Annual Conference:
Building Stress Resilient Schools and Communities

July 26, 2017   Oakland, CA

In this year's conference we will explore the
connections between the stress and trauma from structural inequity
(social, political and financial),
its impact on brain and behavior,
and implications for policy and system change.

---

 

 

Who Should Attend

Educators, behavioral health professionals, violence prevention officials, child and youth development workers, youth advocates, and agents for system change.

• Stay up to date on the latest research related to trauma, learning, and education excellence.
• Hear from experts who are bringing mindfulness based skills and restorative practices to schools and community organizations.
• Learn mindfulness skills and practices that you can use in any setting.
• Connect with like-minded educators, mental health professionals, researchers, parents, and community members.

---

Featured Speakers

---

Conference Agenda

8:30 am	Registration
9:00	Welcome and Dynamic Mindfulness practice
9:15	Why Youth Act the Way They Do: The Impacts of Stress and Trauma on Child and Youth Brain Development and Behavior Adele Diamond Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
10:00	Q & A
10:15	Break
10:30	Healing and Transforming Ourselves, Our Schools & Our Communities Itoco Garcia, Principal, Cherryland Elementary School, Hayward Unified School District
11:15	Q & A
11:30	Education Excellence and Equity Award A national panel of judges selects a recipient who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the areas of education excellence and equity
12:00 pm	Lunch on your own Check out a Bay Area Bites piece on Chinatown lunch spots or the East Bay Express Restaurant list for downtown Oakland.
1:30	Developing Inner Leadership for Transformative Education Conrad Tiu, Administrator, LAUSD Los Angeles New Administrators Leadership Program
2:15	Q & A
2:30	Jonathan Relucio: The Power of Presence
2:45	Impact of Inequity on Boys and Young Men of Color (BYMOC) Marc Philpart, Senior Policy Director, PolicyLink
3:30	Q & A
3:45	Break
4:00	Stress Inequity and the Life Course: Addressing the Need for Programs and Policy Change Arnold Chandler, Principal, Forward Change Consulting Bidyut Bose, Founder and Executive Director, Niroga Institute
4:45	Q & A
5:00 pm	Closing

---

Education Excellence and Equity Award

2017 Award Recipient: Janette Hernandez
Director, Secondary Education, San Lorenzo Unified School District
Janette has dramatically changed the course of secondary educators in two districts by her personal example, by engaging organizations and ideas that support SEL and the whole child, and by her commitment to equity and inclusion in all its forms.

Awards Committee

---

CEU Information

Course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Provider Number: 128478.

 

Conference Sponsors

A bow of gratitude to sponsors of Niroga Institute's 2017 Stress Resilience Conference: