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LAS*PIC NEWS
S PRING 2010
V OLUME 4, I SSUE 3
A
MESSAGE FROM THE LAS * PIC
COORDINATOR — D R . G EORGE H EBERT
Wow!
Inside this
issue:
Intern Updates
2
Incoming Interns
3
Intern Impacts
4
Mardi Gras
6
Workshops
8
Our LEA Folks
11
NASP in Chicago
12
Hot Topic Forum
16
LSPA EC
17
Most
Wanted
See Page
19
Editor
George W. Hebert, Ph.D.
Associate Editors
& Layout
Cheryl Every, B.S.
Robert J. Reinhard, A.A.
The Saints
won the Super Bowl! As
school psychologists, this
should remind us that
nothing is impossible. I
hope all of you felt a little
ownership in our Saints
victory for you know we
Louisianans love to share
– whether it is crawfish
from a pot or a victory in
football’s greatest game.
Of course, as victory in
Super Bowl XLIV became
reality, it felt like the
“cure” of Hurricane
Katrina. When we were
displaced after the storm,
I thought the 2005 Saints
season would bring some
much needed distraction.
Instead, it appeared to be
a metaphor of Katrina’s
disaster. My wife (Nancy)
and I attended one of the
home games in Baton
Rouge at Tiger Stadium
for enjoyment, mind you.
Well the Saints delivered
an abysmal performance
and we felt restless the
entire game. Looking
back, it really was some
low emotional times for
our members of our city.
However, all Saints fans
are familiar with the hope
of “next year”.
We moved back to
New Orleans at the end
of April 2006 and began
to actively rebuild. We
purchased the property
and house next to us
with the plans of building
across the lots and putting a pool in the back.
(See background of Dr.
Fontenelle in this issue
for a fast-forward. pg.16)
How- ever, the Saints
season began with us
living in half of our rental
property and the lots
with both houses still
there, but with no fence
separating the two lots.
The opening game for the
Saints was in the newly
refurbished Super Dome
against our southern
rivals, Atlanta Falcons.
Well the game began
with U2 and Green Day
singing our now famous
anthem, “The Saints are
Coming” and the Saints
rolled to victory. The
Saints went on to the
play-offs only to lose in
the NFC championship
game. However, the
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NASP in Chicago
Hey, didn’t I see you at LSPA? Ouachita Parish School Psychologists Sam Tingle and Robert Hinton discuss which presentation
to visit next.
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message was clear – “We are the
City of New
Orleans, and
we are back
for business.”
Now it appears to be
the national
economy
that is
holding
everybody
back. We
are very well
aware of the cuts made to higher
education on our campus and we
hear plenty of those effects on
the State. We have been re-
minded numerous times by
our administrative leaders that
other campuses around the
state that Hurricane Katrina
taught us many lessons. However , the one to keep in mind
during tough times is the fact
that if we were able to survive
the devastating effects of that
natural (and federal) disaster,
we can survive anything. Please
continue to share in our Saints
victory but also share in our
Katrina victory. Together, we
will all survive.
Snowmen courtesy of Dr.
Katherine Wickstrom (‘92’93) and
her husband, Dr. Kevin Jones
LINK
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Alumni Updates!
J OSHUA B ERNSTEIN
2006—2007
My wife Noa and I are living with our two children Orli (10) and Obi (6) in Pittsburgh PA. I am working for
Chatham University’s Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology as an Assistant Professor. Just this last year
my program began to offer a Psy.D. and I have had the pleasure of teaching doctoral students ”Intellectual
Assessment”.
Life in Pittsburgh is good, but this winter was rough. Way too much snow. I am looking forward to Summer. I
recently completed my post-doctoral hours and a few weeks ago I received my letter from the PA Psychology
Board granting my permission to sit for the EPPP. I will begin to prepare for the exam any day now. I hope to
be licensed in the next few months. I am enjoying an array of research projects and I had a BLAST with David
Hulac and George at NASP in Chicago.
D EBRA (R OSE ) H AMILTON
1993—1994
Jolie Rose Hamilton was born on January 27, 2010, weighing 7
pounds 3 ounces and measuring 19 inches. We are very
proud parents !!!
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Our New LAS*PIC Interns 2010-2011
Rachelle Beard
Arizona State
University
Jefferson Parish
Sarah Birch
CUNY
Graduate School
& University Ctr.
Louisiana RSD
Qi Zhou
Jill West
Nicole Begg
University of
Massachusetts Amherst
Jefferson Parish
University of
Southern Mississippi
Jefferson Parish
Tulane
University
University of
Memphis
Plaquemines
Parish
Louisiana RSD
Michael Vance
Michael Sulkowski
Sarah Peller
LSU
Louisiana RSD
University of
Florida
East Feliciana Parish
Lindsay McDonald
Keri Menesses
University of
South-Carolina
Livingston Parish
LSU
St. Tammany Parish
C ITIZENS
OF
W HO D AT N ATION
C ELEBRATE
IN THE
“P ARISH ”
Keever Hoffman (08-09) and Dr. Conni Patterson (94-95)
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A MY B YERLEY —S PECIAL S CHOOL D ISTRICT
I HAD N O I DEA W HAT A DVENTURES WERE
When I began my internship
year at the Recovery School District, I had no idea what adventures were in store for me during
my time there working on the RtI/
Pupil Appraisal team. Immediately
before the school year began, I
moved down to New Orleans
from Indiana, where I am a doctoral candidate in School Psychology from Ball State University.
Other than my five years in Indiana, I had only lived in Michigan –
the state in which I lived from
birth through my undergraduate
studies at Calvin College. Initially,
the cultural differences between
my mid-western home and the
unfamiliar
New Orleans felt
very noticeable to
me, particularly in
my experiences in
the schools
in the Recovery
School
District. At times, I found myself
attempting to balance learning all
kinds of new procedures in a new
school district while acclimating
myself to the surrounding culture.
Although this difference in cultures seemed significant to me at
the beginning of the school year, I
have found myself to be much
more familiar and comfortable
with the New Orleans culture
several months into the internship
experience.
At my internship placement in
the Recovery School District, I am
working as the evaluation coordinator at two K-8 schools (one
public and one charter school). In
addition to these two schools, I
participate as a member of my
cluster team and perform psychological evaluation components
needed by my team members at
approximately ten schools. For
me, one of the most exciting aspects of coming to work in the
Recovery School District was the
emphasis placed on Response to
Intervention in the schools. Before this school year, I had never
been involved in the Response to
Intervention process, as the
schools I worked in back in Indiana conformed to the “test and
place” model, in which I was simply given a list of evaluations to
conduct. In contrast, I have the
exciting opportunity this year to
be involved in the entire Response
to Intervention process in my
work at the Recovery School District.
Through this school year at the
Recovery School District, I have
had the opportunity to:
 Work with the whole pupil
appraisal staff to complete
a universal screening in
mathematics for many of
the schools in the district.
This information was then
used to place the students
into tiers for math interventions.
 Participate in consultations
with teachers to put interventions in place for
students with academic and/
or behavioral concerns in
the classroom.
 Assist with the data collection
and progress monitoring
process.
 Help identify students who
were in need of intervene
IN STORE FOR ME
through consultation opportunities.
While I spend four days each
week working in the recovery
School District, each day may look
completely different from the
next. One day I may spend in RtI
team meetings and training sessions, while during another I may
be working with teachers to create academic or behavioral interventions for students in their
classrooms. Other days are spent
observing and evaluating students,
followed by monitoring interventions, and providing trainings and
education to school personnel.
So far, my internship experience
has been a positive one. One of
the biggest strengths I have found
in the Recovery School District is
the incredible group of staff with
whom I work daily. The dedication and enthusiasm of the Pupil
Appraisal staff, teachers, prinicipals, and other great staff members makes working at the Recovery School District so much more
rewarding and enjoyable. The feeling of cohesiveness of our teams
make even the hardest days bearable. I look forward to continuing
to work to make a difference in
the schools of New Orleans during the rest of my internship year
at the Recovery School District.
