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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 3-HR WORKSHOPS1:15 – 4:30PM

136 • The Power of TouchJean Berube, Tom SmithBeing human requires physical contact. Without touch, a child will die. Our fast-paced, technologically-based world has led us to put low priority on our need for intimate contact. By adulthood, we have become socialized against touching. Flinders suggests that lack of intimate contact may be the cause for people’s psychological and emotional problems and many societal problems. Burke believed that loving touch could save the world from disease and from war. To become whole, we must address this need for interpersonal contact. This workshop is meant to help participants recognize through sequential, hands-on activities, the power of touch.Room: Salon MussetOpen to All (OE, AT)

98 • “If We Were Brave…”: Managing Risk in Social Justice TrainingAnna Czarnik-NeimeyerIt’s high-stakes: These days, effective social justice training is urgent. We’re an education army working to change/train minds & hearts towards justice, and need all the tools we can get. We’ll discuss Arao & Clemens’ foundational 2013 piece, “From Safe Space to Brave Spaces: A New Way to Frame Dialogue Around Diversity and Social Justice” and explore interdisciplinary theories supporting brave space. We’ll dig into practical activities, metaphors, comics, and videos for immediate facilitation use. Great for beginner through advanced, and those interested in being more intentional & just facilitators in any setting: in the field, classroom, or boardroom.Room: Salon 5Open to All (G)

146 • Bullying, Empathy, and Monkeys: The Connection between Brain Science, Connectivity, and EmpathyJeff FrigonResearch suggests that which most educators already know; that empathy and caring are directly linked to bullying. The more empathy we have for each other, the more likely we are to be kind to one another and not bully (or be bullied). By building healthy communities and understanding the connection between empathy, vulnerability, fear, and bullying, we can act in a preventative rather than a reactive way. This experiential workshop will dive deeply into what the research shows to be effective and why; and do so using new and reframed classic activities as well as participant-driven discussion.Room: Salon HemonOpen to All (G)

21 • Mindfulness in Action: Intentionality as a Tool to Develop Self-Awareness and Growth in Adventure TherapyMatt Hayes, Will BlackIntentionality is mindfulness in action. This workshop will explore how to harness the power of a client’s intention to change as a catalyst for their own development. True intentionality requires an understanding of our unconscious behaviors so we can construct alternatives. This workshop will explore how to make use of intention setting in a client generated process as a means to frontload experiences to support clients in developing awareness of how they have acted in the world and creating the change they wish to see in their own lives.Room: Salon 2Intermediate (AT)

117 • Why And How Of Story: Moving People To ActionJani Jackson, John LoseyWhether leading, teaching, facilitating, or speaking – stories help your audience connect with you and your message. Mark Twain once said “The difference between the almost-right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.” It’s the same with stories. The difference between using the right story at the right time and the almost-right story is the difference between impactful and forgettable. Learn the power of the right story, create and share a story, and plan how to use it to make a powerful impact at a future event.Room: Salon 4Open to All (OTD, G)

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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

CONFERENCE WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

The opinions expressed at this conference by speakers and workshop speakers are theirs and do not imply agreement by AEE. AEE encourages varying opinions in the spirit of discussion and dialogue. The workshops presented at this conference were reviewed by AEE appointed reviewers and accepted by the AEE Workshop Committee.

Workshop KeyTo assist you in identifying the most pertinent workshop please reference the key below.

AD: Administration AT: Adventure Therapy OAE: Outdoor and Adventure Education OTD: Organizational Training and Development K-12: K-12 SchoolsHE: Higher Education G: General Audience

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43 • The Experiential Creative Generalist: The Eloquence of ChangeKim Neal Wasserburger, Kim OlsonIn the age of instantly accessible information and communication the importance of sincere and genuine experience transcends time and technology and becomes the marrow of change. The eloquence of change can be a subtle recognition of perspective in a shared experience. Choosing from available tools from the canyon to the clouds (adventure programming, expressive arts, sensory exploration) for the intervention, and to mysteriously but intentionally move to transference of the change, is an art and a learned skill. Kim and Kimmer bring 42 years of experience and will educate, navigate, allow for you to investigate, practice, laugh, reflect and experience.Room: Salon Kafka/LamartineOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

137 • The Intersection of Resilience and Trauma Interventions: Using Neuroscience to Maintain StabilityDiane Ryan, Katie Klein This workshop will help participants identify ways to use resilience training to maintain stability while processing trauma in the therapeutic environment. This seminar is optimal for those familiar with trauma-informed care.Room: Salon 8Intermediate (AT)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 90-MIN WORKSHOPS1:15 – 2:45PM

119 • How to Navigate Our Triggers: Strategies for Dealing with Being Triggered as a FacilitatorMeg Bolger Being triggered as a facilitator is a tricky thing to navigate. Something has happened that completely derailed your ability to be present with your group. What can you do in the moment, before hand, or after you’re triggered to mitigate any damage done? In this workshop participants will work through the Triggering Events Traffic Circle model to break down what happens when they are triggered and how to navigate back to being fully present again. Additional strategies to help triggered participants will also be discussed.Room: Salon JoyceOpen to All (G)

112 • Asphalt Stepping Stones to Wilder Places: Place Based Learning on Outward Bound Canada’s Urban ExpeditionsMarika Chandler, Rob WallisOutward Bound Canada has been taking youth on expeditions down our cities’ ravines, waterways, and trails for 6 years. Today we will take you with us! This workshop will explore how and why, in an ever growing urban world, it is necessary to engage youth on urban expeditions. By operating in urban centres we are able to address many barriers students face to outdoor education including: financial, emotional, medical, cultural and more. We will share our development of urban expeditionary curriculum, campsite partnerships, and the quirks of urban expeditions while exploring your own city maps and Montreal green spaces.Room: Suite 716Open to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

86 • Presenting like a Rock Star: Exciting Presentation Techniques for Engaging Your AudienceJeannette Deloya, Carla Hacker, Debra PolsterPresenting Like a Rock Star is a workshop designed to support all those who wants to develop their skills in creating exciting and effective presentations; educators, as well as leaders in any field who regularly present to others.This will be a highly interactive and engaging workshop.Room: Salon JarryOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, S, G)

147 • International Experiential Education RoundtableJuan Antonio “Tony” Dixon, Misty BlakesleyWe invite experiential education and therapeutic adventure/adventure therapy practitioners from around the world to network in this workshop. Participants will share what is happening in their countries and communities and will be encouraged to share their perspectives, approaches, and modalities. This workshop is open to all backgrounds, cultures, and people. We will also have a short presentation of the 8th International Adventure Therapy Conference that will be held in Australia in 2018.Room: Salon Drummond EastOpen to All (AD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

FRENCH-LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS

Friday, November 10 8:00 – 9:30amLe Développement d’un Leadership Authentique et Humaniste par la Nature et l’AventureAlain Héroux (workshop description on page 23)

Friday, November 10 9:45 – 11:15amL’utilisation de la Perception du Risque à des Fins Développementales chez les Jeunes EnfantsSébastien Rojo, Dave Desrosiers, Michèle Leboeuf (workshop description on page. 25)

Saturday, November 11 8:30 – 10:00amModèle Intégrateur pour L’élaboration, L’implantation et l’évaluation de programmes d’intervention par la nature et l’aventureChristian Mercure (workshop description on page. 28)

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 90-MIN WORKSHOPS3:00 – 4:30PM

36 • Mapping your Career in EE and Using ePortfolio to Help you Get Your Dream JobChristian BissonAre you still seeking a dream job in EE? If so, this workshop can help you. First, let’s clarify your professional value and let’s help you find which professional sector of EE is best for you. Then, let’s throw away your old résumé and let’s use a 21th century job application tool, the ePortfolio. This presentation will help attendees understand the benefits of using ePortfolio and help them start their own professional EE Portfolio. Bring your lap-top and let’s work toward that EE dream job.Room: Suite 716Intermediate (AD, OTD, OE, HE, S)

173 • Adventure Therapy: Latest Research Developments and How These Will Affect the FieldMichael Gass, Anita Tucker, Lee Gillis, Christine Norton, Keith RussellWhat are the latest developments in the research of adventure therapy and how will this affect the future of the field? Is it working and for how long? What are the various elements in adventure therapy and how are they affecting the outcomes for a variety of clients? What is the real level of safety in adventure therapy? Is it worth the money? The answer to these questions and more will be the focus of this workshop, demonstrating real answers to critical questions for the continuation of the vitality of the field.Room: Salon Drummond CenterOpen to All (AD, OE, AT)

96 • Experiential Activities for Enhancing Emotional IntelligenceScott GoldsmithEmotional intelligence represents our ability to manage our emotions and behaviors and navigate relationships. These skills are the crux of academic, social and vocational success for all of us but often go unaddressed in children and teens, resulting in behavioral and academic struggles. Using an experiential-immersion approach, participants will gain an understanding of emotional intelligence and how to integrate it into their work with children and teens. Through their own participation and guided reflection, participants will learn how to promote engagement from even the most difficult to reach students and set the stage for a successful group experience.Room: Salon 3Open to All (K-12, AT)

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111 • Beyond Sensitization Activities: Using Experiential Activities to Teach People about Disability and Neuro-diversityJay GoddardIn this workshop participants are invited to engage in activities that explore multiple dimensions of effective support and ally-ship for people with disabilities. Typically training programs for staff or professionals have relied on sensitization activities as the beginning step in developing an awareness of disability and neurodiversity. This workshop moves beyond the disempowering cliché of “putting on a blindfold” and explores specific experiential activities that help non-disabled and neuro-typical people examine their own values and beliefs about inclusion and support for people with disabilities. This workshop will be of interest to any one tasked with inclusive staff training or education.Room: Salon Drummond CenterOpen to All (K-12, HE, G)

24 • Activity Tinkering: The How and Why of Modifying Simple Games to Meet Specific GoalsLisa HuntMost facilitators love adding to their bag of tricks-learning a simple ice breaker that will delight the group, or picking up an engaging new prop. We often spend less time exploring how to make maximum use of the activities we do know. When we change the framing, the rules, the physical set up or even the equipment used for any simple group activity, the outcome can change dramatically. This workshop will equip participants to tinker with the variables of a handful activities in order to reveal how truly malleable they are.Room: Salon Drummond WestOpen to All (G)

150 • Adventures in AssessmentNick Magle-HaberekAssessing who has shown up to our programs is an important skill. Often associated with intuition and “gut-level” hunches, assessment can be both more systemized and more thorough. This workshop will review several strategies and models for assessing our participants. Finally, we will put our new strategies to the test during a few new and novel activities. Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss a variety of challenges that can come along with assessment.Room: Salon 3Intermediate (AT)

Symposium for Experiential Education Research (SEER) Session 1Presentations include: Gender Oppression and Liberation Experienced by Women Field Guides in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare, and The Lived Experience of Mental Health Providers in Adventure Therapy Programs. See complete SEER schedule on page 16-17 for details.

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63 • Overcoming Separation and Prejudice to Build Community Across DifferencesLara Mendel, Brian LoweLearn “game-tivities” and tools that inspire thought and action concerning diversity and community among all ages. Separation and the resulting prejudice, discrimination, and violence have launched to the forefront of our national conversation. As educators, we have an opportunity, perhaps even a responsibility, to address these issues and work toward a more inclusive, just, peaceful future. We will take an experiential education approach to do doing just that. We will play, challenge ourselves, move past the ‘peace blockers” (blame, guilt, and defensiveness), and use the “Three Keys to Peace” (listening, empathy, and assertiveness) to work toward a better future.Room: Salon Drummond EastOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

164 • Radical Flexibility: The Key to Running Expeditions with Unique PopulationsDanny PeledExpedition leaders love systems. However, we find that radical flexibility is key when working with unique populations. At Boreal River, we run expeditions on Quebec’s Magpie River with a diverse range of groups—from Innu youth to people living with cancer to political leaders. We put a lot of energy into deciding how to adapt to participants’ needs and traditions. During this interactive session, we will use case studies from our expeditions and draw on your experiences. You’ll learn about how other organizations enable flexibility while maintaining quality. You’ll come away with tools and ideas for your own programs.Room: Salon JoyceOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

31 • Sound Off!: Engaging Participants through Music, Rhythm, and ToneRohan Shahani, John Henri RorabeckMusic is a universal language! Whether your participants are of different racial or ethnic backgrounds, learning styles, or personalities, music is an instructional medium that can help engage their feelings and emotions. Sound is a medium that all people can interact with - even those with different hearing abilities. In this workshop we will explore how sound, song, tone, and rhythm can be integrated into your presentations, and how it engages your participant’s thoughts, emotions, actions, and feelings.Room: Salon JarryOpen to All (OE, K-12, HE, AT)

89 • Meaningful Reflection Brings Learning to LifeJennifer StanchfieldTake advantage of teachable moments and bring learning to life with engaging reflection techniques. Enliven the traditional sharing circle with active, brain-based strategies to increase participant buy-in and ownership. Use multiple methods including movement, metaphor, reflective games, art, and interactive dialogue to increase relevancy, depth of understanding, and connection to real life and future learning. Create lasting lessons learners will carry forward. Join in this interactive session and take away inspiration, new perspectives, and practical tools for weaving meaningful reflection and dialogue throughout your program.Room: Salon Drummond WestOpen to All (OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S)

Symposium for Experiential Education Research (SEER) Session 2Presentations include: Outdoor Recreation for “Every body”? An Examination of Constraints According to Outdoor Professionals for Individuals who are Significantly Overweight; Effect of an Outdoor Developmental Adventure Program on the Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescents Journeying with Cancer; Outdoor Activity Involvement in Adolescence as a Predictor of Postsecondary Educational Status Among Rural Youth: Results from a Longitudinal Study; and Outdoor Adventure Education and Diverse Citizenship: Diversifying Outdoor Orientation Programs. See complete SEER schedule on page 16-17 for details.

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6-HR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTENSIVES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 8:00 – 11:15AM; 2:15 – 5:30PM153 • Trauma-Informed Adventure Therapy with Current and Former Foster Care YouthChristine Lynne Norton, Bobbie Beale, Sky Gray, Lynette Spencer, Rachel Pruess, Aaron Wiebe, Natalia Rakar Szabo, Chihmou Hsieh, Amy Horn, Anita Pryor, Bri Condon

This PDI is sponsored by the Foster Care Adventure Therapy Network, a network of TAPG practitioners who are implementing adventure therapy in foster care settings around the country, and even in international settings. The workshop will include panel presentations, case studies, policy briefs, and interactive work groups to further implement and evaluate AT with foster care youth around the world.Room: Salon Kafka/LamartineOpen to All (AT)

74 • Do No Harm: Our Journey Towards Inclusive Facilitation and Program PracticesFrannie Varker, Evan Small

As facilitators and educators, we often pride ourselves on our ability to recognize and work with difference. But how effective are we really? This workshop will challenge us to examine our own biases, beliefs, and actions about the world around us. We will delve into topics like social justice, intercultural competence, and inclusion/exclusion in order to provide a shared language and a shared platform for action. Drawing on concepts from Sustained Dialogues, Deliberative Dialogues, and Difficult Conversations, participants will leave with an understanding of how to implement skills to become a more aware and inclusive facilitator.Room: Salon HemonAdvanced (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S)

3-HR WORKSHOPSFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 8:00 – 11:15AM

66 • The Human-Nature Connection, Healing Ourselves by Appreciating NatureMisty BlakesleyIn this fun, experiential workshop, we will explore ways to encourage the awareness and release of trauma held in the mind, body and spirit. We will notice and appreciate Nature, patterns in Nature, patterns in ourselves and ourselves as part of Nature. By reinforcing our positive connections within ourselves and to those around us, we will be able to strengthen our individual and community resiliency. We will also explore indigenous perspectives of healing and community. This workshop is open to all ability levels. Gentle movement and interactive activities are included. Bring clothing to spend a short amount of time outside.Room: Salon MussetOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

49 • Creating Trans(gender) Inclusive Environments in the Outdoors, the Workplace, and BeyondMeg Bolger, Perry CohenMany of us are working with and wanting to support transgender individuals than ever before, but we don’t know where to start. As youth in our communities come out as trans and nonbinary it is essential to have foundational knowledge about the trans community, know how to be an ally, and how to create trans-inclusive environments. In this workshop we will work with participants to demystify vocabulary, better understand pronouns and gendered language, work through common scenarios around gender and the outdoors, and help participants assess how their work places can continue to become more trans-inclusive. No prior knowledge necessary.Room: Salon JoyceBeginner (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

41 • Intersectionality, Inside and OutChey DavisIntersectionality, a concept recently cemented by Dr. Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, describes the deeply complex layering of identities in societal frameworks and how those identities create lived experience, specifically when they come into conflict with expectations and systems that are functionally unaware of difference. The understanding of intersectionality and identity, can make a program director, professor, teacher, trainer and psychologist invaluable to the field and their constituents. This workshop will set the foundation for understanding Intersectionality, allow space and support for creating an intersectional mindset, and allow space for creating materials for bringing intersectionality home to your organizations, schools, and corporations.Room: Salon 5Advanced (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT)

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93 • Gamesmithing: Don’t Panic! It’s Organic!Justin McGlamery, Chris OrtizCome PLAY at this entirely co-created and experiential workshop where we will explore emergent leadership, group dynamics, creativity, divergent thinking, improvisation and innovation. Amidst the activity and discovery, we will pause to deconstruct the elements of a great game. We will even attempt to smith our own creations based on these principles. Bring your best self, your willingness to play, trust, and learn with and from others and remember: Don’t Panic, it’s Organic Gamesmithing.Room: Salon Drummond WestOpen to All (OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

77 • Reaching your Play-State: An Examination of How Optimal Play has the Power to TransformNicolas Salibrici, Brian Gibbs-GriffithThroughout childhood, our play-time is very important to us. I know this because as I watch my seven year old son play, he always reminds me of how serious this time is. Whenever it is time to go he always says, “but Daddy, I’m not done playing yet.” The importance of this play-time is in fact life-altering. As adventure practitioners, we use this “play-state” to develop the very life-skills that inform our adult world of responsibility, relationships and decision-making. This workshop will demonstrate the nature and freedom of “play-state” and highlight how that “play-state” informs our adult world.Room: Suite 716Open to All (OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

174 • Using Experiential Methods to Enhance Social and Emotional LearningScott VanderWey, Michael WallaceUsing Experiential Methods to Enhance Social and Emotional Learning is a Washington State University Extension training program that brings the research and best practices of the experiential learning model into the classroom. Targeting Educators who want to acquire the knowledge and skill needed to transform their classrooms into dynamic, high achieving learning communities. This program establishes a scaffolding to support educators, resulting in increased student performance and decreased disruptive behaviors. Participants have the opportunity to experience best practices, learn the latest research, and the theory behind it. Join us for a jam-packed session that is sure to re-ignite your passionRoom: Salon 4Open to All (G)

90-MIN WORKSHOPSFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 8:00 – 9:30AM

79 • Risk Assessment & Safety Management (RASM): A Comprehensive Risk Management Approach for Any OrganizationRick CurtisThe Risk Assessment & Safety Management Model (RASM) is used by outdoor programs around the world and provides a comprehensive approach for identifying the causes of accidents, assessing changing risk levels, and managing risk by reducing negative hazard factors and introducing positive safety factors. You’ll leave with a model that you can use to train your staff through hands-on analysis of accident scenarios and provide them with concrete tools for assessing risk and reducing it and provide your clients with an innovative curriculum that has broad educational applications.Room: Salon Drummond CenterOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

