AASR Live

Join us for this special presentation with Caroline Braun.

Behavioral approaches to feeding intervention attempt to increase children’s variety and volume of food intake while also claiming to elimina…

Joe has been the victim of two separate violent anti-gay hate crimes and what began as a personal healing response to the trauma, he has transformed into professional involvement in the field of comm…

So we need to move beyond ABA and behaviorism, but what should we do instead? A special presentation by Olivia Hauge.

Olivia is a licensed occupational therapist with over 20 years of experience suppo…

Join us for a special presentation by Dr. Lori Desautels.

Our nervous systems and physiological states create and produce the behaviors in school we observe, question, discuss, punish, suspend, seclud…

Connie Persike, M.S., CCC/SLP, is a highly experienced Speech Language Pathologist and Educational Consultant. She has 20+ years of experience in educational settings and holds a certificate in instr…

The Neurosequential Model is a developmentally sensitive, neurobiology-informed approach to clinical problem solving. The model, developed by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, is not a specific therapeutic te…

Join us for this special presentation with school principal Claudio Moschella on the topic of Self-Reg.

Self Regulation is about understanding stress and managing energy and tension.

The original psych…

Julie has been the Executive Director of the Attachment & Trauma Network since 2009. Julie works with other parenting mentors and leaders at ATN to support and educate parents about the impact of ear…

The Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) was created in December 2015 by 25 representatives from diverse sectors, including education, mental health, justice, and government. We w…

Restraint and seclusion are crisis management strategies that are used in many schools across the nation and the world. Physical Restraint, is exactly what it sounds like, it is a personal restrictio…

Each year, the guardianship of thousands of vulnerable youth are signed over to private and for-profit residential programs that lack state and federal oversight. This means that these programs can b…

Learn why so many behavior plans don't work and how to create one that will work with Diane Gould LCSW. Ms. Gould has worked for the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization and the Niles To…

A special presentation with Julie Roberts, a neurodivergence-affirming therapist, and founder of the Therapist Neurodiversity Collective: “Shifting Therapies towards an empathetic and respectful Neur…

Restorative Justice and its implementation is often misunderstood in schools. However when done correctly, it can be the golden panacea to building a relational school.

In this presentation I will sha…

How can you move past teaching compliance towards teaching self-determination and self-advocacy? Many programs that specialize in education for Neurodivergent children are rooted in compliance-based …

Mike Hipple is a man with cerebral palsy and uses Augmentative Alternative Communication. He was misplaced in a behavioral classroom known as EBD for 8 long years, just because he couldn't communicat…

Our special guest will once again be Mona Delahooke, Ph.D. for this special interview.

Mona Delahooke, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience caring for childre…

Robbyn describes the neurodevelopmental effects of early abuse and neglect, the process of dissociation and hyper-arousal and its effect on the development of the four main areas of function in child…

The Keeping All Students Safe Act, introduced by Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08), Sen. Chis Murphy (CT), Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03), Chair Patty Murray (WA), and Rep. Donald McEachin (VA-04) would make it i…

Kelly Sarah and Rachel Polacek are two educators from Wisconsin. Rachel has been school psychologist for 19 years and is currently in a K-5 elementary school. Kelly has served students as an elementa…