Join us for the 2025 TASP Spring Institute
Inclusive Practices
Saturday April 5th, 2025
8am-2pm (CST)
Metro Nashville Employee Wellness Center
(2694 Fessey Ct, Berry Hill, TN 37204)
Breakfast will provided as well as local food truck lunch and a sweet treat to end the day.
Agenda:
8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast / Sign-In
8:30 - 9:30 Melissa Gordon, MNPS Equity and Diversity Coach
Topic: LGBTQ+ bridge to practice, changes in state policies, and impact of services.
9:45 - 10:45 Dr. April Ebbinger, TN Department of Education, Director of Psychological and Behavioral Supports
Topic: Disproportionate representation: What is it and how to ensure all students are appropriately evaluated and identified.
11:00 - 12:00 Dr. Lisa Davies, Lipscomb University, Program Director, School Counseling Program and Project Director, IMPACT Initiative
Topic: Including SEL practices into student pathways, trauma-informed strategies with a focus on the MTSS process
12:00 - 12:45 Food Truck Lunch Provided
12:45 - 1:45. Dr. Megan Parker Peters, Lipscomb University, Associate Dean & Professor, College of Education
Topic: Twice Exceptional assessment, differentiation with other disabilities, and strategies to ensure a student’s intellectual needs are met if behavioral concerns are present
1:45 - 2:00 Sweet treat to end a full day of learning
Notes:
Registration for in person attendees is limited to 90. Payment may be made through the website OR you can register online and mail your unpaid invoice with payment (checks payable to "TASP") to:
TASP, c/o Pam Haggard
1060 World's Fair Park Drive # 304
Knoxville, 37916
***Checks mailed MUST include a copy of the online registration invoice.
Nearby hotels include:
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites: Nashville (5566 Franklin Pike Circle)
- Best Western Brentwood (5581 Franklin Pike Circle)
- Candlewood Suites: Nashville (South 4697 Trousdale Drive)
- Membership applications are available in the membership section of tasponline.org
- TASP is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists to provide continuing education for school psychologists. In order to receive NASP credit, participants must arrive on time and stay for the duration of the NASP approved sessions. Partial credit will not be given. All requisite attendance checks must be completed in order to receive a certification of attendance.
- Refund Policy: Full refunds will be provided for pre-paid registrants after the conference, IF notification of absence was provided at least two weeks prior to the conference. Any cancellations received within two weeks of the conference will be refunded after the conference minus a $20 cancelation fee. Submit cancelation requests to the TASP president at tasponline@gmail.com.
- Persons with disabilities or special assistance needs should email the TASP president (tasponline@gmail.com) with accommodation requests at least two weeks prior to the event to ensure complete access to the professional development activity.