69 • Le Développement d’un Leadership Authentique et Humaniste par la Nature et l’AventureAlain Héroux Les gestionnaires d’aujourd’hui ont souvent l’impression d’être aux commandes d’un bateau évoluant constamment en pleine tempête. Ces capitaines se sentent isolés au milieu de l’océan, vivant une perte de sens qui peut les conduire à souhaiter quitter le navire. Dans le cadre d’une recherche doctorale, nous avons accompagné pendant une année un groupe de gestionnaires à travers une démarche expérientielle d’envergure afin de les reconnecter avec leur savoir-être humaniste et leur authenticité. Le point culminant de cette aventure fut une expédition d’une semaine en kayak de mer sur le Saguenay. Cet atelier est une invitation à découvrir leur itinéraire.Room: Salon 2Intermediate (OTD, OE)

152 • Facilitating Performance: Leveraging Mental Skills to Enhance the Performance of Experiential Educators.AJ LaLonde, Angela Veatch, Katy Tran Turner, Kelly LaLonde, Marcus Washington, Brian Miles, Brad MarshallAs educators, facilitators, and coaches our main priority is to create an optimal environment for effective learning. We must keep in mind that facilitating is a performance moment and we can employ specific, deliberate strategies to ensure we are performing optimally - especially under pressure or stress. Sport and Performance Psychology consultants have been teaching mental skills to enhance performances under pressure for over 40 years. This workshop will introduce select mental skills and provide examples of how these skills can be applied to experiential education practitioners to enhance their readiness to perform.Room: Salon 8Open to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

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142 • History Repeating Itself? Exploring Hahn’s Six Declines of Modern Youth in Contemporary SocietyT. Grant LewisKurt Hahn is considered to be a significant contributor to the foundations of experiential and outdoor education. Due to the dilemmas that inflicted the youth of his time, Hahn believed in the need for authentic challenges for the development of character. The lasting impact of Hahn’s beliefs can be explored within the context of contemporary society. In this workshop, participants will review Hahn’s work, including how the Declines Hahn identified are still relevant today. Through discussion and co-creation, participants will determine ways to prevent and reduce current Declines, while considering how to apply ‘Antidotes’ to their programs and professional practice.Room: Salon JarryOpen to All (OE, K-12, HE, S)

57 • Experiential Learning in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceAndrew PotterBecome a skilled advocate for experiential education in an era of increasingly technological confusion! Recent studies have demonstrated the important link between instructional methodology, student engagement and their acquisition of 21st Century skills. Experiential learning and related teaching strategies play a vital role in forming learning environments that empower students and deliver on both cognitive and affective skill development. Educators need to be equipped with both simple and complex teaching tools to be successful in the preparation of students for the challenges of the 21st Century.Room: Salon Drummond EastOpen to All (AD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, G)

163 • Managing Up - Cultivating Relationships for OutcomesKris SalisburyNo matter what your position in an organization or agency, managing the relationship with the people or agencies “above” you, can make or break your ability to be successful. Whether you are the Executive Director working with a board or foundation, a newly hired field staff looking to make a good impression or in middle management and wanting to launch a new program, a well-cultivated relationship is critical to success. Join us as we explore strategies for “Managing Up.”Room: Salon 3Open to All (AD, S, G)

Symposium for Experiential Education Research (SEER) Session 3Presentations include: Place, Self, and the Study Abroad Experience: A Bolivian Adventure; Socioecological Education: Faculty Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practice in Post-Secondary Outdoor Education; Taking Off the Harness: Transference of Experiential Education to the Classroom; and Enriching Brave Space: Interdisciplinary Theory for an Emerging Justice Education Framework. See complete SEER schedule on page 16-17 for details.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 90-MIN WORKSHOPS9:45 – 11:15AM

110 • Dealing with Challenging Volunteers or StaffBrian Brandt, Eric Larsen, Jana Ferris, Dan Teuteberg, Lauren Scanga, Missy Cummings, Natalie KinionConflict can have serious negative impacts on participants and programs. The WSU step-by-step process helps diagnose the severity of disruptive volunteer behavior and includes training guides, template letters and scripts for staff to use when working with volunteers or staff through a conflict situation (using Experiential Education approaches). The four steps in the process and the supporting experiential tools will be shared. Also, we will cover how to create consistency and bringing your organization’s mission and vision into the conflict resolution process. Leave with ways to utilize the system and experiential approaches, to improve managing volunteers, students, or staff conflicts.Room: Salon 8Advanced (AD, OTD)

83 • Four Essential Behaviors for Effective Group LeadershipNate FolanEver wonder what makes group leaders and facilitators effective? In this practical, activity based session, Nate will share his answer to this question – four practical behaviors of group leadership that inspire engaging, inclusive, and effective learning experiences for a variety of groups in any setting. Really, the consistent practice of each behavior is what matters. Let’s explore and practice each behavior through interactive activities and reflect on the impact when applied. Identify your areas of strength and growth, then choose one behavior to practice when leading your groups. Walk away inspired with a deliberate practice for effective group leadership.Room: Salon Drummond EastOpen to All (OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

170 • Introduction to Intercultural CommunicationLeila MataAs part of this workshop participants will learn about Intercultural communication styles; practice strategies for adaptation to different communication styles, and identify aspects of non-verbal communication that affect interactions between those of differing cultures -- even within the same country. This workshop will show how to achieve understanding through experience: activities will allow participants the opportunity to interpret theory taught during the more formal presentation through interaction with workshop peers. There will be open discussion about how to apply ideas and methods to one’s professional practice.Room: Salon 3Open to All (K-12, G)

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172 • AEE Accreditation Roundtable Steve PaceAccreditation reviewers, members of accredited programs, and anyone with ties to the AEE Accreditation Program are welcome to join in on this discussion. We will be sharing all the latest news and updates, as well as brainstorming ideas for the future. A significant part of this workshop will focus on the improvements made to the accreditation standards in the newest editions of the accreditation standards manuals.Room: Salon Drummond CenterOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

126 • Acing High Stake Examinations through Summit ExpeditionsVishnu Karthik High-school students from around the world face high-stakes standardised examinations and their performance in these examinations determines their admissions into universities/colleges. Student are under tremendous pressure to perform well in these exams and at times the credibility of a school depends upon the outcome of these high-stake tests. This workshop explores the journey of an experiential learning school in India that consistently ranks in among the top 10 in the country using the 3R approach and summit expeditions. It attempts to provide a template for experiential learning schools to pursue authentic/deeper learning and yet perform well in high stake testing.Room: Salon JarryIntermediate (K-12)

