Keynotes
Keynote 1: Welcome and Empowering Education: Strengthening School Behavioral Health through Multi-Tiered System of Supports (see below)
Keynote 2: Trending Topic Table Talks
Keynote 3: “The Ride Ahead” (see below)
Keynote 4: “Updates from the OSEP Director” (see below)
Welcome and Empowering Education: Strengthening School Behavioral Health through Multi-Tiered System of Supports
Monday, October 7, 2024
10:00 am – 11:30 am
This keynote session is designed to equip state education agencies (SEAs) with the knowledge, tools, and strategies needed to support local education agencies (LEAs) in the successful implementation of school behavioral health using a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. Panelists will discuss building state-to-district collaboration, the use of data to guide decision-making processes, choosing and implementing evidence-based practices, promoting equity and cultural responsiveness, building an effective workforce, and other key themes.
PANELISTS
Mark Weist
Professor and Co-Director, John H. Magil School Behavioral Health Academy, University of South Carolina
Mark Sander
Director of School Mental Health, Hennepin County
Samatha Reaves
Assistant Professor, National Center for School Mental Health
Rob Lucio
Associate Professor, University of Tennessee
Breakfast and Trending Topic Table Talks
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
8:30 am – 9:30 am
NASDSE Board members will facilitate tabletop discussions around trending topics during breakfast. Bring your breakfast plates and join discussions on hot topics such as state scholarships/voucher programs for private and home-schooled students with disabilities and SEA relationships with RTCs.
PANELISTS
The Ride Ahead
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Samuel Habib and his father Dan Habib will screen and discuss their new documentary film, THE RIDE AHEAD. Film summary: Turning 21, Samuel Habib wants to date, leave home, go to college. Yet every rite of passage is fraught with challenges. Seizures and uncontrollable movements. Friends' homes inaccessible to his 350-pound wheelchair. His labored speech and use of a communication device. Degrading ableist encounters. “No one tells you how to be an adult,” he says, “let alone an adult with a disability.” Can a community of disability activist rebels help him follow his dreams? Watch the film trailer.
Samuel Habib
Co-Director
Dan Habib
Co-Director
Updates from the OSEP Director
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Join the OSEP Director for a discussion of the differentiated monitoring and support process and OSEP priorities.
SPEAKERS
Valerie C. Williams
OSEP Director, U.S. Department of Education