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8/8/2024 - 8/9/2024
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM EST

  ***Registration will open at 9:00 am

General Session - 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
The Joy for the Journey
Tonya Byous                                                                                                      0.2 CEUs/submitted for 1.5 Ohio Approved hours
The journey in Early Education and life will have twists and turns, smooth, and bumpy roads. During this session we will learn skills to help us navigate the journey with joy! The Seven Powers of Conscious Discipline help you develop your inner resources and create purposeful positive change in your life.
During this session discover the following: you’ll become aware of the mental models; limit beliefs, unconscious biases and intentions that drive your feelings and behaviors. With consciousness comes the opportunity to choose differently and make lasting changes in your life and the lives you touch.
Learning Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to identify and reflect on the mental models of how you view feelings and behaviors
2. Participants will be able to describe neuro-plasticity and practice rerouting thoughts and habits.

​Lunch (provided) 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm 

Breakout Sessions -- 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm 
If I Knew Then What I Knew Now — Teacher Edition
Myara Jefferson                                                                                                0.2 CEUs/submitted for 1.5 Ohio Approved hours
***This session will be repeated on Friday morning
This session will create a safe space to bring together experienced educators to reflect on their teaching journeys and share insights gained over the years. They will discuss challenges they faced, lessons learned, and strategies that have proven effective in the classroom. The session will focus on professional growth, mentorship, and continuous learning in the field of education. Participants can expect to gain valuable perspectives and practical advice from seasoned educators to enhance their own teaching practices.
Learning Outcomes:

1. Participants will identify self-care techniques that support balancing personal and professional life.
2. Participants will be able to network to gain a supportive community and identify strategies to create supportive communities in your existing networks.
    

Becoming Brain Smart — The BSS & the Brain
Rozlyn Grant                                                                                                      0.2 CEUs/submitted for 1.5 Ohio Approved hours
During this session, participants will learn about the three brains states and how they are supported and given the opportunity to be strengthened through the Brain Smart Start (BSS).
Learning Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to name and identify the brain states.
2. Participants will be able to name and identify the 4 components of brain smart start.
3. Participants will be able to use the brain states and brain smart start to plan for daily implementation.
    

Supporting Parents in Implementing Connections and Routines
Brittany Highley                                                                                                0.2 CEUs/submitted for 1.5 Ohio Approved hours
***This session will be repeated on Friday morning
Brittany will share her journey from traditional parenting to conscious parenting. Participants will learn strategies to work with your school family to build meaningful connections and routines that help both the home environment and school environment.  
Learning Outcomes:

1. Participants will identify strategies to help families build meaningful connections and communications within family and school environment.
2. Participants will identify strategies to support families in their ability to set healthy boundaries and build self-independence by creating family structures that resemble school structures.
3. Participants will identify strategies to help families shift to see parenting from a different lens.

  
Breakout Sessions - 8:30 am - 8:50 am 

Centering Activity – Brain Smart Start
*Activity will be held in your morning session before the session content begins
Participants will experience an interactive Brain Smart Start (Unite, Disengage Stress, Connect & Commit) to prepare the brain for learning. In a whole group setting, participants will share “Aha” moments from the previous training day

Breakout Sessions - 9:00 am - 10:30 am 

Supporting Parents in Implementing Connections and Routines
Brittany Highley                                                                                                0.2 CEUs/submitted for 1.5 Ohio Approved hours
***This session is a repeat from Thursday afternoon
Brittany will share her journey from traditional parenting to conscious parenting. Participants will learn strategies to work with your school family to build meaningful connections and routines that help both the home environment and school environment. 
Learning Outcomes:

1. Participants will identify strategies to help families build meaningful connections and communications within family and school environment.
2. Participants will identify strategies to support families in their ability to set healthy boundaries and build self-independence by creating family structures that resemble school structures.
3. Participants will identify strategies to help families shift to see parenting from a different lens.