72 • L’utilisation de la Perception du Risque à des Fins Développementales chez les Jeunes EnfantsSébastien Rojo, Dave Desrosiers, Michèle LeboeufEn contexte de petite enfance, les approches expérientielles en lien avec l’utilisation du risque en contexte de jeu libre et actif, et ce en nature sont fortement recommandées par les différents ministères. On constate que les milieux de pratiques sont frileux à l’utiliser en l’associant souvent à la notion de danger. Pour penser la prise de risque comme effet de levier développemental, il faut s’inscrire dans une posture d’intervention singulière et ouverte à l’incertitude. À travers l’approche psychoéducative, nous vous invitons à croiser nos regards sur la question du risque auprès d’une clientèle que l’on considère incapable de le gérer.Room: Salon 2Open to All (OE, K-12, S, G)

Symposium for Experiential Education Research (SEER) Session 4Presentations include: A Return to Character Education: Grit and Resilience in Outward Bound Students; Assessing the Reliability of Bioelectrical Impedance and Skinfold Calipers for Measuring Body Composition in NOLS Backcountry Hikers; and Brainwave Analysis of Experiential Learning in Action. See complete SEER schedule on page 16-17 for details.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 90-MIN WORKSHOPS2:15 – 3:45PM

11 • Point B: Clarifying the Intent of Our WorkTony AlvarezIn 1998, Roselle Kurland and Robert Salmon wrote about social workers’ misunderstanding of purpose in group work. They suggest that we get caught up in what we do and not on why we do what we do. The same is true in adventure and experiential work. We are trained in how to use our tools (nature, ropes, canoes, paddles, rocks) yet are often at a loss when describing why we chose to paddle on any given day. In this workshop, we will explore outcomes and distinguish between ours and theirs. Come join in on this critical conversation!Room: Salon Drummond WestIntermediate (OE, K-12, AT)

106 • Reframing Policy Trainings into Powerful Building Blocks of Your Mission and Vision!Brian Brandt, Alison White, Lauren Hrncirik, Michael WallacePolicy trainings are likely not a favorite activity of either staff, volunteers, or board members. Program policies are often lengthy and dry, and can seem arbitrary if shared without proper context and connection. Learn how to use qualitative coding methods to connect your mission and vision to your policies, then learn ways to experientially communicate the connection between program policy and your mission. Learn how to frame following policies as being key to achieving your mission and vision. Join others in co-creating more experiential activities that connect policies to mission and vision, resulting in more buy in to your policies.Room: Suite 716Advanced (AD, OTD)

129 • Developing a Montreal Sense of PlaceJulie CarlsonThis partially-outdoors workshop will introduce principles of place-based learning by directly engaging you in developing your own sense-of-place in Montreal. This session will include sense-of-place experiences and reflection strategies that you will be able to, in turn, lead and facilitate for other learners/clients of any age. Please come prepared to be outdoors and traveling for approximately half of the time allotted for this session.Room: Salon 8Beginner (OE, K-12, HE, S, G)

143 • Effective Debriefing Tools & TechniquesMichelle CummingsAre you good at the games but not so good at the debrief? Do you ask questions and get blank stares from your participants? This workshop will focus on 10 effective debriefing tools and techniques that are simple and easy to use. We will break each technique down and demonstrate different games or activities teaching the concept. These techniques for processing are sure to liven up your debriefing circles.Room: Salon 6/7Open to All (G)

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154 • Adventure and Service: Engaging with Complexity through Authentic Wilderness ExperiencesArvin DangThis workshop explores a framework to identify service opportunities in outdoor and adventure contexts, where value is created when participants engage with complex systems, be they cultural or ecological. Such engagements leverage strong narratives and authenticity, and reveal deep social justice insights, that together result in transformative learning experiences. Through this workshop participants can expect to develop an understanding of the capacities required to identify, create, and manage such programs. Emphasis is given to ethical considerations such as ‘when to engage, and when to serve?’ and issues such as cross-cultural understanding, service learning in context, and sport for development.Room: Salon 5Intermediate (AD, OTD, OE, S)

141 • What’s Your Story? Examining the Impact of Narratives on Adolescents and Families in TherapySidney Dang, Amanda MosseIn long-term treatment, the experiences of individuals often get overlooked by diagnoses and symptoms. Our narratives can be influenced by seemingly invisible factors that can have profound effects on development, which in turn impact our relationships (i.e., family, peer, therapist, self). Clients can often get stuck in their struggle having difficulties noticing their growth through traditional methods. Treatment teams can also have a parallel process, which creates frustration and contribute to the plateau of growth. This interactive presentation can help clinicians think out of the box, note their own cultural biases, and acknowledge our own strengths and areas of growth.Room: Salon Drummond CenterOpen to All (OTD, OE, K-12, AT)

30 • Partnering for Inclusion: Using Asset-Based Community Partnership to Reach All StudentsBix FirerThis workshop will illustrate examples of highly successful community partnerships Big City Mountaineers has developed to bring under-resourced students into outdoor experiential learning. Following this detailed look at our partnership model, I will introduce an asset-mapping activity that will allow attendees to develop a plan for developing more inclusive programs that engage their community’s assets. While asset mapping is used a great deal in community organizing, service learning and development, it’s application in outdoor experiential programs can open doors to new participants. The workshop attendees will then be provided with tools to apply at their programs.Room: Salon Drummond EastOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE)

166 • Nurturing the Spirit in Our Staff and Participants: Spirituality and Experiential EducationAndrew J. Bobilya, Brad Daniel, Glenn MiddletonDo you consider how to give attention to the spiritual dimension of the human life in your programs? Join us for an engaging discussion on spirituality and experiential education. Learn from others and share ideas about if and how we can encourage spiritual development in the lives of our staff and participants. The workshop facilitators hope to encourage an open dialogue where one faith orientation or spiritual practice is not elevated above another in our discussion.Room: Salon JarryOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

95 • A 3rd Colloquium on Outdoor, Adventure and Experiential Education at Canadian Universities and CollegesPat Maher, Bob HendersonHave you ever wondered how many outdoor, adventure and experiential education programs are out there in Canadian Universities and Colleges? If the answer is yes, then please attend this session. We will be sharing information from as many programs as possible, examining where there may be some strengths and weaknesses in the ‘system’, but also looking at how we can better cooperate and grow in the future. How does one program flow into another (CEGEP to college to university), where are there opportunities to share resources, what are some best practices?Room: Salon 2Open to All (HE)

