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WelcomeThese two days will be filled with hope inspiration solutions knowledge and love and I m doing the happy dance because I m so excited for you to be a part of it all Your presence will help create the synergy needed to make it the best it can be So welcome From the beginning moment that we envisioned creating this conference there has been an amazing amount of momentum behind it Everything about it has simply felt right joyful and uplifting Knowing that we could bring the most talented and passionate people like yourself together in one gathering has been like jet engine fuel powering us all along the way in the planning and organizing of this conference I am confident you will be glad you came and that you will leave more empowered and energized than ever to put a trauma informed approach into action Most of all have fun while you re here and enjoy Press on Heather Forbes Beyond Consequences Institute Pre Conference Evening Sunday November 5 2017 4 00pm 6 00pm Check in and Registration 6 00pm 9 00pm Evening Screening and Q A Paper Tigers Ballroom Jim Sporleder and Heather T Forbes LCSW Paper Tigers follow up Q A Ballroom 1

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Conference at a Glance Monday November 6 2017 Breakfast will begin at 7 45 am in the Pavilion Must be selected as an option at time of registration 7 00am 8 30am 9 00am 10 15am Check in and Registration Welcome and Keynote Heather T Forbes LCSW The Survival Brain and the Compromised Window of Tolerance 10 15am 10 35am 10 35am 11 50am Ballroom Transitional Break Session 1 Choice of 6 Concurrent Sessions Jim Sporleder Ballroom The Nuts and Bolts of Implementing a Trauma Informed School Effective Tools to Track and Measure Progress John Laffoon Ed D Building an Emotionally Regulated Staff to Implement Trauma Informed Programming 12 00pm 1 00pm 2 Salon I II Cody Wiggs LPC The Neuropsychology of Mindfulness Trauma Salon III Rhonda Robinson M Ed Whatever I Hate School A Close Up of Billy s Day at School and Why a Regulatory Based IEP is Critical Salon IV Teri Lawler MA and Jessica Begley M Ed Framework to Create a Trauma Informed School Community Salon V Monica Smith MA RD Hungry for Safety Food Nutrition and the Traumatized Child Spirit of St Louis Plated Lunch in the Pavilion

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Session 2 Choice of 6 Concurrent Sessions 1 00pm 2 15pm Katie Bell Simpson BA Recognizing and Responding to Trauma Ballroom Jim Sporleder The Nuts and Bolts of Implementing a Trauma Informed School Creating a Positive School Culture Salon I II Cara Koscinski MOT OTR L Sensory Processing Disorder in the Classroom Strategies for Success Salon III James Moffett M Ed Teacher to Teacher A Panel Discussion with Trauma Informed Teachers Salon IV Bret Cormier Ed D Developing a Plan to Work with Wounded Students Salon V James Meinert Masculinity Emotional Expression Spirit of St Louis Transitional Break 2 15pm 2 35pm Session 3 Choice of 6 Concurrent Sessions 2 35pm 3 50pm Heather T Forbes LCSW The Difference Between Bad Behavior Developmental Trauma Joshua MacNeill M Ed and Kathy Van Horn M Ed Practical Strategies for Regulating Students Brains Ballroom Salon I II Shannon Meyer M Ed A Trauma Informed Lesson Plan Salon III Dustin Rossman MA The Power of a Word Salon IV Dr Gerald Cox and George Elias No More One and Done Successfully Integrate This Conference Once You Return to Your School Salon V 3

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CEU Information Approved by the Texas Education Agency CPE 902 490 One CPE credit hour is equivalent to one hour of training Partial credit hours will be issued in 15 minute increments CPE Provider 902 490 This conference is approved by the NASW Colorado Chapter for Continuing Education Credits One credit hour is equivalent to one hour of training Partial credit hours will be issued in 15 minute increments Approved by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners to offer continuing education contact hours to social workers One credit hour is equivalent to one hour of training Partial credit hours will be issued in 15 minute increments Provider 6202 Please note It is up to each participant to ensure this conference meets his her licensing board requirements Please check with your respective state board to confirm acceptance of these credits 5

