Council for Inclusive Education Conference 2018: Full Schedule

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7:00pm MDT

Pre-Conference Registration

Speakers

Council for Inclusive Education

The ATA Council for Inclusive Education provides educators with increased knowledge and understanding of students with diverse needs through professional development, communication, and policy.

Wednesday October 10, 2018 7:00pm - 9:00pm MDT
Foyer

Registration

7:30am MDT

Pre-Conference Registration

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Speakers

Council for Inclusive Education

The ATA Council for Inclusive Education provides educators with increased knowledge and understanding of students with diverse needs through professional development, communication, and policy.

Thursday October 11, 2018 7:30am - 9:00am MDT
Foyer

Registration

8:00am MDT

Breakfast

Limited Capacity seats available

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Thursday October 11, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
Ballroom

Meal

9:00am MDT

The Art & Science of Trauma Informed Practice PRE-CONFERENCE

Limited Capacity seats available

There is an art and a science to trauma-informed practice (TIP)! This workshop will explore foundational content, process true to the principles/values of TIP, and a framework for considering the practice and skill sets needed for integrating TIP in educational settings. Delegates will leave the day with: a basic understanding of the impact of toxic stress on the developing brain, an understanding of the ARC framework and how it can be used to guide practice, and an awareness of the centrality and need for reflective practice on the part of the educator.

Speakers

Margaret Casey

Calgary Board of Education

Margaret Casey, BBC, BA, MA, R. Psych., is a psychologist with the Calgary Board of Education and an expert in school-based trauma-informed practice. She has worked with schools and community partners in this specialized area for over twelve years providing vision and leadership for... Read More →

Kim Younger

Mental Health Advisor/Therapeutic Facilitator, Calgary Board of Education/Wilderness Addictions Treatment Centre

Kim Younger-Laboucan is Cree/Metis who lives and works in Treaty 7 territory in Calgary, Alberta. She works as a Mental Health Advisor for the Calgary Board of Education and part-time as a Therapeutic Facilitator at a Wilderness Addictions Treatment Centre. She completed her BSW... Read More →

TIP WEB Resources CBE pdf

Complex Trauma Main Article1 pdf

ARC Psych Annals 5 05 pdf

Thursday October 11, 2018 9:00am - 11:30am MDT
Ballroom

Pre-Conference

11:30am MDT

Lunch

Limited Capacity seats available

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Thursday October 11, 2018 11:30am - 12:30pm MDT
Ballroom

Meal

12:30pm MDT

The Art & Science of Trauma Informed Practice (cont.) PRE-CONFERENCE

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Margaret Casey

Calgary Board of Education

Kim Younger

Mental Health Advisor/Therapeutic Facilitator, Calgary Board of Education/Wilderness Addictions Treatment Centre

TIP WEB Resources CBE pdf

ARC Psych Annals 5 05 pdf

Complex Trauma Main Article1 pdf

Thursday October 11, 2018 12:30pm - 3:00pm MDT
Ballroom

Pre-Conference

6:00pm MDT

Conference Registration

Speakers

Council for Inclusive Education

The ATA Council for Inclusive Education provides educators with increased knowledge and understanding of students with diverse needs through professional development, communication, and policy.

Thursday October 11, 2018 6:00pm - 9:00pm MDT
Foyer

Registration

7:00pm MDT

President's Reception

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Speakers

Council for Inclusive Education

The ATA Council for Inclusive Education provides educators with increased knowledge and understanding of students with diverse needs through professional development, communication, and policy.

Thursday October 11, 2018 7:00pm - 10:00pm MDT
Table Lounge

Social

7:00am MDT

Conference Registration

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Speakers

Council for Inclusive Education

The ATA Council for Inclusive Education provides educators with increased knowledge and understanding of students with diverse needs through professional development, communication, and policy.

Friday October 12, 2018 7:00am - 9:00am MDT
Foyer

Registration

7:30am MDT

Breakfast

Limited Capacity seats available

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Friday October 12, 2018 7:30am - 8:30am MDT
Ballroom

Meal

8:30am MDT

Rethinking Prevailing Practice: What We Know Works for Fostering Inclusion, Relationships, and Belonging

Limited Capacity seats available

The pathways schools often use to support inclusive practices do not automatically lead toward friendships and belonging. This keynote will highlight critical components for fostering the social relationships and learning of students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms, clubs, and other school activities. Drawing upon nearly two decades of research with schools, Dr. Carter will address the promising alternatives to prevailing practices.

Speakers

Dr. Erik Carter

Vanderbilt University

Erik Carter, Ph.D., is Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt University. His research and teaching focuses on evidence-based strategies for supporting access to the general curriculum and promoting valued roles in school, work, community, and congregational... Read More →

Carter Keynote Handouts pdf

Friday October 12, 2018 8:30am - 10:00am MDT
Ballroom

Keynote

10:00am MDT

Nutrition Break

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Friday October 12, 2018 10:00am - 10:30am MDT
Foyer

Meal

10:30am MDT

An Inexpensive, Effective and Easy-to-Implement Scientifically-Validated Supplementary Reading Program for K-6 Struggling Readers

Limited Capacity seats available

In this session Dr. Mattatall describes a supplementary reading program that has been shown to be effective for struggling readers in K-6 classrooms. This program, Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) has been the topic of dozens of research studies and each time the conclusion is that this inexpensive, easy-to-implement supplementary reading program is effective for a diverse range of student profiles and reading needs.

Speakers

Chris Mattatall

Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Inclusion, University of Lethbridge

Dr. Chris Mattatall is the Board of Governor's Teaching Chair (2023-2025) for the University of Lethbridge, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Inclusion in the Faculty of Education, and a researcher in reading acquisition and intervention.

Friday October 12, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Orchid

75 Min Session

10:30am MDT

Daily Physical Activity & Team Building: All Roads Lead to Meeting Quality Standards

Limited Capacity seats available

Authentic inclusion requires that educators provide a strong foundation of what it means to value and support each other. This genuine appreciation is the catalyst for creating a teaching/learning environment where it is “safe” to explore and share personal/cultural beliefs. Why not use DPA (Daily Physical Activity) as a medium for this powerful message? This hands-on session is guaranteed to resonate with all who take part. Be prepared to be active! Take the ideas from this workshop straight to your school/classroom and get ready to soar!

Speakers

Clare Mahon

Program Director, The Learning Link Educational Development

Clare is the current Program Director and owner of The Learning Link Education Development company. She has assumed various roles of responsibility within the field of education throughout her career and particularly enjoyed her time as Department Head of Special Education at an inner-city... Read More →

Jenna Mahon

The Learning Link Educational Development

Jenna is the Administrative Director of The Learning Link. Hailing from Virginia Beach, Jenna brings over 20 years of early childhood education expertise and a fresh perspective to the company’s workshop development and resource support.

Friday October 12, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Arnica

75 Min Session

10:30am MDT

Designing Meaningful Inclusion for the Frazzled Teacher

Limited Capacity seats available

Participants will be shown easy to use evidence-based strategies and examples to create engaging learning communities that improve student educational outcomes. Develop learning contracts to help students with exceptionalities become self-directed learners and enhance their self-advocacy skills and design pedagogy based on the Alberta Program of Studies providing multiple pathways to learning and can be linked to IPP supports and outcomes. Person-centred to engage and support exceptional students within an inclusive K-6 setting. Samples and templates handed out.

Speakers

Marjan Patterson

Calgary Board of Education

Marjan Patterson has 26yrs of inclusive teaching in B.C. and Alberta as a music specialist, gifted educator and elementary generalist. She currently teaches grade two for the Calgary Board of Education. Ms. Patterson recently graduated from the University of South Florida with a MA... Read More →

Friday October 12, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Caribou

75 Min Session

10:30am MDT

Everything I Wish I Knew Then That I Know Now…

Limited Capacity seats available

This session is a sharing of a unique perspective of a teacher, administrator, inclusive education teacher/coach, educational assistant and parent of a child with challenges. It highlights both sides of the family and educational experience for families that have children with any extra needs/diagnosis/struggles. It is within a story framework with a few hints on how to better relationship, communication and better understanding to move forward with more trust and cooperation between home and school.

Speakers

Carmen Moore

Inclusive Education Coach, Peace Wapiti School Div 76

Carmen Moore is currently an inclusive education coach with Peace Wapiti School District. She has had twenty years in the field of education as a teacher, principal, and inclusive education coordinator. She is a freelance writer, contributed to curriculum content, has recently... Read More →

Friday October 12, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Wolverine

75 Min Session

10:30am MDT

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Learning from Story: Oracy Framework

Limited Capacity seats available

In this session, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit; Learning from Story; will highlight the concept of the Oracy Framework, which presents the significant use of language based learning to teach students to use effective communication skills. The sharing of trickster/truth stories will model strategies to demonstrate the importance of listening, speaking effectively and the power of silence. Language based activities will scaffold the Oracy Framework and an Indigenous Literature Kit will provide plans and stories to use within your classroom.