128 • Going Off The Grid: An Examination of The Failings of Outdoor EducationBill Mitchell, Ryan HowardHumanity is currently watching the effects of climate related changes become the most pressing issue of our time. At the core of outdoor education is the assertion that the interdependent relationship between humans and nature is critical. As outdoor educators we are emboldened to work towards fostering a recognition of the problem and equipping students with the tools to make meaningful change towards addressing the issues related to climate change. This workshop asks critical questions about how we continue to miss an important opportunity to equip our students with tools to enact large scale change.Room: Salon 3Advanced (AD, OE, HE, S)

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14 • Using Challenge and Group Initiatives With Young LearnersVicky PrusinskiThis active, hands-on workshop demonstrates how challenge and group initiatives designed for older participants have been modified and implemented for an early childhood education program (ages 3 years old thru 4th grade). Participants will have the opportunity to play and experience more than twenty ideas/games/activities that they can take with them and immediately use in the classroom on Monday- with little to no cost and prep!Room: Salon JoyceOpen to All (OE, K-12, S, G)

19 • Enhancing Motivation and Transforming Lives: Blending Experiential Education and Motivational InterviewingRobert Valle, Wendy StackThe workshop will model blending EE and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to work with vulnerable individuals as utilized by members of the Center for College and Success of NEIU. MI approach/core skills will be explained interactively to help facilitators have conversations that guide individuals to make decisions that support positive outcomes. “Self-Determination Theory” will be briefly examined and emerging ideas from neuroscience, along with EE and by blending these approaches we work to resolve ambivalence, including with those who are stuck due to prior adverse experiences (trauma).Room: Salon 4Open to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S)

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165 • Tip of Toes Foundation: Wilderness Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults Living with CancerMario Bilodeau, Virginie GarganoThe On the Tip of the Toes Foundation has been offering wilderness therapeutic expeditions for teenagers and adults living with cancer for more than 20 years. We will present the mission, goals and objectives of the foundation, explain how the program was created and developed, how to implement such a program, and how to create strong bonds with the health and hospital community. Finally the philosophy, approach and content of the wilderness therapy expeditions will be presented together with the intervention plan, including specific objectives and how to meet them.Room: Salon6/7Open to All (OTD, AT, G)

73 • Crazy For Carver; An Overview of the Carver Governance ModelBrian Croft Interested in the big picture of an organization but stuck in the day to day work of your organization? Come learn about the Carver Governance Model, the same Governance model used by AEE’s Board of Directors. The Carver Governance Model empowers the operational side of any organization all while freeing up the Board for the big picture work. This presentation will be great for anyone interested in future board work in and outside of AEE. This workshop will teach you the basics of the model, including the breakdown of Means, Ends, Operations, Policies, and Procedures.Room: Salon 8Open to All (AD, OTD, G)

144 • Facilitated Growth: Experiential Activities for Wellness and RecoveryMichelle Cummings, Marc PimslerThis workshop will feature 10 experiential activities for addictions recovery and wellness. Experiential activities provide an opportunity to intentionally surface behaviors or scenarios that happen in the real world in a more controlled environment. Walking participants through what happened, why it is important, and how it impacts the future is an important part of the recovery process. We invite you to explore the intentional use of experiential activities in your recovery and wellness practice.Room: Salon Drummond EastOpen to All (AT)

167 • 21st Century Program Participants: Can We Achieve the Same Outcomes with Different Levels of Risk?Brad Daniel, Andrew BobilyaOutdoor adventure programs have traditionally embraced challenge and stress as tools for personal growth. To what extent are these concepts useful with a new generation of participants? This workshop will explore whether outdoor programs can encourage personal growth in the mental, physical, emotional, social, and/or spiritual dimensions using different levels of challenge. We will review recent research and discuss several key questions: Is there an optimal amount of stress that encourages personal growth? How does this generation respond to programs that embrace challenge and stress as tools for growth? How can programs be modified to serve the current generation?Room: Salon JarryOpen to All (AD, OE, HE, S, G)

15 • Introduction to Social and Emotional Learning in ActionTara FlippoThis workshop will provide the context for social and emotional learning in schools, the important work from CASEL- the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning- the nation’s leading organization providing evidence based competencies and outcomes. Additionally, I will highlight The Browne Center’s new book- Social and Emotional Learning in Action: Experiential Activities to Positively Impact School Climate, an easy to use sourcebook which addresses the five competencies promoted by CASEL.Room: Salon 5Open to All (K-12)

34 • Modèle Intégrateur pour L’élaboration, L’implantation et l’évaluation de programmes d’intervention par la nature et l’aventureChristian MercureAu Québec, la plupart des programmes d’intervention par la nature et l’aventure (INA) découlent d’initiatives d’individus ou encore de petits organismes. Dans un tel contexte, le développement et la mise en place de programmes d’INA incombent généralement à un petit groupe de personnes. Ces individus doivent alors être en mesure de maitriser et de concilier tous les différents aspects associés à la conduite de tels projets. Dans le cadre de cet atelier, nous proposons d’explorer un modèle intégrateur qui permet de systématiser, de synchroniser et de schématiser l’ensemble des démarches associées à l’élaboration, l’implantation et l’évaluation de programmes d’INA.Room: Salon 2Intermediate (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S)

171 • Accreditation: Organizational Development and International RecognitionSteve PaceWould you like to know more about AEE’s accreditation program? Would your organization benefit from going through a developmental process for improvement, followed by international recognition by the first recognized accreditation process focusing on experiential adventure programming? AEE accredits a wide variety of adventure programs and organizations, including wilderness adventure programs, outdoor behavioral healthcare programs, colleges and university outdoor programs, K-12 school programs, youth programs, and corporate teambuilding and training programs. If you would like to learn more about this process or if you are interested in serving as a reviewer for the program then this workshop is for you.Room: Salon Drummond CenterOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

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81 • Choice + Action= Change: The Combined use of Reality and Adventure TherapyAnnette Pelletier, Kayla BogsThere is often a misconception about reality therapy, a behavior-focused therapy grounded in Choice Theory, and the populations with whom it is most effectively implemented. This workshop will provide education around the basics of reality therapy and how to marry reality therapy with adventure therapy. In fact, the two are quite complimentary to one another. Having the framework of reality therapy to rely on can help guide one through the process of adventure therapy interventions and/or programming. Examples of how reality therapy is used in conjunction with adventure therapy will be discussed and experienced during this workshop.Room: Salon HemonBeginner (AT, S)

71 • How, When to, and Who Might Use the Adventure Therapy Experience Scale (ATES)Keith Russell, Lee Gillis Despite an increase in research and evaluation in recent years examining the relative effectiveness of adventure therapy for youth and young adults, little is known about the AT process. This workshop explores the development and psychometric properties of the Adventure Therapy Experience Scale (ATES) for its potential use in identifying unique factors that are theoretically reasoned to be inherent in an AT experience. The goal is to highlight how ATES can be used as an instrument to assess how these factors effectuate outcome, especially when used in conjunction with the routine outcome monitoring of treatment progress.Room: Salon 3Intermediate (AT)

