Presentations

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2026 Presentations

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Section

Title

Track

The PBIS Framework: Your Vehicle for Academic And Social Health

Pre-Conference Session

Strengthening School Safety

Pre-Conference Session

Student Leadership Essentials: Empowering Student Voices

Pre-Conference Session

Building Capacity for Schoolwide Physical Activity: From Fitness Testing to a Comprehensive Approach

Pre-Conference Session

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Safety & Well-being Design: Creating Intentional Systems & Practices for Belonging

Main Stage

Student Safety: Building Life Skills and a Climate of Trust

Breakout Session

Digital Safety in the Age of AI

Breakout Session

Seen, Safe, and Supported: Supporting Foster and Vulnerable Youth

Pre-Conference Session

Healing Power of Native Youth Olympics

Breakout Session

From Parallel to Powerful: Building an Integrated System of Care
Breakout Sessions
Fentanyl Awareness and Prevention: One Pill Can Kill

Breakout Session

Raising the Sails: Flipping the Triangle to Build Webs of Support SISD
Breakout Sessions
From Surviving to Thriving: practical tools to improve educator wellness
Breakout Sessions
Building a Continuum of Safety and Support: Aligning Behavioral Threat Assessment with MTSS/PBIS

Breakout Session

Trauma Engaged Schools: How far have we come and where do we need to go?

Breakout Session

Big Conversations & Busy Hands: The Art of Getting to What Matters to Families
Breakout Sessions
Not an Add-On: Designing Physically Active Schools
Breakout Sessions
Youth Leadership Best Practices

Breakout Session

Creating the Framework for a Healthy Media Diet Among Alaska’s Youth

Breakout Session

Sustainable Schools in Action: Growing, Composting, and Recycling for the Future

Breakout Session

Culturally Responsive Approaches to Accountability & Positive Behavioral Supports
Breakout Sessions
Supporting Student Attendance through Strong Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs

Breakout Session

From Input to Ownership: Authentically Engaging Student and Family Voice in PBIS

Breakout Session

Holistic Wellness and Cultural Ties

Breakout Session

Wearing Multiple Hats: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Education and Safety
Breakout Sessions
School Avoidance: Understanding School Avoidance and Strategies for School Re-Entry

Breakout Session

Steering Towards Change: Reducing Youth Tobacco Use in Alaska

Breakout Session

Sources of Strength: A Culturally-Relevant Framework for Suicide Prevention

Breakout Session

Reading and Resilience: The Science of Reading Meets the Science of Resilience
Breakout Sessions
Native Youth Olympics
Main Stage
Thursday, September 17, 2026
School Safety and Well-Being: It’s all about Trusted Relationships with Heartware before Hardware

Main Stage

School Safety and Well-Being to a T
Breakout Sessions
The Power of Your Story: Using Personal Stories to Build Trust, Hope, and Connection

Breakout Session

Teaching Emotional Regulation within MTSS: Practical Tools for Every Tier

Breakout Session

Whale Pass Songahm Taekwondo Program Success
Breakout Sessions
Exploring Artificial Intelligence for Suicide Prevention in Alaskan Youth
Breakout Sessions
FLARE – Flexible Learning for Adolescent Resiliency Education
Breakout Sessions
Improving Student Engagement: Evidence-Based Resources to Help Students Feel Safe, Seen, & Connected

Breakout Session

After 5 Decades of Teaching, 7 Lessons My Students Taught Me
Breakout Sessions
The Belief Gap: How Everyday Encouragement Changes Young Lives
Breakout Sessions
Behind the Scenes: Systems for Teacher Efficacy to Build Family Connection
Breakout Sessions
Creating Safe, Supportive Schools Through the PREPaRE Curriculum
Breakout Sessions
Supporting Schools to Implement the Safe Children’s Act – 10 Years Down the Road
Breakout Sessions
Raising the Sails: Fostering Staff and Student Success
Breakout Sessions
Positive School Climate: The Foundation for Learning and Safety
Breakout Sessions
Child Well-Being Data: How are kids doing?
Breakout Sessions
“I Believe in You” Can Change a Student’s Life
Main Stage

2025 Presentations

Tuesday, September 9th, 2025

Section

Title

Track

NAMI New Hampshire Connect

Pre-Conference Session

School Safety – Building and Sustaining Behavioral Intervention Teams

Pre-Conference Session

School Safety – AVAP Preconference

Pre-Conference Session

School Safety – Educational Resilience

Pre-Conference Session

Supporting Educator Wellness

Pre-Conference Session

Wednesday, September 10th, 2025

Changing Lives Just As You Are: Our Emotional Intelligence At Heart

Main Stage

Understanding Values Through Interactive Activity

Breakout Session

Strengthening Partnerships for Student Success: Centering Family, Student, and Community Voices

Breakout Session

Turning Insight Into Action: Reviewing Programs to Meet Student Needs

Breakout Session

Sustaining Rural School Mental Health: A Community-Driven Model for Engagement and Workforce Development

Breakout Session

Supporting Educator Wellness: Practical Strategies for Building Resilience in Ourselves and Our Communities

Breakout Sessions

School Leader “Look Fors” after a Crisis Prevention Training

Breakout Sessions

Breaking the Silence: An Introduction to Eating Disorders

Breakout Sessions

PBIS 101: What, Why, and How?

