2015 GW/NASP Public Policy Institute

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2015 GW/NASP Public Policy Institute
July 15-17 and July 20-21, 2015 COMBINED AGENDA
Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools: Supportive Policies and Practices for Learning
DAY 1: Wednesday, July 15
DAY 2: Thursday, July 16
DAY 3: Friday, July 17
DAY 4: Monday, July 20
DAY 5: Tuesday, July 21
GWU Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E. Street NW, Room 213
Washington, DC
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
GWU Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E. Street NW, Room 213
Washington, DC
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
GWU Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E. Street NW, Room 213
Washington, DC
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
GWU Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E. Street NW, Room 213
Washington, DC
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:50
Welcome & Introductions
Carol Kochhar-Bryant, GW
Senior Assoc. Dean of GSEHD
Todd Savage, NASP President
8:30-9:30 FEDERAL SESSION 1: Safe
and Healthy Students
David Esquith
Director, Office of Safe and Healthy
Students
US Department of Education
7:50 Arrive on Capitol Hill
8:00 Enter Building (All Group)
8:15-4:00 Capitol Hill Experience (ALL)
8:00-8:20 Continental Breakfast on
Capitol Hill
8:00-4:00 Capitol Hill Experience
SPECIAL SESSION: Understanding the
health, mental health and educational
needs of trauma impacted students.
SPECIAL SESSION: An Integrated
Approach to Creating Trauma Sensitive
Schools
Overview of the Institute
Stacy Skalski, NASP
Pamela Leconte, GW
Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, NASP

Introductions of leaders and
instructors

Class introductions

Basic overview for the institute
9:50-10:00 Break
9:30-9:35 Speaker Transition
9:35-10:35 FOUNDATIONAL 3:
Demographics: Kids Count: The Status
of America’s Children Today and
Tomorrow
Flo Guitterez
Research Associate
Annie E Casey Foundation Kids Count
10:35-10:45 Quick Break
10:45-12:00 FEDERAL SESSION 2:
Behavior and Learning Support
Programs for Improved Student
Outcomes
Renee Bradley
Deputy Director, Office of Special
Education Programs
U.S. Department of Education
10:00-11:30 FOUNDATIONAL 1:
Understanding the Federal Role in
Education: School Reform in the 21st
Century
Michael Usdan, Senior Fellow and Past
President, Institute for Educational
Leadership
Location: US Capitol Visitors Center
(Senate--SCVC 209-08)
**Thank you to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
(NY) for sponsoring our room.
8:20-8:30 Introductions and Brief
Overview of the Hill Day
Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach (Facilitator)
NASP Director of Government Relations
8:30-9:30 Legislative Capitol Hill Panel
with Invited Capitol Hill Staff
Invited Panelists:
Leanne Hotek, Senior Education Policy
Advisor, Senate HELP Committee, Minority
Staff
8:30-9:00 Ted Talk Activity: How
Childhood Trauma Affects Health
Across a Lifetime.
9:00-10:30 FEATURED SPEAKER:
Exposure to Community Violence:
Implications for Student Adjustment,
School-Based Practice, and Professional
Training
Stacy Overstreet
Professor & Chair, Tulane University
Co-Director of the Trauma Focused School
Psychology Specialization
Vonnie Hampel, Senior Legislative
Assistant, Press Secretary, Congressman
Dave Loebsack (D-IA 2)
Steve Townsend- Fellow, Education Policy,
Senate HELP Committee, Majority Staff
Dan Auger, Legislative Assistant, Senator
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
Katherine Cassling, Legislative Assistant,
Senator Manchin (D-WV)
Jacque Chevalier
Sr. Education Policy Advisor, House Min.
Staff, Comm. on Education & Workforce
FINAL July 8, 2015 (2)
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Panel: Supporting
Traumatized Youth Through Policy and
Practice
Facilitated by: Mary Beth Klotz, NASP
Director of Educational Practice
8:30-10:30 Boston Public Schools
Showcase: The Comprehensive School
Behavioral Mental Health Model Program
Andria Amador
Asst. Dir. of Behavioral Health Services
Boston Public Schools
Jill Snyder
Comprehensive Behavioral Health Model
Data Analyst
Boston Public Schools
Shella Dennery
Program Director, Boston Children’s Hospital
Neighborhood Partnerships
Boston Children’s Hospital
Melissa Pearrow
University of MA-Boston
Assoc. Prof. of Counseling & School
Psychology
School Psychology Program Director
10:30-10:40 Break
2015 GW/NASP Public Policy Institute
July 15-17 and July 20-21, 2015 COMBINED AGENDA
Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools: Supportive Policies and Practices for Learning
DAY 1: Wednesday, July 15
DAY 2: Thursday, July 16
DAY 3: Friday, July 17
DAY 4: Monday, July 20
DAY 5: Tuesday, July 21
Maria Voles Ferguson
Executive Director, Center on Education
Policy at the GW University
12:00-12:45: Lunch
9:30-3:00

