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    Rebecca Branstetter

    Licensed School Psychologist; Founder, The Thriving Students Collective; Contributor, Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley; Former Clinical Psychologist, UCSF Autism Clinic, University of California San Francisco; Creator, “How to Teach Executive Functioning” course to support neurodiverse learners; Author, Small Habits Create Big Change (2024), The Thriving School Psychologist (2020), The Conscious Parent’s Guide to Executive Functioning Disorders (2016), The Conscious Parent’s Guide to ADHD (2015), and The Everything Parent’s Guide to Children With Executive Functioning Disorders (2013)
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    Upcoming Talks

    Teaching Social Brains
    Applying Brain Science to Improve Social Skills, Belonging, Behavior, Regulation, and Learning
    4) EMPOWERING MINDS & VALUES
    The Fairmont Atop Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
    February 12-14, 2027

    Past Talks

    Teaching Stronger Brains
    Promoting Student Strengths, Character, Compassion, Hope, and Autonomy in a Deficit-Focused Age
    Promoting Mindsets ghj_amp Self-Regulation
    Fairmont San Francisco or Virtually via Zoom
    February 20-22, 2025
    Teaching Engaged Brains
    Improving Student Attention, Motivation, and Mindsets in a Disengaged, Distracted Age
    Imaginative Minds, LD ghj_amp Giftedness
    The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA or Virtually via Zoom
    February 22-24, 2024
    Teaching Behaved Brains
    Strategies for Challenging, Disruptive Behaviors, Autism, ADHD, and Executive Function
    How Poverty ghj_amp Early Experience Affect Learning
    The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA or Virtually via Zoom
    February 17-19, 2023