellness Together Model for School Mental Health Ballroom Jeremiah Aja • Marlon Morgan Today's Foster Youth: How to Create a Comprehensive Foster Youth Support Program on Your Campus 306 Jenna Mendez Trauma-Informed Dynamic Mindfulness: Building Stress Resilience, Emotion Regulation, and Empathy 317 Bidyut Bose • Yvonne Evans 4:05pm PST
Building Collaborative Partnerships to Support Mental Health Resilience for Teens 303 Jeni Olsen Building Momentum for School-Based Family Counseling 301 Cynthia Bremer • Eileen Klima, MA, PPS Free Services to Protect Students (From Themselves and Others) 306 Lisa Thee How Parents Instill Learning Discipline Among Tech-Savvy Youth 315 Core Connectivity Innovation in Mental Health for Boys and Men of Color Ballroom Mental Health California • Michael Houston, LCSW, DD • jaymes Hines It's Your Social Life: Social Media’s Impact on Anxiety and Body Image 304 Shannon Braasch, MA Let’s Get Organized: How one District Adopted a Wellness Program (MTSS) Model and Served More Students 302 Mike Mansuy • Kristin Nelson, LCSW, MPH The Business of Mental Health Advocacy and the Scholarship of Engagement 319 Janee Both Gragg, PhD, LMFT, LPCC Tools to Help Students of Color Survive: Who May Feel Like a Fly in a Bowl of Milk. Alone. 317 Susan Toler Carr, PE,GRMS Trauma-Informed Yoga Breath and Postures: In Training, Teaching, and Practice 305 Christine Tippett, LCSW, LMFT Understanding Our LGBTQ+ Youth: Educating Our Educators 316 Summer D. Gomez, MSW
