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Monday, October 8
 

7:30am CDT

Registration
Monday October 8, 2018 7:30am - 9:00am CDT
TBA

9:00am CDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Monday October 8, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am CDT
Redbud Ballroom

9:15am CDT

Parent Panel
We believe the experts on poverty and trauma are the people who have dealt with it on a personal level. The Parent Panel includes five brave single mothers who are working their way out of poverty and have histories of high trauma. They’re excited to bring us their insight.
This is a sacred space that is rarely encountered, especially at conferences. The Parent Panel will shift your hearts, minds, and practice.
Monday October 8, 2018 9:15am - 9:50am CDT
Redbud Ballroom
  Parent Panel

9:50am CDT

Student Hope Spotlight
Research tells us that kids from difficult backgrounds have a deep need to contribute. And we have kids with stories to tell. They are ready to be a part of the solution . . . to be a part of changing the world. Our Hope Spotlight speakers bring powerful narratives to the conversation.

This is a sacred space that is rarely encountered, especially at conferences. The Hope Spotlights will shift your hearts, minds, and practice.
Monday October 8, 2018 9:50am - 10:00am CDT
Redbud Ballroom
  Student Hope Spotlight

10:00am CDT

Break
Monday October 8, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am CDT
Break

10:15am CDT

Adults Beginning the Journey of Healing
Parents, family members, or care givers of children impacted by family or neighborhood trauma, abuse, and violence can also be affected by their own trauma. Therefore, caring for children who have experienced trauma may not only be a stressful experience but may compound our own personal unresolved trauma. We know today that adults who have not begun to take care of their own trauma issues usually don’t have the patience or the capacity to care for their hurting children. Hurting adults can’t generally care for hurting children. This session will give us the courage to begin our work of healing so that we can be available to help our children heal.  
Speakers
DB

Monday October 8, 2018 10:15am - 11:00am CDT
Maple Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

10:15am CDT

Merriam Park Community School Bear Dens
Relationships! Relationships! Relationships! 

They are the cornerstone of any successful school and the way a school fosters these relationships varies based on its culture. Merriam Park Community School in Merriam, Kansas has instituted our Bear Dens, cross grade level groupings, and Bearz II Men, a program designed to build relationships with the young men in our 6th grade. These programs have had a positive effect on not only our school culture but our community as well.

In this breakout session, we'll discuss the process of beginning a similar outreach opportunity in your building. The discussion will cover all facets from lesson suggestions, schedules, who is involved, where Merriam Park is heading with them in the future, and the challenges we have faced.  Participants will be granted access to all of our materials and have the opportunity to add their own ideas into this shared resource for all to use!
Speakers
DS

Monday October 8, 2018 10:15am - 11:00am CDT
Osage Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

10:15am CDT

ACEs and Resilience 101
The science must guide our practice! Participants will leave this session with a foundational understanding of the science behind ACEs and better equipped with resources to dig deeper with best practices for integrating the science in their own communities. What exactly is the science of Resilience and, more importantly, how do we build it?

Your key takeaway:
“Time does not heal all wounds . . . only love does that.”
Speakers
RL

Monday October 8, 2018 10:15am - 11:00am CDT
Oak Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

10:15am CDT

Shifting the Mindset at Chanute Elementary School
This workshop will walk you through the process that Chanute Elementary School in Chanute, Kansas has taken in one year to work towards becoming a trauma informed school.  Throughout the presentation, the presenters will share successful activities they have completed during this process.  They will also make you aware of some activities that you may want to avoid and/or complete a different way as you work towards becoming trauma informed.  Participants who attend this workshop will leave with ideas as to how they might begin the their own process of moving their school towards becoming trauma informed.
Speakers
EH

Monday October 8, 2018 10:15am - 11:00am CDT
Birch Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

10:15am CDT

Transforming a School
During this session, we'll discuss how a Title I school was transformed. We went from a building with over 80 suspensions, high staff turnover, a constant stream of students sent to the office, and poor community perception to a school providing civic engagement opportunities, aligned with community partnerships, with no staff turnover, with a trauma responsive culture, and only eight suspensions for the year. It continues to be a challenge but our kids and staff deserve a high quality educational environment! Come find out how we did it.
Speakers
JG

Monday October 8, 2018 10:15am - 11:00am CDT
Cedar Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

10:15am CDT

Emotional Freedom Techniques (Double Session)
Our kids and families are coming to us under high stress and often with trauma. What are some researched techniques that can help kids and families find self-regulation? Mindfulness, meditation, and Emotional Freedom Techniques are all in the same family of tools.

