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MESD Paraeducator Summer Conference 2024
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Welcome to the 2024 Paraeducator Summer Conference!
Below you’ll find the schedule/options for each day. Each option has the zoom link included - once you’ve made your selections, you can access all your sessions from your schedule (click on the head icon on the left to go to your personal schedule)

TO SIGN UP: Sign in to Sched on the top right, or create an account if you haven’t made one before. This will pop up the registration information page - once you complete that you are signed up for the conference, and will be able to add sessions to your schedule

TO MAKE YOUR SCHEDULE: Make sure you are signed in to Sched. You’ll see white circles to the left of the session names - click on those to add those sessions to you schedule. Once you’ve made your selections, you can access all your sessions from your schedule (click on the head icon on the left to go to your personal schedule). Note that there is an opening sessions each day - you only need to attend one of these (your first day of the conference) as it will be the same information in each of those (how to access sessions, complete surveys, get paid, etc)

Additional Info
  • The conference will be 5 days across two weeks 
    • August 14, 15, 21, 22 will be virtual and have an opening session from 8:00-8:30 (you only need to attend once), and sessions from 8:30-11:30 and 12:30-3:30
    • August 19 will be in person at (location TBD), with check in from 8:00-8:30, and sessions from 8:30-11:30 and 12:30-3:30
  • You will be paid for your time
  • You do not have to attend every day/session
  • There is an opening session every day of virtual sessions - you only need to attend one of these (your first day of the conference) as it will be the same information in each of those (how to access sessions, complete surveys, get paid, etc)
  • Click Here for an FAQ with answers to (hopefully) all your questions

If you have additional questions, please contact Benjamin Baldizon - bbaldizon@mesd.k12.or.us


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Common Diagnoses, Behavior Support, and Self-Awareness from a Mental Health Lens FILLING
Friday August 16, 2024 12:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
TBA
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Do you support students with big behaviors and complex diagnoses and wish you knew more about supporting them from a therapeutic approach that actually makes sense? Paraeducators are in the unique position of forming close relationships and offering support to students who often have complex mental health diagnoses. In this workshop, we will review some of the most common diagnoses we see in schools (ADHD, Autism, Depression, Anxiety, Communication Disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, etc.) from a student-centered lens and discuss how to make our relationships, interventions, and school accommodations stronger. We will review what paraeducators have control over and how to be aware of our own responses and triggers, all from an approach that centers student strengths and autonomy, as well as how your self-awareness and self-regulation can have a life-changing effect on your work and relationships.
Speakers
avatar for Marissa Yang Bertucci

Marissa Yang Bertucci

School Counselor, Reynolds School District
Marissa Yang Bertucci (she/her) is a Korean-American school counselor and community educator. She has worked in public education for over a decade, doing counseling, attendance, restorative justice, disability justice, and early literacy work. Marissa is from the Bay Area, where she... Read More →
Friday August 16, 2024 12:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
TBA
  Behavior Support

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