Speakers

Lorrie Morales

Calgary Regional Consortium

Lorrie Morales has over 30 years of experience in adult education, high school and middleschool, with a focus on English Language Arts, Lorrie Morales has worked as a classroomteacher, learning coach, mentor, reviewer and instructor. She now works as a consultant forthe Calgary... Read More →

Donna Ross

Calgary Regional Consortium

Donna Ross is a 31-year educator. She is Cree Métis from Saskatchewan and member of the One Arrow First Nation, Treaty Six territory. Donna began her teaching career as a classroom teacher with Tsuut’ina Nation and continued to support First Nations learners in subsequent positions... Read More →

Friday October 12, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Ladyslipper

75 Min Session

10:30am MDT

Inclusive Postsecondary Education: New Horizons for College Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Limited Capacity seats available

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Speakers

Dr. Erik Carter

Vanderbilt University

Carter Postsecondary Session Handouts pdf

Friday October 12, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Crocus

75 Min Session

10:30am MDT

Preparing Students with ASD/Developmental Disabilities for Employment

Limited Capacity seats available

The challenges associated with finding and maintaining employment can be overwhelming for individuals with ASD/developmental disabilities and their families. While there is no one size fits all pathway to employment, an essential key to success is early collaborative planning and varied experience. Developing a Personalized Employment Plan is one method individuals their families and educators can identify skills, set goals and reflect on employment experiences.

Speakers

Chandra Lebenhagen

Specialist, Calgary Board of Education

Chandra Lebenhagen is an education specialist with the Calgary Board of Education in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She consults with teachers and school administrators on how best to support students with different abilities in inclusive and specialized educational settings. As part... Read More →

Dr. Wendy Mitchell

National Program Development Manager, Sinneave Family Foundation

Dr. Wendy Mitchell is the National Program Development Manager at the Sinneave Family Foundation for the Worktopia Project that is designed to improve the employment futures of youth and young adults ages 15 - 29 with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as they transition from high school... Read More →

Friday October 12, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Grizzley/Cougar

75 Min Session

10:30am MDT

Promoting Self Regulation in the Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

The session will start with an overview of the definition and foundations of self regulation. It will provide an understanding of stress and the brain and what that means for ourselves as educators and for our learners. It will then look at how we can support the development of regulation in our everyday classroom routines. We can do this through looking at each child, task design, the learning environment and our relationship with our learners. We will give examples of how we have done this as a collaborative partnership between the OT and classroom teacher. We will describe and give examples of how this has been implemented into a specialized classroom at the CBE.

Speakers

Nicole Maclean

Calgary Board of Education

Nicole MacLean is an Occupational Therapist that has worked in the education setting for 15 years. She joined the Calgary Board of Education 4 years ago and has been part of implementing a new model of service delivery that involves response to intervention throughout the whole school... Read More →

Sherelle Rowntree

Calgary Board of Education

Sherelle Rowntree is a Special Education Teacher that has worked in a SKILL 1 classroom with the Calgary Board of Education for 14 years. The years of experience have provided opportunities to work with children with a variety of special needs providing best practice and strategies... Read More →

CIE Regulation presentation pdf

Friday October 12, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Squirrel

75 Min Session

11:45am MDT

Lunch

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Friday October 12, 2018 11:45am - 12:45pm MDT
Foyer

Meal

12:45pm MDT

"That's Not How They Did It When I Was In High School... and That's a Good Thing!" Creating a School Wide Approach to Supporting High School Students

Limited Capacity seats available

The purpose of this session is to discuss the ever-changing profile of a Learning Support teacher. The session will have a Middle/High school focus, but is open to everyone. Kim will outline her personal experiences in building and fostering various connections within Secondary schools. Kim will share how her school is moving towards a whole school support as opposed to support being limited to Guidance Counsellors or Learning Support staff. The goal is to empower all staff to have a toolbox to deal with complex students, particularly those with increasing social-emotional, mental health and learning needs.

