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SUMMARY:Breakfast - Exhibits Open
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CATEGORIES:MEALS & NETWORKING
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DTSTART:20270208T140000Z
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SUMMARY:Executive Functioning: The Foundation of Well-Being
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CATEGORIES:KEYNOTE
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DTSTART:20270208T153000Z
DTEND:20270208T161500Z
SUMMARY:Academic Coahing as a Systems Lever for Student Independence
DESCRIPTION:Clarify what academic coaching is and what it is not (how it differs from tutoring\, homework help\, counseling\, advising\, MTSS/RTI\, and specialized intervention).\n\nUnderstand the areas academic coaching can address (executive functioning\, planning\, task initiation\, organization\, study strategies\, self-monitoring\, metacognition\, self-advocacy\, and ownership) and where "teaching moments" come in before handing thinking back\n\nIdentify which student needs are best matched to academic coaching and which needs may require a different support\, intervention\, or system.\n\nConsider how academic coaching can help students translate support into daily academic behaviors and increasing independence.\n\nReflect on where academic coaching fits within a school’s broader student support structure and how it can strengthen\, rather than replace\, the work already happening.&nbsp\;\n\nBegin thinking about what structures are needed to make academic coaching more coordinated\, sustainable\, and independence-centered.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: COLLABORATIVE CARE MODELS
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T153000Z
DTEND:20270208T161500Z
SUMMARY:Beyond the Silo: Holistic Student Support Systems (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:How do schools move from isolated interventions to a coordinated system of support that helps every student thrive? This session explores a comprehensive approach to student support that pulls together faculty\, learning specialists\, counselors\, and administrators in a shared framework centered on student success. Participants will learn effective strategies for student care based on how Ravenscroft\, a PreK-12 all gender college preparatory day school located in Raleigh\, NC\, identifies student needs\, coordinates interventions\, aligns supports\, monitors progress\, and fosters collaboration across the division and campus. Through practical examples and lessons learned\, we will examine structures\, communication practices\, and decision-making processes that strengthen support for students academically\, socially\, emotionally\, and behaviorally. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas for building a more connected\, proactive\, and student-centered support system within their own schools.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: COLLABORATIVE CARE MODELS
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T153000Z
DTEND:20270208T161500Z
SUMMARY:Built to Belong
DESCRIPTION:Students thrive when they experience a genuine sense of belonging\, but belonging doesn’t happen by chance. It is intentionally designed through everyday interactions\, shared experiences\, and a school-wide commitment to meaningful relationships.\n\nIn this interactive workshop\, participants will explore how every adult in a school has the power to strengthen student well-being by creating intentional moments of connection that become the foundation of a lasting school culture. Through the lens of a practical framework developed within an independent school\, attendees will learn how proactive community-building can foster belonging\, increase student voice\, strengthen relationships\, and create opportunities for early intervention before concerns escalate.\n\nRather than focusing on another advisory curriculum or isolated wellness initiative\, this session challenges educators to rethink how school culture is intentionally built. Participants will leave with practical tools\, planning templates\, and implementation strategies that can be adapted to schools of every size and structure.\n\n\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T153000Z
DTEND:20270208T161500Z