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Tuesday November 7 2017 Breakfast will begin at 7 45 am in the Pavilion Must be selected as an option at time of registration 9 00am 10 15am Welcome and Keynote Rodney Walker M Ed T I M E Trauma Informed Mentorship Education 10 15am 10 35am Ballroom Transitional Break Session 1 Choice of 6 Concurrent Sessions 10 35am 11 50am Heather T Forbes LCSW Overcoming Negative Belief Systems The Number One Obstacle to Change Ballroom James Moffett M Ed and Cindy Blasi LMSW CCTP Salon I II Responding vs Reacting Helping Your Students Understand the Importance of Self Regulation Begins with You Kerri Gallen LCSW and Patricia Cox Ed S You Want Me to Do What A Coaching Approach to Creating Trauma Informed Schools Salon III Jill Reedy Ed S and Matt Snyder Ed S Balancing the Effects of Trauma on Student Learning Salon IV Dr Gerald Cox and Kim Arnold M Ed Developing a Trauma Informed Building Wide Leadership Team Salon V Kara Rogers MSW LICSW Stress Management and Emotional Behavioral Regulation for Preschool and Early Elementary 12 00pm 1 00pm Plated Lunch in the Pavilion Session 2 Choice of 6 Concurrent Sessions 1 00pm 2 15pm Sharon Plaskett Putting Tools in Their Hands 6 Spirit of St Louis Ballroom

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1 00pm 2 15pm Jill Wright Ed D Loving the Unlovable Salon I II Amanda Lynch MA and Catava Burton Ed S The Ripple Effects of Addiction Salon III Jim Parry Combating ACEs with REACH Salon IV Theresa Kummer Asking the Experts A Panel Discussion from the Student s Perspective Salon V Deborah Lynch PhD Childhood Emotional and Behavior Disorders Exposure to Domestic Violence 2 15pm 2 35pm Transitional Break 2 35pm 3 50pm Session 3 Choice of 5 Concurrent Sessions Heather T Forbes LCSW What Does This Look Like Spirit of St Louis Ballroom Kay Glidden MA and Beth Reynolds Lewis Self Care Is Not Selfish Creating Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue Salon I II Fred Orelove PhD Creating Trauma Informed Schools Within a Community Network Salon III Vontriece McDowell MSW and Emily Luft MSW Exploring the Intersections of Trauma Informed Schools and Racial Equity Salon V Deb Moyer MDiv Art Smart Classrooms for Traumatized Children 4 10pm 4 40pm Spirit of St Louis Wrap Up Recognition Recognition Ceremony Hats Off to You wrap up and ceremony Ballroom 7

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November 5 2017 Pre Conference Evening 4 00 pm 6 00 pm Registration and Check In Sunday Evening Screening 6 00 pm 9 00 pm Paper Tigers Ballroom Sunday Screening Created by James Redford Featuring Lincoln High Alternative School Paper Tigers explores the impact of adverse childhood experiences on struggling teens The film follows a year in the life of Lincoln High Alternative School in Walla Walla Washington which after radically changing its approach to disciplining its students saw a dramatic turn around in everything from the number of fights to test scores to graduation rates The school became a promising model of how to break the cycles of poverty violence and disease that affect families through the practice of ongoing trauma informed strategies Told with intimate realism and diary cam footage Paper Tigers is a testament to what the latest research on childhood adversity is proving that one caring adult can change the trajectory of a young person s life Open Question and Answer Jim Sporleder and Heather T Forbes LCSW Ballroom Open Q A Walla Walla Washington and Boulder Colorado Immediately following the screening an open Q A will be led by Jim Sporleder and Heather T Forbes LCSW Join us for this engaging and thoughtful discussion on how these profound changes can be brought to your school and help the children you serve 9

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Breakfast will begin at 7 45 am in the Pavilion Must be selected as an option at time of registration Monday November 6 2017 7 00 am 8 30 am Registration and Check In Welcome and Opening Keynote 9 00 am 10 15 am Welcome and Keynote The Survival Brain and the Compromised Window of Tolerance Heather T Forbes LCSW Boulder Colorado The typical demands placed on students within the classroom overwhelm children who have been impacted by trauma in their homes and communities to the point they decompensate and they exhaust their windows of stress tolerances These are the students who have the ability to shift an entire classroom from a place of calm to a place of utter chaos Their brains are wired for fear and they live in a place of survival often years after the traumatic event occurred The result is continual behavioral challenges and academic failure Explanations as to why these students act out in negative resistant defiant and socially inappropriate ways will be given based on the science of the developing brain in this keynote address Session 1 Breakouts 10 35am 11 5 0am Ballroom Speaker The Nuts and Bolts of Implementing a Trauma Informed School Effective Tools to Track and Measure Progress 10 Jim Sporleder Walla Walla Washington This session will use The Trauma Informed School A Step by Step Implementation Guide For Administrators and School Personnel authored by Jim Sporleder and Heather Forbes In this session Jim will share a step by step approach to implementing simple and effective trauma informed systems that have a significant impact on building caring adult relationships with our most struggling students Each system that will be introduced can be used as a measurement tool that allows you to compare pre and post data to monitor how the trauma informed approach is impacting student discipline attendance student engagement and state assessment scores