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A MY C HILDRESS —T ANGIPAHOA S CHOOL D ISTRICT
A W EEK I N T ANGIPAHOA P ARISH
Last year when I was interviewing for internships, I never expected to find myself in Tangipahoa. Coming
back home to Louisiana was a high priority, but as a Southshore girl I did not know much about what was happening in Tangi. During the interview I learned about the school system and my interest was peaked. I was
thrilled when I matched there. I am happy to say that so far the experience has been great! Tangipahoa provides a natural setting to get varied experiences. The south end of the parish includes Ponchatoula and
Hammond, where Southeastern Louisiana University is located. The north end, including Kentwood, is more
rural. I get the opportunity to work at both ends of the parish (and occasionally the middle too). At first, I was
hesitant about this arrangement because of the travel involved, but the breadth of experiences is worth the
mileage on my car. As I travel the parish from top to bottom, I visit elementary, middle, and high schools. I also
work on the child search team once a week, so I see the “little ones” too. A breakdown of a typical week for
me is:
Day
School
Typical Responsibilities
Tuesday
Sumner High
Sumner Middle
Kentwood High
O.W. Dillon Elementary
Spring Creek Elementary
Chesbrough Elementary
Behavior interventions
Consultations with teachers
Group interventions
Evaluations
Wednesday
Natalbany Elementary
Midway Elementary
Academic interventions
Behavior interventions
Consultation with teachers
School Building Level Committee meetings
Thursday
Child Search
Pre-schools
Evaluations with the team
Consultation with pre-k teachers
Observations in pre-k classes
Friday
Any of the school above
Meetings
*Mondays I am at LSUHSC for training or on rotations
While the responsibilities are typical for a school psychologist, the ages, cultural backgrounds, socioeconomic
status, family make-up, and community environments vary greatly from student to student. Another factor
contributing to a wonderful start to the internship year has been the people working in
special education and pupil appraisal in Tangipahoa. I work primarily with two pupil
appraisal teams each consisting of a school psychologist, social worker, and educational
diagnostician. The child search team consists of a social worker, educational diagnostician, speech diagnostician, and, when needed, related service personnel (occupational
therapist, physical therapist, nurse, and adaptive physical education teacher). In my
graduate school training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill I worked in
two county school systems with a school psychologist mentor. In those school systems
there were no educational diagnosticians or social workers on the pupil appraisal team.
When I evaluated a child, my responsibilities included assessing achievement, cognitive,
emotional, behavioral, and adaptive functioning. It has been an adjustment working with
a team and integrating reports, but I like brainstorming with other professionals. I think
the children, families, and teachers are better served with a broader multidisciplinary
approach to student assessment. I have enjoyed the collaboration with the school psychologists, social workers, educational diagnosticians, and other professionals on the teams. Their support and expertise are providing
ongoing contributions to my professional growth.
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LAS*PIC WORKSHOPS 2010
“Federal Cases Controlling Education:
Recent Developments
That Can Significantly Impact
Your Practice”
Wayne Stewart, J.D., Ph.D.
Friday, January 8, 2010 \ 9:00 am —12:00 pm
Medical Educational Building\Lecture Room B
LSUHSC 1901 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA 70112
Dr. Wayne Steward (93-’94), addresses workshop participants.
Mary Ellen Hamner, Drs. Connie Patterson, Scuddy
Fontenelle and Stephanie Stevens
Paula Defley and Mary Ellen Hamner
Dr. Scuddy Fontenelle and XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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Clayton Cook Workshop March 2010
Emotional Disturbance:
Problems with Assessment and Treatment
The special education category
of emotional disturbance is arguably riddled with more problems
than any other disability category,
particularly when it comes to the
assessment and educational pro-
graming thereof. The purpose of
this presentation was to provide
solutions to some of the problems related to the assessment
and treatment of students with
or at-risk for emotional disturb-
bance. In particular, assessment
and treatment practices were
couched within a response to intervention model of service delivery and tied to federal and state
guidelines.
