Interdisciplinary Collaboration:
Insights from a Panel of Mental Health Practitioners on Implementation of Michigan's Comprehensive School Mental Health System (CSMHS)
Live-streaming May 12th, 2026 2:00 - 3:00 pm
FREE for MASP Members
$10 for Non-MASP Members
SSW Registration Process Here
DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES:
This session will elaborate on the previously recorded session overview of Michigan's CSMHS guidance. Participants will explore actionable, evidence-based strategies for translating this state framework into effective, tiered mental health and behavioral services. The session is specifically designed to discuss the roles of the school psychologist and school social worker in implementing, evaluating, and sustaining a comprehensive mental health system within their schools and districts.
Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Identify specific, high-leverage intervention and assessment practices for the school psychologist and social worker across Tiers 1, 2, and 3 of the CSMHS model.
Develop strategies for leveraging data-based decision-making to monitor the fidelity and efficacy of CSMHS implementation.
Define the consultation and collaboration necessary with administrators, educators, and community partners to sustain a comprehensive school mental health system.
PRESENTER INFORMATION:
Tracy Hobbs, NCSP: Tracy has been a school psychologist for 46 years and currently serves as MASP's Membership Chair and NASP's Convention Committee Co-Chair. For two years, due to vacancies in the school social work discipline at his ISD, Tracy has been employed as a direct service provider for students, fulfilling SSW/Psych services written into their IEPs.
Sara Lewandowski, PhD: Sara has been a school psychologist for 16 years in Shiawassee County. She currently serves as the Region 6 Director and MASP’s Mental Health Committee Chair. Sara is the MTSS Systems Mentor for the SRESD and she supports districts in using data to inform adjustments to Tiers 1-3, whether the team is tackling academics, attendance, behavior, or social emotional skills. She also works as a school psychologist in New Lothrop.
Charlene Mangi, MEd, SpA., NCSP: Charlene has been a school psychologist for 11 years and currently serves as MASP’s President Elect, and is the Lead School psych for her district. She currently works as a Special Education coordinator.. Mental Health support is a passion for her, and over the past 5 years she has consistently found ways to fit in direct service provision in the form of TRAILS CBT groups, a Drop-in Mindfulness program, Self-Regulation/Social-Skills groups for younger learners and Executive Functioning training for older students. She has also collaborated with leaders and teachers across the district to implement a Tier 1 SEL curriculum district-wide.
Sheri Conner, LMSW-C/SSW: Sheri has been a school social worker for 15 years. She started her career in Jackson Michigan before moving north and working for Northwest Education Services. Sheri served as the President of Region G for MASSW for two years, she also served on the Michigan Youth Suicide Prevention committee in 2020. Sheri currently works as a school social worker in a rural school district in Northern Michigan where she works with students pre-k to 12th grade with disabilities. She is the Unified Champion Schools coordinator for the district and is passionate about connecting students with disabilities to positive peers using Peer to Peer and UCS.
Nicole Wilbur LMSW Clinical and Macro, PSWC: Nicole has been providing direct services to the community for over 20 years. Nicole is currently the MASSW Communications Liaison, Therapist, Hospital Discharge Planner and owner of Self Esteem Shop. Nicole was named the Region M School Social Worker of the Year by the Michigan Association of School Social Workers (MASSW) in March 2017. Additionally, she has experience in homecare, hospice, palliative care and brain injury. She has enjoyed expanding her passion of presenting to Social Workers and other stakeholders through Macomb Community College, the MASSW, ARC, Adair Consulting and numerous other venues throughout her career in an effort to share knowledge and tools with community members that will help foster positive personal growth, resilience and success that will ultimately reverberate throughout the community as a whole.
Tara Lovejoy MSW, LMSW: Compassionate and motivated School Social Worker with 34 years of experience supporting students’ social, emotional, and academic growth. Skilled in crisis intervention, mental health counseling, behavior management, and collaborating with teachers and families to create supportive learning environments. Adept at developing individualized strategies to enhance student well-being and academic success.
SCECH/CPD INFORMATION:
Pending MDE approval, participants may earn 1.0 SCECH/NASP CPD for attending the live event and completing the appropriate SCECHs survey within two weeks. A link to a recorded version will be provided to all registered guests. You may register and receive a link to the recording up to one year after the live event. Please note, the recording will not be available until two weeks after the event. As a result, participants can not earn SCECHs/CPDs for viewing the recorded version.
Refund Policy:
Refunds will not be made routinely.
Disputed Charges Policy:
Should an individual dispute charges, particularly due to not recognizing the MASP charge on their credit/debit card, the card holder will be responsible for providing a Letter of Acceptance so that MASP may respond to the chargeback claim. The card holder will be assessed a fee of $25, regardless of the outcome of the chargeback, for having to reverse process the money to the card issuing bank.
Contact the MASP Conference Chair at Hannah.Barraw@gmail.com with any questions or concerns regarding this event.