What is EFT? 

In this interactive session Deborah Factor, an EFT practitioner of 15 years will share and demonstrate the powerful healing available to people through EFT. Physicians, pastors, teachers, schools, parents, and kids are finding a new emotional freedom through the power of tapping. Come and participate in this session and leave with the ability to heal yourself and others.
Speakers
DF

Monday October 8, 2018 10:15am - 11:55am CDT
Cypress A
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

10:15am CDT

Hope & Healing through Books
Come join us for a fun and fresh way to discover books that provide students with hope and healing. Our time together will equip you with rich literature that reaches the heart. Some of our topics include: problem-solving, loss, resilience, diversity, addiction, empathy, and many more. You'll leave with book ideas that inspire will your teaching and help heal hearts. Come, explore, and discuss books that provide a bright future for our students.
Speakers
BM
CZ

Monday October 8, 2018 10:15am - 11:55am CDT
Walnut Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

10:15am CDT

Rules First or Relationship First: What Describes Your Trauma Informed Environment? (Double Session)
This session will examine the difference between a Rules First and Relationship First campus. Moving towards a Relationship First is the key to providing a high quality education. We'll learn how to make the shift towards Relationship First and give practical ideas about what this model looks like in action. 
Speakers
JM

Monday October 8, 2018 10:15am - 11:55am CDT
Cypress B
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

11:00am CDT

Break
Monday October 8, 2018 11:00am - 11:10am CDT
Break

11:10am CDT

Building a Neighborhood Accountability Board to Heal All
What are neighborhood accountability boards and how do I start one where I live? What power do they hold to help adolescents who commit criminal offenses? How do we mobilize local people to see these kids for what they really are and, more importantly, what they could be? How does this model build resilience and equip a community to become self healing? Join the conversation as we address these questions around accountability boards. We have great power when there is a shared vision and a relationship rich process to catch kids and turn a bad situation into a reality of hope and promise. 
Speakers
TN
NN

Monday October 8, 2018 11:10am - 11:55am CDT
Birch Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

11:10am CDT

Joyful Allies: Family School Community Resilience Through PARENTCAMP
Real Family-School Engagement. We talk about it. We want it. But we aren't there yet. Kids need us to get this right! 

Part of the reason we haven't hit the mark is that we, the adults, don't know what it looks like or feels like. We know in our hearts ❤️that if parents, educators, and community stakeholders regularly talk, learn, and innovate TOGETHER our kids will benefit. Research indicates that strong family-school engagement results in academic, social, and behavioral growth for kids. 

A beautiful question remains. How might we create and embark on a meaningful family-school engagement journey? ParentCamp is a free 2-3 hour gathering of all stakeholders that is simple to organize and very customizable. ParentCamps are filled with vibrant conversation and collaboration. Come learn more about ParentCamp, hear parent testimonials about their ParentCamp experiences, and discover the three easy steps to to setting one up.  Because #kidsdeserveit 
Speakers
LG

Monday October 8, 2018 11:10am - 11:55am CDT
Maple Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

11:10am CDT

The Importance of Involving Parents in Their Child's Education
Family involvement is a two-way street. If we expect parents to be actively involved in the educational lives of their children, we must first make them feel welcome in the school environment. This can be achieved by leveling the playing field when it comes to what is best for each student entrusted to our care. In this session, we will explore strategies for engaging parents before the school year ever begins and how to maintain those relationships long after the student has left your classroom.
Speakers
KJ

Monday October 8, 2018 11:10am - 11:55am CDT
Oak Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

11:10am CDT

Restorative Justice and Social Emotional Learning
Building positive relationships and environments in our classrooms are key to student and staff well being. Restorative Justice and Social and Emotional Learning are a powerful duo when it comes to teaching social and emotional skills and putting them into practice on a daily basis. In this workshop, we will explore how using Restorative Justice and SEL can positively affect building climate, empathy, and social skills. In addition, we will look at ways Restorative Justice and SEL can reduce conflicts and help heal relationships when conflict does occur. Come learn with us!
Speakers
SK
AR

Monday October 8, 2018 11:10am - 11:55am CDT
Cedar Room
  Restorative Justice

11:55am CDT

Lunch & Keynote: Dr. Bernard Franklin
Dr. Franklin has a intensive training certification from one of the leading research and teaching child development programs in the county on Trust-Based Relational Intervention from the Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University.  He is a professional member and currently in training with the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute in Boulder, Colorado. The Institute is dedicated to resolving trauma worldwide by providing state-of-the-art professional training and public education in Somatic Experiencing.