Dr. Joe Olmi of USM speaks with Dr. Clay Cook
Dr. Clay Cook delivers workshop
Dr. Clay Cook delivers workshop
Former intern Lizette Flammer-Rivera (07-08) monitors
Dr. Olmi’s pastry selections during the Dr. Cook workshop.
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“LAS*PIC
AT NASP 2009”
A number of alumni and faculty contributed to building increased
knowledge base in the profession when they presented at the recent
annual NASP Annual Convention in Chicago, March 2-6, 2010. These
included:
Alan Coulter and Lauren
Giovingo (post-doc 07-08)
presented two workshops on
"Implementing Effective Response
to Intervention (RtI)."
Tiffany Chenneville's (98-99)
workshop was entitled:
“Decisional capacity: What school
psychologists should know.”
Conni Patterson (94-95)
and George Hebert presented
a symposium with two other colleagues on "Meeting the challenges
of providing internship supervision."
Keever Hoffman (08-09) presented two papers in collaboration
with USM and Mississippi State
colleagues, "Positive Behavior Supports in Classroom and Nonclassroom settings," and “Evaluation
and results of function-based and
group contingency intervention."
Donna Gilbertson (99-00)
participated in presenting three
separate posters, entitled “Health
lesson effects on adolescent preference ratings of school-based
rewards, "Synthesis of the literature on RtI program elements,"
and "Utility of mathematics CBM
to predict risk on standardized
measures."
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Cindy Morgan-D'Atrio (96-97)
presented a workshop entitled,
"Tier 2 Implementation in a large
school system" and a paper with
colleagues, "Systematic implementation of check-in/check-out."
Sushama Nagarkar (01-02)
had a standing room only audience
for her presentation, "Issues to
consider in assessing English Language Learners."
Lynn Singletary (97-98),
Carmen Broussard (95-96),
and Katherine Wickstrom (9293) presented “An evaluation of a
Tier 1 classroom management
plan."
The family team of Dawn and
Jeff Tysinger (01-02) presented,
"Improving consultation outcomes
by matching teacher expectations."
NASP 2011
Annual Convention
February 22–26, 2011
Hilton San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
More information about
the 2011 convention
coming soon!
Call for Presentations
For More Information:
Access the FAQs and contact
information for NASP staff.
LaRonta Upson (03-04)
presented a poster with her
colleagues on the topic of “Increasing achievement motivation
in at-risk high school students
using the Why Try? program."
Sterett Mercer (03-04) presented "Baseline trend control
in visual analysis of single-case
intervention data."
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Interview ‘Pics’
of Our LEA Folks
LAS*PIC Professional
Supervisor Dr. Dorothy
Gammel conducted
interviews for Livingston
Parish.
Former Intern, Dr. Brian
Esteve (07-08), represented East Feliciana for
some of the interviews this
year.
Kathy
ana
Dr. Lynette Rolland
conducted interviews for
St. Bernard Parish.
Ms. Claudette Woods
conducted interviews
for the Recovery School
District.
Ms. Mary Ellen Hamner and
Ms. Paula Defley conducted interviews for
Plaquemines Parish.
Terri Joia conducted interviewes
for Jefferson Parish
LAS*PIC Professional
Supervisor,
Dr. Cicily Strain,
St. Tammany Parish.
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NASP in Chicago
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Chicago from Dr. Hebert’s window
Dr. Patterson (‘94-’95) from LAS*PIC
Former Interns Jeff and Dawn Tysinger (01-02)
can’t stop smiling for the camera
Chicago River flowing into the city from Lake
Michigan
Jim Cowie, LAS*PIC Consortium Representative
from Jefferson Parish
Dr. Brenda Huber of the Illinois Consortium
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Future Intern Nicole Begg from University of
Memphis got the memo attending this joyous
event.
Dr. Frank Gresham from LSU at the bar, joining
us for a LAS*PIC gathering
View from the El
Willis Tower experience
Shape-Up Presentation
The inside section of the observation deck celebrates Chicago’s Jazz and Blues.
