Nebraska School Health Conference
June 4-6, 2023, Conference
R U OK? - Tools for Resilience and Understanding
Location: Kearney Holiday Inn
Hosted by Children's Hospital & Medical Center
Registration questions: call 308-324-8480 or email cherylbowers@cccneb.edu
NSNA or CNSNA
The Conference Planning Committee encourages you to join one or both of your state school nurses associations. Membership will be verified for this conference to receive the discounted member price. Membership must have been paid the previous year to receive the discounted price for this year's conference.
NSNA (Nebraska School Nurses Association): Annual dues are $125. Membership to NSNA also includes membership to NASN (National Association of School Nurses). Payment for NSNA membership can be made only online at www.NASN.org. (Click Renew at the top or Membership, then on Become a Member.)
CNSNA (Central Nebraska School Nurses Association): Annual dues are $25. New members should make their membership checks payable separately to the CNSNA, and they will be forwarded to the CNSNA treasurer. Current members will get their information on payment in an email from CNSNA.
Conference Information
Learning Outcome
The purpose of this activity is to: transform knowledge and practice to meet the needs of school-age children.
Continuing Education Contact Hours
An application has been submitted to the Georgia Nurses Association for approximately 11.75 contact hours, pending approval. Subject to Change. Certificates for CEU's are provided upon completion of the conference evaluation. A link to the online evaluation and the certificates will be sent to the email address provided at registration with verified attendance.
New Conference Features
During Monday's conference, participants will have the opportunity to join breakout sessions in the morning and afternoon. Choose from four wonderful speakers to tailor your conference experience to your needs and interests. For Tuesday's conference, poster presentations will take place in Room F from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. School nurses from across the state will present projects and highlight their work with others. CEUs will be awarded for this session.
Conference Fees
Credit card and electronic check (ACH) payments will receive a $10 discount.
For NSNA and CNSNA members: Registration is $205 for the two-day full conference or $150 for one day (Monday or Tuesday).
For non-members: Registration is $255 for the two-day full conference or $200 for one day (Monday or Tuesday).
Registration includes breakfasts, lunches, breaks, handouts/printed material and contact hour units.
Certificates for approved continuing education experiences are issued at the end of each day with verified attendance. Participants must sign in for each session and return a completed evaluation to the planning committee. You will have a certificate for each day of this conference. If you are more than ½ hour late to a session you will not receive a CE certificate for that segment of the conference. No conflict of interest has been disclosed by any presenters or members of the planning committee for this program.
Be comfortable but dress in layers as room temperatures can vary.
Tuesday is School Nurse T-Shirt/Gear Day! Sport your favorite school nurse T-shirt or your school gear. Better yet, check out our 2023 conference apparel.
Selling apparel is one way we prevent regularly raising conference costs. You can purchase your 2023 conference apparel online here. The store is open from April 17 through May 8. There are six items to choose from, ranging in price from $20 to $40. Your purchases can be shipped to you for $6.95 or to Joslynne Stauss for free. Items shipped to Joslynne will be available for pickup at the conference in the vendor room (Loper North).
Extra items will be available for purchase at the conference with a card, Venmo, cash or check.
Small individual desserts, fruit and beverages will be available during the Sunday Social. A grab-and-go breakfast and lunch will be served both days as well as a snack during the Monday afternoon break. All food is served in Loper South.
Special Food Requests/Needs? Email joslynne.stauss@district145.org.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Kearney Holiday Inn at the rate of $114.95 per night (not including taxes and/or fees) for single/double occupancy for June 4 and June 5. Reservations can be made by calling 308-239-5971. Mention the School Health Conference Group to receive the special rate. Reservations made after May 7, 2023, are only accepted on a space-and-rate-available basis.
Hotel check-in time is 3 p.m.
Names and addresses of preregistered conference participants will be compiled in a directory to be included with conference materials to all participants. Any person registering for the conference not wishing to be included in the directory must mark the appropriate field on the conference registration form.
Written cancellations sent to Betty Seim, conference chair, and received by May 26, 2023, will be refunded less $50 processing fee. Cancellations received after May 26 are nonrefundable; however, a substitute participant will be accepted at the original cost.
Please send your name and the school/district you're retiring from to Sara Stoner at sstoner@lps.org. We want to celebrate you!
Bring your audiometers for calibration. The calibration station will be located in the vendor room, Loper North.
NSNA
- Website: www.nebraskaschoolnurses.nursingnetwork.com
- Twitter: @NEschoolnurses
- Facebook: @NebraskaSchoolNurses
CNSNA
- Website: www.centralneschoolnurse.nursingnetwork.com
- Twitter: @CNESchoolNurses
- Facebook: @CNSNASchoolNurseNE
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Planning Committee Chair Betty Seim at bseim@gicc.org.
The emergency phone number for the conference is 308-237-5971 (hotel).
Allyson Headrick, Keynote Speaker
Allyson Headrick is a LMHP and CMSW on the LPS Threat Assessment Team. She received her Bachelor's Degree from UNL and her Master's Degree from UNO. In her role as a Safety Social Worker, she is primarily responsible for managing and monitoring threat assessment cases in the district, which entails psychosocial evaluation of student risk and safety, developing mitigation strategies for reducing risk, and facilitating psychosocial interventions to enhance the monitoring of safety concerns. Allyson also provides consultation for student safety planning and collaborates with district leaders to align interventions with MTSS.