In addition, Franklin has trained with Trauma Recovery Associates connecting faith elements to trauma, resilience, and neuroscience to train practitioners who work in faith-based settings on how to bring healing to victims of trauma and chaos.
Speakers
DB

Monday October 8, 2018 11:55am - 1:30pm CDT
Redbud Ballroom
  Keynote

1:30pm CDT

Break
Monday October 8, 2018 1:30pm - 1:45pm CDT
Break

1:45pm CDT

I Am Not My Trauma
Come to this session to hear from Ashlee, an 18-year old who experienced a lot of trauma in her life. Despite what happened to her, she wants to be remembered for how she overcame trauma to make a difference instead of the trauma itself. She will share what helped her to move from living as a victim to living as a victor while providing specific tips and strategies educators and professionals can use to build resilience in students like her.  
Speakers
A
TK

Monday October 8, 2018 1:45pm - 2:30pm CDT
Cypress B
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

1:45pm CDT

Resilience Building Does Not Stop After High School
As a single mom journeying out of poverty and working to heal from trauma, I am willing to be vulnerable and transparent. I want to help educators and communities understand the key ingredients poured into my life that created the strength and resilience needed to break the cycle of ACEs and generational poverty!

I work with 30 families in two communities to both solve poverty and heal trauma. I am humbled to share successful strategies so that participants can go back and begin this process with their own communities.
Speakers
SR

Monday October 8, 2018 1:45pm - 2:30pm CDT
Cedar Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

1:45pm CDT

Class Meetings: All the Styles
Class Meetings are a time for students and staff to connect as a class and learn, grow, and share with each other. There are many models out there for schools to use: Conscious Discipline, Restorative Justice, Responsive Classroom, The Ophelia Project, and teacher/student created models. In this session, we will take a look at different models by being participants in the class meeting. Our goal is to take you through the different models and for you to be able to decide which is best for you and your students! 
Speakers
AR
CZ

Monday October 8, 2018 1:45pm - 2:30pm CDT
Walnut Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

1:45pm CDT

Developing a Trauma Informed Classroom
As an educator, I value my individuality and my autonomy.  And I say over and over again . . . "We don't have standardized kids." Learning how to adapt the classroom to meet the needs of all the students and to build a "safe place" to learn and grow takes time. It also takes a large measure of being able to allow myself to just try something realizing that it might not work and I might need to try something different. It's not enough to assume that kids "know better" or that all kids will gain control of their bodies through the same cookie cutter solution. Different solutions work for different kids. I am learning to try as many of the tricks and tools as I can and to keep trying different things until I find something that works. 

Come and learn what's worked for me and share what has worked for you!
Speakers
CH

Monday October 8, 2018 1:45pm - 2:30pm CDT
Osage Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

1:45pm CDT

Expression, Experience, and Executive Function for Educational Success
Trauma and chronic stress associated with poverty affect children’s bodies and brains, setting them on a path of academic struggle even before they start elementary school. Therefore, the time to build resilience and lay the foundation for academic success is during early childhood with activities that build executive function and pre-literacy skills. This session will examine early childhood activities and resources for counteracting the effects of trauma and stress, thus leveling the academic playing field and impacting the quality of life factors.
Speakers
RA

Monday October 8, 2018 1:45pm - 2:30pm CDT
Birch Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

1:45pm CDT

Practical Ways to Move from Being a Trauma Sensitive School to Being a Relationship Rich and Resilient School
Hit a wall with your progress as a Trauma Sensitive School? Have a committee that's done great PD but it's not taking off like you'd hoped it would? What's missing, you wonder? Come to this session and learn practical, fun, research-based, and implementable-next-week ways to truly involve everyone in the transformation. Yes, your school can go from from being trauma "responsive" or "sensitive" to being relationship rich and resilient--supporting for every child (and adult!) with understanding, honor, choice, and voice helping them craft a positive self-identity based on self-love!
Speakers
LG

Monday October 8, 2018 1:45pm - 2:30pm CDT
Maple Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

1:45pm CDT

The Power of a School-Based Mentoring Program
Come find out how you can empower high schoolers to mentor elementary kids in your schools. Kids who were at risk for falling off track, but had a mentor are: 55% more likely to attend college, 78% more likely to volunteer regularly, and 130% more likely to hold leadership positions. School-based mentoring improves grades, behaviors, and attitudes of both the mentors and the mentees. Join us to learn about this powerful tool that is already having tremendous success in some of our Kansas schools.
Speakers
DF

Monday October 8, 2018 1:45pm - 2:30pm CDT
Oak Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