If I Knew Then What I Knew Now — Teacher Edition
Myara Jefferson                                                                                                0.2 CEUs/submitted for 1.5 Ohio Approved hours
***This session is a repeat from Thursday afternoon
This session will create a safe space to bring together experienced educators to reflect on their teaching journeys and share insights gained over the years. They will discuss challenges they faced, lessons learned, and strategies that have proven effective in the classroom. The session will focus on professional growth, mentorship, and continuous learning in the field of education. Participants can expect to gain valuable perspectives and practical advice from seasoned educators to enhance their own teaching practices.
Learning Outcomes:

1. Participants will identify self-care techniques that support balancing personal and professional life.
2. Participants will be able to network to gain a supportive community and identify strategies to create supportive communities in your existing networks

Conscious Discipline with Infants and Toddlers
Tonya Byous                                                                                                     0.2 CEUs/submitted for 1.5 Ohio Approved hours
During the first three years the child’s brain grows rapidly. During those years they establish the temple of how they will regulate and manage stress. In this session caregivers will learn the concept of all behavior having meaning. In this introduction of Conscious Discipline, the care giver will identify each Brian State (Survival, Emotional, Executive) the need, trigger, skill and behaviors of each brain state.
We will explore creating secure attachment in daily interactions with infants and toddlers through attunement and social play.
Learning Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to describe the three brain states.
2. Participants will be able to model and answer the question each state asks.

Breakout Sessions - 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
 
So Many Structures Where Do I Begin?
The Who, Where & What of Conscious Discipline Structures
Rozlyn Grant                                                                                                      0.2 CEUs/submitted for 1.5 Ohio Approved hours
During this session participants will learn about the powers and skills that support the structures, along with how to set them up and when to use them.
Learning Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to name and identify the Powers of Conscious Discipline
2. Participants will be able to name and identify the skills of Conscious Discipline.
3. Participants will be able to name and identify the structures of Conscious Discipline.

Routines and Visuals — Reducing the Chaos
Myara Jefferson & Brittany Highley                                                          0.2 CEUs/submitted for 1.5 Ohio Approved hours
Participants will learn practical strategies for implementing routines and visuals to improve classroom management, enhance language and communication skills, and foster independence and self-regulation in learners. Through real-life examples and interactive discussions, attendees will gain valuable insights into the benefits of using visual cues and structured routines. Whether you are an educator looking to optimize your teaching practices or a professional seeking to enhance productivity in the workplace, this presentation will provide you with practical tools and strategies to effectively integrate routines and visuals into your daily routines.
Learning Outcomes:

1. Participants will identify strategies to help students increase independence and provide a sense of security
2. Participant will practice skills to foster connection and aid in development in academic and social skills.

 

Lunch/General Session - 12:15 pm to 2:30 pm

Play and Planning –Helping You Succeed!
Rozlyn Grant                                                                                                    0.2 CEUs/ APPROVED for 1.5 OA hours
During this session, participants will work, practice and plan, in large and small groups and share their plans moving forward.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able identify Conscious Discipline Powers.
2. Participants will be able to identify the Skills aligned to the Powers of Conscious Discipline.
3. Participants will be able to identify the Structures in the early childhood environment, that align to the Powers and Skills of Conscious Discipline.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES: 
Member: $350.00 includes lunch on 8/8 and 8/9

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: Wednesday, July 31

OHSAI strives to have as many attendees as possible pre-registered and paid.  If payment cannot be made by the deadline, please forward a purchase order.  If a registration must be canceled, please do so seven (7) working days prior  to the training.  Cancelations must be made in writing. If a cancelation is made after the cutoff (7 working days prior to the training), a $40 administration fee will be applied per canceled person. No refund will be given for cancelations occurring less than 24 hours before event. Alternate participants may attend.   
Late Fees: $25.00  Registrations received after the deadline listed above will be assessed a late fee of $25.00 per person.

  

OHSAI strives to have as many attendees as possible pre-registered and paid. If payment cannot be made by the deadline, please forward a purchase order. If a registration must be canceled, please do so seven (7) working days prior to the training. Cancelations must be made in writing. If a cancelation is made after the cutoff (7 working days prior to the training), a $40 administration fee will be applied per canceled person. No refund will be given for cancelations occurring 24 hours before a conference. Alternate participants may attend.