Learning Events Registrations
Are you supporting a student or multiple students with behaviors that interfere with their learning or the learning of others? Do you find it challenging to teach Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies when the SEL expectations don’t match how your student(s) show up? If you answered yes, then come join us! The goal of the SNS is to provide adults with the training and resources they need to implement evidence-based improvement strategies to support the growth of students with significantly divergent social and emotional learning needs.
Grounding Work
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Events 2023-2024 School Year
Cohort
SNS Year Long Cohort
3:30-4:30pm
Mar 13th, 2024 Autism
April 11th, 2024 Anxiety
May 8th, 2024 Behavior Perspective
May 28th, 2024 Empowering Students
June 5th, 2024 Co-Serving
This four session cohort is designed to support educators serving students with disability-related needs in the areas of sensory and regulation. The way our body takes in, interprets and reacts to the world can vary for a variety of reasons. In this training participants will be introduced to this process and possible places students might be experiencing differences that cause unexpected reactions. Staying curious and learning more about a student's perspective and how their body is adapting can support educators and families to be able to support that student be the best them they can be. Through looking at our sensory processing systems and our regulatory systems we can build supports to help students navigate the world they are experiencing.
Live Virtual Event
Preschool
Social Communication
8:30AM-11:30AM
Feb. 21st, 2024
Location: Virtual
Learning to navigate the social world can be complicated and challenging for some children. When a brain does not take in and process social information in the same way as those around us, it can result in a mismatch between what is expected and the behavioral output, aka: “challenging behaviors.”
In this training we will explore components of how we socially communicate and, when our brain thinks differently, how that can cause a student to be misunderstood, have social mishaps or mismatched interactions.
Live Virtual Event
Flexibility: It’s a Skill
9:00am-11:00am
March 14th, 2024
Location: Virtual
Students who exhibit behavior that is challenging to adults often struggle with cognitive flexibility. When the brain lacks access to its ability to gain and send out certain information, it may result in behavior that can look very rigid. When rigid thought patterns, behavior patterns, and a feeling of a need for control interfere with learning and teaching, working on flexibility skills is a strategy we can use to impact student outcomes. This workshop will explore how the brain works and the factors that impact a student’s ability to access and use flexibility.
In-Person
Processing Thinking - Resilience and Flexibility
8:30-3:30pm
April 2nd, 2024
Location: CESA 5- Portage, WI
Students who exhibit behavior that is challenging to adults often struggle with cognitive flexibility and resilience. When the brain lacks access to its ability to gain and send out certain information, it may result in behavior that can look very rigid. In turn a student who is struggling with adapting to adversity may be struggling with resilience. In this training, participants will learn about the components of flexibility, resilience, and how their practice can influence a student's growth in these areas. We will look at the effects of a system that struggles to naturally cope with adversity and how to teach methods to be flexible when our brain wants to be rigid.
In-Person
Processing Thinking - Resilience and Flexibility
8:30-3:30pm
April 3rd, 2024
Location:CESA10-Chippewa Falls, WI
Students who exhibit behavior that is challenging to adults often struggle with cognitive flexibility and resilience. When the brain lacks access to its ability to gain and send out certain information, it may result in behavior that can look very rigid. In turn a student who is struggling with adapting to adversity may be struggling with resilience. In this training, participants will learn about the components of flexibility, resilience, and how their practice can influence a student's growth in these areas. We will look at the effects of a system that struggles to naturally cope with adversity and how to teach methods to be flexible when our brain wants to be rigid.
In-Person
Processing Thinking - Resilience and Flexibility
8:30-3:30pm
April 4th, 2024
Location: CESA 4 - West Salem, WI
Students who exhibit behavior that is challenging to adults often struggle with cognitive flexibility and resilience. When the brain lacks access to its ability to gain and send out certain information, it may result in behavior that can look very rigid. In turn a student who is struggling with adapting to adversity may be struggling with resilience. In this training, participants will learn about the components of flexibility, resilience, and how their practice can influence a student's growth in these areas. We will look at the effects of a system that struggles to naturally cope with adversity and how to teach methods to be flexible when our brain wants to be rigid.
Live Virtual Event
Preschool
Regulation: Where do we start?
8:30AM-11:30AM
April 9, 2024
Location: Virtual
Regulation is the foundation upon which we are able to access our learning. But how do you help preschoolers regulate? What do their brains need? When a student experiences a regulation system in distress, it may interfere with learning and lead to behavior that is challenging to adults.
In-Person
Social Communication - Modes and Language
Apr. 22nd, 2024
Location: CESA 3- Fennimore, WI
The ability to be a social partner is a complicated system. Many of us learned skills without much conscious awareness because the systems of learning matched the way our brain showed up. When our brain does not take in and process social information in the same way as those around us, it can result in a mismatch within our interactions. In this training we will explore components of how we socially communicate and, when our brain thinks differently, how that can cause a student to be misunderstood, have social mishaps or mismatched interactions. Communication modes and how we communicate in context will be addressed.
In-Person
Social Communication - Modes and Language
8:30-3:30pm
Apr. 23rd, 2024
Location: CESA 1- Pewaukee, WI
The ability to be a social partner is a complicated system. Many of us learned skills without much conscious awareness because the systems of learning matched the way our brain showed up. When our brain does not take in and process social information in the same way as those around us, it can result in a mismatch within our interactions. In this training we will explore components of how we socially communicate and, when our brain thinks differently, how that can cause a student to be misunderstood, have social mishaps or mismatched interactions. Communication modes and how we communicate in context will be addressed.
In-Person
Social Communication - Modes and Language
8:30-3:30pm
Apr. 29th, 2024
Location: CESA 2- Whitewater, WI
The ability to be a social partner is a complicated system. Many of us learned skills without much conscious awareness because the systems of learning matched the way our brain showed up. When our brain does not take in and process social information in the same way as those around us, it can result in a mismatch within our interactions. In this training we will explore components of how we socially communicate and, when our brain thinks differently, how that can cause a student to be misunderstood, have social mishaps or mismatched interactions. Communication modes and how we communicate in context will be addressed.
District and Community Organization Opportunities
Per Request
Location Events
Upon Request
(dependent on availability)
Location: Virtual with some in-person options
Schools, districts, community organizations, and individuals (educators, family members, or community members) can access virtual support with the SNS statewide coordinator. Topics may include understanding of disability‐related needs in the areas of social and emotional learning including regulation, sensory, social skills, communication skills, flexibility, resilience, and executive functioning. These can include training, coaching, and brainstorming meetings, and can be provided up to 4 times a year. Districts, groups, or individuals can request this support by emailing the SNS statewide coordinator (kberg@cesa1.k12.wi.us). Scheduling will be dependent on availability.
Asynchronous Virtual Opportunities
10-20 minute deep dives into one strategy or topic prompted by questions from across WI
An interactive independent learning experience to enhance capacity around neurodiverse learners and the disability-related needs that often present as a strength, or barrier to learning.