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Building an Emotionally Regulated Staff to Implement Trauma Informed Programming John Laffoon Ed D Breakout Session Olathe Kansas The formation and implementation of an effective trauma informed school is strengthened through quality staff selection appropriate on going training and attention to adult behavior and self care In this session Dr Laffoon will share his experiences with building two different trauma informed programs over the past seven years Amid the lessons learned through successes and failures the session will also focus on strategies for staff implementation the importance of emergency safety intervention training and the importance of focusing on adult beliefs and behavior Dr Laffoon will also share valuable academic and social emotional data points that support the implementation of trauma informed practices The Neuropsychology of Mindfulness Trauma Cody Wiggs LPC Breakout Session Boulder Colorado This experiential workshop will explore the neuropsychological connection between mindfulness and trauma First an understanding of mindfulness will be developed in the context of social and emotional learning The presenter will briefly review the research supporting the use of mindfulness as a self care strategy define the what why and how of mindfulness and discuss the implications of mindfulness as it relates to psychological trauma adverse childhood experiences and nervous system states Participants will experience the benefits of mindfulness first hand through various mindfulness practices and deep breathing techniques Breakout Session Whatever I Hate School A Close Up of Billy s Day at School and Why a Regulatory Based IEP Is Critical Rhonda Robinson M Ed Boulder Colorado The Billys of our schools are challenged almost every moment of every day by big stressors and more importantly by the accumulation of the small stressors they encounter These include waking up doing the morning routine getting to school transitioning to different classes interacting with classmates and many more These stressors can be managed through an IEP with a regulatory and relationship based focus which is critical to helping these students succeed academically socially and emotionally Join Rhonda in this session as she intertwines the realities of Billy s day with effective tools and techniques that will empower you to modify a traditional behaviorally based IEP to create a measurable effective and trauma informed IEP for the Billys of your school 11

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Framework to Create a Trauma Informed School Community Teri Lawler MA and Jessica Begley M Ed Breakout Session Wilmington Delaware Instead of diverting students with challenging behavior into disciplinary and alternative programs a trauma informed environment can connect and engage such students This session will focus on Stanton Middle School s evolution in implementing a trauma informed program Previously Stanton was a priority school with poor achievement scores high disciplinary referrals and low staff morale However Stanton embarked on a journey to develop a Compassionate Schools Framework and the result improved scores in every area Following an explanation of this framework the presenters will show participants how to asset map various resources in their school community and develop their own framework to develop a trauma responsive school community Hungry for Safety Food Nutrition and the Traumatized Child Breakout Session Monica Smith MA RD Grand Rapids Michigan This session will provide an understanding of the interplay between nutrition hunger and trauma Participants will gain an understanding of how nutrients affect brain chemistry and in turn behavior After learning how to recognize common eating behaviors of traumatized youth participants will be provided with simple nutritional strategies to incorporate into the classroom that will do no harm and support recovery from traumatic experiences Lunch will be served at 12 noon in the Pavilion Included in your registration 12

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Session 2 Breakouts 1 00 pm 2 15 pm Breakout Session Ballroom Speaker Recognizing and Responding to Trauma Katie Bell Simpson BA Redding California This session will illustrate the importance of not only understanding the impact of trauma upon children but also learning to respond to trauma effectively Instruction will be given on how to re engage the child s brain during a meltdown Attendees will learn how best to communicate to children coming from hard places Through real life examples of teaching self regulation to children attendees will learn tools to help children with challenging behavior Attendees will leave with ways to assist children in identifying triggers responding to body cues and using a variety of coping skills The Nuts and Bolts of Implementing a Trauma Informed School Creating a Positive School Culture and Climate for ALL Students Jim Sporleder Walla Walla Washington Continuing from the previous session this second breakout will give more step by step procedures and daily routines needed to successfully implement a trauma informed school platform There are numerous systems that need to be in place to effectively become a trauma informed school and this second session will compliment the first by giving you more of the nuts and bolts you need to successfully return to your school or school district empowered and ready to make it happen Sensory Processing Disorder in the Classroom Strategies for Success Breakout Session Cara Koscinski MOT OTR L Charleston South Carolina Millions of children experience sensory processing disorders The difficulties of those disorders significantly affect children in the classroom There is a huge difference between bad behavior and sensory overload We can dramatically help children by recognizing signs and symptoms to prevent meltdowns and improve support that facilitates learning Taking a collaborative approach is necessary and beneficial to foster student s increased independence improved behavior and healthy self image This course will provide detail about sensory processing disorder and will discuss interventions that can be used immediately for improved function in the classroom 13

