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Fort Wayne Community Schools, 1200 S Clinton St

Fort Wayne, IN 46802

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wednesday, September 16, 2026

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Registration

9:00 am - 12:00 pm 

AI, Ethics, and Professional Judgment 

Domain 10 

Presentation Description (for program guide): As AI becomes increasingly integrated into schools, school psychologists face new ethical and professional challenges. This workshop examines common factors that contribute to problematic AI use, strategies for reducing bias and misinformation, and how students may rely on AI to meet social, emotional, and problem-solving needs.

Dan Florell, Ph.D., NCSP, Eastern Kentucky University

12:00 pm - 12:15 pm

Break & Poster Presentations

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm 

Lunch & Keynote

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm 

Changing the Story: Using Appraisal-Based Interventions to Improve Student Motivation, Resilience, and School Success 

Domains 3, 4, 5, & 6

Students constantly interpret and make meaning of academic challenges, social experiences, feedback, and stress. These interpretations, or appraisals, shape motivation, behavior, emotional responses, and academic outcomes. Drawing from research on wise interventions, this workshop introduces participants to the role of appraisals in student functioning and demonstrates how small changes in how students interpret experiences can produce meaningful improvements in engagement, persistence, and well-being. Participants will learn how appraisal processes influence common school concerns such as academic motivation, test anxiety, belonging, behavioral challenges, and responses to feedback. Through case examples and interactive activities, attendees will identify appraisal-related barriers within their own schools and develop practical intervention strategies that can be implemented at the individual, classroom, and school-wide levels. 

Dr. Ramirez

Ritualizing Evidence-Based Interventions to Help Students Thrive Under Pressure

Domains 2, 4, 5 & 9  

High school students face relentless pressure from AP exams and college applications to athletic performance and social evaluation. We know of several interventions, but what makes those interventions actually stick for adolescents? This interactive workshop explores how evidence-based interventions can be transformed into meaningful rituals that promote confidence, focus, emotional regulation, and resilience. Drawing from research in psychology, education, and performance science, participants will examine common sources of student anxiety, explore intervention strategies, and learn a practical framework for developing ritualized supports that students can use independently. Attendees will engage in discussion, analyze examples, and design ritual-based interventions applicable to their own school settings.

Dr. Komarenko

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 pm - 4:45 pm

NASP President Address

Shawna Rader Kelly, EdS, NCSP

thursday, September 17, 2026

8:00 am - 8:30 am 

Registration

8:30 am - 11:30 am 

BASC-4: A Comprehensive System of Behavioral and Emotional Assessment: Getting it right and getting to interventions that work!

This presentation will review features of BASC-4 Components including an overview of changes and features new for BASC-4. Training will then focus on development and application of a model of assessment of emotional and behavioral disorders in a school setting with an emphasis on not just eligibility, but developing a comprehensive diagnosis and understanding of the student. Following a review of application of the BASC-4 to determining ED eligibility, differential diagnosis that leads to a process of identification of evidence-based interventions tailored to student needs will be emphasized. Application of the BASC-4 as a System will be emphasized and advanced interpretive methods for BASC-4 reviewed. Diagnosis of ADHD will be used as a model but other disorders (e. g., ASD, MDD, PTSD) will be reviewed as well.
Cecil Reynolds, Ph.D.

11:30 am -12:30 pm

Lunch

12:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Interventions for Executive Function Difficulties

This presentation will describe a multidimensional model of executive functions that can be used to guide intervention planning and implementation for children and adolescents. Participants will learn how to apply a continuum of intervention approaches designed to help students progress from reliance on external control and support to greater levels of internally directed self-regulation.

Emphasis will be placed on understanding the different levels of executive control, identifying executive function difficulties associated with each level, and selecting interventions that address specific needs. Practical strategies that can be applied by psychologists or shared with teachers through consultation will be highlighted throughout the presentation. Case studies will be used to illustrate the applications of interventions.

George McCloskey, Ph.D.