Learning Events Registrations

Are you supporting a student or multiple students with behaviors that interfere with their learning or the learning of others? Do you find it challenging to teach Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies when the SEL expectations don’t match how your student(s) show up? If you answered yes, then come join us! The goal of the SNS is to provide adults with the training and resources they need to implement evidence-based improvement strategies to support the growth of students with significantly divergent social and emotional learning needs.

Grounding Work

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Events 2025-2026 School Year

Cohort

SNS Year Long Cohort

3:30-4:30pm

Oct. 23 2025 Understanding "Sensory"

Nov 18th 2025 Flexibility

Dec 16th 2025 Resilience

Jan 20th 2026 Communication

Feb 17th, 2026 Social

Mar 17th 2026 Regulation

Registration

Join our educator cohort designed to help you transform your teaching strategies into best practices. These one-hour sessions are primarily discussion-based, providing an opportunity to talk through and contextualize the insights you've gained from SNS learning content. Our goal is to help you apply this learning directly to your practice, ultimately making a greater impact on your students. While our focus is on educational settings, all are welcome, and you're encouraged to attend as many sessions as you can.

Hybrid Event

In Person AND Virtual option

Location:

CESA 10 Chippewa Falls

Sept 30, 2025

Morning 8:30-11:30

Regulation: Where do we start?

Afternoon 12:30-3:30

Understanding "Sensory"

Registration

You have the flexibility to participate in person or online. Each day features two distinct topics: one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Feel free to sign up for a single session that interests you, or immerse yourself in both! For those joining us in person, we'll provide a helpful resource and a complimentary lunch.

Hybrid Event

In Person AND Virtual option

Location:

CESA 12 Ashland

Oct 14, 2025

Morning 8:30-11:30

Taking a Deep Dive into Neurodiversity

Afternoon 12:30-3:30

Executive Functioning: What's the Support

Registration

You have the flexibility to participate in person or online. Each day features two distinct topics: one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Feel free to sign up for a single session that interests you, or immerse yourself in both! For those joining us in person, we'll provide a helpful resource and a complimentary lunch.

Hybrid Event

In Person AND Virtual option

Location:

CESA 4 West Salem

Oct 15, 2025

Morning 8:30-11:30

Flexibility: It's a Skill

Afternoon 12:30-3:30

Resilience: Coping and Relationships

Registration

You have the flexibility to participate in person or online. Each day features two distinct topics: one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Feel free to sign up for a single session that interests you, or immerse yourself in both! For those joining us in person, we'll provide a helpful resource and a complimentary lunch.

Virtual

Oct 8, 2025

Understanding "Sensory"

9:00am-11:00am

Registration

The word sensory is used in many different contexts within education, and between educational disciplines; we use it to mean many different things. In this training, participants will norm their language around the sensory systems and how sensory systems influence our brain. We will explore how environments can influence sensory input and look at how we might utilize our favorite sensory tools in more effective ways that are accessible to both related service providers and classroom teachers. When we discover concepts such as “fidgets aren’t for everyone,” we can better set up environments and implement strategies that support individual student needs and how their body shows up. We will learn to shift our focus from simply “sensory” to a deeper understanding of “regulation.”

Virtual

Nov 11, 2025

Flexibility: It's a Skill

12:30pm-2:30pm

Registration

Students who exhibit behavior that is challenging to adults often struggle with cognitive flexibility. When the brain lacks access to its ability to gain and send out certain information, it may result in behavior that can look very rigid. When rigid thought patterns, behavior patterns, and a feeling of a need for control interfere with learning and teaching, working on flexibility skills is a strategy we can use to impact student outcomes. This workshop will explore how the brain works and the factors that impact a student’s ability to access and use flexibility.

Hybrid Event

In Person AND Virtual option

Location:

CESA 6 Oshkosh

Nov 17, 2025

Morning 8:30-11:30

Social: The Hidden Curriculum

Afternoon 12:30-3:30

Communication: Untangling-Supporting Students with Higher Impact Needs

Registration

You have the flexibility to participate in person or online. Each day features two distinct topics: one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Feel free to sign up for a single session that interests you, or immerse yourself in both! For those joining us in person, we'll provide a helpful resource and a complimentary lunch.

Virtual

Dec 12, 2025

Resilience: Coping and Relationships

9:00am-11:00am

Registration

Adapting to adversity is a struggle we all have. We often do not think of resilience as a skill set but rather a way of being. In this training, participants will learn about the components of resilience, and how their practice can influence the building of resilience in their students. We will look at the effects of a system that struggles to naturally cope with that adversity and the relationships it takes to build resiliency.

Virtual

Jan 7, 2026

Communication: Untangling- Supporting Students with Higher Impact Needs

9:00am-11:00am

Registration

Students who do not use verbal language as their main communication mode are often misunderstood. At times, their communication modes are ignored, misunderstood, or viewed as wrong or bad. Behavior that is challenging to us is only challenging until we know strategies to meet learners where they are. Come increase your understanding of how to show up for students who may have significant support needs.

Virtual

Feb 11, 2026

Social: Hidden Curriculum

9:00am-11:00am

Registration

Have you ever not understood a joke or felt lost in an interaction with someone? Understanding the social context around us is a skill set many of us have without much conscious awareness. When our brain does not take in and process social information in the same way as those around us, it can result in a mismatch within our interactions. In this training, we will explore components of how we socially communicate and, when our brain thinks differently, how that can cause social mishaps or mismatched interactions. At times, the social information can be hidden to us; this training supports educators to provide information around social context and interaction.

Virtual

Mar 9, 2026

Regulation: Where Do We Start?

12:30pm-2:30pm

Registration

Regulation is the foundation upon which we are able to access our learning. When a student experiences a regulation system that is in distress, it may result in a lack of access to learning as well as behavior that is challenging to adults. We will learn how the stress response system works within our brain and the role it plays in a student's ability to be regulated. A deep dive into understanding the skill sets it takes to be an active participant in self-regulation will be explored and strategies to better support co-regulation will be provided.

District and Community Organization Opportunities

Per Request

Location Events

Upon Request

(dependent on availability)

Location: Virtual with some in-person options

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Schools, districts, community organizations, and individuals (educators, family members, or community members) can access virtual support with the SNS statewide coordinator. Topics may include understanding of disability‐related needs in the areas of social and emotional learning including regulation, sensory, social skills, communication skills, flexibility, resilience, and executive functioning. These can include training, coaching, and brainstorming meetings, and can be provided up to 4 times a year. Districts, groups, or individuals can request this support by emailing the SNS statewide coordinator (kberg@cesa1.k12.wi.us). Scheduling will be dependent on availability.

Asynchronous Virtual Opportunities

Quick Bytes

10-20 minute deep dives into one strategy or topic prompted by questions from across WI

Deep Dives

An interactive independent learning experience to enhance capacity around neurodiverse learners and the disability-related needs that often present as a strength, or barrier to learning.

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Products Given Away at Events:

Belief and Background Knowledge Building

Skill Building

*These resources are not developed by DPI, and DPI does not endorse any product or business. These are resources pertinent to the topic and provided for your review. We encourage you to do your due diligence to determine if these resources are consistent with your district’s vision and mission. They are also not the only resources on these subjects and should not be considered "the best" but a representation of what is available. No resource is perfect and comes with its own lens or purpose. We encourage you to stay curious about any resource or product you use to make sure it supports your current knowledge of a subject. Our access to knowledge about the brain is booming and when we know better we do better, so please use your best judgment of what matches or does not match our knowledge of the best practice.

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