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UFT School Psychologist Awareness Day 2016

The UFT held its first School Psychologist Awareness Day on Nov. 3 at union headquarters in Manhattan, featuring two workshops to help participants develop professional skills to better understand students’ learning needs and to support them when they face anxiety, stress and behavioral issues.
UFT Vice President Carmen Alvarez shares a laugh with Dr. Anurag Singh (right),
UFT Vice President Carmen Alvarez shares a laugh with Dr. Anurag Singh (right), the chapter leader for school social workers and psychologists, and District 79 school psychologist Dan Rose.
Jonathan Fickies
School psychologist Harold Davis of PS 94 in the Bronx takes in the WISC–V (Wech

School psychologist Harold Davis of PS 94 in the Bronx takes in the WISC–V (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children — Fifth Edition) workshop by Pearson Clinical Assessments, which helped participants learn about analyzing and interpreting WISC-V test scores and how to better identify which scores are the best predictors of reading, math and writing skills.

Jonathan Fickies
School psychologists (from left) Zoraida Ramos, Aliza Harel of the Bronx School
School psychologists (from left) Zoraida Ramos, Aliza Harel of the Bronx School of Law and Finance and Sherri Victor of PS 41 in Manhattan applaud one of the speakers.
Jonathan Fickies
Members stop at a vendor table to pick up information about learning resources f
Members stop at a vendor table to pick up information about learning resources from a representative of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.
Jonathan Fickies
School psychologists Carmen Riera (left) and Diana Belmonte of CSE (Committees o
School psychologists Carmen Riera (left) and Diana Belmonte of CSE (Committees on Special Education) 9 read about the afternoon workshop on mindfulness meditation techniques, which was presented by Dr. Joseph Scardapone, a teaching administrator, supervising psychologist and researcher at Hofstra University.
Jonathan Fickies
School Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter Leader Dr. Anurag Singh (second
School Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter Leader Dr. Anurag Singh (second from left) with (from left) school psychologist Dr. Soye Zaid-Muhammad of PS 89 in Manhattan, New York Association of School Psychologists President Andrew Livanis and school psychologist Yohav Abraham of PS 195 in the Bronx.
Jonathan Fickies
Nearly 200 participants registered for the UFT’s first conference for school psy
Nearly 200 participants registered for the UFT’s first conference for school psychologists.
Jonathan Fickies
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UFT Vice President Carmen Alvarez shares a laugh with Dr. Anurag Singh (right),
UFT Vice President Carmen Alvarez shares a laugh with Dr. Anurag Singh (right), the chapter leader for school social workers and psychologists, and District 79 school psychologist Dan Rose.
Jonathan Fickies
School psychologist Harold Davis of PS 94 in the Bronx takes in the WISC–V (Wech

School psychologist Harold Davis of PS 94 in the Bronx takes in the WISC–V (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children — Fifth Edition) workshop by Pearson Clinical Assessments, which helped participants learn about analyzing and interpreting WISC-V test scores and how to better identify which scores are the best predictors of reading, math and writing skills.

Jonathan Fickies
School psychologists (from left) Zoraida Ramos, Aliza Harel of the Bronx School
School psychologists (from left) Zoraida Ramos, Aliza Harel of the Bronx School of Law and Finance and Sherri Victor of PS 41 in Manhattan applaud one of the speakers.
Jonathan Fickies
Members stop at a vendor table to pick up information about learning resources f
Members stop at a vendor table to pick up information about learning resources from a representative of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.
Jonathan Fickies
School psychologists Carmen Riera (left) and Diana Belmonte of CSE (Committees o
School psychologists Carmen Riera (left) and Diana Belmonte of CSE (Committees on Special Education) 9 read about the afternoon workshop on mindfulness meditation techniques, which was presented by Dr. Joseph Scardapone, a teaching administrator, supervising psychologist and researcher at Hofstra University.
Jonathan Fickies
School Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter Leader Dr. Anurag Singh (second
School Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter Leader Dr. Anurag Singh (second from left) with (from left) school psychologist Dr. Soye Zaid-Muhammad of PS 89 in Manhattan, New York Association of School Psychologists President Andrew Livanis and school psychologist Yohav Abraham of PS 195 in the Bronx.
Jonathan Fickies
Nearly 200 participants registered for the UFT’s first conference for school psy
Nearly 200 participants registered for the UFT’s first conference for school psychologists.
Jonathan Fickies
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