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Article: Psychology Spotlight: Professor Offers Expertise on Suicides, School Shootings
NSU Florida

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Article: Jordan School District invests $1 million to combat suicides
​ABC4 Utah

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This was a fantastic presentation! Dr. Poland was engaging and knowledgeable. I am so appreciative that I was able to attend. A guidance counselor from my district also attended (remotely). She and I plan to meet with the other counselors and psychologist from the district to go over the material and plan "next steps" for how to best use this knowledge for our students. Thank you, Dr. Poland for sharing your expertise! Thank you, Dr. Sharp for providing this opportunity!

Tara Strauser
Certified School Psychologist
Eastern York School District

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We have had an amazing few days with Dr. Poland virtually. It has been so beneficial to have our community members hear from him. He helped us talk about a very important and sensitive topic with our students, parents, and faculty, and brought newfound awareness to the role of parents and school staff in caring for each other and for our students. 
 
We do hope that one day when the COVID clears, we can talk about bringing Scott out here in person. Our community is slowly learning that talking about important topics is a good thing so they appreciate all the parental education we can give them.
 
Thanks again for all your help.

Dr. Grace C. DODGE, 程上
Interim Head of School
Taipei American School 

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Dr. Poland received a standing ovation for his keynote address on the Power of School Psychology to Make a Difference at the 2015 Florida Association of School Psychologists Convention.

Lisa Perez
President Elect
Florida Association of School Psychologists, FASP

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Dr. Poland provided excellent invited major presentations on school safety and school violence prevention at the Great Lakes Homeland Security Conferences in both 2013 and 2014. The participants very much appreciated his wealth of practical knowledge and speaking ability.

Jacqueline Hampton
​Michigan State Police

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The long and the short of it is: Scott was AWESOME! 
We have lots of positive feedback. I was with him and listened to both presentations... 
​I couldn't have asked for more from him.

Michael Richard
Superintendent
​West Springfield Public Schools

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Dr. Poland’s presentation on crisis and ethical issues in school crisis was the best one at the Texas Association of School Psychologists conference. There were numerous choices of workshops but virtually everyone came to his and many of them did not even have seats. I was so impressed that I have arranged for him to come to my school district.

Maggie Burke
Dickinson Independent School District

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Dr. Poland was a godsend to the Burke School Community after the school shooting in April of 2022. His leadership to the administrative team and his separate sessions for all school staff and parents were invaluable in helping our school community move forward after the shooting. His expertise and caring were greatly appreciated by all. 

Yvette Cuenco
Counselor
​Edmund Burke School

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Dr. Poland made numerous presentations for our district in August of 2018. He is a “powerhouse” and our board thought his message was so important that they added an extra in-service day that cost more than a million dollars in salaries so all 3000 employees could hear his prevention message. 

Dr. Fulvia Franco
Director
Jordan School District

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Article: Youth suicide expert helps adults talk to teenagers about depression, suicide; praises SPEAK initiative
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Article: School Psychology professor presents locally, internationally
NSU Florida

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Dr. Poland's knowledge and how he addressed the group was spot on. He was sure of what he said, his knowledge and how he expressed it was understandable. I could have listened longer. I would like to see more training from him on this topic. An educational topic, one that all schools should have.

Laurie Beauchamp
Lead District Counselor/Student Advisor
Burke Public School District

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Scott Poland has been our most frequently requested speaker at a variety of school safety and bullying prevention conferences we have organized around the country.

Curt Laverello
Executive Director
​School Safety Advocacy Council

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Scott has been consulting with Volusia County this spring (2014) as we have experienced a suicide cluster. Last week he presented separate sessions for administrators, support personnel and parents. His impact in our district in a 24 hour period was remarkable and his speaking ability is beyond giftedness. The Superintendent has already asked that he return to provide more training in our district.

Dr. Mary Alice Myer
​Assistant Director of Special Education
​Volusia County Schools

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Words cannot express how wonderful his training was to our school staff as he planted needed seeds for extra efforts and restoration to help our students.

Monica Wills Brown 
Director of Curriculum and Assessment
Greenville County Schools

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I thought it went great! Honestly, everyone seemed to appreciate his views, thoughts and information.  Lots of school personnel felt validated in many of his comments and in the many things they or their schools are doing.  So, at this point we think it was a very successful presentation and overall conference. 

Chris Ivory
 School Coordinator
​School Community Intervention and Prevention

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It is with gratitude and a deep sense of appreciation that I express how invaluable Dr. Scott Poland has been to the community of Kalispell, MT.  We had known of Dr. Poland for his work in Montana with the CAST-S, having attended workshops and using the tool after the suicide of a school counselor in our district. Then between May of 2020 and September 2021, our school district was devastated by the loss of eight students to suicide.  During our darkest moments of grief and loss, Dr. Poland traveled to Kalispell and was a beacon of hope, reassurance, and support with postvention and continued prevention efforts. Even during his time here, another high school student in nearby Bigfork, died by suicide and Dr. Poland traveled there to assist that school district. In the midst of all of the turmoil, he came alongside our students, staff, families and community to offer his expertise, guidance, and love. Processing the collective trauma has not been easy and will be ongoing, but we're grateful for his leadership in our valley and his expertise to support suicide prevention.

Micah Hill
Superintendent
Kalispell Public Schools

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Dr. Poland’s 2020 presentation on parenting in challenging time had the biggest audience ever at for our school and he provided a wealth of needed information to our parents.

Katyln Tolzien
Administrator
​St. Thomas High School

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Scott provided two 3-hour workshops in April 2018, one on youth suicide prevention and the other one school violence for the Houston Psychological Association. His evaluations on both sessions were off the charts with average ratings approaching 10.0 on both presentations. I have never seen such high ratings for any previous workshop! 

Dr. Laurie Baldwin
President
Houston Psychological Association

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