Breakout Sessions

Scheduled Breakouts

Session Room

Monday

Session 1

10:10-11:00

Monday

Session 2

11:10 - 12:00

Monday

Session 3

1:40 - 2:30

Monday

Session 4

2:40 - 3:40

Tuesday

Session 5

8:45 - 9:35

Tuesday

Session 6

9:45 - 10:35

Jr
Ballroom

Legislative & Advocacy Update

Keynote Breakout:
Is Love Really All You Need?: Discovering K-12 Trauma-Informed School Counseling Interventions

Jefferson Fink & Jim Obradovich

Jen Alexander

Attorney Lobbyist & ISCA Lobbyist

Keynote Speaker

101

Supporting LGBTQ Students Through Legislative Changes

Advocating in Your Own Backyard

Become Rooted in Resilience: AI For School Counselors

Growing Together: Empowering School Counselors with Data

Introduction to the Iowa School Counseling Framework: A Blueprint for Comprehensive Student Support

Beyond "What Do You Want To Be?": Cultivating a Culture of Career Exploration K-8

Jordan Mix

Dr. Erin Lane

Aimee Hospodarsky, Deb Brokaw, and Erica Woods-Schmitz

Debra Brokaw & Team

Erica Woods-Schmitz & Team

Aimee Hospodarsky, Deb Brokaw, and Erica Woods-Schmitz

Iowa Safe Schools

University of Iowa

Grant Wood AEA &IA Dept. of Ed.

Grant Wood AEA & Linn Mar CSD

IA Dept. of Education

Grant Wood AEA &IA Dept. of Ed.

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Tear Free, Tier 1: Tier 1 Initiatives to Improve School Culture (without tears)

Root Yourself in a Conceptual Model of Self-Care: Grow Your Resilience

Tier 2 Academic Interventions for Reluctant Learners in the Secondary Setting

Building Stronger School Communities: Embracing Connection Through Community Circles

Counseling Life in a Middle School (SEL Curriculum, Tools and the Magic Potion to a Successful Middle School Student)

Rooted in Equity and

Projecting Resilience

Samantha Doll & Grace Betz

Sandy Thomson

Chambray Burk & Jonathan Johnson

Kim Price & Allie Peterson

Deena Smock

Amanda Steines & Team

Oskaloosa CSD & DMPS

Charles City Elementary

Boone High School

Graettinger-Terril CSD

Olewein Middle School

Clinton High School

103

Match Day: An Intentional Approach to Postsecondary Choices

Exploring Future: Career and College Preparedness for K-8

Health Sciences @ U Iowa: Cultivating Awareness and Opportunities for All Students

FAFSA - Is it "Rooted" to Work This Year?

Resilience Beyond Debt: Dispelling Financial Aid and Student Debt Myths

OORAH! Counselors and

Marines Working Together

Danielle Sampson & Team

Brittania Morey & Carrie Talbott

Amy A'Hearn & Team

Erick Danielson & Liz Yaddoff

David Ford & Liz Yaddof

Mackenzie Lasack & Team

Bureau of Iowa College Aid & Maquoketa CSD

ICAN

University of Iowa Colleges of

Medicine & Public Health

ICAN & Bureau of Iowa College Aid

Bureau of Iowa College Aid

Midland MS/HS, EICC & US Marine Corps

104

Data Day - Implementing a Tier 2 Systematic Approach

Learner Assistance Team (LAT): A Team-Based Approached to Systemizing MTSS

Empowering Kindhearted Kids

Rooted in CharacterStrong,

Resilience for ALL

Building Relational Safety and Repairing Trauma in Schools Through Applied Educational Neuroscience

Is This Normal? Revisiting the Developmental Norms of Student Behaviors

Mike Shipley & Lindsey Starmer

Jill Fair & Team

Justin Moody & Icle Freeland

Janine Gacke & Kate Gerber

Rebecca Renze & Samantha Doyle

Emily Kolsrud

Excelsior Middle School

Center Point-Urbana CSD & Grant Wood AEA

SCC Elementary & Two by Two

Sioux City CSD & Rock Rapids

Waterloo CSD

Southeast Valley CSD

105

Collaborating with Administration for School Improvement

Suicide Gatekeeping Training: Empowering Prevention in Schools

If Harold Hill Can Teach Music, You Can Teach Resiliency!

Youth Resiliency Strategies through the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program

Weight, Health and Eating Disorders: Foundational Knowledge to Best Support Students

Persistive Multi-Type Abuse:

An MDT Approach

Andrew Eisenman & Chambray Burk

Jenna Hardersen & Melissa Paulsen

Dr. Kris Meyer

Alysa Mozak

Sara Schwatken

Meggan Guns & Team

Upper Iowa University

Anamosa High School & RISE

Buena Vista University

UNI Patricia A Tomson

Center for Violence Prevention

Eating Disorder Coalition of Iowa

Polk County Attorney's Office & UnityPoint

106

Values Really Do Matter

School-Wide SEL Virtual Morning Meetings!

Building Connections and Decreasing Behaviors through Play: An Introduction to Teacher Child Interaction Training and the PRIDE skills

We Want a Therapeutic Classroom -

Now What?

Counselors as Consultants: Empowering Teachers to Improve Classroom Behavior Management Using Classroom Check-Up (CCU)

Depression Education

is Suicide Prevention

Amy Brunsting

Megan Barber & Anna Ryder Mason

Erin Murphy & Emily Kruse

Brittany Roberts

Emily Kruse & Erin Murphy

Megan Eischeid

Cherokee Elementary

Morris Elementary - Bondurant Farrar

Nevada Central Elementary

Four Oaks

Nevada Central Elementary

Pleasant Hill Elementary

107

Survive, Thrive, & Shake It Off: Navigating Growth & Joy

School Counselors of Color

Supporting Migrant Students & Families with the Iowa Migratory Education Program 

Cultivating Futures Together: Enhancing Post-Secondary College and Career Planning

How AI Takes the Stress Out of Planning

May Term in a Small, Rural District

Courtney Cook & Becky Lins

Lauren Cerqueira & Janae Nelson

Kim Anderson & Team

Renee Fensom & Team

Jodi Randolph

Maria Sulentic

Ruthven-Ayrshire CSD & Cedar Falls CSD

Iowa City CSD

Sioux Central CSD

BVU & Storm Lake HS

Early Elementary - Storm Lake CSD

West Bend-Mallard CSD

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Enhancing Adolescent Career

Development Toward Diversified

Career Paths

Implementing Quality Pre-Apprenticeship & Registered Apprenticeship into High School Classes

Pathways to Skilled Trades

Hosting a Practicum or Internship Student

Emmett Olson & Malak Almotairi

Darell Butcher & Team

Samantha Groark & Team

Rachel Krofta & Team

University of Iowa Grad Students

SE Polk CSD

Central Iowa Building & Construction Trades

Ames CSD, Drake, U of I, & BVU