SUMMARY:Motivational Interviewing: Conversations for Growth\, Well-Being & Change (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:Engage in a comprehensive mini course on Motivational Interviewing (MI). Learn and practice a transformative communication method that shifts resistance and reluctance to readiness for students and staff alike! Motivational Interviewing is a research-backed communication approach that fuels growth\, well-being\, and lasting change.\n\n As independent school educators committed to the whole child\, we know that meaningful support goes beyond academics. It requires strong relationships and responsive\, connected school communities. MI offers a compassionate approach to collaboration that helps educators turn everyday interactions into opportunities to build trust\, spark motivation\, and strengthen the bonds that support both academic success and student well-being. In this workshop\, educators will learn the framework of MI and practice specific skills for using MI through dynamic\, experiential sessions. MI doesn't just improve conversations\, it transforms them\, turning everyday interactions into powerful catalysts for growth\, connection\, and change.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T153000Z
DTEND:20270208T161500Z
SUMMARY:Missing Link: Emotional Regulation to Support Executive Functioning
DESCRIPTION:Executive functioning has become a central focus in schools\, yet many interventions fail to address a critical prerequisite: emotional regulation. Students cannot effectively plan\, organize\, initiate tasks\, manage impulses\, or sustain attention when their nervous systems are operating from a place of stress\, overwhelm\, or disconnection. In this interactive session\, a school counselor and learning support coordinator will explore the dynamic relationship between emotional regulation\, belonging\, and executive functioning. \n\nDrawing from neuroscience\, counseling\, and learning support practices\, participants will examine how emotional safety and connection directly influence students’ ability to access and demonstrate executive functioning skills. Through case studies\, reflection\, and practical strategies\, attendees will learn how to identify regulation barriers that are often mistaken for executive functioning deficits and how to create environments that foster readiness to learn. Participants will leave with actionable tools to strengthen student engagement\, independence\, resilience\, and academic success across diverse learning environments.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: SUPPORT TOOLS & STRATEGIES
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T153000Z
DTEND:20270208T161500Z
SUMMARY:Parent Education for Executive Functioning (Part 1)
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CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: TRANSITIONS & GROWTH
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T161500Z
DTEND:20270208T164500Z
SUMMARY:Break - Exhibits Open
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CATEGORIES:BREAK
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DTEND:20270208T173000Z
SUMMARY:Beyond the Silo: Holistic Student Support Systems (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:How do schools move from isolated interventions to a coordinated system of support that helps every student thrive? This session explores a comprehensive approach to student support that pulls together faculty\, learning specialists\, counselors\, and administrators in a shared framework centered on student success. Participants will learn effective strategies for student care based on how Ravenscroft\, a PreK-12 all gender college preparatory day school located in Raleigh\, NC\, identifies student needs\, coordinates interventions\, aligns supports\, monitors progress\, and fosters collaboration across the division and campus. Through practical examples and lessons learned\, we will examine structures\, communication practices\, and decision-making processes that strengthen support for students academically\, socially\, emotionally\, and behaviorally. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas for building a more connected\, proactive\, and student-centered support system within their own schools.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: COLLABORATIVE CARE MODELS
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SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Supporting Families Beyond Accommodations
DESCRIPTION:Explore current research on parent experiences raising children with high-incidence disabilities and examine emerging findings from a qualitative study of parents navigating support within private middle schools. Identify the challenges families experience when seeking accommodations\, collaborating with educators\, and advocating for their children in independent school settings. Discover how trust\, communication\, transparency\, and shared problem-solving influence family-school partnerships. Reflect on ways independent schools can strengthen systems of support while maintaining their unique missions and cultures. Participants will leave with practical strategies for improving collaboration with families\, increasing parent trust\, and creating more responsive educational environments for students with learning differences.
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T164500Z
DTEND:20270208T173000Z
SUMMARY:Motivational Interviewing: Conversations for Growth\, Well-Being & Change (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:Engage in a comprehensive mini course on Motivational Interviewing (MI). Learn and practice a transformative communication method that shifts resistance and reluctance to readiness for students and staff alike! Motivational Interviewing is a research-backed communication approach that fuels growth\, well-being\, and lasting change.\n\n As independent school educators committed to the whole child\, we know that meaningful support goes beyond academics. It requires strong relationships and responsive\, connected school communities. MI offers a compassionate approach to collaboration that helps educators turn everyday interactions into opportunities to build trust\, spark motivation\, and strengthen the bonds that support both academic success and student well-being. In this workshop\, educators will learn the framework of MI and practice specific skills for using MI through dynamic\, experiential sessions. MI doesn't just improve conversations\, it transforms them\, turning everyday interactions into powerful catalysts for growth\, connection\, and change.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING
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SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T164500Z
DTEND:20270208T173000Z
SUMMARY:Scroll Less\, Thrive More: A Digital Wellness Blueprint for Tweens and Teens
DESCRIPTION:Examine the growing research linking adolescent short-form video use to sleep disruption\, fear of missing out\, anxiety\, and diminished academic performance. Explore a school-based Integrative Digital Wellness Curriculum designed for middle schoolers ages 11–14\, evaluated through a rigorous pre-test/post-test research design using four validated instruments: the SVAS-MSS\, FoMO Scale\, ASHSr\, and SMDS-P. Investigate the evidence-based\, three-phase Digital Detox Protocol (Preparation\, Detoxification\, and Maintenance) as a replicable model combining behavioral\, nutritional\, and psychological strategies proven to restore adolescent well-being. Discover how dopamine recalibration through physical activity\, mindfulness\, sleep hygiene\, and authentic social connection supports lasting digital resilience. Walk away with curriculum frameworks\, assessment tools\, and implementation strategies ready for immediate use in your independent school community.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T164500Z
DTEND:20270208T173000Z
SUMMARY:Leveling Up Your Academic Support
DESCRIPTION:Explore how The Out‑of‑Door Academy’s Academic Café levels up academic support through practical\, consistent\, and student‑centered systems. This session highlights how the learning center improves outcomes for all learners by establishing routines and providing supports for stakeholders. Participants will see how we run effective small‑group support sessions\, develop a schoolwide executive functioning curriculum\, track accommodation usage\, and foster meaningful parent involvement\, with resources provided for attendees to adapt in their own schools. The session also shares approaches for supporting college transitions and equipping students and teachers with practical learning tools.&nbsp\;Attendees will leave with replicable structures\, ready‑to‑use strategies\, and a clearer vision for elevating academic support.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: SUPPORT TOOLS & STRATEGIES
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T164500Z
DTEND:20270208T173000Z
SUMMARY:Parent Education for Executive Functioning (Part 2)
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CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: TRANSITIONS & GROWTH
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URL:http://27asc.sched.com/event/f62c132b9f2c6f134aed34240ef194da
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DTSTART:20270208T173000Z
DTEND:20270208T183000Z
SUMMARY:Lunch
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CATEGORIES:MEALS & NETWORKING
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DTSTART:20270208T181500Z
DTEND:20270208T193000Z
SUMMARY:Better Together: Collaborative Support for Student Success
DESCRIPTION:Discover a successful framework for collaboration among school personnel\, parents\, and private practitioners to effectively support students with learning and speech-language needs.&nbsp\;Learn how the lower school director of learning services at Battle Ground Academy and the Franklin Special District speech-language pathologist have built a collaborative partnership that bridges institutional boundaries and creates seamless support for students and families. \n\nExplore practical strategies for sharing information across providers\, interpreting evaluation data collaboratively\, aligning intervention goals\, and monitoring student progress through a unified plan. Examine best practices for facilitating joint parent meetings that strengthen communication and ensure every professional speaks with one clear voice. Leave this session with actionable ideas and tools for building collaborative and cohesive academic support systems to increase student success.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: COLLABORATIVE CARE MODELS
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DTSTAMP:20260921T082925Z
DTSTART:20270208T181500Z
DTEND:20270208T193000Z
SUMMARY:Serving Well: Sustaining Ourselves for Lasting Impact
DESCRIPTION:This session is a capacity-building workshop designed to support educators'\, practitioners'\, and leaders' wellness and the sustainability of impactful work. In this workshop\, participants will envision and define what it means to be well\, individually and collectively. Participants will identify obstacles to wellness and create action plans to consistently reflect on and maintain their wellness in service.&nbsp\;
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DTSTART:20270208T181500Z
DTEND:20270208T193000Z