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Teacher to Teacher A Panel Discussion with Trauma Informed Teachers Breakout Session James Moffett M Ed Derby Kansas Hear straight from your peers on how they ve incorporated trauma informed practices into their classrooms James Moffett will moderate this informative and unfiltered panel discussion with teachers who ll share how they navigated the changes to their classroom the relationships with students and parents and themselves as well as the success stories that make it all worthwhile They ll share what worked and what didn t work Participants who attend this session will leave knowing that it s possible to achieve a trauma informed classroom Developing a Plan to Work with Wounded Students Breakout Session Bret Cormier Ed D Springfield Missouri Our public schools must be places where children can learn not only important academic content but also lessons about being productive contributing whole people If we care about children we must abandon harsh inflexible approaches to discipline Those do little to improve student behavior and often negatively impact the way students feel about school Further they challenge the sense of fairness we encourage our young people to develop as an expectation of schooling during their formative years The result of what has become the fallback punishment in our schools things such as out of school suspensions and expulsions as well as the criminalization of our young people has been at great cost to many individual students Learn how you can create schools for students who are dealing with wounds seen and unseen Masculinity and Emotional Expression Breakout Session James Meinert 14 St Louis Missouri Most boys are expected from an early age to be tougher told not to cry and are offered less emotional support which sets them up at school to act in aggressive ways This results in them being seen as trouble makers This session will give participants an understanding of the ways emotions are culturally shaped in our male students and how to identify behaviors that males especially young males display when they are looking for emotional support Ideas on how to support our male students in schools and how to help them process emotions in non violent and constructive ways will be given

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Session 3 Breakouts 2 35pm 3 50pm Ballroom Speaker The Difference Between Bad Behavior and Developmental Trauma Heather T Forbes LCSW Boulder Colorado We often underestimate the impact of trauma on a child s development Unpredictable unstructured and emotionally or physically hurtful experiences can create heightened states of autonomic arousal anxiety depression mood changes irritability agitation non reality thinking and a general pattern of disorganized behaviors Tokens and other non effective behavioral strategies not only do not work but they also often make it worse for these students as this is a developmental trauma issue not a behavioral issue A social emotional approach is needed to help these students excel to their highest academic potential Explanations of how to do this from a scientific brain based perspective will be explained and demonstrated in this presentation Practical Strategies for Regulating Students Brains Breakout Session Breakout Session Joshua MacNeill M Ed Kathy Van Horn M Ed and Brian Dager LCSW North Wales Pennsylvania Knowing your students are impacted by trauma is only the first step Once aware it is more important to know what to do about it This session covers interventions such as brain breaks fidgets furniture student curriculum and service dogs We ll share how we transformed four schools to meet the needs of struggling students Whether you are an academic clinical or administrative staff you will leave with tangible interventions you can implement immediately Additionally we ll provide basic information about each brain region along with different interventions that work specifically for that region By choosing appropriate interventions targeted at the brain region your students are operating from you ll observe many more short term successes and begin paving the way for long term healing A Trauma Informed Lesson Plan How to Design a Learning Experience That Will Support All Students Learning Shannon Meyer M Ed Montclair New Jersey In this workshop participants will learn the nuts and bolts of a classroom learning experience that partners the latest in learning theory and the critical knowledge of how a Billy might experience the classroom Working from the student s perspective participants will be given strategies with real life application to help create a regulated environment for students Physical and environmental cues will be identified as well as transitional strategies This solution and strategy focused workshop will model many of these strategies in the actual presentation Time will be given for participants to debrief the experience as well as exchange their own ideas 15

