Active Shooter Protocol: Proactive Measures for Prevention

A Stepping-Stone: The Balance of Preventing Maladaptive Behaviors and Fostering Prosocial Behaviors

This session will provide participants with stepping-stones of current research and best practices regarding ways to build public and educator awareness in recognizing and proactively fostering prosocial skills while preventing maladaptive behaviors in youth. 

Advocating for Specialty Programs in K-12

This session will inform participants how to advocate for policy change within their local school district for specialty programs. Through the use of data, building relationships, using the 4 principle concept, participants will walk away with tips and tricks to advocate for change for the benefit of students/staff/stakeholders. 

Best Practices for Addressing Suicide Risk Assessment Integrating Technology To Support Behavioral, Mental Health and Trauma Informed Care

During this session, participants will learn how a school district has developed a framework to serve students with behavioral and mental health concerns including those with histories of trauma by designing training, policies, procedures and integrating a technology documentation case management solution to support these areas of practice. 
 
 Supports suicide prevention efforts using trauma informed care approaches
 Aligns to approved youth suicide risk assessment instruments
 Aids in the determination of student suicide potential – research based
 Assists with the selection of appropriate interventions and connects students to supports and services
 Documents school personnel's actions to mitigate a student's suicide risk using trauma informed care strategies

Best Practices and Considerations for Running a Successful Reunification Event

The reunification workshop will cover best practices associated with designating a response team, choosing and organizing a reunification site, and important considerations when facilitating the process of parent-student reunification.

Civilian Response to Active Shooter

Integrating the Science of Well-Being in Schools to Promote Social Emotional Learning and Academic Achievement

In this session participants will learn how to integrate well-being practices into every classroom to create positive cultural change within their schools. They will also learn what the research shows in terms of social emotional learning, academic achievement along with many other benefits when Well-Being practices are integrated. To truly prevent depression, anxiety, suicide and violence, a case will be made for the importance of implementing evidenced based practices in schools.

Robison Ph.D.,

Dr.  Michele

Trauma-informed social-emotional development program for families and youth

You, your brain and why the trauma you face matters

Attendees will learn about how trauma victims get stuck in a state of hyper vigilance and why they have a hard time shifting out of it. I will discuss the hurt and shame that trauma victims feel when they struggle in life and why maladaptive coping mechanisms (alcohol, sex, drugs and blatantly ignoring, etc.) don't work and how families are affected by showing brain SPECT images. Attendees will walk away with tips about how to off-load trauma and begin healing the body, mind and soul and how to build trauma resilience so they can live a full and abundant life.

Active Shooter Table-Top Exercises

Civilian Response to Active Shooter

Developing Trauma Informed School System for the Safe and Healthy Living Community

This workshop demonstrates an ongoing community transformation model by the committed and strategic collaboration with all sectors of the community. The workshop leaders placed the foundation of this community initiative by building a trauma informed school system covering K-12 schools and the community college. In this workshop, participants will learn how to organize trauma informed school training sessions, develop practical resources and administrative support, collaborate with the school district and community stakeholders to build a healthy, trauma informed and safely connected community where the youth will grow in less harmful but well-beloved environment.

Do as I say and as I do

When schools plan to create a safe and orderly environment they often overlook one key stakeholder, their staff.  Often plans or strategies that are intended to create a safe and orderly environment do not address the role or expected behavior of the adults supervising students on campus.  As a result, sometimes adult behavior contradicts the messaging for students.  Attend this session in order to learn the questions and the steps you should take when you are aligning your adult expectations to your student expectations for behavior.

The Power of Not Thinking: Helping Students Manage Stress

Trauma Informed Care in the Classroom

Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds

Yoga Session and Mindful Movement

Civilian Response to Active Shooter

Implications of Cultural Differences in the Classroom 

This seminar will address the challenges and opportunities while educating a culturally diverse student body. Leaders will be challenged to commit to creating an environment that is culturally sensitive to the diversity of cultural backgrounds represented by your students, intentionally evaluating what they are doing, why they are doing it, and the impact of their decisions have on their students. The presenter will highlight the theoretical framework of Geert Hofstede to provide a foundation for understanding cultural differences

Gresset, Tamee, O'Shaugnessy, Erin, and Penne,Chelsea  

No Place for Hate

No Place for Hate" is a national school-wide initiative which enlists all students in creating a prejudice-free, invitational campus. No Place for Hate schools report a significant decrease in bullying and discipline problems. Some School Resource Officers have become the sponsors of this program on their campuses, including SRO Fred Pera at Desert Canyon Middle School in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Presenters will outline NPFH requirements and enlist participants in some of the activities used with students.

