Dr.
Scott Poland is a nationally recognized expert on school crisis, youth
violence, suicide intervention, self injury, school safety, threat assessment,
parenting and the delivery of psychological services in schools. He has lectured and written extensively on
these subjects, appeared on all major television network news programs, and has
presented over 1,000 workshops in every state and numerous foreign
countries. He served on the President’s
Roundtable on Youth Violence and has testified about the needs of children
before the
U. S.
Congress on
four occasions Dr.
Poland
is a founding member of the National Emergency Assistance Team for the National
Association of School Psychologists and serves as the Prevention Director for
the American Association of Suicidology. He has led multiple national crisis teams following numerous school
shootings and suicides and has assisted schools and communities after terrorism
acts in
New York
,
Washington
,
D.C. and
Oklahoma
.
He has also worked in the aftermath of hurricanes in
Texas
,
Louisiana
and
Florida
. He has also been an expert witness
in numerous legal cases. Dr.
Poland
is a Past President of the National
Association of School Psychologists and was the Director of Psychological Services
(1982-2005) for a large
Texas
school district that received numerous state and national awards for its
exemplary psychological services. Dr.
Poland
developed and ran one of the
nation’s largest adventure based counseling programs (ROPES) as over 100,000
students and staff participated. He has received many individual honors
including being named a finalist for the national school psychologist of the
year, named the most outstanding school psychologist in
Texas
twice and named most outstanding psychologist in
Texas
. He also received the Houston Wage Peace
Award.
Dr. Poland discussing his interests
Dr. Poland Speaks at a Congressional
Hearing on School Safety
CPS Professor Presents on Self Injury
Scott Poland, Ed.D. associate professor in the Center for Psychological Studies, recently presented on self injury via satellite from Tallahassee. The broadcast was seen at 364 locations in the United States and Canada and had more than 4,800 registered participants. The two-hour presentation will soon be posted on the Center for Child Welfare website at the University of South Florida.
The presentation on June 30 was organized by Poland and was titled "Self Injury: Insight and Testimony." It featured two young women, Lori Pede and Emily Rose, who previously received an award from the National Mental Health Association for their willingness to talk about their struggle with self injury.
The Florida Department of Health's Distance Learning Satellite Network, the Office of Performance improvement and Children's Medical Services (CMS), Division of Prevention & Intervention in collaboration with DOH/Office of Injury Prevention, Florida Department of Children and Families, and Florida Office of Drug Control/Statewide Office of Suicide served as sponsors.
