Full Name
Dr. Ben Fernandez
Job Title
Lead School Psychologist
Company
Loudoun County Public Schools
Speaker Bio
Benjamin S. Fernandez, MS. Ed, completed his graduate studies in School Psychology at Bucknell University and has worked as a school psychologist in Pennsylvania and Virginia with 23 years of experience as a practitioner. Currently, he serves as a lead school psychologist for a school system in Northern Virginia providing leadership to school psychologists and a broad array of psychological and school-based mental health services including assessment, consultation, prevention and intervention.
Mr. Fernandez also manages the coordination of crisis teams and the implementation of crisis intervention services. In addition to these duties, he is a PREPaRE WS1 and WS2 master trainer and is responsible for training school psychologists, school psychologist interns, school social workers, and school counselors for his division. Additionally, he has contributed to presentations, articles, books, and webinars related to youth suicide, PREPaRE, and school safety and crisis intervention.
Mr. Fernandez conducts workshops on PREPaRE and trainings on school safety and crisis response on the local, state, and national levels. He has testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Federal Commission on School Safety, and was a member of Governor of Virginia’s Children’s Cabinet on Student Safety. In 2010, he was named School Psychologist of the Year by the Virginia Academy of School Psychologists and in 2012, he was named School Psychologist of the Year by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). In 2015 and 2018, Mr. Fernandez received the NASP Presidential Award. He also is a member and currently is the professional development lead for NASP’s School Safety and Crisis Response Committee.
Mr. Fernandez also manages the coordination of crisis teams and the implementation of crisis intervention services. In addition to these duties, he is a PREPaRE WS1 and WS2 master trainer and is responsible for training school psychologists, school psychologist interns, school social workers, and school counselors for his division. Additionally, he has contributed to presentations, articles, books, and webinars related to youth suicide, PREPaRE, and school safety and crisis intervention.
Mr. Fernandez conducts workshops on PREPaRE and trainings on school safety and crisis response on the local, state, and national levels. He has testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Federal Commission on School Safety, and was a member of Governor of Virginia’s Children’s Cabinet on Student Safety. In 2010, he was named School Psychologist of the Year by the Virginia Academy of School Psychologists and in 2012, he was named School Psychologist of the Year by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). In 2015 and 2018, Mr. Fernandez received the NASP Presidential Award. He also is a member and currently is the professional development lead for NASP’s School Safety and Crisis Response Committee.
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