Speakers

Kimberly Gamm

Rockyview

Kim Gamm graduated from the University of Alberta Bachelor of Education program in 2006 with a Social Studies major, Special Education minor. She moved to Munich, Germany to travel and teach English as a Second Language. She taught ESL for three years at a language school. Kim then... Read More →

Friday October 12, 2018 12:45pm - 2:00pm MDT
Squirrel

75 Min Session

12:45pm MDT

Hugging a Porcupine - Tips & Tricks for the Students Who Challenge Us the Most

Limited Capacity seats available

An interactive and hands on session about how to put behavior plans into action in an inclusive setting. Be prepared to play and explore tools, learn tips, and see how you can support the students who challenge you the most with positive and proactive strategies. The discussion will include how to set and maintain clear boundaries with all staff working with the student and some tips around effective communication. The strategies will encompass supports for students with a wide variety of social and emotional needs plus universal strategies that benefit all. We will look closely at topics such as behavior mapping, social stories, de-escalation skills, mindfulness strategies, and how to collaborate with those around you to support your challenging students. It takes a village to educate all students and you will leave with tools to begin using on Monday. Join us and learn how to hug a porcupine!

Speakers

Christina Chorney

Evergreen Catholic Schools Regional Division

Christina Chorney is an Inclusive Education Coordinator with Evergreen Catholic Schools. She has taught students aged 3-13 and worked with collaboratively with various service providers. Her current endeavors include working on her masters in Inclusive Education.

Mara Poltaruk

PEA-RCSD

Mara Poltaruk is a behavior coach with the Parkland Evergreen and Area Regional Collaborative Service Delivery model. She has taught a variety of grades including both inclusive and special setting classrooms. Her current role involves spending time in classrooms supporting teachers... Read More →

Friday October 12, 2018 12:45pm - 2:00pm MDT
Grizzley/Cougar

75 Min Session

12:45pm MDT

Classroom Strategies to Support Students with Executive Function Deficits

Limited Capacity seats available

Grade One teachers rate Executive Function as one of the most important indicators of a child’s potential to become an effective student in a school setting. Executive Functions refers to those brain functions that regulate, control and manage other brain processes such as planning, organizing and deciding what to pay attention to. When students have lagging skills in the Executive Functions, academic, social and emotional success is at risk. Most (if not all) of the common Childhood Mental Health disorders involve a marked deficit in Executive Function skills. What can be done to support these students in a classroom setting?

This session will review what Executive Functions are, how these skills typically develop, and what teachers and caregivers can do to support a positive developmental trajectory. Participants will participate in games and activities to support Executive Functions in the classroom.

Speakers

Mardi Hardt (Bernard)

Edmonton Public School Board

Mardi is a school mental health nurse with a background in child and adolescent psychiatry. She works within schools as a “Worry Nurse” or "Stress Nurse" for all students, their parents and educators. She is involved in the creation of trauma sensitive school settings within... Read More →

Friday October 12, 2018 12:45pm - 3:30pm MDT
Ladyslipper

150 Min Session

12:45pm MDT

Connecting Against All Odds

Limited Capacity seats available

In this session, Rita will provide you with classroom tested strategies to walk you through the process of connecting and redirecting to address challenging behavior. Based on the Seigel’s theories on The Whole Brain Child, these strategies will give teachers the tools to manage their classrooms and get back to teaching. Expect to connect with Rita’s heartfelt and humorous stories and leave feeling empowered to create a classroom community which includes all of your students.

Speakers

Rita Kruger

CMJHS STAFF, Crowther Memorial Junior High

As a student with ADHD, mental health difficulties and behavioral issues, Rita experienced the impact a dedicated professional could make. She obtained a BSc/BEd with a Special Education Specialization, and now teaches at a Junior High Behavioral Outreach program.Rita’s passion... Read More →

Connecting Against All Odds 20182019 pdf

Friday October 12, 2018 12:45pm - 3:30pm MDT
Caribou

150 Min Session

12:45pm MDT

Engaging All Kinds of Minds: Creative Solutions for Meeting Quality Standards

Limited Capacity seats available

Quality Standards for Teachers, Leaders and Superintendents remind us that honouring individuality and embracing each others’ gifts are essential requirements for supporting growth. The question is: How do we meet these requirements in a classroom, a staff meeting or a school board with so many individuals, each bearing such unique gifts? The session begins with a series of interactive challenges which allow participants to internalize the ways in which their own gifts impact their approach to leadership. The second portion of the session moves towards exploring the ways in which differentiation can serve as the foundation for an inclusive school model geared towards supporting achievement and educational ownership. This hands-on, active session promises dozens of practical solutions. Return to your classroom, your school or your board with an entirely new bag of tricks and together, we will engage all kinds of minds!