45 • Working with White Participants in Outdoor Experiential EducationKaren Warren, Amelia TarrenIn spite of committed attempts to diversify programs in outdoor experiential education, many still serve a majority white population. This workshop will examine how anti-racism work with white participants is possible. We will experientially delve into the concepts of privilege, brave space, and white identity development. The intersection with other oppressions and how identity affects facilitation will be examined though dialogic information sharing, discussion, and shared problem solving.Room: Salon Drummond WestOpen to All (OE, K-12, HE, S, G)

155 • Experiential Bridging Between Nations, Cultures and Languages Between Latin America & CanadaJeff Willis, Monique Willis, Santiago RamosLatin America is the new frontier of community and outdoor-based experiential learning especially in countries like Colombia. Come and partake in an interactive and informative workshop to understand the rapid and emerging developments in Colombia through a collective and immersive approach from Canadian perspective.. It is opportunity to learn new perspectives through a different lens while gauging future potential clients and markets. Canada has a lot to offer the world with our perspectives of environmental, social and Indigenous learning practices. Mixing with the many positive changes of Colombia, Navigo is setting a new platform for leadership, language and cultural immersive experiences.Room: Salon Kafka/LamartineBeginner (OE, K-12, HE, S)

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 3-HR WORKSHOPS1:30 – 4:45PM

3 • Resolving Trauma through Adventure: Applying a Somatic Experiencing lens to Adventure TherapySommerville Bevilaqua, Ariana DeToro-ForlenzaBy bringing the lens of Somatic Experiencing to Adventure Therapy, therapists and field staff are able to identify signs of unresolved trauma in their client population and use adventure activities, the natural world, and trusting relationships to facilitate healthy activation and settling of the nervous system. Anyone involved in adventure therapy is invited to learn about the fundamentals of Somatic Experiencing, the autonomic nervous system, and how to tailor elements of your program to clients who are struggling with an unresolved trauma response. Participants will also learn skills to increase their own body awareness and self-care in the field.Room: Salon 2Intermediate (AT, S)

92 • Storytelling, Leadership and Emotional IntelligenceEric BoggsStorytelling matters. Our stories have the impact the lives of others but also shape our own futures. Attention to the craft of storytelling emphasizes meaning making as an vital component of the experiential learning cycle which is often ignored. Participants will walk away with a newfound efficacy in storytelling as a tool for leadership development. Resources to develop their own stories, and tools to listen to the experiences of others. This workshop will be interactive and participative as you work to craft your story, refine how its told and share with your peers. No prior experience required.Room: Salon 6Open to All (OTD, OE, HE)

160 • Experiential Education: An Engine for Integrated School-wide Social Emotional LearningLarry Childs, Jen DirgaThere is a nation-wide SEL movement recognizing that student social emotional development is not only an essential responsibility of schools but a ‘missing link’ in the elusive quest for meaningful school improvement. At Project Adventure, we acknowledge that experiential educators are well-equipped to help advance SEL programs but also support and assume a key school leadership role for better alignment and integration of SEL often disconnected and scattered initiatives. Using an interactive format, this workshop will explore easily adoptable strategies to elevate your SEL programming and leadership abilities as a critical resource for any school or district.Room: Salon 7Intermediate (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, G)

29 • 9th Annual Trends and Issues in Outdoor and Adventure Programming Panel DiscussionBetsy Lindley, Tom Holman, Andrew J. BobilyaJoin us for another engaging panel discussion focused on an updated list of outdoor and adventure education trends and issues. Current field instructors, program managers and scholars will share their perspectives and those of others in the field. Participants should come ready to engage and share from their own experience as we discuss the trends/issues, brainstorm strategies to assist programs and identify best practices. Topics include: SEER research into practice, social justice competency, using outdoor education and experiential learning across disciplines, connecting students to nature, maintaining program “fun” in a risk adverse culture, and curriculum connections as an opportunity to gain educational traction. Panelists include: Mary Breunig, Evan Coulson, Brad Daniel, Brad Faircloth, Tonia Gray, Andrew Jillings, Maurie Lung, Pat Maher and Paul Shirilla.Room: Salon Drummond EastOpen to All (AD, OE, HE, S)

52 • The Construct and Dismantling of Self: How Experiential Education Impacts Social IdentityRobert Owen, Addison OdumIt is through our experiences of the world that we build, shift and shape our identity. Social pressures, family dynamics, culture, media and other forces impact choice. How does experiential education help not only our youth, but adults, call into question who they are? How does our relationship with nature, constructed challenges such as initiatives, storytelling and adventure, strip away previously embraced ideas of character, language and presentation? As facilitators, we can challenge our students often damaging concept of self and others. This workshop is a hands on exploration of identity, intended to pinpoint and debrief misconceptions, stereotypes and behavior.Room: Salon JarryOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

169 • Agents of Change: Inspiring Youth for Empathy, Creative Collaboration & Social EntrepreneurshipGeraldine Paredes Vasquez, Laurie FrankCome explore how experiential learning, design thinking and creative collaboration can inspire youth to become Agents of Change from a social entrepreneurship approach. UWC Costa Rica, an Ashoka change maker school, is pioneering in this field together with VIVA IDEA and PUNTO JES. In this workshop participants will engage in the basics of the changemaker process, learn about the program and explore different ways to implement it from a 1-day challenge, shortcourse or club model to a whole school approach. UWC Costa Rica, is part of a global education movement for Peace and Sustainability founded by Kurt Hahn in 1962.Room: Salon HemonOpen to All (K-12, S)

47 • Using Muti-Arts and Play to Create Empathetic, Inclusive Learning Spaces: An Eastern Psychology PerspectiveGitanjali SaranganThe basic capacity for storytelling, painting, dance, singing, rhythm and play is inherent in all. This workshop aims at enhancing these basic capacities so that practitioners create for themselves a vocabulary of creative arts-based techniques which they can explore through the deliberate combination and involvement of both body and mind. The intent is to create an interdisciplinary approach comprising of practical, artistic and conceptual experiential elements in existing learning protocols. The intent of this workshop is explore and experience multi-art forms in order to re-imagine, facilitate and co-create classrooms.Room: Salon 5Open to All (OTD, K-12, AT, S)

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 90-MIN WORKSHOPS1:30 – 3:00PM

