Monday, August 5, 2024

Keynote:  Empower to Educate: Nurturing Ourselves to Inspire the Next Generation , 8:00 a.m., AAC

How to Reach and Teach Kids with GIANT Feelings, 12:30 p.m., South Cafe

A disorganized brain is always disengaged from learning.  Come and learn the 9 physical and mental tasks that help kids calm down and cooperate.  We will explore how to help kids explore their inner state and change it from upset to composed. Only in this composed state can children access the higher brain functions needed to problem-solve and learn 

Bully Prevention and Intervention: Healing the Hurt Behind Aggression, 2:00 p.m., Band, BHS S 1700

A “no tolerance” policy does not eliminate bullying; it pushes it further into the underground culture of the school. In addition to prevention and policy, we need intervention for social-emotional learning. This session will provide 4 essential brain-compatible skills needed to help bullies become full functioning members of a group.  Understand the neurobiological, familial, cultural, and environmental forces necessary for permanent behavioral changes. 

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

From Chaos to Calm: Transform Your Morning Meetings, 9:30 a.m., Band, BHS S 1700

Conscious Discipline creates “brain smart” environments where optimal learning can occur.The Brain Smart® Start physiologically & neurologically helps us move from a lower brain state to a higher brain state. This prepares kids for the day’s activities and helps them get off to a positive start every morning. A Brain Smart Start can be done any time throughout the day, with kids or adults, and even within families. 

What's Behind the Defiance: Looking at the Brain Science Behind Behavior, 12:30 p.m., Band, BHS S 1700

Learn Conscious Discipline® brain model that will help you not only maintain self-control but teach it to all kids, even those with varying needs. In this workshop you will not only learn how to positively discipline kids but literally change their brain chemistry in the process. 

Triggered and Terribly Tired...AHHH! Understanding How to Manage Emotional Mayhem within Ourselves & Others in the Classroom and Beyond, 2:00 p.m., Band, BHS S 1700

There is a way to permanently change kids' behaviors, even kids with difficult behaviors.  Kids must be both “willing” to learn how to behave and must know the “skills” of how to successfully interact with others. By addressing both of these dimensions, we can achieve success with all kids.  Learn the skills needed transform your kids who struggle in your classroom into cooperative members of your learning community.