Where Healing Takes Root Session - The Collaboration Table: How MDT Really Works

The presentation provides essential guidance for child welfare advocates, educators, and counselors to understand holistic student support and navigate school-based interventions for vulnerable children. Speakers Matt Tolliver and Courtney Wheeling share practical strategies focused on the multimodal "BASIC I.D." assessment framework, the mechanics of Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs), and the crucial distinctions between Student Assistance Teams (SATs), 504 plans, and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Viewers gain insights into comprehensive information sharing and collaborative advocacy designed to ensure that every aspect of a child's behavior, environment, and educational needs is accurately identified and supported across all systems of care.

Presenters

Matt Tolliver, PhD, LPC, NCC, ALPS

Assistant Professor of Counseling, WVWC

Dr. Matthew Tolliver has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision with a concentration in Leadership. He is also a certified Professional School Counselor (Pk- adult) and elementary school teacher (K-5), a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), Approved Licensed Professional Supervisor (ALPS) and the owner and operator of Tolliver Counseling and Consulting Services, LLC and Cryptid Mountain Miniature Golf, located in Morgantown, West Virginia. Matt worked in the public schools of West Virginia as a school counselor for 13 years, and is a former president of the West Virginia School Counselor Association.

Courtney Wheeling, MA

Administrative Coordinator, Certificate in Addiction Counseling Program, WVWC

Courtney Wheeling began her career as a middle school counselor at Sherrard Middle School in Wheeling, WV, where she spent five years supporting students academically, socially, and emotionally. Later, she moved into elementary education as a school counselor at Nutter Fort Primary School in Harrison County Schools. For the past three and a half years, she has served as the Assistant Principal at Skyview Elementary School in Monongalia County.

She resides in Bridgeport, West Virginia, with her husband, Tim, and their two children, Wesley (4) and Reese (1). She is originally from Buckhannon, WV, and attended West Virginia University, where she was a member of the swim team and earned her master’s degree in counseling.

Page updated

Report abuse