Breakout Session

Local Emergency Planning Committee and School Resilience

Breakout Sessions

Beyond Labels: A Collective Approach to Addressing Bullying Behavior

Breakout Sessions

Journey to Prevention: The Growth & Impact of Sources of Strength in LKSD

Breakout Sessions

Safe Homes, Safe Students: Talking with Families About Suicide Prevention

Breakout Session

Teaming Together: School Psychologists as Mental Health Professionals to Support Safety and Well-Being in Schools

Breakout Session

Understanding, Preventing & Responding to Child Sexual Abuse and Mandated Reporting

Main Stage

Thursday, September 11th, 2025

Qinuucaraq/Calm Manners

Main Stage

Thriving Students, Thriving Schools: Elevating Academic Achievement Through Health Advocacy

Breakout Session

The Inaugural Alaska Mental Health in Schools Community of Practice: Reflections from the First Year

Breakout Session

Naloxone Administration Training

Breakout Sessions

Navigating the Stormy Seas of Youth Vaping and its Impact on Youth Mental Health: It Takes All Hands on Deck

Breakout Sessions

Making PBIS Work in Small Schools

Breakout Sessions

Ending the Silence

Breakout Session

YRBS and School Health Profiles

Breakout Sessions

Pulaaluta/Travel the Yuuyaaraq Path to Learning

Breakout Sessions

Physical Activity and Nutrition: Programs and policies to support student success

Breakout Sessions

School Climate: Understanding results through community engagement

Breakout Sessions

Invisible Injuries, Lasting Impacts: Uncovering Brain Injury in Students to Support School Success

Breakout Sessions

When Kids Feel Safe to Speak: The Power of Anonymous Reporting

Breakout Sessions

Friday, September 12th, 2025

Absenteeism

Post-Conference Session

Alaska Safe Children’s Act

Post-Conference Session

Partnering with Families on SEL

Post-Conference Session

Safe Homes, Safe Students: Talking with Families About Suicide Prevention

Post-Conference Session

2024 Presentations

Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

Section

Title

Track

Rural District Health Workshop — Strategies to Implement the Safe Children’s Act and Meet the Healthcare Needs of Students

Breakout Session

Making a Difference: Positively Impacting the Future of our Youth

Breakout Session

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

We Are Each Other’s Anchors: Trauma Informed & Grief Attuned School Systems Leadership for Crisis Recovery & Renewal

Main Stage

Leading with Steadiness in Times of Unsteadiness (Part 1)

Breakout Session

Protecting Our Students: Understanding the Harms of Tobacco and Vaping AND Youth Nicotine Use, Impacts on Mental Health, and Ways to Help

Breakout Session

Introducing the Alaska Mental Health in Schools Community of Practice

Breakout Session

Partnering with Families and Communities to Keep Kids Safe through Secure Gun Storage

Breakout Session

School-Based Family Resource Centers AND Meaningful Family Night – Linking to Learning and Building Connections

Breakout Sessions

Trauma-Informed Resilience Training

Breakout Sessions

Leading with Steadiness in Times of Unsteadiness (Part 2)

Breakout Sessions

Farm to School for Children’s Well Being

Breakout Session

Protective Factors and Cultural Protective Factors

Breakout Sessions

TAT: Threat Assessment and SEL Tier 3 Intervention

Breakout Sessions

Exploring Implementation of Trauma-Engaged Practices in Alaska Schools

Breakout Sessions

Meeting the Needs of Alaska Students by Using from YRBS and School Health Profiles

Breakout Session

Turning the Tide: Implementing School Empowerment Strategies in Chronic Absence and Community Engagement

Breakout Session

All Hands on Deck: School-Community Partnerships Enhance Student Wellbeing

Main Stage

Finding Our Anchors: The Relationship Between Psychological Safety and Positive School Outcomes

Main Stage

Thursday, September 26th, 2024

UA School Partnerships and Programs

Main Stage

Substance Misuse in Alaska: What’s New and How Do We Respond to Youth in Schools?

Coleman Cutchins
Jenny Baker
Michelle Odlin

Breakout Session

Protective Childhood Experiences: What Do They Mean For Our Health?

Breakout Session

From Hating School to Loving Wisdom: Why Education Needs Philosophy in Alaska

Breakout Sessions

Trauma Engaged School Policy: Statewide and at Your School

Breakout Sessions

Enhancing Student Support Systems: Collaborative Strategies for School Social Workers, Psychologists, Counselors and Administration

Breakout Sessions

Different Abilities: Inclusion and Accommodations

Breakout Session

Managing “Challenging” Behaviors In-the-Moment: Self-Advocacy & Shifting to a Preventative Framework

Breakout Sessions

Supporting Student Nutrition and Physical Activity: Local and National Resources

Breakout Sessions

Partnering with Families to Make Homes Safer for Students at Risk of Suicide: Lethal Means Reduction to Keep Loved Ones Safe

Breakout Sessions

Leveraging ESEA Federal Funds to Support Student Health and Safety

Breakout Sessions

Tackling Chronic Absenteeism by Using Data to Generate Conversations That Matter

Breakout Sessions

Building Trauma-Engaged Schools with PBIS: A Collaborative Approach

Breakout Sessions

Friday, September 27th, 2024

Building and Maintaining Restorative Communities

Breaking Session

Threat Assessment Teams

Breakout Session

Alaska Blanket Exercise

Breakout Session