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Pre-Conference AgendaThursday | November 14 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Positive Behavioral Supports with Students Who Are Wired DifferentlyMike Paget, M.Ed.

Mean Girls Behind the Screen: Addressing & Preventing Bullying, Cyberbullying & Relational AggressionStephanie Jensen, M.S., LPC

Defiant, Manipulative & Attention-Seeking Students: How to Unlock Their Potential and Survive the Process – PART 1 Larry Thompson, M.Ed.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:00 pm – 4:00 pmDisruptive Behavior Disorders: Insights and Strategies that will Improve Outcomes for Students with ODD, Conduct Disorder and Intermittent Explosive DisorderMike Paget, M.Ed.

Lost Boys: Strategies to Help Educators Navigate the World of Boys for Academic Success!Stephanie Jensen, M.S., LPC

Defiant, Manipulative & Attention-Seeking Students: How to Unlock Their Potential and Survive the Process – PART 2 Larry Thompson, M.Ed.

Friday | November 15 8:00 am – 11:00 amTrauma, NOT a D-Code DramaCatava Burton, Ed.S.

Self-Regulation Training: A Framework for SuccessBrad Chapin, M.S., LCP, LMLP

Distraction, Disruption, Motivation & Grit: Our Brains on AdolescenceTom Maglisceau, Ph.D.

I Define Me, Not the Bully Tracie Berry-McGhee, M.Ed., LPC

11:00 am – 12:00 pmLunch (on your own)

*Note: An additional fee will be charged for each pre-conference session.

Summit Agenda Friday | November 15 12:00 pm – 1:10 pmPlenary Session [ARS, SCC, SDC, WD/TI] Just Because It’s Not Wrong, Doesn’t Make it

Right: Teaching Kids to Think & Act Ethically Barbara Coloroso

1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Breakout Sessions [ARS, SCC, SDC, WD/TI]

3:00 pm – 4:00 pmKeynote [WD/TI] 10 Steps to a Trauma-Empowered

School & Classroom Aaron Wiemeier, M.S., LPC

Breakout Sessions [SDC, SCC, ARS]

4:10 pm – 5:00 pmBreakout Sessions [ARS, SCC, SDC, WD/TI]

Saturday | November 16 7:30 am – 8:30 amRefreshments and Exhibits

8:30 am – 9:30 amPlenary Session [ARS, SCC, SDC, WD/TI] Motivating, Engaging & Empowering Latino

& African American Males to Learn While Creating Conditions that Promote Student Achievement

Pedro Noguera, Ph.D.

10:00 am – 11:00 amKeynote [WD/TI, SCC] Catching Kids Before They Fall Jim Sporleder Breakout Sessions [ARS, SDC]

11:15 am – 12:15 pmKeynote [SCC, ARS] Tools & Strategies for Schools

to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline Craig Boykin, M.A.

Breakout Sessions [SDC, WD/TI]

12:20 pm – 1:40 pmLunch (on your own)



4:10 pm – 5:00 pmFeatured Session [ARS, SCC, SDC, WD/TI] 25 in 50: 25 Innovative Strategies to Address

Trauma in Schools

Breakout Session [SCC, SDC]

Sunday | November 177:30 am – 8:30 amRefreshments and Exhibits

8:30 am – 9:30 amPlenary Session [ARS, SCC, SDC, WD/TI] Building a Responsibility-Centered School

Culture Larry Thompson, M.Ed.

10:00 am – 11:00 amBreakout Sessions [ARS, SCC, SDC, WD/TI]

11:15 am – 12:15 pmClosing Session [ARS, SCC, SDC, WD/TI] Climate & Culture Cannot Be Transformed

with Disciplinary Referrals Principal Baruti Kafele, M.A.

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Welcome to the Wired Differently/ Trauma-Informed Schools Conference

Friday | November 15

12:00 pm – 1:10 pmPlenary SessionJust Because it’s Not Wrong, Doesn’t Make it Right: Teaching Kids to Think & Act Ethically Salon E&FBarbara Coloroso

1:45 pm – 2:45 pmInclusive Learning Communities: Think Big – Smucker Salon D K-6

Powerful Strategies to Enhance Learning of Gifted & Highly Able Students – Levy Room 8 K-12

Building the “Systems” of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support – Maglisceau Salon A K-12

3:00 pm – 4:00 pmKeynote10 Steps to a Trauma-Empowered School & Classroom Salon E&FAaron Wiemeier, M.S. LPC

4:10 pm – 5:00 pmUnderstanding the Traumatized Student: Strategies for Reaching Below the Surface –Wiemeier Salon E&F

Butter, Ice, Alcohol & Peroxide Don’t Heal Wounds: Self-Care for Educators – Burton Salon D K-12

Successfully Influencing the Behavior of Intensive Care Children – Whitener Salon B K-8

Saturday | November 16

8:30 am – 9:30 amPlenary SessionMotivating, Engaging & Empowering Latino & African American Male Students to Learn Salon E&F Pedro Noguera, Ph.D.

10:00 am – 11:00 amKeynoteCatching Kids Before They Fall Jim Sporleder Salon E&F

11:15 am – 12:15 pmSchool Culture Without Restorative Practices is a Joke – But Who’s It On? – Bailey Salon A 6-12

Silent Strength: Helping Educators Use Kindness Strategies to Engage ALL Students in Transforming Room 8 K-12Your School’s Climate – Reavis

1:45 pm – 2:45 pmStudent Trauma, Poverty, Detached Parents and Apathetic Students – PLEASE HELP ME! – Boykin Salon E&F K-12

Creating a Trauma-Informed Classroom – Gonzalez-Gerth Salon D K-12

The 5 Critical Steps to Becoming a Trauma-Responsive School – Sporleder Salon C K-12

A Hand Full of ACEs – The Trauma Impact on Students Who Are Wired Differently – Paget Salon B K-12

Your FBA is a Fantasy: Creating Trauma-Informed, Brain-Based, Skill-Focused FBAs/BSPs – Bowman & Bowman Salon A K-12

3:00 pm – 4:00 pmTruly Trauma Informed? Assessing Policy & Practice – Bowman & Bowman Salon A K-12

An “Entire Village” Approach to Assisting Traumatized Students – Richards Room 8 5-12

4:10 pm – 5:00 pmFeatured Session25 in 50: 25 Innovative Strategies to Address Trauma in SchoolsPanelists: Sporleder, Paget, Burton, Chapin, Wiemeier Salon E&F

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Sunday | November 17

8:30 am – 9:30 amPlenary SessionBuilding a Responsibility-Centered School Culture Salon E&FLarry Thompson, M.Ed.

10:00 am – 11:00 amIt’s a Package Deal: Clinical Treatment, Medications, School/Family Collaboration & Positive & Preventive Daily Experiences Working Together for the Best Student Outcomes – Paget Salon D K-12

Girl Drama is Real! – Berry-McGhee Salon C K-12

11:15 am – 12:15 pmClosing SessionClimate and Culture Cannot be Transformed with Disciplinary Referrals Salon E&FPrincipal Baruti Kafele, M.A.

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Thursday | November 14 Pre-Conference Sessions*

*An additional fee will be charged for each pre-conference session. On-site registration for pre-conference sessions is available.

9:00 am – 12:00 pm Positive Behavioral Supports with Students Who Are Wired DifferentlyMike Paget, M.Ed. Salon EDisorganization, irritability, intense moods, emotional escalation, anxiety, perfectionism: these are some of the Top 10 Challenges faced by students who are “Wired Differently” – and by their teachers. Supporting the increasing number of students (now estimated at 1 in 5) with emotional and behavioral challenges requires an array of practices beyond traditional discipline methods.

Learning Objectives: » Discover the importance of adult attitudes & behaviors when using positive behavior supports

» Explore how primary, secondary and tertiary behavior plans can be best employed with various mental/emotional/behavioral concerns

» Understand the 8 elements of successful classroom management

» Discover tools to help teach social skills to students who are “Wired Differently” within the paradigm of positive behavior supports

» Understand the importance of collaboration between families, schools and community resources

Mean Girls Behind the Screen: Preventing Bullying, Cyberbullying & Relational AggressionStephanie Jensen, M.S., LPC Salon A&B Girls create elaborate identities and personas on-screen; but do you ever wonder what is going on behind the screen? As girls experience the turbulent times of childhood and adolescence, they often turn to social media to hide their fears, confusion and anxiety from the outside world. The better we understand what is hidden behind the screen of “mean girls” the more effective we become in promoting the healthy development of confident, strong and happy girls.

Learning Objectives:» Learn how social media affects brain development

» Develop an understanding of how social media can impact mental health

» Discover strategies to teach Netiquette: Send Means Said

» Create a plan for effective communication in the digital and real world

» Apply Aggressors Anonymous: Tools to Address Social Media Addiction

Defiant, Manipulative & Attention-Seeking Students: Unlocking Their Potential & Surviving the Process – Part 1Larry Thompson, M.Ed. Salon C&DResponsibility-Centered Discipline is designed to assist all educators with identifying and addressing challenging student behaviors that affect the academic and behavioral progress of the students with whom they work. This power-packed session will provide you with up-to-date insights and strategies for reaching and helping those young people who seem to evoke the strongest feelings of frustration, hurt and sometimes discouragement in professional educators.

Learning Objectives: » Identify the underlying causes of difficult behaviors in students

» Implement do’s and don’ts to address specific behaviors

» Understand integral key strategies for migrating from an obedience-centered approach to a responsibility-centered approach

Thursday | November 14Pre-Conference Sessions*


1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lost Boys: Strategies to Help Educators Navigate the World of Boys for Academic Success!Stephanie Jensen, M.S., LPC Salon A&BRather than penalize boys’ high energy – as traditional classroom methods often do – successful teachers are learning to take advantage of male liveliness, curiosity and thirst for competition. Unless educators stop to consider whether traditional methods are working for both genders, boys will continue to get the short end of the educational stick. This session will help educators understand the structural, chemical and processing differences between boys’ and girls’ brains. Discover innovative strategies, as well as group and individual interventions, to help boys achieve their highest academic potential.

Learning Objectives: » Explain how boys’ brains work including the chemistry and structure

» Recognize the role of hormones, specifically testosterone and dopamine

» Demonstrate classroom strategies to support boys’ developmental needs

Disruptive Behavior Disorders: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder & Intermittent Explosive DisorderMike Paget, M.Ed. Salon EIn this session, author and behavioral consultant Mike Paget, M.Ed. will share effective practices for working with students challenged by these disorders in the classroom. Discover how educators can avoid power struggles and not take the behavior personally.

Learning Objectives: » Know the risk factors for and symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder and Intermittent Explosive Disorder

» Discover classroom accommodations and strategies for dealing with Disruptive Behavior Disorders

» Gain strategies for de-escalating confrontational situations in your school or classroom

Defiant, Manipulative & Attention-Seeking Students: Unlocking Their Potential & Surviving the Process – Part 2Larry Thompson, M.Ed. Salon C&DResponsibility-Centered Discipline is designed to assist all educators with identifying and addressing challenging student behaviors that affect the academic and behavioral progress of the students with whom they work. This power-packed session will provide you with up-to-date insights and strategies for reaching and helping those young people who seem to evoke the strongest feelings of frustration, hurt and sometimes discouragement in professional educators.

Learning Objectives: » Identify the underlying causes of difficult behaviors in students

» Implement do’s and don’ts to address specific behaviors

» Understand integral key strategies for migrating from an obedience-centered approach to a responsibility-centered approach


Pre-Conference Sessions*

8:00 am – 11:00 am Distraction, Disruption, Motivation & Grit: Our Brains on AdolescenceTom Maglisceau, Ph.D. Salon EFour high-energy, high-impact workshops in one! This session will help educators better understand the biology of the pre-adolescent and adolescent brains as well as the latest research behind motivation and grit. Additionally, participants will examine Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the characteristics of the Trauma-Impacted Learner as a guide for building resilience in our kids while weaving a safety net for student success.

Learning Objectives: » Generating a greater understanding of brain development as correlated with learning, motivation and “grit” » Utilizing “trauma-informed” and “mindset” research to establish classroom, campus and/or district cultural norms » Building classroom and school-wide systems of support through resilience-building strategies

Trauma, NOT a D-Code DramaCatava Burton, Ed.S. Salon A&BAdolescents are more susceptible to adverse childhood experiences (psychological trauma) during what Erikson described as the “identity versus role confusion stage.” Pubescent brains are pruning; trauma or toxic stress can substantially disrupt brain development, changing how they respond to perceived threats. In schools, students’ trigger reactions (fight, flight or freeze) are categorized as disruptive, defiant and/or disrespectful (D-Codes) resulting in more punitive disciplinary consequences.

Learning Objectives:» Develop an understanding of how trauma imprints on the brain» Analyze how student responses can present as defiance/disrespect» Gain research/evidence-based, non-punitive disciplinary responses to subjective behaviors

Self-Regulation Training: Framework for Success Brad Chapin, M.S., LCP, LMLP Salon C&DSelf-Regulation includes a set of skills necessary for academic success, emotional control and healthy social interaction. In this strategy-packed session, author and national consultant Brad Chapin will provide concrete lessons targeting each of the 3 skill-training areas identified in the Self-Regulation Training System (Physical, Emotional and Cognitive Regulation).

Learning Objectives: » Develop a level of understanding of Self-Regulation framework sufficient for teaching it to students and parents » Apply step-by-step strategies to teach young people how to increase Self-Regulation » Implement strategies in a way that is most effective for addressing multiple behavioral problem areas » Report measurable outcomes from application of Self-Regulation strategies

I Define Me! Not the BullyTracie Berry-McGhee, M.Ed., LPC Room 8Failed female relationships – many educators see the drama play out on a, sometimes, daily basis in the form of bullying and relational aggression. Psychologically speaking, the female brain is hard-wired to try to identify others’ emotions and feelings, and to respond with appropriate emotions in the hope for a connection. With girls’ increased sensitivity to relationships, an increased understanding of “self” is vitally important. Using a biblio-therapy poetry model, this session will explore and identify negative educational/societal trends, provide fresh strategies and enhance facilitation skills to help girls to be their best selves.

Learning Objectives: » Define communication barriers that promote low self-esteem and increase relational aggression » Consider critical “do’s and don’ts” when responding to girls in crisis » Create a safe space that allows for a sense of belonging where open disclosure will be validated

Friday | November 15 Pre-Conference Sessions*

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12:00 pm – 1:10 pm Plenary Session

Just Because It’s Not Wrong, Doesn’t Make it Right: Teaching Kids to Think & Act EthicallyBarbara Coloroso Salons E&F This workshop is packed with solid practical advice on how to use the stuff of everyday life to teach children to act with integrity, civility and compassion. Beginning with the idea that it is in us to care, that we are born with an innate capacity for compassion, Barbara Coloroso shows professionals, educators and parents how to nurture and guide children’s ethical lives from toddlerhood through the teen years using everyday situations at home, at school, in social settings and in the world at large.

The story about our human nature in today’s social and cultural climate is part and parcel of our human nature and our social and cultural climate. Our story is also guided by our compassion and loving kindness, which recognizes that there is no I without Thou, no We without Community and no way to survive without honoring both our unique individuality and our common humanity.

Learning Objectives: » How to develop an ethic rooted in deep caring with principles, virtues and values that are in the service to and at the service of that caring

» Understand the why and how to teach our children to think and act ethically

» Discover the possibilities and pitfalls of character education programs

» Master ways to nurture in children the three antidotes (care deeply, share generously, help willingly) to the virulent agents that are ripping apart the fabric of our human relationships (hating, hoarding and harming ourselves and others)

» Understand how rigid moral absolutism and shifting moral relativism interfere with raising ethical human beings

» Media: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and the Indifferent – learn how we can help children use these tools and not be used or consumed by them

» Discern the difference between punishment and discipline – why one works and the other only appears to

About the Presenter Barbara Coloroso is an international bestselling author and for the past 40 years an internationally recognized speaker and consultant on parenting, teaching, school discipline, positive school climate, bullying, grieving, nonviolent conflict resolution and restorative justice. She has appeared on Oprah, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, NPR, CBC, CTV and BBC and has been featured in the New York Times, Globe and Mail, Time, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and other national and international publications.

