Monday, September 14th

FFA Enrichment Center, Ankeny (or online if we are unable to gather as a large group)

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Session Topics Include:

• Who Do We Expect Our Students To Be?
• When Our Teachers Thrive, Our Kids Thrive Too: Creating and Sustaining Thriving School Systems
• All Learning is Social & Emotional: Integrating SEL into Tier 1
• PBIS: Creating a Supportive Environment for All Students
• Ending the Silence
• You, Classroom Teachers, Are The Most Important Tool in the Trauma Sensitive Practices Toolbox
• Relationship Building Strategies
• Self-Care for Individuals and Organizations
• Build Their Mental Health Without Losing Yours
• Becoming a Trauma-Informed District
• Teaching the Social Emotional Standards through Play
• Tipping the Scales: Building Resilience Through Research-Based Practices
• TEAM with CHARACTER COUNTS!
• And More!

Lunch Keynote

Joan Becker – Author of Sentenced to Life – The Mark Becker Story – Mental Illness, Tragedy, and Transformation

“In June 2009, Joan Becker’s son shot one of their community’s most beloved figures, but the tragedy really began years before — with a mental health system that failed her family.”*

Hear how Joan’s personal experience served as the catalyst for her becoming an advocate for individuals with mental illness.

Additional Featured Speakers:

• Jennifer Ulie-Wells – Executive Director – Please Pass the Love
• Jeff Herzberg – Chief Administrator – Prairie Lakes AEA
• Tonya Hotchkin – Associate VP of Programming/Therapist – Tanager Place
• Nina Richtman – Program Manager – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Iowa
• Liz Cox – Executive Director – Polk County Health Services
• And More!

*Hinga Klein, A. (2016, March 28). My Son Killed the Town Hero. Retrieved from https://www.goodhousekeeping.com

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Cost

MISIC Members: $100/person/day.

Register 4 people and the 5th person is free!***

Non-MISIC Members: $195/person/day***

License Renewal Credit

Social and Emotional Learning: Making a Difference – Course Details

License Renewal Credit Registration Form

Please contact Jamie Morgan at jamie@misiciowa.org with any questions.