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The Power of a Word Breakout Session Dustin Rossman MA Hoopa Indian Reservation California In education we all understand the power of language both written and spoken We all have our favorite papers books poems or essays However the fundamental part of each of those is the word Come learn how one administrator began an experiment to deal with behavior issues at the school by taking the words discipline and punishment out of the vocabulary and replacing them with choices consequences and accountability To date it has been 100 successful Parents and students alike understand the need for accountability They understand choices and consequences When framed as I truly care about you then I must hold you accountable for those choices it is met with understanding The words discipline and punishment automatically put students and parents on the defensive accountability does not Breakout Session No More One and Done Successfully Integrate This Conference Once You Return to Your School Dr Gerald Cox and George Elias St Louis Missouri and Lansdale Pennsylvania Ever leave a conference pumped and excited to share all the tips and ideas with your colleagues anxious to see your school system become trauma informed Come to this session to discover how you can combine what you ll learn at the conference with online resources and other tools to successfully rollout specific trauma informed strategies to your entire school system Hear how multiple school systems in Missouri used this approach to get all of their teachers and administrators on the same page You ll leave this session with a specific road map to effect real change throughout your school system Mindfulness Tools for Self Care Kirk Phillips Breakout Session Baltimore Maryland 16 The Holistic Life Foundation has partnered with The John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health and Penn State University s Prevention Research Center on a federally funded randomized controlled trial in Baltimore City Public Schools studying the effectiveness of yoga and mindfulness on urban youth The work from this endeavor will be shared in this session as a way to help participants learn to develop their own mindfulness practice for self care as well as the benefits of mindfulness in school based settings This session will guide participants on how to use the breath to regulate the autonomic nervous system and ways mindfulness and yoga can be used to heal trauma

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Session 4 Afternoon Keynote 4 10 pm 5 10pm My Story at Lincoln Jim Sporleder Keynote Walla Walla Washington Prior to becoming the principal at Lincoln High School Jim Sporleder was a Special Ed teacher for eight years at Garrison Middle School Jim became the assistant principal for four years and then transitioned to the role of principal He was feeling comfortable and blessed ready to retire after being at Garrison for thirty years But then one day his plans completely changed with an unexpected visitor This is where the Lincoln story as filmed in the award winning documentary Paper Tigers begins In this keynote Jim will share his journey that led him to leave his dream job to become a maverick a leader who questioned everything that was traditionally accepted as the standard to change the lives of students who were at a high school that was completely under serving them Jim s story telling ability along with his loving perspective will wrap up the first day and leave you empowered and energized 17

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Breakfast will begin at 7 45 am in the Pavilion Must be selected as an option at time of registration Tuesday November 7 2017 Welcome and Opening Keynote 9 00 am 10 15 am Welcome and Keynote T I M E Trauma Informed Mentorship Education Rodney Walker M Ed Chicago Illinois T I M E used properly heals all wounds Come learn about the story of a foster youth who graduated near the bottom of his high school class who went on to graduate from Yale with a Master s degree by the age of 25 and the in school mentorship program that inspired him along with 25 30 detention students to go to college and break the cycles of poverty and social failure This inspiring story will lift your spirits and motivate you to help others turn their struggles into greatness Session 1 Breakouts 10 35am 11 50am Overcoming Negative Belief Systems The Number One Obstacle to Change Ballroom Speaker Heather T Forbes LCSW Boulder Colorado Many of our students histories are plagued with multiple layers of chronic and prolonged abuse abandonment and or neglect The result is a negative belief system that drives our students to self sabotage reject help and create chaos Their negative belief systems have the power to render even the best of teacher support proven mindful techniques and unwavering support systems useless This presentation will shine light on this often missed issue for our students and more importantly how to help them change these negative beliefs into positive ones of self love self acceptance and self confidence 19