Barbara’s uniquely effective parenting and teaching strategies were developed through her years of training in sociology, special education and philosophy, as well as field-tested through her experiences as a classroom teacher, laboratory school instructor, university instructor, seminar leader, volunteer in Rwanda and mother of three grown children.

Barbara is the author of four international bestsellers: kids are worth it! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline; Parenting Through Crisis – Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief and Change; The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander – From Pre-School to High School, How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence; and Just Because It’s Not Wrong Doesn’t Make It Right – From Toddlers to Teens, Teaching Kids to Think and Act Ethically. Barbara’s latest book is Extraordinary Evil: A Brief History of Genocide…and Why it Matters. She also has two critically acclaimed video programs Winning at Parenting…without beating your kids and Winning at Teaching…without beating your kids.



1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Breakout Sessions

The Bully, the Bullied & the Not-So-Innocent Bystander: From Pre-School to High School – Breaking the Cycle of ViolenceBarbara Coloroso - International Speaker, Author & Bullying Expert Salons E&FDenver, CO PK-12

According to recent studies and surveys with American school children: » One in seven school children has been a bully or a target

» 35 percent of kids were directly involved in bullying incidents

» Bullying peaks in the eleven- to twelve-year-old age group

» 38 percent of students identified special education students as those targeted by bullies

» 24 percent reported that race bullying occurred now and then or often

» 23 percent of the students bullied and 71 percent of the teachers reported that teachers intervened often or almost always

It’s a deadly combination: Bullies who get what they want from their target; bullied kids who are afraid to tell; bystanders who watch, participate or look away. . .and adults who explain incidents as simply “teasing” and a normal part of growing up. Discussing her book, The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander, Barbara Coloroso gives parents, caregivers, educators, the medical community and juvenile justice personnel – and most of all, kids – the tools to break this cycle of violence. Drawing on decades of working with youth, parents and teachers, and her wide experience in areas of conflict resolution and reconciliatory justice, she offers a blueprint for healing and prevention strategies in the workshop.

Inclusive Learning Communities: Think BigAmelie Smucker, MAT, NBCT – Consultant & Ph.D. Student Salon DWilliamsburg, VA K-6Many schools face barriers and failures that prevent them from creating an inclusive community, but inclusive practices are a powerful tool for meeting the needs of diverse learners. Explore the transition from linear problem solving to systemic change that supports the transformation from traditional school to inclusive learning community.

Powerful Strategies to Enhance the Learning of Gifted & Highly Able StudentsNathan Levy, M.A. – President, Nathan Levy Books LLC @Weareallgifted1 Room 8 Monroe Township, NJ K-12

This workshop, by noted Stories with Holes author Nathan Levy, explores numerous, proven ways to reach gifted learners in challenging ways. Participants will leave with a variety of new strategies and specific ideas to help pupils become better creative and critical thinkers. A variety of successful teaching and parenting techniques relating to social and emotional needs will be shared. Bring your thinking caps and your funny bones to this dynamic presentation.


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1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Breakout Sessions

Reaching the UnreachableBlake Daniels, M.A. – Director, Renaissance Academy Marv Luddington, M.Ed. – Education Transition Career Advocate, Renaissance Academy Salon CKaysville, UT 6-12

In this session you will learn how to reach students who have been marginalized. This session will include strategies to refocus and re-energize students who are safe school violators, court involved in the juvenile system or sex offenders. This is a hands-on presentation with nuts-and-bolts take always.

How to Self-Regulate Academic Stressors & Emotions in the ClassroomSuzanne Velasquez-Sheehy, Ed.D. – Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University, Consultant Salon BChicago, IL PK-12

Are emotions overwhelming your classroom? Come learn some mind/body tools to help manage test anxiety and other academic stressors. This workshop introduces an evidence-based and time- and cost-efficient tool designed to help reduce stress and self-regulate emotions that can have a negative impact on both student learning and teacher performance.

Building the “Systems” of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)Tom Maglisceau, Ph.D. – Chief of Student Services, Rockwall ISD Salon ADallas, TX K-12Participants will examine a model for building a safety net of student support that capitalizes on students’ social-emotional needs. Emphasizing campus teams, district teams, systems and processes, this session will help any school or any district step forward into growth by fostering a community-wide commitment to safety, civility and student success.

Restorative Practices in Schools: Learn from 10 Years’ Experience Implementing & Practicing RP Room 1&2 Jen Kirksey, M.A. K-12This session will cover a brief intro on the philosophy of Restorative Practices in schools, and the significant documented impact RP has on school culture and climate. Participants will practice community building circles and observe a restorative conference. You will leave with the basic tools

and knowledge to use circles and conferences in your school.




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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Keynote Session

10 Steps to a Trauma-Empowered School & ClassroomAaron Wiemeier, M.S., LPC Salon E&FAccording to NCTSN (National Child Traumatic Stress Network), one out of every four children attending school has been exposed to a traumatic event that can affect learning and/or behavior. These events range from severe weather events, to divorce, to bullying, or to homelessness, among others. The results of exposure to trauma can affect a student’s ability to learn. She may be distracted by intrusive thoughts – distracting her from paying attention, learning and doing well on tests. Exposure to violence can lead to decreased IQ and reading ability.

Is it enough to just be informed? Does information by itself lead to automatic change?

In this keynote address, Aaron Wiemeier, LPC will give teachers, administrators, school counselors and school social workers critical information to increase their effectiveness in working with traumatized students and discover the difference between being trauma-informed and trauma-empowered. Attendees will also learn the fundamental principles and innovative strategies to take the next step in transforming your schools and classroom. A trauma-informed advocate, Aaron will guide attendees through seven impactful concepts about trauma they can integrate into schools and classrooms right away, demonstrate why a social-emotional curriculum is so important and share ways to implement preventative strategies for dealing with toxic classrooms and school cultures. About the PresenterAaron J. Wiemeier is a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience in the mental health field and is a nationally recognized author, trainer and educator. He is an expert in the neurophysiology of trauma, attachment & adoption and has worked successfully with the most difficult of clients and with the most chaotic and conflictual systems. His pioneering work and program development have led to highly successful outcomes that increase permanency in least restrictive settings and ultimately reduce fiscal spending particularly in the mental health, educational and legal systems. In 2011, Aaron published a workbook titled, My Feelings Workbook, which teaches affect regulation, awareness and skill development on a nonverbal body level to children. The book was subsequently endorsed by well-established professionals in the trauma, attachment and Autism community. Most recently, he co-authored School-Based Interventions for the Traumatized Student, a culmination of a life’s work centered around creative ways to reach, work with and inspire hope in children who have experienced trauma.


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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Breakout Sessions

Iron Man: Successful Classroom Management Requires Teaching Students to Follow Your Lead! Barbara Leland, M.Ed. – Education Consultant Salon DSpring, TX K-8

Barb Leland, M.Ed. will share beliefs for the positive approach to classroom management. Let Iron Man show you the super, purposeful strategies to address and stop the nagging disruptions from your instructional time. Participants will be Trained on Cognition, Diffusing, Teach to Expectations and Refocusing students in the classroom. Teachers just want more time to teach!

School Turned Around: Effective Multi-Tiered Systems of Support as a Key Lever for School ImprovementCarin Reeve, SBL, SDL – Director of School Improvement Lura Lunkenheimer, Ed.D. Salon CSyracuse, NY K-12

How do we build effective multi-tiered systems of support that create healthy learning communities and effective teacher practices? Systems thinking and a clear vision are two tools that leaders need in implementing change and increasing outcomes for students. When leaders build effective systems; children, teachers and families can thrive.

Resiliency 101: Learn How to Thrive, Not Just Survive in Your SchoolKami Guarino, M.A. – Educational Leadership Consultant Salon B Centennial, CO K-12LET’s Listen, Relate, and Celebrate. Now is the time to re-ignite, re-energize and re-engage in your practices. This workshop will give you an overview of a Social Emotional Learning approach through SEL

skill building, mindfulness, self-care routines, daily reflections and practices that will not only be applicable to you personally and professionally but will also support your students, colleagues and community. The more collaborative and open we are, the more effective we will be.

