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Pre-Conference
We have two incredible learning opportunities
before the general conference begins!
Option 1: Engage-Calm-Distract
Presenter: Mason Klahn, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
Date & Time: October 7, 2026, 1-4 pm
Location: Keystone Lodge & Conference Center - 633 Tennis Club Rd., Keystone
The Engage-Calm-Distract training addresses pediatric distress and provides information on applying developmentally appropriate strategies and activities for engaging, calming, and distracting children and their caregivers.
After this 3-hour training, you will learn how to:
Appropriately engage with children during a crisis or emergency
Engage in calming techniques
Learn helpful tools to distract children
Understand strategies for working with caregivers
Recognize how fear impacts the brain
Register here for the Engage-Calm-Distract pre-conference event!
Option 2: Career & Technical Education in Colorado
Date & Time: October 7, 2026, 1-5 pm
Location: Keystone Lodge & Conference Center - 633 Tennis Club Rd., Keystone
Feel like you want to dive into the world of Career & Technical Education (CTE) in Colorado?
Want to be a champion for CTE for your students, families and communities?
Wanting to add an Endorsement to your SSP license?
Become a CTE Specialist Endorsed School Counselor!
Join for this four-hour course: CTE in Colorado, that will be tailored specifically for School Counselors (typically this course is 8 hours or 3 months in length). This is a special opportunity to complete this engaging and info-packed requirement for endorsement!
In this course, we will complete a few 'homework' items that will be relevant to work you do with students and their career development, including:
Work Based Learning
Equity and Inclusion
Meaningful Career Conversations
Messaging & Perceptions.
Feel readied to submit for endorsement with CDE after earning the completion certificate AND ready to be the biggest champion of CTE for your school/district! Details will be provided during the course for this process. Learn even more about this course HERE.
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