Speakers

Clare Mahon

Program Director, The Learning Link Educational Development

Jenna Mahon

The Learning Link Educational Development

Friday October 12, 2018 12:45pm - 3:30pm MDT
Arnica

150 Min Session

12:45pm MDT

Focused on Communication: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Tools in the Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Gain confidence in supporting students with complex communication needs in the classroom. Take this opportunity to learn about and practice using simple AAC tools, including core vocabulary boards, and learn about easy to implement AAC resources that support participation in play and learning activities

Speakers

Jasmine Travers-Charbonneau

Calgary Board of Education

Jasmine Travers-Charbonneau has worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist with students with Complex Communication Needs on specialized teams, in whole-school models, and in private practice. She has also facilitated coursework on inter-professional collaboration at the University... Read More →

AAC in the classroom pdf

Friday October 12, 2018 12:45pm - 3:30pm MDT
Wolverine

150 Min Session

12:45pm MDT

Ten Tantalizing Teaching Techniques that Target the Tepid: Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience in Classroom Practice

Limited Capacity seats available

The Science of Learning Research Centre (www.slrc.org) has developed a series of PEN Principles (Psychology, Education and Neuroscience) to help classroom teachers enhance how students learn new material, remember and apply previous learned material and to include all students with diverse learning needs. By applying research from psychology and cognitive neuroscience this session explores 10 teaching techniques that teachers can employ to enhance their effectiveness in their classroom.

Speakers

Chris Mattatall

Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Inclusion, University of Lethbridge

Friday October 12, 2018 12:45pm - 3:30pm MDT
Orchid

150 Min Session

12:45pm MDT

The Power of Peers: Strategies for Supporting Inclusion in the Classroom and Beyond

Limited Capacity seats available

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Speakers

Dr. Erik Carter

Vanderbilt University

Carter Peer Support Worksheets pdf

Carter Peer Support Session Handout pdf

Friday October 12, 2018 12:45pm - 3:30pm MDT
Crocus

150 Min Session

2:00pm MDT

Nutrition Break

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Friday October 12, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
Foyer

Meal

2:15pm MDT

Connections: Changing Lives-Tried, Tested and True Activities That You Can Implement Immediately

Limited Capacity seats available

My favorite students? The hard to reach, the shutdown, the "in your face", the lost, the tired...these students make my day, each day I teach. Each one of these students have made me better, not only as a teacher, but as a person. This session will deal with examples of how to forge connections with our hard to reach and teach students. You will leave laughing, inspired and with activities ready to use when you return to your classes.

Speakers

Jennifer Smith

Red Deer Catholic Schools

I have taught in all grades k-12 and at the college level. I won the Mac Kryzanowski Life Time Achievement Award in 2015. Currently, I am the Academic Counsellor/Inclusion Lead Teacher at Notre Dame High School in Red Deer. I love what I do and am passionate about supporting... Read More →

Friday October 12, 2018 2:15pm - 3:30pm MDT
Grizzley/Cougar

75 Min Session

2:15pm MDT

Dealing with Grief and Loss in the Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Unexpected things happen every day in our lives and unfortunately at some point you will be affected by grief and/or loss in your classroom communities. During this session we will prepare you to deal with the immediate crisis, prepare you before something happens and give you ideas to help with celebrations/holidays. We will also introduce you to the Grief Box and how you use it the classroom to support grieving children/families. The Grief Boxes have now been implemented in every school in our district. You will leave with resources and the contents of this box, so you can create one for your own classroom.

Speakers

Terri Harding

Classroom Teacher, Peace Wapiti School Division #76

Ask me about my best and my worst moments in teaching.

Friday October 12, 2018 2:15pm - 3:30pm MDT
Squirrel

75 Min Session

4:00pm MDT

Council for Inclusive Education AGM

Limited Capacity seats available

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Speakers

Council for Inclusive Education

The ATA Council for Inclusive Education provides educators with increased knowledge and understanding of students with diverse needs through professional development, communication, and policy.

Friday October 12, 2018 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Arnica

AGM

6:30pm MDT

Ghost Walk Tour - LIMITED CAPACITY

Limited Capacity seats available

A spooktacular night unearthing ghastly ghosts, ghouls and mysterious events lurking in the shadows of Canmore’s historic streets.

A local hang-out built on haunted ground, restless spirits shadowing a historic landmark, and unexplained paranormal activity. Join us if you dare on a spellbinding outdoor tour through spooky Canmore, led by our knowledgeable interpretive guides.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to arrive 15 minutes before the tour for check-in. Tour will start in the Lobby of the Coast Canmore Hotel.
Duration: 90 minutes
Age rating: 8+
Genre: Storytelling, performance
Activity level: Leisurely to Moderate
This is an oudoor event. The mountains cool off at night so come dressed prepared for rain, shine or cooler temperatures. Wear comfortable walking shoes. Bring your water bottle.

This social event is limited to 50 people. Sign-up will be on a first-come, first-served basis at the registration desk.

Speakers

Theatre Canmore

Theatre Canmore is changing the face of performance arts in the Bow Valley with persistently happening theatre. In a radically different approach from traditional theatre, we operate on a collaborative partnership model working with local actors, directors, playwrights, stage crew... Read More →

Friday October 12, 2018 6:30pm - 8:00pm MDT
Various Locations in Canmore

Social

8:30pm MDT

Elder in the Making - Film Screening

Limited Capacity seats available

Join the Council for Inclusive Education as we present a screening of the film "Elder in the Making: A Blackfoot Aboriginal and a Chinese-Canadian Rediscover Their Shared Heritage". The Coast Canmore Ballroom will be transformed into a theatre complete with movie snacks!

Two young urban dwellers, one a Blackfoot aboriginal named Cowboy and the other a Chinese- Canadian newcomer named Chris, embark on a spiritual journey across traditional Blackfoot territory. Through thousands of years of ancient history guided by the wisdom of modern day elders, they find the beginnings of the long road to reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous people.
“Elder in the Making” is a feature documentary inviting all residents of North America to explore the tragic and hopeful history of their home. Through the journey of two unlikely travel companions, this film uncovers our responsibility as stewards of the land and of the generations yet to come.

Film Credits:
Producer/Director/Editor - Chris Hsiung
Co-Producer - Cowboy Smithx
Director of Photography - Danny Cox
Music - Kris Demeanor, Crack Band, & Eya-Hey Nakoda

Speakers

Council for Inclusive Education

The ATA Council for Inclusive Education provides educators with increased knowledge and understanding of students with diverse needs through professional development, communication, and policy.

Friday October 12, 2018 8:30pm - 10:30pm MDT
Arnica

Social

7:15am MDT

Breakfast

Limited Capacity seats available

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Saturday October 13, 2018 7:15am - 8:15am MDT
Ballroom

Meal

8:15am MDT

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Canadian Schools

Limited Capacity seats available

Sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ2S+) youth often encounter multiple risk factors, have fewer protective factors (such as a sense of connectedness to school and family), and experience more bullying, harassment, alienation, suicide ideation, and substance abuse than their heterosexual peers. Over a decade’s worth of research evidence identifies how educational institutions have a legal, ethical, and professional responsibility to respond proactively to the pressing health, safety, and educational needs of sexual and gender minority youth. Dr. Kristopher Wells will lead conversation focusing on the current troubling realities of sexual and gender minority students in our schools, how best to support their complex educational, health, and safety needs, and engage in a discussion identifying promising practices to support sexual and gender minority youth to move beyond simply trying to survive in their school environments to places where they can develop the personal and institutional resilience necessary to thrive.

Speakers

Dr. Kristopher Wells

University of Alberta

Dr. Kristopher Wells is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. Dr. Wells is one of the driving forces behind the creation of many ground-breaking initiatives including Camp fYrefly, PrideTape, and NoHomophobes.com, which has been featured... Read More →

Saturday October 13, 2018 8:15am - 9:45am MDT
Ballroom

Keynote

9:45am MDT

Nutrition Break

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Saturday October 13, 2018 9:45am - 10:15am MDT
Foyer

Meal

10:15am MDT

Gay-Straight Alliances in Alberta Schools

Limited Capacity seats available

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Speakers

Dr. Kristopher Wells

University of Alberta

Saturday October 13, 2018 10:15am - 11:30am MDT
Crocus

75 Min Session

10:15am MDT

Challenging Our Perspective: Building The Foundational Alliance

Limited Capacity seats available

Inclusive Education has created concern among educators and support staff who are now seeing that there is a greater need for mental and behavioural health supports in schools. Where were these kids before? There are more complexities each year! How do we support kids with behavioural, emotional, and mental health needs in our schools?
These are the questions I hope to answer by approaching the way in which we encounter and receive our students and their families. What is it about our own perspectives and approaches that may be hindering us from providing all students with a safe, caring, empathetic, and nurturing environment.

Speakers

Liam Sorrenti

Trauma and Attachment Specialist, Boys & Girls Club of Calgary

Liam Sorrenti currently works for the Calgary Boys and Girls Clubs as their Trauma and Attachment Specialist and spends his time training and increasing staff education and development, supporting foster families, and advocating for natural support connection and resources for children... Read More →

Saturday October 13, 2018 10:15am - 1:00pm MDT
Caribou

150 Min Session

10:15am MDT

Envisioning a Collaborative Response Model: Supporting ALL students

Limited Capacity seats available

It is virtually impossible for a teacher to know how to successfully provide instruction and support for all students in diverse, inclusive contemporary classrooms. Come learn about a Collaborative Response Model, a school framework that values collaborative, action focused responses, data-informed discussions, and timely intervention to ensure all students can experience success. Come learn how school administration and inclusive learning support leadership teams establish school-wide structures to ensure support for every student in our schools and across our districts. Numerous Alberta school and district examples, as well as access to a myriad of resources will be provided.

Speakers

Lorna Hewson

Lead Learner/Co-Founder, Jigsaw Learning Inc

Lorna Hewson is an award-winning educator with leadership experience at the classroom, school, district and provincial levels. Lorna’s professional background has included coaching and mentoring teachers and leaders, effective assessment, curriculum implementation, and inclusive... Read More →

Kurtis Hewson

Lead Learner/Co-Founder, Jigsaw Learning

Kurtis Hewson has been an award-winning teacher, vice-principal, and principal, as well as taught at the post-secondary level. With over a decade of experience as an administrator, Kurtis has championed the call for collaborative structures in schools to ensure success for all students... Read More →

Saturday October 13, 2018 10:15am - 1:00pm MDT
Squirrel

150 Min Session

10:15am MDT

Leveraging Purpose and HOPE

Limited Capacity seats available

Leveraging the ancient wisdom of indigenous medicine wheel philosophy, this session will introduce the purposeful context of the HOPE Wheel in serving diverse schools. HOPE is an acronym for Health/ Opportunity/ Privilege/ Education, and is most definitely framed as an action word in the context of this professional development session. Participants in this session will learn how to apply the HOPE Wheel model of learning support in four domains: Respect; Understanding; Relationships; Responsibility. They will extend their understanding by learning how to systematize a cultural framework within their school that is reflective of the HOPE Wheel, and that can be applied in multiple student support contexts.

Speakers

Sean Grainger

Adminstrator/Mental Health & Wellness Coordinator, Red Deer Public Schools

Sean is a teacher, counselor, mental health/wellness coordinator, and administrator. He has been in the field of education since 1994 having begun his career teaching grades 1 and 2 at Tall Cree First Nation. Since then he continued to teach in First Nations communities for six more... Read More →

Saturday October 13, 2018 10:15am - 1:00pm MDT
Arnica

150 Min Session

10:15am MDT

Supporting Students with Complex Communication Needs: Understanding the role of AAC, Aided Language, Core Vocabulary and Motor Planning

Limited Capacity seats available

Let's create a robust understanding of the role of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) plays for students with complex communication needs. Then we will look at the evidence-based ways we can support our AAC users in learning to use their communication systems and talk about ways to make your classroom a communication accessible environment.

Speakers

Jasmine Travers-Charbonneau

Calgary Board of Education

Supporting Students with Complex Communication Needs 3 Powers pdf

Saturday October 13, 2018 10:15am - 1:00pm MDT
Wolverine

150 Min Session

10:15am MDT

To Behave or Not to Behave

Limited Capacity seats available

One of the major challenges many educators are faced with is an ever-increasing number of students with behaviour difficulties. Teachers need to know how to defuse behaviour before it escalates for success in today’s inclusive classrooms. To Behave or Not to Behave is aimed at providing concrete ready to use preventative strategies to teachers working with students who have behaviour difficulties. The strategies and information presented can be used with a single student, within a large classroom, or in a special education setting. The session provides educators with a number of preventative strategies that can be creatively modified to fit a magnitude of behaviour difficulties. Blackline masters can be photocopied and used immediately. This session is intended for elementary school educators and focuses on school wide interventions as well as individualized interventions.

Speakers

Darci Fulton

Behaviour Leaders

Darci Fulton works as a Behaviour consultant with the Calgary Board of Education. She was president of the Calgary regional for 12 years and Celebrating the Challenges Conference Director 2011 to 2016. She has worked in the field of Behaviour with severely challenged behaviour students... Read More →

Myka Breymann and Darci Fulton

Learning Support Teacher and CBE Behaviourist, Behaviour Leaders

Working with Students with Severe Emotional and Behavioural challenges can be a demanding job. The ABCs of Classroom discipline create a proactive support system for students struggling with behaviour in the classroom. "To Behave or not to Behave" will take you through the research... Read More →

Saturday October 13, 2018 10:15am - 1:00pm MDT
Ladyslipper

150 Min Session

10:15am MDT

When The Unthinkable Happens: Providing Support Following a Natural Disaster and a Terror Attack

Limited Capacity seats available

Melanie will share her experiences on the ground in the aftermath of two high profile international incidents: providing psychological support at a trauma hospital in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and the days following the 2016 Bastille Day terror attack in Nice, France, where she provided supports to 101 students and chaperones from a BC school district who were in Nice the night of the attack.

Speakers

Melanie Reed-Zukowski

Melanie is a Registered Psychologist (AB) and Certified Teacher (AB) who recently retired after 32 years with her Alberta school district. She was first a special education teacher in a grade 1-9 school and then spent her remaining years based out of her district office in her role... Read More →

Saturday October 13, 2018 10:15am - 1:00pm MDT
Grizzley/Cougar

150 Min Session

10:15am MDT

How Fentanyl Affects the Mind and Body

Limited Capacity seats available

This talk will be a general overview of the effects of fentanyl. It will cover some of the history behind the introduction of fentanyl into clinical practice and explain why it is potentially more dangerous than other drugs of the same class when misused. In addition, we will address the role fentanyl plays in changing the way neurons communicate with each other and how this affects reward pathways and other important physiological functions.

Speakers

Martin Davies

University of Alberta

Dr. Martin Davies is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta. He currently runs both a Drugs of Abuse and a Toxicology course for the Department of Pharmacology and was involved in designing and delivering... Read More →

Brad McIntosh

RCMP

Saturday October 13, 2018 10:15am - 1:00pm MDT
Orchid

75 Min Session

11:30am MDT

Nutrition Break

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Saturday October 13, 2018 11:30am - 11:45am MDT
Foyer

Meal

11:45am MDT

Student-made Escape Rooms: Inherently Inclusive Task Design

Limited Capacity seats available

How do you keep all students engaged in the classroom? How do you make sure fun classrooms are still effective for all?
Welcome to the world of classroom gamification through escape rooms: by kids, for kids. Mobile Escape will show you how to generate 100% engagement and 100% success in your students as they demonstrate their understanding of curriculum through escape rooms. The very nature of solving and creating escape rooms allows, and even favors, multiple learning styles to contribute simultaneously.
This interactive session will get you up and active, awakening your own sense of wonder, and learning a new process of classroom gamification. By the end of this session, you will be better equipped to design multi-faceted tasks to engage a variety of learners simultaneously.

Speakers

Paul Harvey

Co-Founder, Mobile Escape Room

Paul Co-founded Mobile Escape with the vision of creating a sustainable business that was intrinsically beneficial to the communities it served. Paul did not thrive in a traditional classroom - he was the kid that had a hard time sitting down and being quiet long enough to read two... Read More →

Eric Reynolds

Co-Founder, Mobile Escape Room

Eric once wrote a book of riddles which helped him, and others, explore the world of wonder, puzzles, and the social component of curiosity. Then, months later, he did an escape room and thought, "I could make this better." So after building one in his backyard in Abbotsford, BC... Read More →

Saturday October 13, 2018 11:45am - 1:00pm MDT
Crocus

75 Min Session