2:30pm CDT

Break
Monday October 8, 2018 2:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Break

2:45pm CDT

The Profoundness of Self-Care
During every pre-flight safety briefing, the flight attendant will remind us that if there is a loss of cabin pressure we need to put on our own oxygen mask first before placing the oxygen mask on our children. The same rule also applies as an adult care giver. If we put the oxygen mask on our children first, we may run out of oxygen and not be available when we are needed the most. Self-care follows the same theme. We have to take care of ourselves first, then take of our children. This session will focus on the importance of self-care and how to maintain self-care in a busy culture.
Speakers
DB

Monday October 8, 2018 2:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
Birch Room
  Helping Professions

2:45pm CDT

Healing Trauma through PBL
How does Project-Based Learning help students in trauma and poverty? You may walk in thinking that PBL only works for a certain type of student. Come see how PBL has worked in one classroom that was filled with diversity. We will also scratch the surface of how you can move into project-based learning and steps for getting started.
Speakers
JM

Monday October 8, 2018 2:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
Maple Room
  Project Based Learning & Civic Engagement

2:45pm CDT

A Game Plan for Secondary Trauma-Informed
Coffeyville Public Schools is a progressive district chosen as a Mercury 7 Redesign district as part of the Kansas State Department of Education's Kansans Can vision. A primary focus of our redesign efforts have concentrated on the social emotional outcomes of the Kansans Can vision. This intentional effort has proven to be very successful. During this session, Coffeyville staff will provide a step-by-step game plan and timeline for implementing Trauma Informed practices, specifically at the secondary level. This will include an in-depth look at student of concern meetings, regulation interventions, training of staff/students, and effective utilization of community resources.
Speakers
CU

Monday October 8, 2018 2:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
Cedar Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

2:45pm CDT

Once Upon a Time is Now: The Power of Storytelling to Guide and Heal
"Fairy tales are more than true - not because they tell us that dragons exist but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." Neil Gaiman

Stories contain the wisdom of cultures and have been used to teach and heal for centuries before books and traditional education.  Stories, especially traditional  folk tales, provide models for problem solving and dealing with fear. Beyond cautionary tales and fables, traditional tales promote the values of persistence and kindness, they give us hope. Storytelling in its simplest form provides a live, personal connection and promotes imagination, possibility thinking, and gives listeners a vicarious experience of once upon a time.

This presentation will include a short demonstration, application ideas, and a bibliography of traditional tales to use in school and community settings.
Speakers
FH

Monday October 8, 2018 2:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
Oak Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

2:45pm CDT

Be The Change . . . You Want to See Within Your School (Double Session)
This session is about teaching and leading a day within your school, district, community that teaches students, adults, community members about breaking down the barriers of socio-economic status, race, gender, and religion and shows how we are are more alike then different. If you’re looking to become a trauma informed school, this session will walk you through the steps on how we engage staff and students to first recognize and embrace each other as the unique individuals they are. This session will also walk you through the steps of getting administration, community members, and families involved in Being The Change within your school. 
Speakers
JW

Monday October 8, 2018 2:45pm - 4:30pm CDT
Walnut Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

2:45pm CDT

Poverty Simulation (Double Session)
Do you really know what it's really like to live a month in poverty? How will you survive? How will you make sure your children are thriving? What do families who live this day in and day out feel, think, know? What are their strengths and what can we do back in our own communities, organizations and schools to truly begin Moving the Needle? This double session will give you just a small taste of what a month living in poverty is like. Participants will role play a family member in poverty and experience making tough decisions in order to reach the end of the month.

Come early - we will be limiting participation to the first 50 people.
Speakers
RL

Monday October 8, 2018 2:45pm - 4:30pm CDT
Cypress A
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

2:45pm CDT

Raising Resilience (Double Session)
How do we begin to make the shift from understanding the impact of trauma, chronic stress, and poverty within our students’ lives to helping them build their resilience?  Our world has changed and our educational system must evolve in order to spark hope and build resilience within our population. During this session, we'll will focus on how to create a true school family by promoting safety, connectedness, hope, empathy, and commitments. Our time together will highlight means to build intrinsic motivation, identify methods for effectively managing self, and build psychological safety within our systems.  Participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from one another as we share our journey from traditional systems, to trauma responsive practices, to bridging to resilience within our youth.
Speakers
JG

Monday October 8, 2018 2:45pm - 4:30pm CDT
Osage Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