Restorative Practices in Classrooms

Restorative practices are strategies to create a safe and inclusive classroom community that holds students to high expectations and fosters growth. Through Restorative Practices, students learn how to regulate their emotions, reflect on decisions and consequences, and then are welcomed back into the classroom with respect and grace. Participants of this session will review the key fundamentals of Restorative Practices, make a plan to implement these practices, and work through mock scenarios and coaching of students.

Rethinking Resiliency: Facilitating Health & Wellness during the Pandemic

The impact of trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on physical and mental health outcomes has been well-documented and is of special concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Youth and young adults have reported disproportionately worse mental health outcomes, increased substance use, and elevated suicidal ideation during the pandemic. However, recent research suggests post-traumatic growth experienced by youth during the pandemic, and trauma-informed practices and mindfulness-based interventions are especially applicable to the unique struggles experienced by youth in 2022. This presentation first describes the impact of trauma on the developing person, followed by a discussion of applications and interventions that can be used to foster resiliency and facilitate post-traumatic growth among our youth.

SEL Components for the Classroom

Teachers will be led through how to incorporate social-emotional learning concepts into their classroom. These concepts can be used in classrooms the very next day! We will act out these concepts to feel them in our minds and bodies, rather than in lecture form. Teachers will learn techniques to help students accomplish 8 tasks: settling in, breath awareness, mindful movement, community connection, focus, creative expression, relaxation and closing. After our practice, we will discuss what tasks teachers feel they can take to their classrooms to use on day one!

Educating within the Technological Renaissance  Social Media Links to Anxiety & Depression

A growing number of individuals have experienced symptoms of anxiety and/or depression stemming from social media use. A recent study reveals that time spent, activity, investment, and addictive behaviors are highly correlated with anxiety, depression, and psychological distress (Keles, McCrae & Grealish, 2020). 

While educators send students to short-staffed counseling offices, they also need to arm themselves with skills and practices that can help students cope with the effects of social media, including using these tools alongside a trusted adult and peers. In the age of mobile technology, empowering students to practice self-care when it comes to social media habits is essential. 

Screen, Deter, Prevent: the New Standard for Eliminating Weapons in Schools ​

Demands on security management professionals are increasingly complex. Community concerns about school violence have become a constant. Students, teachers, and parents expect and deserve a safe environment at our schools. Yesterday’s tools - hand wands and metal detectors - are unreliable, invasive, and create congested environments that are no longer acceptable. ​

Join this session and learn how to proactively keep weapons out of schools. See how Evolv Technology provides the first and only touchless security screening solution that meets all of today’s security screening requirements. Hear best practices from other districts who have implemented this new safety standard.​

Evolv Technologies:

Neil Sandhoff - VP, North American Sales at Evolv Technology

Mike Tice – Account Executive

Lisa Bradshaw – Strategic Channel Account Executive

Trauma-informed educational practices in the PreK-12 classroom environment

An overview of research-based programs and resources; This session will review a variety of trauma-informed educational practices being implemented, researched, and found successful in school programming. Resources will be split up in three categories:
1. Mental Health and School Counseling Resources
2. Resources for the Classroom Environment
3. Resources Across Contexts: Families, Educators, and Caregivers

Effectively Engaging SROs in School Culture and Community 

Join this panel discussion for an engaging presentation about how to best integrate school resource officers in the culture and community of a school campus.  As concerns continue to rise about the social emotional health of school students, SRO programs, when effectively implemented, can help to address these concerns. Through activities not typically associated with police culture such as counseling and teaching, SROs have a unique opportunity to build relationships with both students and families. Additionally, as SROS embed themselves into classrooms through law related education, they become an integral part of the teacher cadre and the community views them as a natural extension to a full suite of wraparound services. During this panel style breakout, current educational leaders will share strategies and participants will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding implementation.