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Alumni Updates!
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G REGORY W ELLS
2000—2010
After the last 12 years in New Orleans, I relocated to San Francisco in March, 2010 where I have opened a
private practice . While it is certainly daunting to be starting over in a new city, it’s also a very exciting time.
New Orleans will always be home, but San Francisco is a pretty nice “second home.” If any of my LAS*PIC
alum have contacts or ties in the Bay Area, please let me know! I’m very interested in meeting and networking
with my colleagues in the area.
A MY G. C ARNEY
2001—2002
Here’s come pictures . . . One of me right after I found out I got tenure at Bucknell University in December ‘09,
a January ‘10 picture of my two darlings, Holly (4) and Lily (8), and one of the three of us clowning around after
a huge snowstorm in February.
J ILLIAN L. W ILLIAMS
2001—2002
Hi LAS*PIC! My great news for the year . . . I got
engaged October 1, 2009 and am getting married
on November 6, 2010!
My fiancé is a firefighter with the City of Tampa,
Florida!
He popped the question on a vacationing Colorado
while hiking in Denver in the Garden of the Gods!
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K IM S HERMAN
2007—2008
I’m working in the New Orleans RSD, mainly providing behavior consultation in the district’s direct run schools.
We just moved into the Bayou St. John neighborhood and we’re busy fixing up our house and getting ready for a
new baby girt, due May 1st. Buddy, the cat, thinks the nursery is all for him . . .
N ICOLE T ROSCLAIR -L ASSERRE
2007—2008
Our little man (Reed) is growing up so fast and is already 18 months old. He became Mr. Independent overnight. As you can tell, we are still trying to master eating with a spoon! My husband Guy and I are also anxiously awaiting the arrival of our second son. He should make his appearance sometime in May!
Trainers of School Psychologists / Council
of Directors of School Psychology Programs Combined Meeting held during NASP 2009
Duquesne People: Dr. Tammy Hughes with
former intern, Dr. Joshua Bernstein
For the first time, a combined meeting of
CDSPP and TSP
Former interns Dr. Joshua Berstein and Dr.
David Hulac continue to argue about which
came first, the Rorschach or the Egg.
Former NASP President Gene Cash listens
attentively. . .
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APRIL—HOT TOPICS FORUM
Interns participate in a Hot topic Forum with
Lizette Flammer-Rivera (08) coordinating the meeting..
Dr. Scuddy Fontenelle participates in April Forum
Lizette’s son, Aidan was “guest of honor”.
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LASPIC EC Meeting April 9, 2010
President Morgan-D’Atrio conducts a meeting of the
Executive Council of LSPA
President elect, Dr. Kevin Jones reflecting on points being
made during the EC of the LSPA.
LSPA lobbyist Dr. Brenda Noland reports on legislative
concerns.
Members of the Executive Board
LSU graduates; President, Dr. Cindy MorganD’Atrio, Past President, Dr. George Hebert and
President Elect, Dr. Kevin Jones
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LAS*PIC WORKSHOPS 2010
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SAHP - The Human Development Center
Louisiana School Psychology Internship Consortium (LAS*PIC)
Seminar, April 26, 2010
Louisiana’s Value Added Assessment Initiatives in Education
George Noell, P.hD., BCBA
Department of Psychology, LSU Baton Rouge
Dr. Noell presenting
Next year intern Jill West,
from Tulane University
Drs. Noell, Hebert and Kristen Gansie
Dr. Bob Pasternack
Dean Cairo speaking with HDC guests
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MISSING PERSONS:
We need your help! We have lost many of our Alumni
contact information throughout the years and we want to
stay in touch.
If you know how we can reach the following people listed
below, please send an email with their updated information to
[email protected] Thanks!!
Class of ‘93 - ’94
Anthony Richard
Class of ‘97 - ‘98
Towanda Morgan
Class of ‘98 - ‘99
Lekita Thompson
Jill Leslie
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