Student Suicide, Cyberbullying, Threat Assessments, Discipline: What New York Schools Need to Know

Agenda / Content Covered

Session time: 11:00AM - 1:15PM Eastern time
Break: 12:00 - 12:15
Presenter: Anne M. McGinnis

1. Student Suicide: School Obligations and Best Practices
   1. Student Suicide Awareness and Prevention Laws
   2. School Duty to Warn: Knowing the Triggers
   3. Formulating Suicide Intervention Procedures
   4. Conducting Staff Training
   5. Documenting School Responses
   6. Referring Students to State Agencies and Mental Health Providers
2. Cyberbullying and Harassment: School Authority and Liability
3. Threat Assessments, Violence, Trauma and Mental Health: How to Prepare and Respond
   1. School Legal Obligations: Warning of Known/Foreseeable Dangers
   2. Conducting Threat Assessments and Other Proactive Preventions
   3. Handing Threats by Students With Mental Health Issues
   4. Documenting Violent Behavior and School Responses
   5. Trauma-Informed Schooling: Legal Essentials
   6. Police Involvement: Extents and Limitations
4. Student Discipline and Mental Health
   1. Special Education, Mental Health and Discipline
      1. Conducting FBAs and BIPs
      2. Performing Manifestation Determination Reviews (MDRs)
      3. Changing Student Placement
      4. When to Suspend, When to Expel
   2. Providing Homebound Instruction
   3. Responding to Harassment and Intimidation
   4. Restraint and Seclusion: Evaluating Legal Factors
   5. Disciplining for School Avoidance and Truancy
   6. Documenting School Discipline Actions: Legal Best Practices
   7. Making Criminal Referrals for Mental Health Concerns

Accreditation Details:

ANNE M. McGINNIS, PH.D., is an attorney with Harris Beach, PLLC and serves on the educational institutions industry team, and practices in the labor and employment practice group. She represents school districts at Committee on Special Education and 504 meetings, manifestation determination reviews, impartial hearings and appeals, and Commissioner's appeals. Dr. McGinnis also counsels school districts on general education matters, including student privacy, residency, and homelessness. She is a licensed psychologist in New York, a certified school psychologist in New York and Connecticut, and a certified music teacher in Connecticut. Dr. McGinnis earned both her B.A. and B.Mus. degrees from the University of Hartford, her J.D. degree from St. John's University School of Law, and both her Ph.D. and M.Ed. degrees from The Pennsylvania State University.