Hip Hop 101: How to Connect & Teach to this Hip Hop GenerationDamiso Josey, Ed.D. | @DamisoJosey12Kareem Spence, M.A | @kareem_mrpetty Jamey Roberts, M.A. Salon AWilliamstown, NJ K-12

In this interactive session, attendees will learn how to use Hip Hop music and culture to engage all students and reach those who identify with the culture. The session will explore the fundamental elements of Hip Hop music and culture, and explain how and why students are interested in the art form. Attendees will leave with concrete teaching methods for using school-appropriate Hip Hop music and culture in the classroom. This session will enable you, as an educator, to become a student of your students who live the Hip Hop culture.





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I’m Not Broken: Cultivating School Climates Which Address the Disproportionality in Discipline with Students of Color!Edwin Javius, M.A. – CEO/President, EDEquity, Inc. | @edequity Room 8 San Jose, CA K-12The presentation will demonstrate how to seamlessly embed cultural and racial consideration to positive behavior supports. The presentation will assist Behavior Teams in how to validate, affirm and bridge cultural incongruencies of school-wide and home expectations of diverse students. Strategies will be shared on how to build social-emotional learning to foster student resiliency.

Social Emotional Learning: The Basics & How to Implement in Your Classroom Room 1&2 Anna-Lisa Mackey, Ed.D. K-12

You’ve probably heard a lot about Social Emotional Learning, but what exactly is it and how can you implement it in your classroom? What are the must dos? What classroom strategies promote SEL, rather than just compliance? In this session teachers will learn what SEL really is, what to teach in their classrooms and how to interact with students to promote SEL skills.

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Understanding the Traumatized Student: Strategies for Reaching Below the SurfaceAaron Wiemeier, M.S., LPC – Author, Counselor & Trauma Specialist Salon E&F Lakewood, CO K-12Working with and teaching students who have experienced trauma, who act out in the classroom, is

one of the greatest challenges facing schools across the country. This breakout session will help participants understand the root dynamics of trauma in a way they have never heard before. Aaron Wiemeier, LPC will equip attendees with creative strategies for getting below the surface for the student in order to help move them off the behavior and onto becoming the students and leaders they can be. “Trauma Roadblocks’ , working through the ‘Aversive State’ and why students seem to sabotage their own academic success will also be discussed.

Butter, Ice, Alcohol & Peroxide Don’t Heal Wounds: Self-Care for Educators Catava Burton, Ed.S. | @CatavaBurton Salon D Henrico, VA K-12 When students experience trauma, the professionals endure it as well. This phenomenon is known as vicarious trauma which mimics the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This session will equip attendees with recognizing vicarious trauma and creating a preventative self-care plan.

We Are One: Unifying Your Team Through Effective Conflict ResolutionErrica Dotson-Hooper, M.Ed. – Manager of Teaching and Learning, HCDE @ErricaDH Salon CHouston, TX K-12Many leadership teams are unable to effectively meet campus goals because their efficiency is stifled

by unresolved conflict. When this occurs, the culture suffers and the work environment can become toxic, hindering the work and dividing the staff. This session will uncover what lies at the root of most organizational dysfunction, discuss possible causes, resolutions and proactive measures to guard against team division.

Successfully Influencing the Behavior of Intensive Care ChildrenDouglas Whitener, M.A. – Retired Principal Salon BReno, NV K-8Children who exhibit major discipline problems have special needs. These children can survive to be special contributors to our society if important adults give them the intensive care they need when they need it most. This session will be focused upon intensive care strategies at home and in the schools.

SEL – Moving from the Philosophical to the Practical: A Comprehensive Intervention to Integrate Social Emotional Learning & AcademicsSteph Jensen, M.S., LPC – Director, Boys Town | @hivethrive Salon ABoys Town, NE K-12In this session participants will be introduced to a comprehensive approach to integrate social emotional learning to effectively layer and align academic, behavioral and social/emotional supports and services

for all students in order to reduce frustration and accelerate learning. Participants will also learn how to supplement core instruction in academic, behavioral and social/emotional supports, to ensure all students have access to supports and services to increase academic and SEL competencies.


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8:30 am – 9:30 am Plenary Session

Motivating, Engaging & Empowering Latino & African American Males to Learn While Creating Conditions that Promote Student AchievementPedro Noguera, Ph.D. Salon E&FWhile much of the focus of policy for the last several years has been on standards and assessment, relatively little attention has been paid to what can be done to motivate students to learn. There is an implicit assumption that high stakes testing and a variety of punitive measures can be used to get students to achieve. For large numbers of students these strategies have not worked and in many cases, they have contributed to student alienation from

school and learning. In this session, Dr. Noguera will draw on research carried out in secondary schools in NY, LA and Boston to describe what is being learned about student motivation and how these lessons can be applied in a greater number of schools to increase student engagement and achievement.

About the PresenterPedro Noguera, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor of Education in the UCLA Department of Education and a renowned expert on issues in urban education including education and economic and social development, race and schooling, immigration/migration, leadership and school reform and student achievement. He was formerly the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University, where he was Executive Director of the Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools. He has held tenured faculty appointments at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he was named the Judith K. Dimon Professor of Communities and Schools and at the University of California at Berkeley, where he was also the Director of the Institute for the Study of Social Change. Dr. Noguera has published more than 200 research and scholarly articles, monographs, research reports and editorials on topics such as urban school reform, education policy, conditions that promote student achievement, the role of education in community development, youth violence and race and ethnic relations in American society.

His books include City Schools and the American Dream, Unfinished Business: Closing the Achievement Gap in Our Nation’s Schools, The Trouble with Black Boys…and Other Reflections on Race, Equity and the Future of Public Education and Creating the Opportunity to Learn: Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap with A. Wade Boykin. His most recent book is Schooling for Resilience: Improving the Life Trajectories of African American and Latino Boys, which is co-written with Edward Fergus and Margary Martin. Dr. Noguera appears as a regular commentator on educational issues on CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio and other national news outlets.

Early in his career he served as a classroom teacher in public schools in Providence, RI, and Oakland, CA, and continues to work with schools nationally and internationally as a researcher and advisor. He earned his doctorate in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley. A sociologist whose scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions, as well as by demographic trends, Noguera says that schools are impacted by poverty in a myriad of ways, and that education should become a partner in systems that support poor students and families.




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10:00 am – 11:00 am Keynote Session

Catching Kids Before They FallJim Sporleder Salon E&F Jim Sporleder retired in 2014 as Principal of Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA. Under Jim’s leadership and collaboration with community partners, Lincoln High School became a “Trauma-Informed” school, gaining national attention due to a dramatic drop in out-of-school suspensions, increased graduation rates and the number of students going on to post-secondary education. In this keynote session, participants will learn how a trauma-responsive approach is best practice for all students. Jim will walk the participants through a brief review of the

impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences and how toxic stress impacts student learning and behavior.

About the PresenterJim Sporleder is currently working as a trauma-informed coach/consultant and is based in Walla Walla, WA. His travels as consultant, keynote speaker, presenter and trainer have taken him all over the United States. Jim retired in 2014 as Principal of Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA but the dramatic changes at Lincoln during Sporleder’s administration caught the attention of Jamie Redford, who spent a year filming the documentary, Paper Tigers, which tells the Lincoln story. The documentary was released at the May 2015 Seattle International Film Festival.


10:00 am – 11:00 am Breakout Sessions

Powerful Strategies to Help Hard-to-Reach Students Become More Successful LearnersNathan Levy, M.A. – President, Nathan Levy Books LLC @Weareallgifted1 Salon DMonroe Township, NJ K-12

The current climate in education calls for educators to better prepare our students with special needs. This session addresses the challenges of working with students who appear unmotivated, frustrated and resigned to experiencing failure. Logic stories will be demonstrated as a powerful method for increasing motivation and achievement. Creative ideas will be offered to help break the cycle of discouragement and failure by developing strong, positive relationships in the classroom – a culture where ALL students will find learning opportunities and a willingness to participate.

Light Up the Learning Brain (Part 1) Jessica Sinarski, M.A., LPCMH – Clinical Supervisor | @JessicaSinarski Salon CWilmington, DE K-5This lively workshop will take a fresh look at the root of “bad behavior” and the brain processes behind it. Participants will discover new tools based on the latest neuroscience to increase learning opportunities, reduce negative behavior and improve communication between school and home. Whether you’re a

brain novice or well-versed in research about trauma and the brain, you won’t want to miss this hope-filled learning experience.

