HELPING STUDENTS IN A POST-PANDEMIC FALL

Educators face a range of mental, psychological, behavioral, and learning issues when schools return this fall from the pandemic's impact on children, their brains, and learning. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that from April through October 2020, the proportion of children between the ages of 5-11 visiting an emergency room because of a mental health crisis climbed 24 percent compared to that same time period in 2019. Among 12-17 year-olds, the number increased by 31 percent. A recent study by Harvard University researchers found that about two-thirds (67%) of the children they studied in ages 7-15 between November 2020 and January 2021 had clinically significant symptoms of anxiety and depression, and 67% also had clinically meaningful problem behaviors. That compares to only 30% with anxiety and depression symptoms and 20% with behavioral problems in a pre-pandemic study. A March 2021 report by Horace Mann found that more than half of educators (53%) reported a “significant” loss in students’ academic learning, and another 44% of educators agree there is “some” loss.

This conference will provide new research on the impact of the pandemic on student anxiety, mental health, and learning. Discover strategies to reduce anxiety and depression; reverse learning loss; reengage students; manage disruptive behaviors; improve trust and mental health; help children with ADHD and autism adjust to a new normal; and create calm, caring, connected, and trauma-sensitive schools.

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This conference will be presented as a hybrid conference.  You can either attend in person in Boston or participate virtually.  Click here for more details.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Calming students in an age of rising stress and anxiety
Promoting mental health in school, youth, and young adults
Ways to re-engage and help kids as they return back to school
The science of trauma and creating trauma-sensitive classrooms
Strategies for managing difficult behaviors and school situations
Creating caring, trusting, connected classrooms in challenging times
Achieving success with defiant, emotional, and disengaged students
Intervention and acceleration for "COVID Slide" in reading and math
Helping students with ADHD and autism adjust to a new normal
Science-based strategies for reducing anxiety and depression
Research on the pandemic's impact on child mental health

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Educators, Parents
Curriculum, Staff Developers
Speech-Language Pathologists
PreK-12 Teachers, Administrators
Learning Specialists, Special Educators
Psychologists, School Psychologists, Counselors
Early Childhood Educators, Professionals
Literacy, Reading, Math, STEM Teachers
Superintendents, Principals, School Heads
Adolescent Educators, Clinicians, Counselors
Social Workers, Mental Health Professionals
Guidance, Career, College Counselors
College, University Professors

Featured Speakers

Reestablishing Attention and Synchronicity in Children Exposed to Trauma
Under Pressure: Confronting the Pandemic of Stress, Anxiety, and Mental Health Concerns in Adolescents
Handle With Care: Managing Difficult Situations With Dignity and Respect
Bridging the Gap Between Innate and Learned Behaviors: A Parent's Role in Promoting Child Survival
Collaborative and Proactive Solutions: Moving From Power and Control to Collaboration and Problem Solving
Unwinding Our Anxiety in the Brain After the Pandemic
Reaching Teens in Times of Trauma, COVID, and Uncertainty

ANXIOUS BRAINS: CREATING CALM, COPING, MINDFUL STUDENTS

Unwinding Our Anxiety in the Brain During a Pandemic
Coping Skills for Kids and Teens: Strategies for Stress, Anxiety, and Anger
ADHD and Anxiety: Understanding the Relationship and Developing Practical Strategies
Mindful Decisions, Resilience, and Mental Wellness for Educators: Understanding the Brain Science
Maximizing Mindful Learning: Reducing Anxiety and Improving Achievement
Maximizing Mindful Learning: Reducing Anxiety and Improving Achievement
Stress, Resilience, and Wellbeing for Teachers

DISTRESSED BRAINS: CREATING TRAUMA-SENSITIVE CLASSROOMS

Reestablishing Attention and Synchronicity in Children Exposed to Trauma
Bridging the Gap Between Innate and Learned Behavior: A Parent's Role in Promoting Survival
Creating Caring, Trusting Schools During Challenging Times
How the Pandemic Contributes to Feelings of Threat and Disrupts a Child’s Ability to Connect and Feel Safe: A Polyvagal Perspective
Trauma, Resilience, and the Developing Brain
Leading Schools Through Trauma: A Data-Driven Approach to Helping Children Heal
Helping the Helpers: Recognizing and Coping With Secondary Traumatic Stress for Teachers
Trauma Informed Practices for Educators

DISRUPTIVE BRAINS: MANAGING DIFFICULT CLASSROOM BEHAVIORS

Collaborative and Proactive Solutions: Moving From Power and Control to Collaboration and Problem Solving
Handle With Care: Managing Difficult Situations With Dignity and Respect
Brain Aligned Relational Discipline: Addressing Student Behavior
Building Student Relationships
We Needed Executive Function During COVID-19 and Still Do: Implications for Assessment and Intervention
Managing Overwhelming Frustration and Anxiety in the New Normal
Relationship-Based Pedagogy in Service of Youth With Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties
Building Connections and Community: Promoting Positive Relationships in Schools
Reducing Stress and Anxiety in Children on the Spectrum

DISENGAGED BRAINS: REDUCING LEARNING LOSS & RE-ENGAGING KIDS

Using Insights From Cognitive Neuroscience to Support Reading and Reduce Reading Loss
Providing Academic Support for All Students to Address Learning Loss

DEPRESSED BRAINS: PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING

Under Pressure: Confronting the Pandemic of Stress, Anxiety, and Mental Health Concerns in Adolescents
Reaching Teens in Times of Trauma, COVID, and Uncertainty
Youth Stress Vulnerability During COVID: Promoting Mental Health and Protective Factors
Understanding and Addressing Mental Health in College Students: Findings and Lessons From the National Healthy Minds Network
The End of Adolescence: Supporting Youth and the Lost Art of Delaying Adulthood
Less Stress: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decisions Making in the Early School Years
Happy Teachers Revolution: Supporting the Mental Health and Wellness of Educators
Why Cultivating Belonging in Your Classroom May Have the Biggest Impact on Student Mental Health
Why Cultivating Belonging in Your Classroom May Have the Biggest Impact on Student Mental Health

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