Experience an enriching professional learning experience!

Join us at the Behavior and Mental Health Summit

Sheboygan Falls Middle School

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, & Thursday, August 1, 2024, 8:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

This two-day event is designed to equip educators, administrators, counselors, and student services staff with the latest insights, strategies, and resources in behavior and mental health. This summit is dedicated to supporting educators in fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment for every student.

Special guest speakers this year include:

Dr. Lori Desautels, Assistant Professor at Butler University and founder of the Educational Neuroscience Symposium. Lori's work integrates social and relational neurosciences, focusing on trauma-informed practices.

Katie Berg, WI DPI Coach specializing in neurodiverse learners. Katie focuses on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) skills to address challenging behaviors.

In addition, three sets of breakout sessions will offer other topics featuring local and regional educational experts in the field.

Registration includes breakfast and lunch on both days.

$250/per person or $200/per person for groups of 10 or more.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Lori Desautels

Dr. Lori Desautels, has been an Assistant Professor at Butler University since 2016 where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Education. Lori was also an Assistant Professor at Marian University in Indianapolis for eight years where she founded the Educational Neuroscience Symposium that has now reached thousands of educators and is in its 15th year. Lori’s passion is engaging her students through the social and relational neurosciences as it applies to education. She does this by integrating the tier one trauma accommodating Applied Educational Neuroscience framework, and its learning principles and practices into her coursework at Butler.

The Applied Educational Neuroscience Certification, created by Lori in 2016, is specifically designed to meet the needs of educators, counselors, clinicians and administrators who work beside children and adolescents who have, and are, experiencing adversity and trauma. The certification is now global and has reached hundreds of educators.

Lori’s articles are published in Edutopia, Brain Bulletin, and Mind Body Spirit international magazine. She was also published in the Brain Research Journal for her work in the fifth-grade classrooms during a course release position with Washington Township Schools. Lori continues her work co-teaching in the K-12 schools integrating her applied research into classroom procedures and transition, preparing the nervous system for learning and felt safety. Her third book, Connections over Compliance: Rewiring our Perceptions of Discipline, was released in late 2020, and Intentional Neuroplasticity: Moving Our Nervous Systems and Educational System Toward Post-Traumatic Growth, her fourth book, was released in January 2023. Her new book/manual titled Body and Brain Brilliance: A Manual to cultivate awareness and Practices for our Nervous System will be published in 2024. Lori’s work, presentation videos and latest research can also be found on her website www.revelationsineducation.com.

Lori resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, Michael. She has three grown children, Andrew, Sarah and Regan and four rescue fur babies.

Lori has met with well over 200 school districts across the country, in Canada, Costa Rica, Australia, Scotland, England and Dubai equating to more than 150,000 educators with much more work to be done!

Katie Berg

Katie has been supporting students for more than 20 years. In the private sector, public education and now statewide her experiences include providing one on one therapy, classroom teaching, administration, technical assistance, coaching and district and statewide training.

Katie has extensive experience working with unique neurodiverse learners focusing on the Social Emotional Learning skills that help students and educators problem solve around behaviors that are challenging. She is currently supporting the districts across the state, upon request, providing support to educators serving students with needs in the area of social and emotional learning using evidenced-informed improvement strategies.

Using tools such as the Coaching Competency Practice Profile and adult learning standards Katie is helping WI school districts use effective methods of professional learning to grow adult capacity in disability-related need areas under the Social and Emotional Learning Competencies. Click here to learn more about her projects.

At-A-Glance Schedule

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

8:00-8:30 Registration and breakfast (provided)

8:30-10:00 Keynote: Dr. Lori Desautels

10:15-11:30 Breakout session 1

11:30-12:15: Lunch (provided)

12:30-1:45 Breakout session 2

2:00-3:15 Breakout session 3

Thursday, August 1, 2024

8:00-8:30 Registration and breakfast (provided)

8:30-10:00 Keynote: Katie Berg

10:15-11:30 Breakout session 1

11:30-12:15: Lunch (provided)

12:30-1:45 Breakout session 2

2:00-3:15 Breakout session 3

Are you interested in presenting at CESA 7's Behavior and Mental Health Summit?
Fill out this form by April 15.

For additional information, please contact:

Katie Tennessen

ktennessen@cesa7.org

(920) 621-4042

CESA 7
595 Baeten Rd.
Green Bay, WI 54304

920-492-5960

Marci Waldron-Kuhn

mkuhn@cesa7.org

(920) 639-9335