Education for Transformation: A Better Vision for Teaching Diverse Learners, Cultural Differences & Socio-Economic Disparities in EducationO’nae Chatman, M.A. – Education Consultant Salon BShannon, M.S. 6-12

This workshop addresses the problems that exist within the following critical areas: classroom diversity, socio-economic disparities in education, and cultural differences. These areas discussed will demonstrate how they impact student learning in the classroom and how educators can address these issues in a more substantive way.

Turning Around the Disruptive Classroom by ‘Practicing What You Preach’Tasheka Wilson, M.A. – ESL Teacher | @twilsontheauth Salon ABessemer, AL K-8

This session focuses on establishing or reestablishing clear expectations, routines and procedures that set the stage for a productive classroom environment. Learn how to teach and reinforce expected behaviors that help create a safe and productive learning environment for ALL students.

Growing Global Citizens: Shape Your School to Change the WorldKrista Karch, Ph.D. – Educational Consultant Room 8Essex, CT K-12

Transform your school to become the hub of global learning and your students, global citizens. Explore global education and citizenship through the integration of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The UN’s Goals provide real-world instructional practices that support positive climate & culture in global context. Participants form an academic PLC supporting problem solving, research, innovation, collaboration and leadership to develop global citizens who will better the world.



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11:15 am – 12:15 pm Keynote Session

Tools & Strategies for Schools to Dismantle the School-to-Prison PipelineCraig Boykin, M.A. Salon E&FAcross America, Craig conveys to educators that we must: (1) Educate ourselves about the “school discipline gap.” (2) Help students and colleagues unlearn misperceptions about students from poverty. (3) Respond when colleagues stereotype poor students or parents. (4) Fight to keep low-income students from being assigned unjustly to special education or low academic tracks. Craig’s trademark slogan, “GED to Ph.D.,” is a concrete paradigm that educators should never give up on any student.

About the PresenterPresenter Craig Boykin’s story is one that moves, touches and inspires audiences. It’s a story about determination and personal accountability. It’s a story about a young man who refused to accept his current situation. Although Craig has risen to high levels of success as an acclaimed author and professional speaker, it’s his down-to-earth personality that endears him to those that come across his path. His message is very simple… Change Is Possible! When Craig speaks, he reaches the hearts of his audience to motivate change in themselves and their community.

Craig has devoted his life to creating lasting change for those who desire it; he has risen to the national stage by delivering an inspirational message which tells people how to shake off mediocrity and live up to their greatness. It is a message that Craig has learned from his own life challenges and one he is helping others apply to their lives. His personal mission in is to provide hope to individuals who feel that their current situation is hopeless and he travels the country presenting his seminars and workshops to accomplish that. Craig has published five books since 2013 and he has been featured on talk shows, won various awards and his story has been shared in many inspirational magazines and across the web.



11:15 am – 12:15 pm Breakout Sessions

Lead Where You Stand Ronald Gonzalez, M.Ed. – Principal Severin Cornelius – Assistant Principal Salon D Mount Vernon, NY 9-12

Participants will identify systems and structures that support social-emotional wellness to maximize learning. Through the implementation an Academic Reflection Center (ARC), restorative circles, monthly social-emotional lessons, and a Principal’s Advisory Council (PAC), student voice and choice are honored in structured ways.

Light up the Learning Brain (Part 2) Jessica Sinarski, LPC – Clinical Supervisor | @JessicaSinarski Salon CWilmington, DE K-5By popular demand, participants now have a full hour to practice new skills, reflect on current practices, and construct a plan for bringing the changes home. Facilitated activities will be specific to each participant’s role in the education system.

There’s More to Math than Paper & Pencil: Using Design Thinking with LEGO Bricks in MathShirley Disseler, Ed.D. – Associate Professor/ CEO BrickEd / Author @disseler Salon BHigh Point, NC K-8

This session will focus on the use of the Brick Math series to bridge the understanding of the importance of conceptual mathematics. Participants will engage in a hands-on, minds-on session using the Brick Math Program to problem solve and critically think about the domains of math.

School Culture without Restorative Practices Is a Joke, But Who’s It On?Derrick Bailey, Ed.S. – Principal | @LvngoodPrncipal Salon APowder Springs, GA 6-12Participants will learn how several restorative practices are utilized at my school to create a positive culture of restoration. They will see video clips of actual conferences and hear testimonials. In addition,

they will go through a process of identifying ways to customize these practices to fit their building.

Silent Strength: Helping Educators Use Kindness Strategies to Engage ALL Students in Transforming Your School’s ClimateDoug Reavis – Founder/CEO Silent Strength Kindness Program @SilentStrength_ Room 8Fancy Gap, VA K-12

This presentation will define “Kindness” as it applies to a leadership role and will describe why “Silent Strength” should be a top priority teaching tool for educators at all levels. Attendees will receive research-backed “Kindness” strategies that can be implemented to help engage students of all ages and will receive direction in creating a digital Kindness Platform that can help transform any school climate.



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Student Trauma, Poverty, Detached Parents & Apathetic Students – PLEASE HELP ME!Craig Boykin, M.A. – Consultant Salon E&FMontgomery, AL K-12 Poverty is all too common in America’s schools. What’s rare, is an opportunity for educators to sit and absorb first-hand from a former at-risk student who dropped out of high school, endured a mother abusing drugs, absent father and learning disability. In this engaging session participants will unlearn perceived fallacies about students from poverty. Craig’s trademark slogan, GED to Ph.D. is a concrete paradigm that illustrates educators should never give up on any student.

Creating a Trauma-Informed ClassroomMichelle Gonzalez-Gerth, MBA – Behavioral Support Teacher Salon DRichardson, TX K-12

Statistics show that as many as 2/3 of all children have suffered from at least one adverse childhood experience. It’s no surprise that these experiences have a negative effect on a child’s ability to succeed. This training will provide you with the knowledge and skill sets you need to create a successful trauma-informed learning environment.

The 5 Critical Steps to Becoming a Trauma-Responsive SchoolJim Sporleder – Trauma-Informed Schools Pioneer, Author & Subject of Paper Tigers Documentary Salon CWalla Walla, WA K-12This session will teach participants the “how-to” in becoming a Trauma-Responsive School. Participants will learn the basic concepts to implementing a trauma-responsive school culture, that will provide the significant changes we want for every student…improved behavior, improved student attendance and

higher academic achievement and for high schools, higher graduation rates.

A Hand Full of ACEs...The Trauma Impact on Students Who Are Wired DifferentlyMike Paget, M.Ed. – International Speaker, Author & Consultant Salon BOverland Park, KS K-12Increasingly, schools are aware of the impact of trauma on their students. The landmark work on Adverse Childhood Experiences has shown us the physical, emotional and mental wellness impact on students. Those who are “Wired Differently” are often impacted intensely by their ACE history. This

session will discuss the impact, but more importantly, some practical ideas to help students find ways to move beyond their histories and find academic and social success.



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Your FBA is a Fantasy: Creating Trauma-Informed, Brain-Based, Skill-Focused FBAs/BSPs Doris Bowman, M.S. – Behavior Consultant / Cert. Trauma Practitioner Rick Bowman, M.S. – Certified Trauma Practitioner Salon A Newberg, OR K-12

Stop chasing “temporary compliance” and start building skills! Traditional approaches to behavior using conventional FBA’s & Behavior Plans have long fallen short and continue to fail children to whom they’re applied most. Come learn how evidence-based approaches and current neuroscience come together to created FBA’s/BSP’s that are trauma-informed, brain-based and skill-focused.

Applications from Adolescent Brain Biology to Improve Behavior & CultureGreg Richards, Ph.D. – Director, Middle Grades Ethics Projects Room 8Santa Clarita, CA 5-12Dr. Greg Richards introduces the adolescent brain and its structures and chemistry that account for immaturity in decision-making, self-control and risk-avoidance. Yet, the challenges and opportunities of

brain biology point a way to positive connections of students to parents, SROs, school personnel and peers to improve teaching, safety and culture at school.


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Self-Regulation Training: Framework for Success Brad Chapin, M.S., LCP, LMLP – Popular Author, Authority on Self-Regulation @chapin55 Salon E&FTopeka, KS K-12Self-Regulation includes a set of skills necessary for academic success, emotional control and healthy

social interaction. In this strategy-packed session, author and national consultant Brad Chapin will provide concrete lessons targeting each of the three skills.