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Breakout Session Responding vs Reacting Helping Your Students Understand the Importance of Self Regulation Begins with You James Moffett M Ed and Cindy Blasi LMSW CCTP Derby Kansas In this session the presenters will discuss their journey to becoming a trauma informed school and how teaching students the process of self regulation is the premise of it all After watching Paper Tigers Derby Hills staff reached out to Jim Sporleder the trauma sensitive leader spotlighted in the film With Sporleder s help Derby Hills become one of four schools nationwide to pilot his approach The most important element they discovered in implementing a trauma informed school was self regulation Interventions and best practices to address self regulation for both students and educators will be shared in this presentation You Want Me to Do What A Coaching Approach to Creating Trauma Informed Schools Kerri Gallen MSW LCSW and Patricia Cox Ed S Breakout Session St Louis Missouri In this session you ll learn about the strengths based coaching program successfully used in four highneeds schools in St Louis An emphasis is placed on building relationships with students and using those relationships to build community and to help students regulate and learn Strategies implemented use a trauma informed and racial equity lens with staff and students By focusing on the needs in a building coaching provides staff with the support and skills needed to impact the overall environment of the school and to work towards creating trauma informed racially equitable schools Participants will leave with methods to equip staff to respond to traumatized students to empower staff towards self awareness and self care and to identify racial inequities Balancing the Effects of Trauma on Student Learning Jill Reedy Ed S and Matt Snyder Ed S Breakout Session Decatur Illinois 20 This session will share the Illinois Macon Piatt Regional Office of Education s journey with the Illinois Education Association the Macon County Education Coalition and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Five pilot schools ranging from rural to urban and elementary to secondary bravely agreed to become all in by committing to a year long study of trauma awareness and its effect on teaching and learning An explanation of how this program was implemented and its encouraging and successful outcomes will be discussed Pragmatic tools resources and interventions will be shared so participants will leave with a comprehensive understanding of how to return back to their districts to duplicate a similar program with success

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Developing a Trauma Informed Building Wide Leadership Team Dr Gerald Cox and Kimberly Arnold M Ed Breakout Session St Louis Missouri The presenters for this break out session have been implementing a trauma informed multidisciplinary leadership model in a large suburban public school district for the past five years with significant success With examples from their own experience participants in the session will learn how to develop a social emotional support SES team identify what training is necessary and learn how to overcome obstacles Participants will learn how these teams can be used to support students and teachers in the building as well as families of the school s community Participants will also be provided a copy of their newly developed SES team Breakout Session Stress Management and Emotional Behavioral Regulation for Preschool and Early Elementary Kara Rogers LICSW St Cloud Minnesota Children who ve experienced trauma or repeated stressors without the buffer of a caring adult are often in survival mode and chronically dysregulated This is especially true for children who have experienced traumatic stress as an infant or young child Despite not having cognitive memory of an event the trauma gets stuck in the cells of their body and often presents as severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation Creating an environment focused on safety caring consistent relationships and regulation is key to reducing stress and improving a child s regulatory functioning This training will give you strategies to address the fear and stress that impacts a child s brain body and behavior and improve emotional and behavioral regulation for preschool and early elementary students Lunch will be served at 12 noon in the Pavilion Included in your registration 21

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Session 2 Breakouts 1 00 pm 2 15 pm Ballroom Speaker Putting Tools in Their Hands Sharon Plaskett Salt Lake City Utah Trauma teaches a child what they cannot do Movement in the right context can help a child to experience what they can and to regain a sense of self a sense of success and a sense of trust especially in themselves Even for young children there are simple tools a teacher can implement that will aid their students to relax focus and participate Trauma changes the brain Movement changes it for the better Brain Gym Activities are one simple way to implement this valuable resource within the classroom Loving the Unlovable Breakout Session Dr Jill Wright St Louis Missouri Tier 3 behavior students are challenging in the classroom and in the office School crisis teams are set up to provide support interventions safety plans discipline consequences and parent communication to help meet the needs of these students However how do we come back from a crisis situation What happens when the child who bit a teacher or threw a chair at another student returns to the classroom after a suspension Do our attitudes change and do we distance ourselves from that student and or parent We ll look at how Hancock Elementary not only supports students in crisis but also restores relationships with students and parents The Ripple Effects of Addiction Breakout Session Amanda Lynch MA and Catava Burton Ed S 22 Richmond Virginia The National Association of Children of Alcoholics estimates that there are 11 million children under age 18 living in families of alcoholics and substance abusers and that 1 in 4 children have some experience with this disease through contact with family members or caregivers This session will explore the impact the cycle of family substance abuse and addiction has on young learners Further we will discuss strategies that elementary school teachers can implement into their classrooms to make them trauma centered

