8:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Key Components of Social Skills Training for Neuro-Typical and Neuro-Diverse Students
Jed E. Baker, PhD
(P, Ages 4-18)

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Flexible Grouping to Build Students' Academic Skills and Collaborative Capacities
Kristina J. Doubet, PhD
(RP, K-12)

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
The Brain and Creating a Culture of Belonging
Eva Shultis, EdM; Lorraine M. Hanley, MA
(RP, PreK-College)

8:00 AM - 9:25 AM EDT
Part I –  Advancing the Science of Reading for our Youngest Learners: Neuroscience, Early Childhood & School Partnerships
Carolyn H. Strom, PhD
(RP, PreK-8)

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Part II –  The Reading Brain: Early Skills, Interventions, and Collaborations
Kenneth R. Pugh, PhD
(RP, PreK-8)

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
The Kids are Watching Us: How We Can Model and Grow Social Dispositions to Move Forward Together in Divisive Times
Allison G. Zmuda, MA; Bena Kallick, PhD
(R, K-College)

11:20 AM - 12:35 PM EDT
The Global Crisis of Connection: Its Roots, Consequences, and Solution
Niobe Way, EdD
(RP, PreK-College)

11:20 AM - 12:35 PM EDT
Building Belonging and Cultivating Connection so that Staff and Students Can Thrive
Janeen Antonelli, MA; Joelle Hood, EdD; Liz Toruno, MEd
(P, K-12)

11:20 AM - 12:35 PM EDT
Effective Collaborative and Cooperative Learning: Possibilities and Perils
Dylan A. R. Wiliam, PhD
(RP, PreK-College)

11:20 AM - 12:35 PM EDT
Reframing Adolescence: Preparing Adults to Be the Guides Teens Deserve in Their Lives
Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MSEd, FAAP
(RP, K-12/Adults)

11:20 AM - 12:35 PM EDT
Designing a Prosocial Classroom
Christi C. Bergin, PhD
(RP, PreK-12)

11:20 AM - 12:35 PM EDT
Intentional Neuroplasticity: The Neurobiology of Adversity and the Resiliency of Attachment
Lori L. Desautels, PhD
(RP, PreK-12)

1:45 AM - 2:20 PM EDT
Part I –  How the Brain Makes Sense of the Social World
Meghan L. Meyer, PhD
(R, Ages 14-35)

2:25 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Part II –  Societal Brain Health and Sensing Trauma: Inheritance of Olfactory Fear Memory
Clara W. Liff, PhD
(R, All Ages)

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)

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Differentiation in the Elementary Classroom: Promoting Engagement and Social Interaction
Kristina J. Doubet, PhD
(P, K-6)

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
The Listening Project: A School-Based Method of Building Relational Intelligence
Niobe Way, EdD
(RP, K-College)

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Compassionate, Cooperative, and Collaborative Students
David Sloan Wilson, PhD
(RP, All Grades)

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
The Empathy Edge: How to Create a More Human-Centered Classroom
Lindsay Portnoy, PhD
(RP, All Grades)

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Mindsets, Environments, and Relationships: Helping Students Develop their Capacity for Self-Awareness, Self-Management, and Self-Acceptance
Christine L. Emmons, PhD; Fay E. Brown, PhD
(RP, K-12)

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Doing the Work: Practical Strategies to Create a Sense of Belonging in Our Schools
Caren Baruch-Feldman, PhD; Jennifer Markarian, MA
(RP, K-12)

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Fostering Purpose in Youth Through Persuasive Science and Profound Prosocial Experiential Exercises
Todd B. Kashdan, PhD
(RP, 5-College)

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Cultivating Culture: Connecting Kindness, Empathy, and Gratitude to Student Learning
Janeen Antonelli, MA; Joelle Hood, EdD; Liz Toruno, MEd
(P, All Ages)

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Teaching What Matters to Teens: Activating Compassion, Kindness, and Altruism
Steve Banno, Jr., MEd
(P, 6-12)