Girl Drama Is Real!Tracie Berry-McGhee, M.Ed, NCC, LPC – Founder, SistaKeeper @soulflowersista Salon DFlorissant, MO K-12In this session, we will explore how to use social-emotional learning circles for girls to impact social

aggression and decrease the factors that motivate relational aggression. Berry-McGhee will also offer interactive tools used in SEL circles to create a safe space through the use of poetry, music and therapeutic mentoring to develop trauma-free spaces. Educators, counselors and administrators will understand the benefits of facilitating gender-specific programming that promotes strength and resiliency in girls, increases literacy while also improving their attitude toward school, home and community resulting in reduced depression.

Conscious Classroom Management: Succeeding with Challenging StudentsKatie Anderson, M.Ed., NBCT – Conscious Teaching, LLC @consciousTching Salon CSan Rafael, CA K-12This session we will explore practical solutions to the most common classroom management,

behavioral, and socio-emotional issues teachers struggle with while working with vulnerable and traumatized youth. Participants will learn how to effectively respond to passive resistance, as well as aggressive confrontation, in ways that invite both cooperation and connection.

School Culture: Because We’re Better Together!Tom Maglisceau, Ph.D. – Chief of Student Services, Rockwall ISD Salon BDallas, TX K-12Participants will be empowered to create a culture of civility by discovering and celebrating the strengths of every student – and every community member. Learn how to capitalize on the collective strengths of

our students, classrooms and communities to improve learning for all through “The Better Together Mindset.”


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Truly Trauma-Informed? Assessing Policy & PracticeDoris Bowman, M.S. – Behavior Consultant / Cert. Trauma Practitioner Rick Bowman, M.S. – Certified Trauma Practitioner Salon A Newberg, OR K-12Conducting trauma-informed care training is a good start, but how can schools continue the journey of

trauma-informed care and how do we measure progress? What does it mean to not only create “trauma awareness”, but continue to grow in all trauma-informed principles to become fully “Trauma-Invested”?

An ‘Entire Village’ Approach to Assisting Traumatized StudentsGreg Richards, Ph.D. – Director, Middle Grades Ethics Projects Room 8Santa Clarita, CA 5-12From psychosocial and neurobiological research and two decades as a school chaplain and consultant to schools, Dr. Greg Richards presents strategies and methods to support students with long-term traumatic stress. Examples include group support of students grieving the death of a parent and school-wide monitoring of individual students following an earthquake.

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4:10 pm – 5:00 pm Featured Session

25 in 50: 25 Innovative Strategies to Address Trauma in Schools #25in50 Salon E&F Panelists: Jim Sporleder, Mike Paget, M.Ed., Catava Burton, Ed.SBrad Chapin, M.S., LCP, LMLP, Aaron Wiemeier, M.S., LPC This unique session features several unique – and often fun – ideas for K-12 educators from an “All-Star Panel” made up of authors, nationally known speakers and practicing counselors and administrators. Each idea will be practical, useful and proven… presented in 2 minutes or less.

4:10 pm – 5:00 pm Breakout Session

More Behavior Supports for More Time in Class! Melissa Leach, M.A. – Dean of Students & Culture Salon D Denver, CO K-6This session is focused around tier one behavior supports that can be implemented by the teacher to increase relationship and community in the classroom. I want teachers to feel comfortable in handling low-level behaviors on their own to maintain their authority and to build classroom culture. The more

our students stay in the classroom, the more they belong and can grow!



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Responsibility-Centered Discipline Presenters: Larry Thompson (Creator), Eric Clark, Sherri Conrad, Brian Dinkins With today’s increased focus on academic success and measurable outcomes, how educators handle defiant, manipulative, apathetic or attention-seeking students

can often be the difference between success or failure in a classroom – or an entire school. This power-packed one- or two-day workshop will provide your teachers, counselors and administrators insights and strategies for reaching and helping these students with a five-step responsibility-centered approach that has been proven effective!

Wired Differently: Five Keys to Working with Students with “Acting In” and “Acting Out” Disorders Presenter: Mike Paget (Creator) Studies show that approximately 20 percent of all students are diagnosable

for a mental, emotional or behavioral health issue. This workshop will help your teachers, counselors and other school professionals understand how to support and teach this high-potential portion of the student population while avoiding an unmanageable classroom environment.

Girl Drama: How Educators & Parents Can Use Brain Research & Current Best Practices to Promote Positive Relationships & Prevent Bullying, Cyberbullying & Relational Aggression

Presenters: Stephanie Jensen, Tracie Berry-McGhee The focus of this one-day seminar is to provide educators specific strategies, activities and insights that can be used to confront and avoid girl drama and relational aggression. Based upon the latest brain research, as well as current best practices, these interventions can be used to revive, launch or sustain efforts to prevent drama and emotional violence among girls. Without help, girls who are targets often suffer lasting effects – including academic withdrawal, social withdrawal, depression, substance abuse, risky sexual behavior, delinquency, crime, dysfunctional relationships, self-injury and even suicide.

Lost Boys: Strategies to help Educators Navigate the World of Boys for Academic Success Presenter: Stephanie Jensen (Creator) This powerful one-day seminar helps educators understand the structural, chemical and processing differences

between boys’ and girls’ brains. It helps educators support boys’ developmental needs, while teaching them social /emotional competencies. Attendees will discover innovative strategies, as well as group and individual interventions, to help boys achieve their highest academic potential.

Self-Regulation: Teaching Impulse Control to Students with Social-Emotional and Behavioral Issues Presenter: Brad Chapin (Creator)Helping young people improve their Self-Regulation skills can help them to better

handle anger issues, anxieties, impulsiveness, academic challenges, self-esteem struggles and classroom behavior issues. In this one-day training workshop, your staff will be provided with recommendations and strategies to use with all students and in particular with students who have behavioral and/or emotional self-control issues. Self-regulation skills are critical to academic success, emotional control and healthy social interactions. Be sure your teachers, counselors and administrators can teach Self-Regulation!

Color Blind: Assessing Cultural Competency in Schools Presenter: Dr. William Noel, Sr. (Creator) During a recent school year, 1.2 million African-American students faced at least one day of suspension from our nation’s

public schools. Research reveals that African-American students were suspended at more than three times the rate of Caucasian students.

Attendees will learn why equity is more important than equality – equality promises everyone gets the same things but equity promises to give every student what he or she needs to succeed. Additionally, attendees will explore how implicit biases may have an impact on how educators treat students from poverty, minority students, students with disabilities and others.

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Building a Responsibility-Centered School CultureLarry Thompson, M.Ed. | @RCDGivemFive Salon E&F When they first walk into the building, most educators can “feel” the climate of a school fairly quickly. Leaders sometimes hope that team building events, open-door policies, additional technology and frequent communication will create a positive school culture. But school culture is based on relationships. When relationships are in conflict, the climate and culture are impacted. Many of the conflicts in school life are caused by behavior and discipline issues. If a teacher does not feel supported, that creates conflict. If a student does not feel “listened to,” that creates conflict.

Behavior issues – and academic issues – can often be traced back to a student’s lack of self-control (perhaps related to trauma or a diagnosis). Imagine a student with a weak self-control muscle. It may look like she can’t get herself to do things that she doesn’t enjoy or can’t control her anger. To help such students reach their potential, educators must help them grow the self-control muscle. In this session, author and supportive discipline innovator Larry Thompson will discuss how teaching students self-responsibility and self-control has transformed the culture of schools throughout North America – from private schools to juvenile prisons. Resulting in improved academic performance. You will learn how giving students the gift of self-control can improve academic performance and transform your school culture.

About the PresenterAuthor of Roadmap to Responsibility and Give ‘em Five, Larry Thompson, M.Ed., is often called upon to deliver keynote presentations for state and national education conferences because of his knowledge, humor and passion for assisting today’s students. He has helped thousands of educators and schools throughout North America break away from their traditional discipline models to a model that creates a responsible climate and responsible students. Larry has served in a wide variety of roles in education – from special education teacher to alternative and traditional high school principal. As creator of the Responsibility-Centered Discipline program, Larry understands that systems must be created that can be realistically implemented and sustained.



