School psychologists are confronted daily with an ever-changing labyrinth of federal and state regulatory pitfalls relating to special education and Section 504 accommodation. This workshop, delivered by a school law practitioner with decades of school district legal counseling, who has litigated special education and Section 504 disputes in six different states, will present plain-spoken, battle tested best practice suggestions for compliant special education delivery and handling of difficult special education issues.

This webinar will focus on the identification of gang involved youth and related prevention and intervention strategies in the school setting. The webinar will also address how to best work with parents of students identified as gang members and foster positive relationships between practitioners and students.

This fast-paced workshop will present the rationale, basic principles, assessment procedures, and research support for student threat assessment as a safe and effective violence prevention strategy.

This webinar will help participants identify the developmental issues that affect the motivation for drug-abusing youth to change, apply basic skills in motivational interviewing, and describe brief intervention strategies for adolescents suspected of abusing drugs.