OSPA Fall 2002 CONFERENCE

Oklahoma School Psychological Association Presents

Stop the Bullying

Deborah Crockett, Ph.D., NCSP

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Crockett is a school psychologist in Fayette County, Georgia, with prior experience of 12 years in Atlanta Public Schools and three years in Cobb County Schools. She received her doctorate degree in School Psychology from Georgia State University in 1987. As a practitioner, she is known as a child and family advocate for appropriate education of all children, development, promotion, implementation and training of tolerance and diversity issues, parent education and school involvement, assessment, and professional issues. She has received recognition for her contributions to school psychology from professional associations, Georgia State University, and Spelman College. She is the first African-
American to become president of the National Association of School Psychologists and Georgia Association of School Psychologists. She is a
founding member of the NASP Minority Scholarship Program, NASP Tolerance-In-Action Campaign, and National Mental Health and Education Center for Children and Families. Currently, Crockett is speaking locally, nationally, and internationally on the topic of tolerance and diversity within a social skills framework.

She has developed and published information for parent education, advocacy, and teacher training on topics of tolerance and diversity as well as other topics that promote positive child development and school performance. In addition, she contributed articles to publications that focus on “how-to’s” for parents and teacher, served as a clearinghouse of
information for colleagues and peers, served as a media spokesperson for the profession of school psychology and advocacy for children and families. In July 1998, she served on the expert panel that developed Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools.

Relative to Crockett’s work in assessment, she has served on bias review panels for several nationally normed assessment instruments, provided technical assistance on the development of state assessment instruments, and development and implementation of performance instruments for school psychologists. Related areas include serving on task forces which develop guidelines for gifted programs, special
education, and minority overrepresentation in special education.

Currently, Dr. Crockett is a school psychologist consulting with schools in the areas of prevention and intervention, school safety, parent training,
consultation, and crisis intervention.

Crockett has been married for thirty plus years and has one son and a host of family members. Hobbies include reading, meeting new people, cooking ethnic foods, and school psychology. Future plans include completing all planned phases of the Tolerance project and assisting with obtaining full funding for the NASP Minority Scholarship. She has been a Nationally Certified School Psychologist since inception of the certification program in January 1988. She is also certified by the state of
Georgia.

Orientation to Effective Grassroots Politics

Steve Crane, NCSP, National Association of School Psychology Government and Professional Relations Trainer, will present the Thursday evening session which will focus on orienting school psychologists to effective strategies in working with state legislative leaders.

Mr. Crane, a practicing school psychologist for 25 years, has held numerous offices in both Oklahoma School Psychological Association and National Association of School Psychology. As the Founder of the National Emergency Assistance Team (NEAT), he has trained assistance teams and trainers throughout the nation and has worked closely with political leaders to develop legislation which will promote safe schools.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 24

Steve Crane, NCSP

6:30 - 7:00 pm Registration

7:00 - 8:30 pm Orientation to
Effective Grassroots Politics

Friday, October 25

Deborah Crockett, Ph.D., NCSP

8:00 - 8:30 am Registration

8:30 - 9:00 Welcome

9:00 - 10:00 Bullying Prevention Act: What School Psychologists Can Do!

10:00 - 10:15 Break

10:15 - 11:30 Preventing Bullying: Characteristics of Programs that Work

11:30 - 1:00 Luncheon

1:00 - 3:00 Building Tolerance Skills to Reduce Bullying

3:00 - 3:30 Special Education Update - OK State Dept of Ed


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