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Combating ACEs with REACH Breakout Session Jim Parry Stewartville Minnesota Students who have had adverse childhood experiences ACEs bring significant challenges to our classrooms In this session participants will learn more about the effects of ACEs and trauma informed education as well as gain resources to further their understanding of ACEs and how to make personal connections with students dealing with them The case study of REACH Stewartville will be shared REACH Stewartville is making positive connections with students through Relationships Education Accountability Character and Hard work Session resources focus on assisting schools in making personal connections providing character education understanding the effects of ACEs and building a culture of giving and empathy for others Asking the Experts A Panel Discussion from the Student s Perspective Breakout Session Theresa Kummer M Ed St Louis Missouri What do students with trauma histories need in the school environment Why not ask the experts the students themselves Theresa Kummer will moderate this incredibly insightful and powerful discussion where students who have experienced challenges at school and have agreed to openly and honestly give their perspectives as to what worked and what didn t work in their experiences Hear the students perspective in how to create an optimal school environment Participants attending this session will leave with a lasting and memorable perspective of what truly makes a trauma informed school successful Breakout Session Childhood Emotional and Behavior Disorders Exposure to Domestic Violence Primer for Classroom Teachers Dr Deborah Lynch Chicago Illinois Exposure to domestic violence can create emotional mental and social damage in youths and affect their developmental growth This presentation provides an overview of the effects of domestic violence on children covering a range of emotional and behavioral disorders and their impact in the classroom Participants will learn what educators and schools can do to identify assist and support the social emotional and academic success of children traumatized by domestic violence 23

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Session 3 Breakouts 2 35pm 3 50pm Ballroom Speaker What Does This Look Like Heather T Forbes LCSW Boulder Colorado Understanding the brain science and recognizing the impact that trauma has on our students is only half of the equation Learning how to apply this knowledge in the daily interactions with students is the other half and often the most difficult This workshop will help participants apply the concepts of neuro science into real life Through role plays and video clips of real life behavioral examples participants will leave this presentation saying Now I get it now I understand how to put science into action Self Care Is Not Selfish Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue Breakout Session Kay Glidden MA and Beth Reynolds Lewis Kearny Nebraska Educators pay an emotional price for doing the work they do Staff hear difficult stories daily and are frequently exposed to traumatic details from the students and families they are working with It is important to keep good staff healthy and happy The level of compassion fatigue school staff experience can ebb and flow from one day to the next Staff look very different in August than how they do at the end of the school year in May This session will give educators hands on tools to implement to keep themselves resilient throughout the school year Creating Trauma Informed Schools Within a Community Network Breakout Session Dr Fred Orelove 24 Richmond Virginia The Trauma Informed Community Network TICN is a diverse group in Richmond Virginia and advocates for continuous trauma informed care for children and families The first such network in Virginia it serves as a model for similar groups TICN is coordinated through Greater Richmond SCAN and its work is conducted by committee This presentation focuses on TICN s Schools Committee which brings trauma informed practices to PreK 12 schools and Schools of Education within Virginia s universities Attendees will learn about TICN s organizing Collective Impact model the role of the Schools Committee within the broader scope of community change the specific work members are engaged in and the successes and challenges of working for systems change Attendees will leave with specific recommendations for forming similar networks within their own communities

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Exploring the Intersections of Trauma Informed Schools and Racial Equity Vontriece McDowell MSW and Emily Luft MSW Breakout Session St Louis Missouri Racial equity is high priority in many communities as disparities persist academically and socially for students of color Applying the lens of trauma helps us to ask what happened and sets the stage for a real conversation about the systemic disparities that impact the performance of students of color This facilitated panel discussion focuses on how trauma informed practices and policies in schools intersect with efforts to advance racial equity at an interpersonal school and ultimately community scale During this session educational leaders and social justice advocates will share insights to improve schools and reduce disparities by showing how trauma has allowed them to create new conversations how racial inequity is a root cause of trauma and how trauma informed care provides pathways forward Art Smart Classrooms for Traumatized Children Breakout Session Deb Fetterman Moyer MDiv West Hartford Connecticut Expressive arts can be used in the classroom to effectively reach traumatized and mainstream students Neurological studies as well as personal experience show the effectiveness of using the arts for both healing and learning Trauma survivor and adoptive parent Deb Moyer MDiv will introduce teaching tools that draw on her interdisciplinary Contemplative Creativity practice of using the expressive arts and healing with people of all ages Educators will learn concrete ways to integrate different art forms into the classroom to help traumatized children Art forms to be examined include music drama puppetry dance collage and many more You do not have to have a formal background in the arts to utilize these simple ideas Tuesday Wrap up Recognition 4 10pm 4 40pm Recognition Ceremony Hats Off to You Recognition Ceremony Join us for this wrap up and recognition ceremony to bring the conference to a close and recognize trail blazing individuals who are doing incredible work in their schools We want to take our hats off to congratulate these people for their courage tenacity and commitment to the students of our world 25

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