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Non-Exclusionary Discipline: Alternatives to the Referral/Suspension QuagmireLarry Thompson, M.Ed. Salon E&FThe U.S. Departments of Education and Justice have advocated a shift in school discipline policies – due to concerns about inequities in the administration of “exclusionary discipline” practices with minorities

and students with disabilities. While the causes of those inequities are the source of some debate, almost everyone can agree that educators have a far greater opportunity for success if they can keep students, especially at-risk students, in the classroom. Attendees will be guided through school-wide evidence-based discipline practices and proven de-escalation processes that are designed to create responsible students by harnessing the power of self-regulation. Implementing these key components has enabled schools to report reductions in office referrals of as much as 90 percent, while almost eliminating suspensions.

It’s a Package Deal: Clinical Treatment, Medications, School/Family Collaboration & Positive & Preventive Daily Experiences Working Together for the Best Student OutcomesMike Paget, M.Ed. – International Speaker, Author & Consultant Salon DOverland Park, KS K-12

Understandably, we would like to be able to just fix things by sending challenged students to the “mental health fixers.” But that doesn’t work. A measure of accomplishment for any neuro-diverse student is to have a “good” day with social and academic successes. Adults who supervise kids are at the core of any progress. Clinical supports – including medications – are often helpful, but cannot replace the centrality of a student having a good day.

Girl Drama Is Real!Tracie Berry-McGhee, M.Ed., NCC, LPC – Founder, SistaKeeper @soulflowersista Salon CFlorissant, MO K-12In this session, we will explore how to use social-emotional learning circles for girls to impact social aggression and decrease the factors that motivate relational aggression. Berry-McGhee will also offer interactive tools used in SEL circles to create a safe space through the use of poetry, music and therapeutic mentoring to develop trauma-free spaces. Educators, counselors and administrators will

understand the benefits of facilitating gender-specific programming that promotes strength and resiliency in girls, increases literacy while also improving their attitude toward school, home and community resulting in reduced depression.

Creating a Culture of Consent: Peer-to-Peer Sexual Assault PreventionShael Norris – Sexual Violence Advocate & Executive Director, SafeBAE @Safe_bae Salon BCape Elizabeth, ME 6-12

We will share our extensive, authentic and youth-created library of free materials for educators to utilize in their schools. Without having to upend your health class curriculum, you can empower student leadership to change the culture of your school to a CONSENT CULTURE! Our content covers consent, safe bystander intervention, survivor resources, rape myths, Title IX rights and much more.

Supporting African American Male Persistence in CollegeChristopher Scott, M.A. – Youth Educator | @ChrisSmotivates Salon AToledo, OH 9-12Using a case study approach of one African American male college student, this investigation identified the underlying social factors that supported the student’s persistence in college during his freshman

year at a predominantly white institution, or PWI (Predominately White Institution), in the Midwest. Attendees will learn to recognize the social-cultural differences of the urban African-American male college student and how these differences impact student persistence in higher education. By identify this skill set early, educators are able to aid other students to develop them early.





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Disruptive Behavior Disorders: ODD ADHD and CD Presenter: Mike Paget This WebRemix™ explores common disorders found in the classroom and shares effective practices for working with students challenged by them in the classroom. Mike Paget discusses risk factors that can encourage a student to be disruptive including peer groups, poor attachment to school and inadequate

behavior management. • Discover classroom accommodations and strategies for dealing with

Disruptive Behavior Disorders • Learn how to build self-management in resistant students through strength

coaching, generosity and re-framing.

Positive Behavioral Supports for Students Who are Wired Differently Presenter: Mike PagetDiscover the top 10 challenges faced by students who are faced by students who are “Wired Differently” – and by their teachers. During this 90-minute WebRemix, author and nationally known behavioral consultant Mike Paget provides an overview of some of the emotional and behavioral challenges

confronting these neuro-diverse students. • Discover the importance of adult attitudes & behaviors when using

positive supports• Understand the 8 elements of successful classroom management• Discover tools to teach social skills to students who are “Wired Differently”

Non-Suicidal Self-InjuryPresenter: Kaye Randall As many as 1 in 4 young people engage in some form of non-suicidal self-injury – with recent studies indicating that self-mutilation behavior (SMB) is increasing. This information-packed WebRemix™ focuses primarily on evidence-based intervention strategies, tips and accommodations you can use to help students prone to self-injury – especially those dealing with anxiety

and depression. The presenter also helps educators understand the SMB Cycle, the SMB Addiction Model and how Intervention Mapping can help.

ACEs-Informed Schools: Take-Aways from Classroom Case Studies Presenter: Kim JohancenThis WebRemix™ examines the three primary trauma response states and shares numerous skills and strategies educators can use with students depending on their specific trauma responses. Specific case examples are presented in order to explore specific approaches to use with students based on the five

primary stages of trauma recovery. • Gain a working knowledge of ACEs based on a brief overview including

history, application and current trends• Understand the need and importance of early intervention using a model

that highlights the need for connection, skills and how to connect students to additional resources

• Become fully aware of the importance of building resiliency; get specific protective factors that can be utilized and amplified by participants.

Lost Boys: 8 Proven Techniques to Engage Boys in Your Classroom WebRemixPresenter: Stephanie JensenIn this informative 90-minute WebRemix™, award-winning author and internationally-recognized speaker Stephanie Jensen will provide deeper insight and understanding of the role of gender in education and how to develop effective strategies to engage boys in the learning process.

• Understand the influence of biology and neurology on boys’ behavior and learning.

• Gain insights about the social world of boys and how to use their social structure to engage them in the learning process.

• Explore effective strategies to improve boys’ interaction and success in the classroom.

Closing The Exits Off the Road to ResponsibilityPresenter: Larry ThompsonCan responsibility be taught? How can educators move from “making” students behave to helping students learn self-management? This is a major, but necessary, paradigm shift – moving from enforcement to a focus on student growth and providing essential life skills. Mr. Thompson explores Responsibility-

Centered strategies that will help teachers and administrators keep students in class – and help students learn and grow in the process.

Mean Girls: Behind the ScreenPresenter: Stephanie JensenRecent studies have shown that the dramatic increase in social media use is associated with intensified social anxiety, social isolation and feelings of loneliness. Studies also show a correlation between the amount of time spent on social media and personal life dissatisfaction. Girls create elaborate identities and personas on-screen; but do you ever wonder what

is going on behind the screen? As girls experience the turbulent times of childhood and adolescence they often turn to social media to hide their fears, confusion and anxiety from the outside world. As a result, girls are twice as likely as boys to develop an internalizing disorder such as depression or anxiety by mid-adolescence. • Develop an understanding of how social media can impact mental health• Discover strategies to teach Netiquette: Send Means Said• Create a plan for effective communication in the digital and real world

Anxiety in the Classroom: Supporting Students with Anxiety Disorders Presenter: Mike Paget During this 90-minute WebRemix™ teachers, counselors, social workers, administrators and other professionals gain the tools to support and teach this high-potential portion of the student population.

• Variations of anxiety and how to recognize indicators of this condition

• Verbal strategies that support vs. escalate• Classroom routines that unintentionally escalate emotions of a student

with anxiety• Classroom expressions of anxiety

ACEs-Informed Schools: Take-Aways from Classroom Case Studies

Kim Johancen

Grades K–12

LOST BOYS

| Grades K–12 |

Behind the ScreenMEANGirls

GRADES 4-12

Available via AccuTrain On-Demand or DVD 877-408-5028 | www.AccuTrain.com

11:15 am – 12:15 pm Closing Session

Climate & Culture Cannot Be Transformed with Disciplinary ReferralsPrincipal Baruti Kafele, M.A. | @PrincipalKafele Salon E&F Classroom management is a perennial hot-topic in education circles. Teachers can so often be heard grumbling, “If I could just get them to behave appropriately in my classroom!” In the numerous cases when students do not, a disciplinary referral is frequently generated, handed to the student and brought by the student to a disciplinarian for consequences. In this highly-engaging, self-reflective keynote address, Principal Kafele will make the case that classroom management isn’t the problem. He contends that classroom management is too “micro.” Instead, he

challenges teachers to think “macro.” To that end, he takes teachers on an introspective journey of the overall climate and culture of their classrooms while engaging them in a self-reflective discussion of their attitudes toward their students, the strategies they employ toward keeping their students motivated and engaged, the intentionality of the relationships that they nurture with their students and how effective they are with engaging their students’ parents.

