Annual Institute

The Graduate Programs in School Psychology and the Department of Psychology sponsor the School Psychology Institute. The Institute presenters are national leaders in school psychology and related areas who impact the practices of school psychologists. The Institute includes a skill-based workshop in the morning for community mental health professionals, graduate trainees, and interested faculty. In the afternoon, the speaker presents a research colloquium that is open to the public. After the colloquium, an informal meeting is held with the speaker and current school psychology doctoral trainees to further discuss the speaker’s research and other professional issues that impact the field of school psychology.

Presenters and Topics

26th Annual Institute (2024)

Janay B. Sander, Ball State University
Restorative and Equity-Promoting Practices in School Discipline

25th Annual Institute (2023)

Julie Herbstrith, Texas Women’s University
Supporting LGBTQIA+ Families in School Settings

24th Annual Institute (2022)

Adena Meyers, Illinois State University
Mindfulness for Educators

23rd Annual Institute (2021)

Desiree Vega, University of Arizona
Assessment and Emergent Bilingual Students

22nd Annual Institute (2019)

Sherrie L. Proctor, Queens College, CUNY
Graduate students of color: The role of connection, support, and intentionality

21st Annual Institute (2018)

Leandra N. Parris, Illinois State University
Crisis Prevention and preparedness in the schools

20th Annual Institute (2017)

Patrick C. Friman, Ph.D., ABPP, University of Nebraska School of Medicine
Advance treatment concepts: The generic power of behavior analysis

19th Annual Institute (2016)

Kris Varjas, Psy.D., Georgia State University
Unpacking culture and assessing our practice: Legal and ethical issues

18th Annual Institute (2015)

Heather Ringeisen, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
Connections between child maltreatment and well-being: perspective from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being

17th Annual Institute (2014)

Joel Meyers, Ph.D., Georgia State University
Intervention and prevention strategies to address bullying and cyberbullying

16th Annual Institute (2013)

Thomas J. Huberty, Ph.D., ABPP, Indiana University-Bloomington
Childhood anxiety disorders: Identification, intervention, and prevention

15th Annual Institute (2012)

Mark Reinecke, Ph.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for depressed adolescents

14th Annual Institute (2011)

Mark Shinn, Ph.D., National-Louis University
Implementing response-to-intervention at middle and high school levels

13th Annual Institute (2010)

John W. Payton, DrPH, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Kay Ragozzino, M.A.
Promoting children's social and emotional development through school-based social-emotional learning

12th Annual Institute (2009)

Karen Stoiber, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Chaos in the classroom

11th Annual Institute (2008)

Susan Wilczinski, Ph.D., National Autism Center
Autism

10th Annual Institute (2007)

Scott Poland, Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University
School violence

9th Annual Institute (2006)

Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana
Anti-bullying

8th Annual Institute (2005)

Dan Reschly, Ph.D., Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
Response to intervention

7th Annual Institute (2004)

Nadine Kaslow, Ph.D., Emory University
Childhood depression

6th Annual Institute (2003)

Tom Power, Ph.D., Children's Hospital, University of Pennsylvania
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

5th Annual Institute (2002)

Deborah Crockett, Ph.D., Atlanta, GA Public Schools
Developing a tolerance curriculum

4th Annual Institute (2001)

Russ Skiba, Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington
Violence prevention

3rd Annual Institute (2000)

Tom Kratochwill, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Empirically-supported interventions

2nd Annual Institute (1999)

Susan Sheridan, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Home/School collaboration

1st Annual Institute (1998)

George Batsche, Ph.D., University of South Florida
Bullies