HEATHER FORBES
ORLANDO & NEW YORK
Founder of Beyond Consequences Institute, Author of Help for Billy" and Classroom 180
AARON WIEMEIER
ORLANDO
Author of Traumatized Students: School-Based Interventions, Founder of High Mountain Training Institute
JESSICA SINARSKI
ORLANDO
Expert on Trauma & Attachment Issues, Creator of BraveBrains, Author of Riley the Brave"
DR. CHRISTOPHER EMDIN
ORLANDO
Professor of Science Education, Author of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood"
Wired Differently / Trauma-Informed Schools Conference
Helping Students Succeed Who Are Wired Differently or Trauma-Impacted
This conference offers a wide array of critical insights and best practices for reaching and teaching students with a variety of emotional and behavioral challenges – especially trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and PTSD. With 1 in 5 students diagnosable for a behavioral or emotional disorder and 1 in 4 students affected by 2 or more ACEs, every classroom is impacted. Principals and other administrators, general ed teachers, special ed teachers, resource teachers, interventionists and paraprofessionals will benefit from tools, recommendations and strategies for working with this often high-potential portion of the student population.
The Wired Differently: Trauma-Informed Schools Conference will be held in 2021 as part of the Innovative Schools Summit Orlando. The Summit assembles internationally recognized innovators together with practicing educators and consultants who are currently finding success with cutting-edge best practices and research-based methodologies in education. These multi-day events provide an opportunity for counselors, teachers, administrators and other educators to learn about new insights and strategies for reaching and teaching students PK-12. In 2021 – 2022, the Summit will be hosted in three great locations (Orlando, New York and Las Vegas), each covering 4 topic-specific National Conferences – providing a unique opportunity for attendees to learn key insights from a broad spectrum of experts and colleagues from around the country
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What Past Attendees Have to Say...
"This was my first time attending the Conference and I must truly say it was the best Conference I have ever attended. The sessions were very informative, inspiring, and motivating"
High School Principal
Colombus, OH
"I am ready to return to my classroom with a different mindset -- being better now than in the past, and focusing on my students' future not their present. I am moving forward with great expectations and pushing them into their destinies by any means necessary."
Middle School Teacher
Cambridge, MA
"I've been a teacher for 15 years and I learned more from this Conference than I've learned from any other Professional Development I've ever attended. I can't wait to return to school and share with my colleagues!"
Middle School Counselor
Ventura, CA
"Wow! I loved all of the Keynote Speakers - each one of was inspiring, thoughtful and reminded me why I got into teaching. I'm so glad I attended and learned strategies to help my most difficult students."
High School Teacher
Baton Rogue, LA
"I loved being able to attend sessions from the full variety of conferences occurring simultaneously."
High School Counselor
Des Moines, IA
"I am already planning to attend next year and plan on bringing more people from my school."
Middle School Assistant Principal
Jacksonville, FL
"This is such a great conference. There were so many wonderful sessions that it was difficult to choose which session to attend."
Elementary School Teacher
Savannah, GA
"My attendance at this conference was the best experience I've had in my 27 years as an educator."
High School Teacher
Reston, VA
Who Should Attend?
– Principals & Assistant Principals
– Deans
– Other Administrators
– Classroom Teachers
– Special Needs Personnel
– School Psychologists
– School Social Workers
– School Resource Officers
– Behaviorists & Interventionists
– Community & Faith-Based Youth Workers
– Before and After-School Program Coordinators
– Other Professional Working with Youth
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