About the PresenterAward-winning principal, internationally-renowned education speaker and best-selling author, Principal Kafele is on fire! He’s on a personal mission to close the ATTITUDE GAP, the world over.

A highly-regarded urban public school educator in New Jersey for over twenty years, Principal Kafele distinguished himself in the classroom and as a school leader. As a middle and high school principal, he led the transformation of four different schools, including “The Mighty” Newark Tech, which went from a low-performing school in need of improvement to national recognition by the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education, and U.S. News and World Report Magazine recognizing it three times as one of America’s best high schools. Currently, Principal Kafele is one of the most sought-after education speakers for transforming the attitudes of at-risk student populations in America. He is the author of eight books including Closing the Attitude Gap, The Principal 50, The Teacher 50 and Is My School a Better School Because I Lead It




Denali SponsorAdvancement Courses, a Wiley brand | AdvancementCourses.com Since 1988, Advancement Courses has been a leader in professional development, providing customized solutions to schools and expertly-crafted, classroom-applicable courses to thousands of teachers across the country. Our extensive online curriculum includes over 240 graduate-level, self-paced courses in 19 different subject areas covering both foundational topics and emerging trends in K-12 education.

Rainier Sponsor Learning SEL | PathsProgram.com The PATHS® program is an evidence-based, social and emotional learning curriculum for elementary-aged students. It is the ONLY universal classroom-based SEL curriculum to receive the highest possible rating from Blueprints! With 30 years of research, in over 40 published articles, PATHS® is the premier program for schools.

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AccuTrain | AccuTrain.com AccuTrain™ provides a comprehensive menu of resources and events for educators – including teachers, counselors, nurses, principals, deans and social workers – as well as transportation, school safety and food service personnel. Discover outstanding online, DVD-based or print-based training resources on critical health, counseling, behavior management, safety and compliance issues. High production values and accurate, well-researched content are consistent elements of each AccuTrain training resource, now including the award-winning Coastal Schools library.

BraveBrains | BraveBrains.com BraveBrains provides trauma-informed solutions for pre-school and elementary schools across the country. Training, books and free resources bring neuroscience to life and foster social-emotional learning with a delightful cast of characters and easy-to-understand concepts.

Columbia University Teachers College – Summer Principals Academy | TC.Columbia.edu/Spanola Summer Principals Academy New Orleans (SPANOLA) is a unique graduate program focused on building innovative and transformative school leaders in order to overcome gaps in educational access and achievement. World-class faculty provide students with the academia and skills to create new possibilities for student learning, school improvement, social equity, and school design.

Craig Boykin | CraigBoykin.com Craig J. Boykin is the originator of “Make Your Time Count,” an author and speaker. Whether you need a 45-minute keynote or a day-long workshop that will inspire your audience, Craig J. Boykin will work with you to create a truly customized experience. Craig has tons of experience working with a diverse set of clients around the country, helping students, teachers and schools, break free from their routine and discover their unrealized potential. Using his engaging keynote presentations, Mr. Boykin taps into a deep well of personal anecdotes and professional training to deliver a message that is clear, engaging and compelling.

Douglas Whitener, LLC | PagePublishing.com/Books/?Book=I-Saw-An-Angel-In-The-Stone-And-I-Carved-To-Set-It-Free Doug Whitener, an educator with 45 years of experience, will be available to discuss and sell his recently published book, I Saw an Angel in The Stone and I Carved to Set it Free. The imagery of this book titles suggests that children have "miraculous human qualities " that can be released if parents and teachers take the time to "free" the child. Discipline is approached in this book as an essential teaching opportunity.

FightSong | FightSong.com Fightsong! Is the next generation conflict management phone app geared towards teaching communication skills to students and promoting social/ emotional reporting at the palm of their hands, and helping students change the culture on incident reporting all while making administrators and counselors lives easier in schools!

Jim Sporleder Consulting | JimSporlederConsulting.com Jim Sporleder's book The Trauma-Informed School, A Step by Step Implementation Guide for Administrators and School Personnel is a result of many conversations, presentations and requests to share the "How" he took Lincoln High School from a traditional discipline type school to a trauma-informed model. The book guides you step-by-step, in an easy to read format.

Lamar University | Degree.Lamar.edu/Rosanne Lamar University offers a variety of degrees across many areas of study and emphasis. Programs are all 100% online and taught by the same distinguished faculty who teach our on-campus programs. We take special care in providing programs that are both flexible and convenient so you can earn your degree at a pace that best fits your busy lifestyle and schedule.

Lost Boys/Mean Girls | AccuTrain.com Understand the innate difference between girls and boys and how these differences affect learning, social emotional issues, physicality, relational aggression and self-esteem. These one-day training programs focus on how educators can help male and female students succeed and thrive in and out of school.

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Nathan Levy Books | StorieswithHoles.com Dynamic activity books for educators and/or parents. Stories With Holes, Teacher's Guide to Trauma, and books for gifted, critical thinking and writing are featured.

Responsibility-Centered Discipline | GivemFive.com The mission of Responsibility-Centered Discipline’s program is to help schools build systems that help kids learn to take responsibility for their behaviors and thus, create an environment that brings out of everyone, the data speaks for itself and the results are real.

Rhymes with Reason | RhymeswithReason.com Rhymes with Reason is an online learning app that presents vocabulary learning, literacy skill building, standardized test preparation and more via music streaming. Rhymes, a program carefully created by millennials and gen-Z'ers, is a cutting edge educational technology that makes ELA uniquely relevant to the up and coming "Generation-Z" student.

Rodgers Speaks: Mr Rodge’s Neighborhood | SuccessIsAProcess.net Mills “Mr. Rodge” Rodgers is an author, speaker and supporter of exceptional students. Mr. Rodge has served his country and communities as an Army veteran and educator. He has authored a series of books titled Success Is A Process, Not An Event, which he bases his engaging, yet practical presentations to students & educators.

Self-Regulation | Accutrain.com/Public-Seminars/Self-Regulation-SeminarIn this one-day seminar, the presenter will provide recommendations and strategies that you will be able to use with all students, and in particular with students who have behavioral and/or emotional self-control issues. Included will be practical insights, recommendations and learning activities that are based upon the evidence-based approaches used in cognitive-behavior psychology.

Sheka Boutique | Facebook.com/ShoppingwithSheka Shopping with Sheka offers custom jewelry for women and children. My goal is to create unique jewelry for my clients. With that, all pieces are one of one, and will not be duplicated. Please visit me at Facebook.com/ShoppingwithSheka to have your custom piece created today!!!

Silent Strength Kindness | SilentStrengthKindness.comSilent Strength has been providing Kindness services for thousands of students and teachers nationwide since 2012, as Silent Strength specializes in School Kindness Assemblies for students, Kindness Keynote Presentations for Educators, and its web based Kindness Software for schools.

SistaKeeper | SistaKeeper.comSistaKeeper creates a society of young women who know who they are, what they are, what they believe in, and what they stand for. They can make educated choices, be assertive, display teamwork, be true to self, fight for issues that plague our communities, break generational cycles and dedicate themselves to make a difference.

The Excellence Team | TheExcellenceTeam.netThe Resilience Journal for Educators was designed to emphasize the need for daily reflection and self-care. When used daily, the journal will serve as a reminder of and a tool that will help you stay focused, centered, and rooted in your passion to teach and lead.

Wired Differently | Accutrain.com/Wired-Differently There may be as many as one in three students in any teacher’s class who have mental health issues leading to emotional and behavioral challenges. The Wired Differently training program provides five keys to working with students who do not have the capacity to handle the normal pressures, stresses, conflicts and expectations of everyday life. Wired Differently training provides an overview of the most common disorders and how each manifests itself in classroom behaviors. Discover why traditional methods of dealing with these behaviors are not beneficial and why a consistent, teamwork approach to students who are wired differently is a must.

YouthLight Bookstore | YouthLight.com Since 1995, YouthLight Inc. has been developing and providing useful educational materials to help counselors, other educators, mental health professionals, and parents maximize their effectiveness with youth.

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