2:45pm CDT

Staying the Course: Keeping the Momentum Despite the Barriers (Double Session)
As the principal of a school in its second year of fully implementing a trauma informed sulture, James Moffett remembers all too well the challenges of communicating the WHY to staff, building trauma informed capacity, establishing momentum, and sustaining the change. In this session, James will reflect on his school's journey and work to help others avoid some of the mistakes he made along the way. 
Speakers
JM

Monday October 8, 2018 2:45pm - 4:30pm CDT
Cypress B
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

3:30pm CDT

Break
Monday October 8, 2018 3:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Break

3:45pm CDT

Finding the “US” in AugUSta, Kansas
Need a quick review about how to form a Community Action Team? Want to learn how Augusta
community agencies, schools, and neighborhoods are coming together to address and resolve poverty needs and trauma issues? Looking for specifics about ways to involve community agencies, businesses, and churches in support of your students and families in need? Interested to find out the next steps that we are taking to become a trauma informed community? We are ready to share and discuss how the “US” factor in AugUSta means that all of “US” are coming together in a Call to Action for our community.
Speakers
BB

Monday October 8, 2018 3:45pm - 4:30pm CDT
Maple Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

3:45pm CDT

What About the Men and Fathers?
Statistics show that women go to the doctor, go to the spa, get their nails done, and partake in self-care activities more than men do. As a sad result, men are better at dying than women. Look around this conference - chances are that you'll see more women present than men. Yet, our children need us. As a former Vice President of the National Center for Fathering, Dr. Franklin will remind men and fathers why we need to get after our work of healing our wounds, and why our boys, and our girls, really need us.   
Speakers
DB

Monday October 8, 2018 3:45pm - 4:30pm CDT
Birch Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

3:45pm CDT

Restorative Justice: A Trauma-Informed Response
Learn how Restorative Practices and Trauma Informed Strategies fit together and support the well being of children. Research-based theories and interventions will be shared. This session will be a guiding light toward the wealth of tools and strategies available to schools and communities through Restorative Practices. A must for classroom teachers, families, and community organizations seeking practical ways to implement trauma-responsive practices!
Speakers
JF
RS

Monday October 8, 2018 3:45pm - 4:30pm CDT
Cedar Room
  Restorative Justice

3:45pm CDT

Peace About Building Your Peace Corner
As teachers at a trauma informed school, we have experience implementing and sustaining peace corners in our classrooms. This is such an incredible addition to any classroom and once we were rolling, we could not imagine the day-to-day without it. From origin to where we are now, we have learned so much! Participants will leave with a deepened understanding that Peace Corners are good for ALL kids and, more importantly, increase instruction time. We will present on what a peace corner is, how to effectively implement one in the classroom, along with some of the do's and don’ts of having a peace corner. 
Speakers
AH
EN

Monday October 8, 2018 3:45pm - 4:30pm CDT
Oak Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

6:30pm CDT

Once Upon a Time is Now: Old Stories for Today

Humans need stories. Stories are how we transmit wisdom, preserve culture, frame history and make sense of the world. Stories unite and inspire. Join storyteller Faye Hanson for a concert of traditional stories for grown-ups that make sense for today.
Speakers
FH

Monday October 8, 2018 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Maple Room
  Evening Activities

6:30pm CDT

Resilience film screening
Viewing of movie Resilience with facilitated conversation.

Researchers have recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by abuse and neglect during childhood. As the new documentary Resilience reveals, toxic stress can trigger hormones that wreak havoc on the brains and bodies of children, putting them at a greater risk for disease, homelessness, prison time, and early death. While the broader impacts of poverty worsen the risk, no segment of society is immune. Resilience, however, also chronicles the dawn of a movement that is determined to fight back. Trailblazers in pediatrics, education, and social welfare are using cutting-edge science and field-tested therapies to protect children from the insidious effects of toxic stress—and the dark legacy of a childhood that no child would choose.
Monday October 8, 2018 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Birch Room
  Evening Activities

6:30pm CDT

Self Care Relaxation Session: Sound Therapy As A Bridge
Learn about the therapeutic effects of sound therapy and mindfulness meditation using Himalayan Singing Bowls.  Sounds that entrain us to deeper states of relaxation.  Allowing the listener/participant to release stress from body-mind & spirit.  Join us for a unique sound experience.
  • Sound production with singing bowls
  • Usage of Sound as a Sensory-based attunement 
  • Techniques to calm the nervous system
  • Engage Kinesthetic Learners with interactive tools
  • Trauma-Informed Techniques
  •  Exercises to help students focus and re-energize
  • Unity through group interaction
  • Deep Listening exercise - mindful awareness
  • Access to a musical experience for the “non-musician”
  • Inclusivity
  • Meditative and Fun!
Speakers
PP

Monday October 8, 2018 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Cypress B
  Evening Activities
 
Tuesday, October 9
 

7:00am CDT

Breakfast
Tuesday October 9, 2018 7:00am - 8:30am CDT
Redbud Ballroom

8:30am CDT

Opening Remarks
Tuesday October 9, 2018 8:30am - 8:45am CDT
Redbud Ballroom

8:45am CDT

Keynote: James Moffett
Speakers
JM

Tuesday October 9, 2018 8:45am - 9:30am CDT
Redbud Ballroom
  Keynote

9:30am CDT

Break
Tuesday October 9, 2018 9:30am - 9:45am CDT
Break

9:45am CDT

Transformation: What Role Does an Employer Play?
As our communities discuss visions of local transformation and growth, join Damon as he challenges us to expand our view of community involvement to include the employees of our businesses and their families. Many in our workforce and prospective workers are lacking the tools and resources needed to be successful - employers can be the bridge connecting employees to those tools and resources.

As a local business leader, Damon will discuss the importance of vision, positive language, personal connections, and skills / capacity building in creating productive and successful employees. Please join in this important conversation. 
Speakers
DY

Tuesday October 9, 2018 9:45am - 10:30am CDT
Oak Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

9:45am CDT

It's Okay to Say No: Self-Care for Teachers
Becky Swanson teaches third-grade teacher and Amanda Hawkinson is beginning her second year as a special education teacher at Derby Hills Elementary, a trauma responsive school in Derby, Kansas. Over the last several years, they have seen an increase in behavior issues which can stress even the most seasoned teacher. Teacher burnout is a real issue for those in education, especially those working with students experiencing trauma. During this session, Becky  and Amanda will address the importance of self-care and stress relief to help minimize the effects of working in a trauma-responsive environment. Their suggestions will help you maintain the balance we all need in our lives.  They want you to understand that “it's okay to say no.”  
Speakers
AH

Amanda Hawkinson

Derby Hills Elementary
BS

Becky Swanson

Derby Hills Elementary

Tuesday October 9, 2018 9:45am - 10:30am CDT
Birch Room
  Helping Professions

9:45am CDT

Understanding the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Have you heard about the School to Prison Pipeline? What is it and how does it play into trauma-responsive schools and communities? This session will review the evidence showing the impact of “zero tolerance” policies and expulsion from school on children, and especially the long-term impact on children when disciplinary matters are turned over to juvenile justice rather than handled by the school. Gary Flory comes with an extensive Criminal Justice, Educational and Restorative Justice background. Participants will leave with a confidence about the research as it pertains to our most vulnerable population and the detriment of punishment for all of us. 
Speakers
GF

Tuesday October 9, 2018 9:45am - 10:30am CDT
Cedar Room
  Helping Professions

9:45am CDT

Healing Communities Through Poverty Resolution
What do high school completion programs for adults have to do with healing adversity and solving poverty? In this session, you will hear from ESSDACK Learning Center site directors and their students as they share their journey in resolving local poverty. Learning Centers are designed to assist high school students finish the necessary credits to earn their diplomas. Since 2017, ESSDACK Learning Centers have been on a mission to intentionally partner with communities and their students to make the challenge of helping people walk out of poverty and heal from adversity a local dream come true. 
Speakers
EL

Tuesday October 9, 2018 9:45am - 10:30am CDT
Osage Room
  Poverty Resolution

9:45am CDT

Building a Trauma-Responsive District: Good for ALL Kids!
So how does trauma-responsive fit in with the Kansas State Department of Education's Redesign vision? What about kids and families who are not experiencing poverty? How do we launch this conversation with the community? With families? With our school board? How are the conversations and professional development the same or different at elementary and secondary? 

Come and listen to McPherson school district's journey of claiming this approach at a district and community level and how administration is laying the groundwork to help people realize this work is good for all kids. Participants will leave with insight about building this process at a community, elementary, and secondary level as well as some of the pitfalls encountered by McPherson along the way. 
Speakers
AM
SV

Tuesday October 9, 2018 9:45am - 10:30am CDT
Maple Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

9:45am CDT

Unnatural Causes . . . Is Inequality Making Us Sick? In Sickness and In Wealth (Double Session)
During this session, we'll examine and advance the understanding of social determinants of health and disparities in health risks, health status, treatment and survival among diverse groups of the population. In Sickness and In Wealth is an hour long episode of the UNNATURAL CAUSES . . . Is Inequality Making Us Sick four-hour documentary.

This episode addresses the fact that health and longevity are correlated with socioeconomic status, how people of color face an additional health burden, and show that our health and well-being are tied to policies that promote economic and social justice.  

Set in different communities, this interactive session provides a deeper exploration of the ways in which social conditions affect population health and how some communities are extending their lives by improving those conditions.

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             ESSDACK/Moving the Needle
 
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             10/09/2018
 
Speakers
PK

Tuesday October 9, 2018 9:45am - 11:30am CDT
Cypress B
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

9:45am CDT

From the Amygdala to the Pre-frontal Cortex (Double Session)
Children who have grown up in poverty and/or with significant traumatic situations have brains who have trouble communicating out of the fight/flight/freeze amygdala part of the brain into the rational, executive functioning prefrontal cortex of the brain. And how that manifests in classrooms and life is often a frustration for all. But the very framework of Project/Problem Based Learning helps move those children's (and adults') brains forward, literally. Come learn more about how we can do non-invasive brain surgery to repair and heal the damage for a more satisfying life.
Speakers
GL

Tuesday October 9, 2018 9:45am - 11:30am CDT
Cypress A
  Project Based Learning & Civic Engagement

9:45am CDT

A Study Guide to Relationships with Students Experiencing Poverty & Trauma (Double Session)
Research teaches us that healing happens in the context of our relationships with others and is the foundation in responding to students who have experienced both poverty and trauma. This presentation will focus on the progression of the relationships we have with students as we identify their hidden rules, resiliency factors, coping strategies, and triggers in each stage.  All of which we will utilize to help raise student awareness and develop a plan to self-regulate both in and out of school.  A key component of this process will also be recognizing and embracing our own limitations and the need to build a trusted community network to strengthen our own resiliency and effectiveness. 
Speakers
VD

Tuesday October 9, 2018 9:45am - 11:30am CDT
Walnut Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

10:30am CDT

Break
Tuesday October 9, 2018 10:30am - 10:45am CDT
Break

10:45am CDT

The Cost of Caring
Vicarious trauma affects teachers’ brains in much the same way that it affects their students’. Yet many teachers are never explicitly taught how to help students who have experienced trauma, let alone address the toll it takes on their own health and personal lives. In this session we will explore coping strategies for dealing with vicarious trauma. How can we care, and not cost our own health and life satisfaction in the process?
Speakers
KP

Tuesday October 9, 2018 10:45am - 11:30am CDT
Birch Room
  Helping Professions

10:45am CDT

In The Zone
We know when our students are upset, stressed, or worried, they are not ready to learn. This year is the third full year that Derby Hills elementary teachers will be implementing the Zones of Regulation in their classroom. Derby Hills teachers, Brenna Brownlee and Misti Dailey, will share how they teach self-regulation to their students and incorporate the Zones of Regulation into their day. There is great power in understanding where our students are and where we are emotionally. This session will help participants unpack the treasure of Social and Emotional Learning that is experienced with Zones of Regulation both in the classroom and at a building level!
Speakers
BB
MD

Tuesday October 9, 2018 10:45am - 11:30am CDT
Cedar Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

10:45am CDT

Scoring Your Students ACEs to Inform
One of the first steps in becoming a Trauma-Informed school and educator is understanding what the Adverse Childhood Experience study is, how it originated, and what the correlations to behavior and health are from its findings. During this session, you will learn what the ACE’s study is and what the correlations are between Adverse Childhood Experiences and adult health outcomes. You will also learn how ACEs information can be used in the educational setting. We will also highlight how you can score a student’s ACE and then use that information to guide you on how to care for that student. Finally, we will discuss how you can use this data to provide substance and clarity for local school boards in their decision-making process for the need for adding school counselors and social workers.
Speakers
JC

Tuesday October 9, 2018 10:45am - 11:30am CDT
Oak Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

10:45am CDT

Trauma-Informed Community Schools
When it comes to building a whole school environment where students thrive All Means ALL but schools can't do this alone, it takes a community. Join me for this session exploring the trauma-informed community school model as a way to build resilience and take a 'whole school, whole community' approach. We will look at the pillars and frameworks for the equally powerful trauma-informed and community school models to explore how they mutually reinforce and support each other. We will look at exemplars from public schools across the country to understand best practices and spark ideas. Participants will have the opportunity to understand what they are already doing that fits within this model, identify gaps, and prioritize their next steps.
Speakers
LK

Tuesday October 9, 2018 10:45am - 11:30am CDT
Osage Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

10:45am CDT

Youth Inspiring Cross-Social Connections
Are you interested in hearing how a group of youth worked to change culture within their city?

The McPherson High School Youth Advisory Council (YAC) wanted to bring awareness to the importance of cross-social connections among their classmates. To facilitate this process, they planned and implemented a summit in September to collaborate with students within the city to address: "What does our school look like when we have good cross-cultural connections?"

We'll share details and highlight strategies for replicating the process in your school and community!
Speakers
KB

Tuesday October 9, 2018 10:45am - 11:30am CDT
Maple Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

11:30am CDT

Lunch and Student Hope Spotlight
Tuesday October 9, 2018 11:30am - 1:00pm CDT
Redbud Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

Break
Tuesday October 9, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm CDT
Break

1:15pm CDT

The ABCs of Self-Care
Every person wants to learn and work in a culture of care, connection, and commitment. The approaches we use with students is just as important for staff. Join this session to explore the ABCs of self-care for students, educators, and mental health professionals. The ABCs are Awareness, Balance, and Connection. Participants will leave with practical tools that can be used with students and adults to foster care, connection, and commitment.
Speakers
TK

Tuesday October 9, 2018 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Birch Room
  Helping Professions

1:15pm CDT

Poverty and Addiction
The session will help participants better understand poverty and addiction by defining and providing examples of each. There are a variety of root causes and different intervention tools we can use to attack those causes. Come learn more about how we can work together to Move the Needle!
Speakers
MB

Tuesday October 9, 2018 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Cedar Room
  Poverty Resolution, Helping Professions

1:15pm CDT

From ACEs to Resilience (Panel)
There is hope. In this session, participants from local poverty resolution projects will share the power of community and how it has helped them heal and move forward. The road to resilience is paved with relationships. This will be a panel experience in a smaller setting where participants can ask questions about how to build relationships with people in their own schools and communities who are facing adversity.


Speakers
RL

Tuesday October 9, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Cypress A
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

1:15pm CDT

Healing Local Families through Relationships
A county Health Department director, a community Corrections Director, and a recovering addict unite to bring lasting change to their rural community by making a commitment to bring families out of generational poverty. The ripple effect of this mind-shift has inspired the vision of building Community resilience in their county, their organizations, and in the families they serve. You will learn how three leaders are collaborating together to engage the community and are transforming minds and hearts for the middle class as well as those living in poverty. Developing relationships is at the center of change and that hope and healing are possible in any community, as long as there are champions to fight for the underserved! This session will discuss how to launch and sustain a healthy project that changes communities from the inside out.
Speakers
AB

Tuesday October 9, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Maple Room
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

1:15pm CDT

We Are All in This Together: Building a Resilient Community
Resilient communities are those that have the capacity to function in a way that allows the people who live, work, play, and pray within them to survive and thrive no matter what stresses or shocks they encounter.  In this session, we will discuss “The Pair of ACEs” and strategies from a variety of models that can help communities assure a solid foundation for creating success opportunities for all.
Speakers
VL

Tuesday October 9, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Cypress B
  Family & Community Involvement in Creating Resilience

1:15pm CDT

Incorporating Student Voice to Build Relationships and Connect with the Community
In this session, Tracey will share how she incorporates student choice into a variety of Project Based Learning units and highlight how those units help to build not only relationships within the classroom community but beyond. While building these relationships, students feel safe to fail and try new things, creating grit and resilience. You'll leave with specific ideas and resources for producing your own PBL units focused on building relationships and resilience.
Speakers
TE

Tuesday October 9, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Oak Room
  Project Based Learning & Civic Engagement

1:15pm CDT

Restorative Justice in Schools 101
What's the hype all about? Learn what restorative justice is and why it's sweeping the nation as a strategy for building positive school climates and addressing wrongdoing through accountable relationships. Explore various implementation approaches being used in Kansas and beyond.
Speakers
JD
JM

Tuesday October 9, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Walnut Room
  Restorative Justice

1:15pm CDT

Hugging Porcupines
Doing trauma responsive work in a secondary setting has unique challenges. Before implementation, much work has to be done on building climate. In this session, participants will learn the key ingredients to developing and launching the journey towards a trauma responsive high school and creating a quality culture at a secondary school for teachers, staff, students, and parents to understand both poverty and trauma in our hallways and classrooms.

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Speakers
SS

Tuesday October 9, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Osage Room
  Trauma Responsive Schools and Communities

2:00pm CDT

Break
Tuesday October 9, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Break

2:15pm CDT

Closing Keynote: Lara Kain
Speakers
LK

Tuesday October 9, 2018 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Redbud Ballroom
  Keynote
 
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