Capitol Hill visits

Observe hearings

Tour the Capitol

Lunch on your own
Confirmed Panelists:
10:40-11:40 Panel: Building Public Policy
that Supports Trauma Sensitive Schools—
Priorities for Advocates and Educators
11:30-12:15 Lunch
3:00- 4:00 Capitol Hill Debriefing (ALL
PPI Participants)
Collection of final evaluations and
distribution of Certificates of Completion for
3-Day PPI Participants
Location: Rayburn House Office Building,
Gold 2168
Brenda Kabler
Associate Faculty Member
Immaculata University, Dept. of School
Psychology
NASP MAC Co-Chair, Children in
Transition
Idi Castella Duncan, Dual Language
Assessment Teacher, Fairfax County
Schools
Youth Representative: Hassly
Barbara Duffield, Director of Policy and
Programs, National Association for the
Education of Homeless Children and Youth
Youth Representative: Jessica
12:15-1:15 FOUNDATIONAL 2: The 2015
Children’s Budget: How do our nation’s
children fare in the federal budget?
Sarah Kyle
Vice President of Budget and External
Relations
First Focus
1:15-1:20 Speaker Transition
12:45-1:15 Foundations Discussion: The
Federal Role in Education
Small group facilitated discussion. You will
be grouped by the sticker on your name
badge.
4:00-5:00 All 5-Day Participants ONLY.
Team Planning for Portfolios and Final
Presentations—Meet at Location
Determined by Your Team
1:15-3:15 PPI Special Topic Part 2-FEATURED SESSION :
The Importance of Trauma Informed
Schools: The Impact of Invisible
Wounds on Children and Learning
FINAL July 8, 2015 (2)
Confirmed Panelists:
Jessica Cardichon, Senior Director of Policy
and Advocacy for Comprehensive High
School Reform, Alliance for Excellent
Education
Jill Cook, Assistant Executive Director,
American School Counselor Association
Jacki Ball, Director of Government Affairs,
National PTA
12:00-12:30 Lunch
Sunil Mansukhani, Principal, The Raben
Group, Representing Futures Without
Violence
12:30-2:00 Helping Transgender
Students Succeed at Home and School
11:40-12:40 Policy Application Part A-Developing Policy at the Local, State, and
National Level
Todd Savage
Associate Professor in Counseling and
School Psychology
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
NASP President 2015-16
Marleen Wong, PhD
Clinical Professor and Associate Dean
University of Southern California
School of Social Work and
Director, Treatment and Services
Adaptation Center for Resilience, Hope
and Wellness in Schools
Facilitated by:
Kelly Vaillancourt
NASP Director of Government Relations
Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach
NASP Director of Government Relations
2015 GW/NASP Public Policy Institute
July 15-17 and July 20-21, 2015 COMBINED AGENDA
Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools: Supportive Policies and Practices for Learning
DAY 1: Wednesday, July 15
DAY 2: Thursday, July 16
1:20-2:30 FEDERAL GRANT
PROJECTS: Leading by Convening:
The Power of Engagement
3:15-4:00 Theme Reflection: Exploring
Trauma Sensitive Schools
Joanne Cashman
Director, IDEA Partnership
Comm. & Collaboration Lead, National
Center for Systemic Improvement
National Association of State Directors of
Special Education
DAY 3: Friday, July 17
DAY 4: Monday, July 20
DAY 5: Tuesday, July 21
2:00-2:10 Break
12:40-2:15 Working Lunch in Teams
2:10-3:30 When the ‘Street’ Meets the
‘Schoolhouse’: Reaching out to
Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth
2:15-4:50 Policy Application Part B-Sharing What We’ve Learned About the
Connections Between Research, Policy,
and Practice
Small group facilitated discussion. You will
be grouped by the sticker on your name
badge.
Patrice Linehan
Senior Associate, National Center for
Systemic Improvement
2:30-2:40 Break
4:00-5:00 GW Teamwork Session
Location: GWU Elliott School of
International Affairs
1957 E. Street NW, Room--TBD
Washington, DC
2:40-3:30 PPI Special Topic Part 1:
Fundamental Considerations in
Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools
Eric Rossen, PhD
NASP Dir. of Prof. Dev. & Standards
Editor, Supporting and Educating
Traumatized Students: A guide for School
Based Professionals
Jenee Littrell, Assistant Principal,
Chaparral High School--Alternative
Grossmont Union High School District, CA
First Author, Human Trafficking in
America’s Schools, US Dept. of Education
4:00-7:00 GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY
PART B: Professional Association
Advocacy
(NASP Credit Participants Only)
3:30-5:00
Teamwork Session
Sponsored by the GPR Committee (3 & 5
day NASP Credit/ Participants--School
Psychologists Only)
DINNER PROVIDED
Location: GWU Elliott School of
International Affairs
1957 E. Street NW, Room 213
Washington, DC
FINAL July 8, 2015 (2)
Carol Kochhar-Bryant
Senior Associate Dean, GSEHD
George Washington University
4:50-5:00 Final Thoughts and Evaluations
2015 GW/NASP Public Policy Institute
July 15-17 and July 20-21, 2015 COMBINED AGENDA
Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools: Supportive Policies and Practices for Learning
DAY 1: Wednesday, July 15
DAY 2: Thursday, July 16
3:30-4:30 GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY
PART A: Overview of the Capitol Hill
Experience
Presenters:
Stacy Skalski, NASP, Director of
Professional Policy and Practice
Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, Director of
Government Relations
Kathy Cowan, NASP, Director of
Communications
GPR Committee Members
Katie Eklund, Chair, GPR
Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, NASP
Director of Government Relations
NASP GPR Committee
NASP Director of Government Relations

Basics of grassroots advocacy

Presentation of talking points

Organization of hill teams

Fishbowl experience
DAY 3: Friday, July 17
4:30-5:30 Regional Networking and
Teamwork Session
GW Credit Students: Syllabus Intro and
Course Expectations
NASP: Regional meetings
5:45-7:45 NETWORKING RECEPTION:
All PPI Participants Invited
(Appetizers and beverages provided. Lots
of good fun, laughter, and conversation
promised.)
LOCATION:
TONIC at Quigley’s Pharmacy
2036 G Street NW, Washington DC
FINAL July 8, 2015 (2)
DAY 4: Monday, July 20
DAY 5: Tuesday, July 21
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