Friday, April 21
Location: The Sheraton NY Times Square, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
8:15 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
Pre-Conference Workshops
Room: TBA
8:15 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
Key Components of Social Skills Training for Neuro-Typical and Neuro-Diverse Students
Jed E. Baker, PhD
Room: TBA
8:15 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
Flexible Grouping to Build Students' Academic Skills and Collaborative Capacities
Kristina J. Doubet, PhD
Room: TBA
8:15 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
The Brain and a Culture of Belonging
Eva Shultis, EdM; Lorraine M. Hanley, MA
Room: TBA
8:15 AM - 9:40 AM EDT
Part I –
Part I – The Reading Brain: Early Skills, Interventions, and Collaborations
Kenneth R. Pugh, PhD
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
Part II –
Part II – Advancing the Science of Reading for our Youngest Learners: Neuroscience, Early Childhood & School Partnerships
Carolyn H. Strom, PhD
Room: TBA
8:15 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
The Kids are Watching Us: How to Model and Grow Social Dispositions to Move Forward Together in Divisive Times
Allison G. Zmuda, MA; Bena Kallick, PhD
This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.
Friday, April 21
Location: The Sheraton NY Times Square, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Keynote Address I: Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society - Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM EDT
Keynote Address II: The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony - Jay J. Van Bavel, PhD
2:05 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Concurrent Sessions A
Room: TBA
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
The Global Crisis of Connection: Its Roots, Consequences, and Solution
Niobe Way, EdD
(RP, All Ages)
Room: TBA
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Neuroeducation Meets Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: An Instructional Framework for Promoting Connectedness, Belonging, and a Culture of Success
Mariale M. Hardiman, EdD; Ranjini M. JohnBull, PhD
(RP, K-12)
Room: TBA
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Design Curriculum Stories to Spark Cognition and Connections
Allison G. Zmuda, MA; Bena Kallick, PhD
(P, All Grades)
Room: TBA
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Insights into the Teenage Social Brain: Peers, Presence, and Pro-Social Influences
Adriana Galvan, PhD
(R, 6-College)
Room: TBA
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
The Dynamics of Prosocial Choice
Oriel FeldmanHall, PhD
(R, All Ages)
Room: TBA
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
No More Meltdowns: Social Skills Training for Emotional Regulation
Jed E. Baker, PhD
(P, PreK-12)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
Afternoon Break
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Keynote Address III
Room: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
The Science of Making and Keeping Friends
Marisa G. Franco, PhD
Room: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Teaching Kindness
Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD
This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.
Saturday, April 22
Location: The Sheraton NY Times Square, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM EDT
Keynote Address I: How Relationships Power the Brain - Pamela Cantor, MD
9:50 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
Keynote Address II: The Social Brain, Language, and Learning - Patricia K. Kuhl, PhD
10:50 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
Coffee Break, Poster Sessions, and Exhibit Hall
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Concurrent Sessions B
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 11:50 PM EDT
Part I –
Part I – The Science of Oxytocin and Social Behavior: Impacts of Trauma, Adversity, and Parental Bonding
Clara W. Liff, PhD
(R, All Ages)
11:55 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Part II –
How the Brain Make Sense of the Social World
Meghan L. Meyer, PhD
(R, All Ages)
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Building Belonging and Cultivating Connection With Classroom Circles
Janeen Antonelli, MA; Joelle Hood, EdD; Liz Toruno, MEd
(P, All Grades)
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Effective Collaborative and Cooperative Learning: Possibilities and Perils
Dylan A. R. Wiliam, PhD
(RP, All Grades)
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
The Listening Project: A School-Based Method of Building Relational Intelligence
Niobe Way, EdD
(RP, 6-12)
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Designing a Prosocial Classroom
Christi Bergin, PhD
(RP, All Ages)
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Evolving With Gratitude: Nurture Relationships, Improve Well-Being, and Activate Learning
Lainie Rowell, MA
(P, PreK-12)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM EDT
Lunch Break (On Your Own)
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Concurrent Sessions C
Room: TBA
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Intentional Neuroplasticity: The Neurobiology of Adversity and the Resiliency of Attachment
Lori L. Desautels, PhD
(RP, All Ages)
Room: TBA
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
From Behaving to Belonging
Kate MacLeod, PhD
(RP, K-12)
Room: TBA
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Differentiation in the Elementary Classroom: Promoting Engagement and Social Interaction
Kristina J. Doubet, PhD
(RP, K-12)
Room: TBA
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Reframing Adolescence: Preparing Adults to Be the Guides Teens Deserve in Their Lives
Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MSEd, FAAP
(R, 6-College)
Room: TBA
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Compassionate, Cooperative, and Collaborative Students
David Sloan Wilson, PhD
(RP, 6-College)
Room: TBA
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Restore and Respect: How to Mediate School Conflicts and Keep Students Learning
Ondine Gross, EdM, MS
(P, K-12)
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM EDT
Afternoon Break
3:25 PM - 4:25 PM EDT
Keynote Address III: A Sense of Belonging Matters: Building Connections and Community - Terrell L. Strayhorn, PhD
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
Keynote Address IV: Belonging: The Science of Creating Connections and Bridging Divides - Geoffrey L. Cohen, PhD
This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.
Sunday, April 23
Location: The Sheraton NY Times Square, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM EDT
Keynote Address I: The Challenge of Permitting and Cultivating Principled Dissent in the Social-Pressure Classroom: A How to Guide - Todd B. Kashdan, PhD
9:50 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
Keynote Address II: The Social Brain: The Neural Basis of Social Cognition, Social Connection, and Emotion - Kevin N. Ochsner, PhD
10:50 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
Coffee Break, Poster Sessions, Exhibit Hall
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Concurrent Sessions D
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Student Learning Communities: A Springboard for Academic and Social-Emotional Development
John T. Almarode, PhD
(P, All Grades)
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
A Roadmap to Belonging: Strategies for Creating a Sense of Belonging in Youth and Ourselves
Caren Baruch-Feldman, PhD; Jennifer Markarian, MA
(RP, All Ages)
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Fostering Purpose in Youth Through Persuasive Science and Profound Prosocial Experiential Exercises
Todd B. Kashdan, PhD
(RP, 6-12)
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Cultivating Culture: Connecting Kindness, Empathy, and Compassion to Student Learning
Janeen Antonelli, MA; Joelle Hood, EdD; Liz Toruno, MEd
(R, All Ages)
Room: TBA
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Teaching What Matters to Teens: Activating Compassion, Kindness, and Altruism
Steve Banno, Jr., MEd
(P, 6-12)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Lunch Break (On Your Own)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Final Keynote Address: Social Brains in Adolescence: Peers, Pressures, and a Pandemic - Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, PhD, FMedSci, FBA
This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.