BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//scipnebraska.com//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:f8d55a89-a3ff-4bd9-a6ab-57359c140f8a X-WR-CALDESC:Keynote Speaker: Dr. Scott Poland - 'School Safety Best Practi ces: Lessons Learned From School Shooting Tragedies' \n\nDr. Scott Poland is a professor at the College of Psychology and is the director of the Sui cide and Violence Prevention Office at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. P oland is a licensed psychologist who has been internationally recognized a s an expert on youth suicide\, school violence\, school safety\, threat as sessment and school crisis. he is a former President of the National Assoc iation of School Psychologists and a former Prevention Division Director o f the American Association of Suicidology. Dr. Poland has testified about the mental health needs of children before U.S. Congress on four occasions . He is a founding member of the National Emergency Assistance Team and ha s personally assisted school communities following school shootings\, acts of terrorism\, natural disaster and suicide clusters. \n\nAs a result of this presentation\, the participant will: \n- Gain knowledge on the import ance of addressing student mental health \n- Gain knowledge on recognizing signs of serious mental illness and suicidal behavior \n- Gain knowledge about conducting crisis drills that practice moving students to safe and p rotected places \n\nFollowed by -- Scott Stemper: 'Are Nebraska schools on e of the safest places for our children?' \n\nScott Stemper has spent 40 y ears collaborating with schools and communities in prevention\, preparedne ss\, response and recovery across Nebraska. Scott is a Psychological First Aid for Schools trainer and has provided 285 schools and Educational Serv ice Units (ESUs) the tools to develop their own Emergency Operations Plans throughout Nebraska. Currently\, Scott is an Emergency Operations Plannin g (EOP) Specialist with the Nebraska Department of Education. \n\nAs a res ult of this presentation\, participants will: \n- Gain knowledge and skill s in school safety \n- Feel empowered to take action in accordance with th eir schools and communities \n- Be able to persuade potential stakeholders to advocate for prevention strategies in their schools/communities \n\nFo llowed by -- Liesel Hogan: 'Connecting with the Hardest Kids: Lessons Lear ned From Year 1 as a Threat Team Therapist' \n\nLiesel Hogan (MS\, LIMHP) currently serves as the Violence Prevention Psychotherapist on the Lincoln Public Schools Threat Assessment Team. Alongside her therapy dog\, Yeti\, Liesel provides targeted intervention to high-risk students in an effort to reduce incidents of violence and to promote a more positive school expe rience to students struggling with emotional dysregulation and school-rela ted grievances. Prior to her position at LPS\, Liesel worked for Education al Service Units as an integrated school mental health therapist for rural districts in central and eastern Nebraska providing direct services to st udents\, crisis team support\, and mental health related staff training. \n\nAs a result of this presentation\, participants will: \n- Understand T hreat Assessment: Gain a clearer understanding of the principles and pract ices of threat assessment within the K-12 educational context \n- Bridge G aps: Discover effective strategies for building rapport and establishing t rust with difficult students\, fostering positive relationships between st udents and teachers \n- Consider Rural vs. Urban Environments: Explore how the implementation of threat assessment may vary depending on the unique characteristics of rural and urban school environments \n- Prioritize Psyc hological Safety: Understand the critical importance of creating a psychol ogically safe environment for both staff and students\, fostering a cultur e of open communication and support \n X-WR-RELCALID:fa677b21c036b665b55c73f715cd7e6f X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20251102T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20260308T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f07655b1-ce33-49d7-9cd2-d7507a531a7d DTSTAMP:20260419T000711Z DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker: Dr. Scott Poland - 'School Safety Best Practic es: Lessons Learned From School Shooting Tragedies' \n\nDr. Scott Poland i s a professor at the College of Psychology and is the director of the Suic ide and Violence Prevention Office at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Po land is a licensed psychologist who has been internationally recognized as an expert on youth suicide\, school violence\, school safety\, threat ass essment and school crisis. he is a former President of the National Associ ation of School Psychologists and a former Prevention Division Director of the American Association of Suicidology. Dr. Poland has testified about t he mental health needs of children before U.S. Congress on four occasions. He is a founding member of the National Emergency Assistance Team and has personally assisted school communities following school shootings\, acts of terrorism\, natural disaster and suicide clusters. \n\nAs a result of t his presentation\, the participant will: \n- Gain knowledge on the importa nce of addressing student mental health \n- Gain knowledge on recognizing signs of serious mental illness and suicidal behavior \n- Gain knowledge a bout conducting crisis drills that practice moving students to safe and pr otected places \n\nFollowed by -- Scott Stemper: 'Are Nebraska schools one of the safest places for our children?' \n\nScott Stemper has spent 40 ye ars collaborating with schools and communities in prevention\, preparednes s\, response and recovery across Nebraska. Scott is a Psychological First Aid for Schools trainer and has provided 285 schools and Educational Servi ce Units (ESUs) the tools to develop their own Emergency Operations Plans throughout Nebraska. Currently\, Scott is an Emergency Operations Planning (EOP) Specialist with the Nebraska Department of Education. \n\nAs a resu lt of this presentation\, participants will: \n- Gain knowledge and skills in school safety \n- Feel empowered to take action in accordance with the ir schools and communities \n- Be able to persuade potential stakeholders to advocate for prevention strategies in their schools/communities \n\nFol lowed by -- Liesel Hogan: 'Connecting with the Hardest Kids: Lessons Learn ed From Year 1 as a Threat Team Therapist' \n\nLiesel Hogan (MS\, LIMHP) c urrently serves as the Violence Prevention Psychotherapist on the Lincoln Public Schools Threat Assessment Team. Alongside her therapy dog\, Yeti\, Liesel provides targeted intervention to high-risk students in an effort t o reduce incidents of violence and to promote a more positive school exper ience to students struggling with emotional dysregulation and school-relat ed grievances. Prior to her position at LPS\, Liesel worked for Educationa l Service Units as an integrated school mental health therapist for rural districts in central and eastern Nebraska providing direct services to stu dents\, crisis team support\, and mental health related staff training. \n \nAs a result of this presentation\, participants will: \n- Understand Thr eat Assessment: Gain a clearer understanding of the principles and practic es of threat assessment within the K-12 educational context \n- Bridge Gap s: Discover effective strategies for building rapport and establishing tru st with difficult students\, fostering positive relationships between stud ents and teachers \n- Consider Rural vs. Urban Environments: Explore how t he implementation of threat assessment may vary depending on the unique ch aracteristics of rural and urban school environments \n- Prioritize Psycho logical Safety: Understand the critical importance of creating a psycholog ically safe environment for both staff and students\, fostering a culture of open communication and support \n DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250326T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250326T153000 LOCATION:241 Victory Lane\, Lincoln Firefighters' Reception Hall\, Lincoln\ , NE 68528 US SUMMARY:Spring Conference - 'Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters: Prevent ing School Violence Through Action\, Connection & Hope' END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR