Day 1 will kick off with a 90-minute keynote from Anita Churchville on Meeting the Unique Needs of Gifted Students: Strategies for Fostering Academic & Social-Emotional Success. Pamela Crooke will follow with a 90-minute talk on Embedding Practical Social Thinking Strategies into Inclusive Settings for All Social Learners.

90-minute keynote and Q&A with Anita Churchville, MA-ED

• Title: Meeting The Unique Needs of Gifted Students: Strategies for Fostering Academic & Social-Emotional Success
• Description: In inclusive school communities, a too-often neglected population are our highly able/gifted & talented learners. This presentation will delve into the social-emotional characteristics and challenges of gifted students that may adversely impact their academic success. The presentation will provide specific techniques for creating responsive and supportive learning environments that empower gifted students to thrive both academically and socially.

90-minute talk and Q&A with Pamela Crooke, PhD, CCC-SLP

• Title: Embedding Practical Social Thinking Strategies into Inclusive Settings for All Social Learners
• Description: Schools and academic settings—like society, in general—are made up of highly diverse micro-societies where students and teachers move between and among groups, share space together, and figure out what to do and say (or not do and say) to achieve their collective academic and social goals. In this talk, we’ll discuss ways to teach all students how to share space and focus on embedding lessons and metacognitive strategies from the Social Thinking Methodology across instructional tiers.

Who Should Attend

The Social Thinking Methodology is used by a wide variety of professionals, including speech-language pathologists, special and general education teachers, social workers, counselors, clinical and school psychologists, occupational therapists, behavior specialists, and school administrators to name a few. It’s also used by family members and caregivers across settings.

Objectives for Meeting the Unique Needs of Gifted Students: Strategies for Fostering Academic & Social-Emotional Success

Participants will be able to:

1. Describe the various profiles of gifted students to gain an awareness of potential challenges that may impact academic success.
2. Explain practical strategies for supporting academic success and social-emotional well-being of gifted students.

Objectives for Embedding Practical Social Thinking Strategies into Inclusive Settings for All Social Learners

Participants will be able to:

1. State one (or more) social concept that can be embedded into academic subjects to build academic performance and social competencies.
2. Describe two metacognitive teaching strategies from the Social Thinking Methodology that span across teaching tiers and enhance social learning for students with or without a formal diagnosis or disability.

Agenda:

• 9:00-10:15 Exploring giftedness and related potential challenges. Building practical supports for both academics and well-being. Using intentional inclusion.
• 10:15-10:30 Interactive Q & A
• 10:30-10:44 Short stretch break and speaker swap
• 10:45-12:00 Exploring the importance of social learning in school communities; defining mini-societies within the school: classroom, groups, hallways, and during recess; discussing ways to teach students how to share space; embedding lessons from the Social Thinking Methodology across instructional tiers.
• 12:00-12:15 Interactive Q & A

Please join us for our highly anticipated 16th Annual Global Providers' Online Conference—three days (3+ hours per day) of innovative ideas, practical strategies, and hands-on tools centered on this year’s theme: Beyond Academics: Prioritizing Social Learning Potential for ALL Students. Keynotes and Social Thinking connections will address three vital areas where social learning support can make a powerful impact on the well-being and success of students.

This 3-day livestream conference will explore several unique perspectives on how we—as educators, therapists, and parents—can empower learners to thrive (not just survive) in the social world at school, at home, and when online. We will discuss ways to build the social learning potential of all students while also protecting and promoting well-being. Each day will begin with 90 minutes with internationally renowned keynote speakers sharing practical tools from their points of view and expertise. Keynotes will be followed by 90 minutes of meaningful connections and new tools and thinking from Social Thinking® Methodology experts. This multiday event promises to challenge assumptions about how schools and professionals address social learning, academic demands, bullying/cyberbullying, restorative justice, learning differences, problem solving, supporting friendships, building empathy, and teaching focused on well-being rather than academic success.

Access this 3-day livestream conference for one low price of $59 to $69 per day. All presentations will be recorded and available with 30-day replay to 5:00 PM Pacific Time on July 25, 2023 for registered attendees. Each course/day registration includes access to both the livestream and the recorded replay!

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We are proud to provide access to continuing education credit for:

• Speech-Language Pathologists (livestream and recorded)
• Educators (livestream and recorded)
• ...and others!

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