SUMMARY:Circle Practice: Strengthening Advisory & Student Well-Being
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CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: TRANSITIONS & GROWTH
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SUMMARY:The Parent Anxiety Call Was Never Yours
DESCRIPTION:Name the call you take three times a week: the parent convinced something is wrong with their kid\, when what is actually wrong is that their kid is 11 and the door just closed for the first time. From 17 years as an independent school dean\, walk through the exact conversations\, the voicemail\, the pickup-line ambush\, the 10 p.m. email\, and the specific words that turned a spiraling parent back into a capable one. Distinguish the parent trying to stay close from the parent managing their own anxiety\, two things that look identical from the inside and completely different from where the kid is standing. Learn the WILD Compass\, a framework you can use in the doorway Monday morning to run these redirects yourself. Leave understanding why this call was never yours to carry\, how to hand the load back\, and what it takes to shift a whole parent community\, not one call at a time.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT: COLLABORATIVE CARE MODELS
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DTSTART:20270208T183000Z
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SUMMARY:Helping Students Thrive Through the New 3 R's
DESCRIPTION:Discover how resilience\, emotional regulation\, and relationships shape students' academic success\, well-being\, and sense of belonging. Explore the neuroscience of stress and its effects on learning\, executive functioning\, motivation\, and mental health. Practice brief mindfulness and regulation strategies that support students experiencing anxiety\, overwhelm\, learning differences\, and everyday stress.&nbsp\;Apply adaptable techniques that strengthen communication among educators\, counselors\, families\, and students while creating emotionally supportive school environments.&nbsp\; \n\nThrough a learn-discuss-do model\, participants will experience practical activities\, reflect on real student scenarios\, and collaborate on implementation strategies tailored to independent schools.&nbsp\;Attendees will leave with evidence-informed tools that can be integrated into advisory programs\, counseling\, classrooms\, athletic programs\, and student support services to promote resilience\, belonging\, and student well-being without adding significant demands to already busy schedules.
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DTSTART:20270208T183000Z
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SUMMARY:Navigating the Gray: What Does Care Look Like? A Conversation between Counselors and Deans of Students
DESCRIPTION:How do school leaders and counselors balance student well-being with accountability? This interactive session is designed to bridge the gap between counseling and student discipline. Led by counselors and student affairs deans\, this workshop explores how to build foundation-level trust\, protect confidentiality\, and extend grace while upholding school standards.\n\nParticipants will examine the delicate balance of mental health and accountability\, discussing whether "care" means allowing a mental health day\, holding a student accountable\, or a mix of both. Through collaborative\, scenario-based discussions\, attendees will learn how to engage families as partners and navigate complex student situations with clarity and collaboration. Join us to bring clarity to the gray areas of student support.
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DTSTART:20270208T191500Z
DTEND:20270208T194500Z
SUMMARY:Break - Exhibits Open
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CATEGORIES:BREAK
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SUMMARY:Scaling Support Through Student-Centered Data
DESCRIPTION:Academic support is deeply relational\, but traditional\, isolated caseload models make it difficult to systematically identify school-wide trends. In this interactive session\, Mount Vernon School shares its operational blueprint for scaling student coaching to reach 97.39% of the high school population. By analyzing over 4\,300 student touchpoints\, our team transitioned from a reactive\, remedial space to a visible\, proactive\, schoolwide Tier 1 division. We will demonstrate how to physically redesign support environments to destigmatize help-seeking\, optimize existing flex blocks to target executive functioning\, and utilize private AI as a collaborative partner to securely translate qualitative logs into Tier 1 classroom strategies. Participants will leave with a practical toolkit\, including automated tracking templates\, to sustainably expand coaching capacity and foster student agency.
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SUMMARY:ADHD Remixed: Dropping the Latest Treatment Research
DESCRIPTION:ADHD is everywhere\, &nbsp\;but is the conversation keeping up with the neuroscience? In this session\, licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Scott Hamilton will drop the latest research on one of the most diagnosed &nbsp\;and most misunderstood &nbsp\;conditions affecting students today.\n\nThis session will cover current research findings on ADHD: updated prevalence data\, evolving diagnostic criteria\, cutting-edge pharmacotherapy\, and the emerging concept of Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome. Dr. Hamilton will examine what actually works (evidence-based school and home strategies\, effective accommodations\, and comorbidity considerations including ADHD's frequent overlap with anxiety\, learning disabilities\, and autism spectrum disorder) and what doesn't\, calling out popular interventions and widely-held assumptions that lack empirical support. Special attention will be given to how updated diagnostic frameworks and treatment approaches can inform the work of learning specialists across educational settings. Attendees will gain current\, actionable knowledge they can apply immediately in their schools and share with parents.
