Chris Wilmoth is a certified school psychologist
and licensed clinical mental health counselor. He is credentialed in Louisiana
and New Mexico. Chris is an administrator and practitioner with 27 years
of experience in the areas of special education and student support, having
developed/co-developed programs to support student needs in the areas
of school-based mental health, early behavioral intervention, positive
prevention programs, violence reduction, crisis intervention, school-based
psychiatric services, on-line education and parent training programs.
Programs developed/co-developed to provide mental health support to students
in schools have been recognized by:
- U. S. Department of Education/U. S. Attorney General's Office
(Early Warning, Timely Response: An Action Guide to Protecting
Our Children)
- National Association of School Psychologists
- Center for School Mental Health Assistance
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Chris has served as a consultant/trainer to
state departments of education, advocacy centers, local school systems
and professional educational organizations. His state level consulting/training
assignments have included Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Chris is an engaging speaker that provides his
audiences with strategies tested through application in public schools,
not "laboratories". He supports the National Staff Development
Council's Standards for Staff Development, revised 2001.
Topics Include:
- "School-Based Mental Health Services: A guide to building
effective services for students"
- "A Practical Multi-Level Approach to Address Over Identification
in Special Education"
- "Proactive Crisis Intervention and Violence Reduction in
Schools (K-12)"
- "Cost/Benefit, a Community Perspective on the Impact of
Effective Inclusive Special Education Programming"
- "Preparing Administrators for Effective Complaint Management
and Proactive Complaint Avoidance"
- "Collaboration that is NOT an un-natural act, committed
by non-consenting adults, in a hostile environment: Professional
growth from a strength perspective to enhance services for students"
- "Special Education Discipline and Interim Alternative Educational
Settings"
- "How and Why a School System can and should teach Parental
Self-Advocacy"
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