17 • Creativity Boot Camp!Daniel Cape This down and dirty workshop will whip your creative muscles into shape, making you a lean mean creative machine. Using Robert Epstein’s Generativity Theory, participants will gain greater insight into creativity; including how to think and act more creatively and how to intentionally facilitate novel activities to help clients become more creative. This interactive workshop will demonstrate how experiential learning environments offer optimal settings for using and fostering creativity.Room: Salon Kafka/LamartineOpen to All (OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

59 • Diversity: Discrimination or Inclusion?Belinda ClemmensenThis session explores diversity and begins to unpack how difference can lead us to discrimination or inclusion. The cycle of discrimination will be defined from difference to stereotype, prejudice and action (discrimination or inclusion). We are poised for a culture shift towards increased inclusiveness. Open, effective communication optimizes the opportunity to discuss experiences related to inclusion and discrimination. Many people fear that they may say the wrong thing, and struggle with intent vs. impact. While there are guardrails, it isn’t about being perfect. Diversity and inclusion are best nurtured in an open environment where positive intent and dialogue are fostered.Room: Suite 716Advanced (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT)

124 • Crisis Prevention & DeescalationMIke CrowtzCrisis prevention and deescalation is tricky at the best of times yet some people seem to be better at it than others. In this workshop we’ll explore concepts, that when understood together will help us have a better understanding of why people go into crisis. this will be a fast paced look at: why people don’t calm down when we ask them to, how all behavior is communication, and we’ll explore the crisis cycle as taught by The Mandt System of behavioral crisis interaction and prevention.Room: Salon 4Beginner (AT, G)

28 • How to Manage Staff, Stay Friends and Influence Your ProgramCassie LandrumDesigned for people in “middle management” positions, such as administrators or senior staff members, we will reflect on how to strike a balance between meeting the needs of the organization and meeting the needs of your peers and staff team through exercises in empathy, organization strategies and making models and illustrations to explain your programs. Through sharing stories and strategies, we will assess our individual teaching and learning styles, and relate them to the six understood management styles.Room: Salon JoyceIntermediate (AD, OTD, OE)

131 • Team Development with Only Paper and MarkersChris OrtizDo you need your program to do more with less? Does it seem like your materials budget is non existent? This workshop will be filled with programming ideas to help engage students, physically and mentally in activity with academic purpose utilizing just paper and a marker.Room: Salon Drummond WestOpen to All (OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

100 • EcoWellness: Integrating the Natural World into Experiential Education and Therapy Settings with IntentionalityRyan ReeseThe EcoWellness model of counseling was developed to serve as a guide for clinicians in agency and school settings in assessing and integrating the human-nature connection in traditional models of therapy. The purpose of this workshop is to provide experiential educators and therapists with an overview of the EcoWellness model, how it might be applied in experiential settings, and highlight some of the ethical and multicultural considerations from a clinical perspective. Prior training and experience in outdoor education and wilderness therapy programs and familiarity with the Ethical Guidelines for the Therapeutic Adventure Professional are recommended but not required for attendance.Room: Salon Drummond CenterIntermediate (OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S)

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1190-MIN WORKSHOPS3:15 – 4:45PM

125 • Is Our Program Meeting Our Environmental Objectives?Elizabeth AndreThe mission of many outdoor programs includes some pro-environmental aim. The curriculum, however, often focuses almost exclusively on intra or interpersonal growth and physical challenge. We often assume participants leave with pro-environmental feelings just by virtue of being outdoors. Without deliberate attention to environmental outcomes in the design of our programs, however, it is possible, and perhaps likely, that students are neither connecting with nature in the way we would hope, nor developing pro-environmental attitudes. We’ll explore ideas for enhancing our existing curriculum to better achieve the environmental aspects of our mission.Room: Suite 716Intermediate (AD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

55 • Theory to Practice: Progress Monitoring for Improving OutcomesJeff CouillardHow do you know you’re doing good work? Most therapeutic programs, if they’re doing any evaluation at all, tend towards doing “pre” and “post” measures to see if their program worked. The limit of this approach is that you can’t detect change in progress, nor can you intervene differently with participants who are “off track”. Progress Monitoring is like getting vital signs throughout an experience, and using that information to improve your overall outcomes.Room: Salon 4Intermediate (AD, OTD, AT)

84 • Active Debriefs: Spark Conversations that MatterNate FolanPhysical activity benefits our body, lifts our mood, and readies our brains for learning. It also acts perhaps, as a catalyst for conversation. Let’s leverage recent brain research and play with the process of debriefing. Experience a variety of activities – all different than last year – that move meaning beyond the traditional debrief circle. Explore a new debriefing paradigm for practitioners who desire to keep participants engaged, recognize their group’s desire to play, and ultimately want to explore an active way to spark conversations that matter.Room: Salon JoyceOpen to All (OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

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94 • What if We Could Walk to Peace?John LeeHow can people living in conflict-affected communities with no positive or neutral experience of the “other,” learn to cooperate? Since 2008, Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School has been building a foundation to impact the relationships between police and youth in the city. John’s Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted a 3-year study to prove the program’s effectiveness. The theory behind this work is that experiential learning can build common language, accelerate trust and facilitate positive experiences among adversaries. This interactive session explores the theory and practice of experiential peacebuilding, as well as providing participants with a framework for developing their own experiential peacebuilding activity.Room: Salon Drummond WestOpen to All (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S, G)

157 • Building a Better Boat: Risk Management Strategies for Greater ProgramTransparencyAustin PaulsonBoats are built for a journey and designed to handle conditions for their use and to support the crew, passengers, and cargo they transport. So too are effective adventure programs. This workshop overviews the rationale and practices for building adventure programs designed to get us where we want to go. Understanding the capacity of our boat, the roles and expertise of our shipmates, and the responsibility of governing bodies on the seas will lead us to specific conversations about program management and assessment strategies. This workshop is for instructors and program managers interested in program review and risk management topics.Room: Salon MussetIntermediate (AD, OTD, OE, K-12, HE, AT, S)

82 • The Canadian Bacon of Play: Experiential Games, Activities and Initiatives Rooted in Canadian HeritageJeff WillisCanada has an abundance of experiential games, activities and initiatives rooted in our Indigenous, French and English heritage. We have our own approach and twist on education and working with children and youth. Attendees will spend time engaging in and learning the origins of play Canadian-style, from Inuit Tugging Games, DIBS, Dox-en-eye, Métis-inspired Sash Bracelet, Capture the Flag, “Je t’aime bien,” “Je t’aime beacoup,” and many more! Since Canada is unique in that we share many other cultures from across the globe, attendees will learn a variety of other cultural games that can be easily taught and played visitorsRoom: Salon Kafka/LamartineOpen to All (OE, K-12, S, G)