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DTSTART:20270208T194500Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond Wellness Week: Building Comprehensive School Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:Explore how independent schools can move beyond isolated wellness initiatives to build a comprehensive\, schoolwide mental health strategy. Examine current trends affecting student well-being\, including anxiety\, executive functioning challenges\, school avoidance\, and the growing need for trauma-informed support. Assess your school's strengths and gaps through a strategic lens and identify opportunities to strengthen prevention\, intervention\, and community-wide mental health practices.\n\nLearn how to build student resilience and mental health literacy\, increase faculty capacity to recognize and respond to student needs\, and develop meaningful partnerships with families. Apply a framework for designing tiered systems of support\, aligning policies and practices with student well-being\, and creating sustainable structures that support learning\, belonging\, and success.\n\nLeave with practical tools\, planning resources\, and a draft multi-year mental health roadmap tailored to your school's unique needs and priorities.
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SUMMARY:Beyond Accommodations: A New Model for Student Support
DESCRIPTION:Explore how one independent school moved beyond a traditional accommodation model to better support bright middle school girls with dyslexia and executive functioning challenges. Examine how changing applicant profiles\, gaps in early intervention\, and increasing student needs led to the development of a comprehensive school-based support program within a college preparatory environment. Learn how GPS designed a program that integrates evidence-based literacy intervention\, executive functioning coaching\, confidence-building\, and strong collaboration among students\, families\, teachers\, and support staff. Consider both the practical and philosophical aspects of building a program like this\, including identifying student needs\, staffing and scheduling\, balancing rigor with support\, supporting faculty\, and communicating with families. Leave with practical ideas\, guiding frameworks\, and implementation strategies for strengthening student support systems within your own school.
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SUMMARY:Soundboards: A Listening Process for Well-Being & Prevention
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SUMMARY:Building Resilience While Maintaining High Expectations
DESCRIPTION:Independent Schools strive to challenge students academically while supporting their well-being\, yet many educators wrestle with balancing rigor and support. Explore how resilience can be intentionally developed without lowering standards or removing productive struggle from the learning process. Examine practical strategies that help students confidence in the face of challenges.\n\nLearn how to create environments that encourage growth while maintaining accountability and high expectations. Discover approaches for integrating resilience-building practices into advisory programs\, student support systems\, classroom experiences\, and everyday interactions with students. Review real-world examples and actionable tools that promote perseverance\, emotional regulation\, and healthy coping skills.\n\nLeave with framework for helping students embrace challenges\, recover from setbacks\, and develop the skills needed to thrive academically\, socially\, and emotionally in today's increasingly complex world.
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SUMMARY:Redefining Success: Combatting Achievement Culture By Centering Student Voices
DESCRIPTION:In today's educational landscape\, the pressure to excel often overshadows students' holistic development. The Lovett School\, a K-12 independent school in Atlanta\, GA\, has partnered with Challenge Success to address this issue by promoting a balanced approach to success. Over the past two years\, this collaboration has focused on redefining priorities\, fostering a healthier community\, and emphasizing student well-being. Dedicated teams of teachers\, parents\, students\, administrators\, and trustees have worked together to broaden the notion of success\, guided by survey data. This session will share insights from Lovett’s journey\, highlighting the importance of shared decision-making in creating meaningful change.&nbsp\;
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DTSTART:20270208T211500Z
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SUMMARY:Equipping Faculty to Support Students After Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Schools are increasingly navigating moments when students’ sense of safety and belonging is disrupted: an identity-based incident on campus\, a regional crisis (e.g. the L.A. wildfires) or a divisive national event. As administrators coordinate a response plan\, faculty are expected to show up ready to manage classrooms thoughtfully\, often feeling uncertain about what to say and how to say it. Learn how to prepare faculty to respond to challenging moments with confidence\, clarity\, and care and ensure cohesion in the school’s communication and approaches. The session will include practical language strategies\, facilitation moves\, and classroom practices to best support students processing difficult events.
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SUMMARY:Real Talk: A Framework for Student Well-Being
DESCRIPTION:Explore how intentional\, relationship-centered initiatives can strengthen student well-being\, character\, and belonging during the middle school years. Examine how one school developed Real Talk\, a structured initiative created in collaboration with a school counselor to provide meaningful opportunities for students to discuss the challenges\, questions\, and experiences of adolescence. Discover strategies for identifying student needs\, partnering across disciplines\, and integrating proactive student support into advisory\, leadership programs\, and other schoolwide initiatives. Leave with practical tools and a framework for designing developmentally responsive experiences that strengthen relationships\, foster student voice\, and build a positive middle school culture.
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DTSTART:20270208T211500Z
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SUMMARY:Learning Detectives: Uncovering Executive Function in Your Own Classrooms
DESCRIPTION:Join in as learning detectives and help crack what executive function really looks like in your classroom. Teachers do executive function triage every day\, trying to teach reading\, math\, and everything else on their schedules. This session pulls that hidden work into the light\, names it\, and empowers teachers to strengthen it together. \n\nThrough short\, hands-on activities\, teachers will map implicit executive function demands across a typical morning\, complete a quick self-audit on the skills they already teach explicitly\, and unpack one common executive function challenge from their own classrooms. Teachers will realize what supports they already have in place\, identify gaps\, and walk away with one clear next step to implement right away.
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SUMMARY:The Overwhelmed Generation: Rebuilding Student Engagement Through Connection
DESCRIPTION:Many schools are seeing rising levels of disengagement\, anxiety\, and behavioral challenges among students. While many people interpret these behaviors as laziness\, apathy\, or defiance\, they may instead reflect emotional overload\, chronic stress\, or difficulties with executive functioning. Understanding the difference can transform how educators respond.\n\nThis interactive session explores the growing impact of cognitive overload\, emotional regulation\, and digital demands on student engagement. Participants will examine current research on adolescent development and student well-being while learning how these factors influence attention\, motivation\, classroom participation\, and behavior.\n\nRather than focusing solely on compliance\, attendees will learn practical strategies that prioritize connection\, psychological safety\, and responsive teaching practices. The session includes immediately applicable tools for building stronger relationships\, increasing student engagement\, reducing power struggles\, and creating classroom environments where students can thrive academically and emotionally.\n\nParticipants will leave with a framework for recognizing when behavior shows unmet needs\, practical interventions that can be used in all grade levels\, and strategies for supporting students while keeping expectations high. Whether serving as teachers\, counselors\, learning specialists\, or school leaders\, attendees will gain actionable ideas they can use to foster resilience\, strengthen belonging\, and improve learning outcomes throughout their schools.
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SUMMARY:Rethinking Math Instruction Through a Literacy Lens
DESCRIPTION:Many teachers who confidently teach literacy feel real anxiety about teaching math. Often\, this is because math instruction hasn't been approached as language instruction. But math&nbsp\;is&nbsp\;a language\, with its own vocabulary\, syntax\, and comprehension strategies\, and teachers already have powerful literacy tools they can apply to it. \n\nIn this session\, two passionate\, experienced math educators will show how to bring reading and writing practices into math class: explicit vocabulary-building\, sentence stems for math talk\, multi-sensory strategies for building number sense\, fact fluency practices modeled on literacy fluency instruction\, story-based word problem analysis\, dedicated time to practice strategies\, and formative assessment beyond paper-and-pencil tests. \n\nParticipants will leave with concrete\, low-prep strategies to shift their mindset about teaching math and build a classroom culture where math talk and multi-sensory learning are as natural as literacy instruction.