Joe Wright, Keynote Speaker
Joe Wright is the Director of Security for LPS. He is responsible for leading the district's safety and security to create safe environments in all district buildings. In 2013, he created a threat assessment program for the district that was aimed specifically at violence prevention. He is an ATAP Certified Threat Manager (CTM). Prior to his work at LPS, Joe served the City of Lincoln as a police officer and retired at the rank of captain. At the request of the University of Nebraska's Public Policy Center, he created a training session, "Behavioral Threat Assessment (BETA)," for Nebraska law enforcement that is still in use today.
Robin Cogan, School Nurse Advocacy
Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, is a Nationally Certified School Nurse currently in her 22nd year as a NJ school nurse in the Camden City School District. She is the NASN Director for NJ State School Nurses Association. She is proud to be a Johnson & Johnson School Health Leadership Fellow and past program mentor. Robin is the honored recipient of multiple awards for her work in school nursing and population health. She serves as faculty in the School Nurse Certificate Program at Rutgers University-Camden School of Nursing. She writes a popular blog called The Relentless School Nurse. Her extensive work in school nursing was included as a case study in the National Academies of Medicine Future of Nursing 2030 report. You can follow Robin on Twitter at @RobinCogan. She will be presenting virtually on Tuesday afternoon on a topic she is very passionate about: School Nurse Advocacy.
Schedule
Monday, June 5, 2023
7-7:45 a.m.: Registration/Breakfast - Hallway Near Ballroom/Loper South
7:45-8 a.m.: Welcome/Housekeeping/Honor Guard Presentation - Ballroom
8-10 a.m.: School Safety and Threat Assessment - Joseph Wright, Director of Security for Lincoln Public Schools, and Allyson Headrick, Safety Social Worker for Lincoln Public Schools - Ballroom
10-10:30 a.m.: Break and Vendors - Loper North and South
10:30 a.m.-Noon: Breakout Sessions - Choose 1 to attend:
- School Interventions for Anxiety and Depression - Brenda Leggiadro, School Counseling Supervisor for Omaha Public Schools; Megan Lytle, Health Services Coordinator for Lincoln Public Schools; and Sara Stoner, School Nurse for Lincoln Public Schools - Ballroom
- Project Adam - Kim Castellano, Senior Administrative Assistant and Project Adam Coordinator for Children's Hospital and Medical Center, and Dr. Matthew Sorensen, Pediatric Cardiologist for Children's Hospital and Medical Center - Room D
- Project Harmony - Espen Schofield-Smith, Trauma Matters Omaha Coordinator for Project Harmony - Room E
- 504/IHP/IEP - Amy Rhone, Administrator/State Director for the Office of Special Education at the Nebraska Department of Education - Room F
Noon-1 p.m.: Lunch and Vendors - Loper North and South
1-2:30 p.m.: Breakout Sessions - Choose 1 to attend:
- School Interventions for Anxiety and Depression - Brenda Leggiadro, School Counseling Supervisor for Omaha Public Schools; Megan Lytle, Health Services Coordinator for Lincoln Public Schools; and Sara Stoner, School Nurse for Lincoln Public Schools - Ballroom
- Project Adam - Kim Castellano, Senior Administrative Assistant and Project Adam Coordinator for Children's Hospital and Medical Center, and Dr. Matthew Sorensen, Pediatric Cardiologist for Children's Hospital and Medical Center - Room D
- Project Harmony - Espen Schofield-Smith, Trauma Matters Omaha Coordinator for Project Harmony - Room E
- 504/IHP/IEP - Amy Rhone, Administrator/State Director for the Office of Special Education at the Nebraska Department of Education - Room F
2:30-3:30 p.m.: Break and Vendors - Loper North and South
3:30-4 p.m.: State Data Team - Andrea Riley, School Health Liaison for Children's Hospital and Medical Center and State School Nurse Consultant, and Julie Frederick, Health Services Coordinator for Lincoln Public Schools - Ballroom
4:15-5:15 p.m.: CNSNA All Members Meeting - Room B
5:30-6:30 p.m.: NSNA All Members Meeting - Room C
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
7-7:45 a.m.: Registration and Breakfast - Hallway Near Ballroom/Loper South
7:45-8 a.m.: Welcome/Housekeeping - Ballroom
8-10 a.m.: Pediatric Emergencies - Ross Mathiasen, Emergency Room Physician, University of Nebraska Medical Center - Ballroom
10-10:30 a.m.: Break and Vendors - Loper North and South
10:30-11:30 a.m.: Poster Presentations - Room F
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Lunch and Vendors - Loper North and South (This will be the last opportunity to visit most vendors.)
12:30-2 p.m.: Understanding Cultural Perspective - Oscar Rios Pohirieth, Cultural Specialist, Bilingual Liaison Coordinator for Lincoln Public Schools bilingual liaisons - Ballroom
2-2:15 p.m.: Break
2:15-3:30 p.m.: School Nurse Advocacy - Robin Cogan, New Jersey School Nurse and author of "The Relentless School Nurse" - Ballroom
3:30-3:45 p.m.: Closing Comments and Evaluations
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