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SUMMARY:Reception - Exhibits Open
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CATEGORIES:MEALS & NETWORKING
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SUMMARY:Breakfast - Exhibits Open
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DTSTART:20270209T140000Z
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SUMMARY:Improving Accessibility With Technology & UDL
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SUMMARY:Break - Exhibits Open
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SUMMARY:Breakout
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SUMMARY:From Talking About Students to Partnering for Students
DESCRIPTION:When talking about students\, too many meetings end the same way: everyone nods\, nothing changes\, and the same concerns resurface. This session presents the C.A.R.E.S. Framework: a five-part meeting structure\, grounded in child and adolescent development and resilience research\, that moves schools from a deficit-first\, compliance-driven meeting posture to a strengths-first\, partnership-driven one. \n\nOriginally developed for intensive Tier 3 conversations\, C.A.R.E.S. now shapes how schools talk about students across every setting: advisory conversations\, parent meetings\, teacher planning meetings\, formal evaluation meetings\, and everything in between. It gives any teacher\, learning specialist\, counselor\, dean\, division head\, or director a consistent\, values-aligned way to collaborate\, address student support\, and achieve lasting success.\n\n For schools where family trust and retention are critical currency\, the C.A.R.E.S. shift can be a game-changer\, shaping and strengthening a positive school culture along the way. Participants leave with a ready-to-use framework and practice applying it to real scenarios.
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SUMMARY:The Accommodation Equity Crisis in Independent Schools
DESCRIPTION:The accommodation system built to protect students with genuine learning differences has a problem\, and both educators and students can see it. In independent schools especially\, access to private psychoeducational evaluations has quietly transformed a civil rights protection into a competitive advantage for families with means\, eroding trust\, fairness\, and the integrity of the support system itself.\n\nThis session offers something rare: an honest conversation across the teacher-student divide\, presented by a 20+ year educator and the high school senior she co-authored with. Together they examine how accommodation misuse happens\, who it harms\, and what student support professionals can do about it. Drawing on national data\, recent journalism\, and direct student testimony\, attendees will leave with practical language for difficult family conversations and a sharper framework for what genuine equity in accommodation requires.
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DTSTART:20270209T153000Z
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SUMMARY:Coaching Students to Improved Executive Function
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, participants will learn to assess and recognize student behaviors as indicators of EF challenges. Together we will walk through the steps to design an intervention plan that follows a coaching model.
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SUMMARY:Let's Talk! An SLP-Led Conversation About Dyslexia
DESCRIPTION:Participants will learn how to support their dyslexic students in the classroom who may have speech and language weaknesses. Key components include \nIdentify characteristics of how the students present in the classroom.&nbsp\;Evaluate word-retrieval delays that manifest as slow letter naming or heavy reliance on vague filler words.Target morphological (word-internal structure) and syntactical (sentence-external structure) weaknesses to build stronger decoding and language frameworks\, among other strategies.Formulate targeted speech-language interventions that bridge the gap between spoken language processing and written literacy success.
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SUMMARY:Small Groups\, Big Impact: Academic Skills Coaching
DESCRIPTION:Explore how a small-group elective course\, Academic Seminar\, can transform executive functioning and academic skills for students in grades 6-12. Learn how Academic Seminar empowers students to build essential skills like organization\, time management\, study habits\, goal setting\, and self-advocacy through weekly coaching. Discover how instructors support students in a small group setting\, offering targeted guidance in tracking assignments\, improving communication with teachers\, and mastering core subject content. Examine strategies for fostering student independence while maintaining strong school-home collaboration through intentional parent communication. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas for implementing or enhancing small-group academic support programs on their own campuses.
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DTSTART:20270209T153000Z
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SUMMARY:Addiction-Proofing Our Students in An Addictive World
DESCRIPTION:Opportunities for addictive and risky behaviors are escalating for our students\, from substances to screens to self-harm\, and initiation into them is beginning progressively younger. Our students’ engagement in self-destructive behaviors can interfere with present learning\, future thriving\, and overall school climate. Luckily a wealth of prevention research informs us on how to foster protective factors and addiction resistance in our students. Participants will gain tangible action steps for preventing and intervening early in students’ addictive behaviors and will be empowered with the knowledge\, tools\, and strategies to implement impactful practices in any role they play in their school community.
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