2025 ACSA Every Child Counts Symposium

Registration & Information 3:00pm - 5:00pm

General Session 8:30am - 9:45am

Strategies for Crucial Conversations with Families and Staff 8:30am - 10:00am

Domestic Terror & Childhood Trauma; Mental Wellness & Academic Resilience for Minoritized Studen... 1:15pm - 2:45pm

From Assessment to Action: Strengthening Student Well-Being with Risk-Informed Strategies 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Special Education Blue Ribbon Action Team 8:30am - 10:00am

P-3 Alignment: Capitalizing on UPK/TK Implementation to Further Equitable Outcomes for All Child... 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Helping Leaders Identify and Address Misconceptions About SDI 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Registration & Information 7:00am - 5:00pm

Networking Reception 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Building a Strong Crisis Response Team for PreK-8 Schools: Practical Strategies for Success 8:30am - 10:00am

We All Belong Together: Transforming from a trauma-informed to a trauma-assumed approach through... 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Supporting your “Bunker Babies” with Extreme Behavior Needs by Empowering Families 3:30pm - 5:00pm

"Revolutionizing School Attendance: The 6 Principles for Equitable Engagement" 8:30am - 10:00am

Braving the Frontier of Indicator Tracking 1:15pm - 2:45pm

A Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Ensuring Equitable Special Education Referrals for ELs 8:30am - 10:00am

Addressing the Literacy Crisis: Creating a School-Wide Dyslexia Assessment Plan 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Teaching Porcupines: what to do with kids that challenge your authority, disrupt your room and m... 8:30am - 10:00am

Strengthening Parent-Program Partnerships to Support Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disa... 1:15pm - 2:45pm

School Avoidance/Refusal 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Increasing Inclusion Opportunities for Students with Significant Challenges: Tips and Tricks 8:30am - 10:00am

Launch! - Cultivating and Utilizing Student Voice to Support Educators in Reflecting and Making... 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Navigating California's New IEP Template through the HQ IEP Toolkit for Enhanced Student Outcome... 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Supporting Student Wellness for Students with Disabilities in Independent Study Programs 8:30am - 10:00am

Recruiting and Retaining Amazing Special Educators 1:15pm - 2:45pm

ADR for Admin: The Art of Navigating and Leading for Equity in Complex Systems 8:30am - 10:00am

Creating Inclusive and Engaging Classrooms for Students with Disabilities" 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Reinvigorating Improvement Work: Capturing Hearts & Minds for Improvement 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Navigating the Role of Student Services Administrators - New, Current, and Experienced 8:30am - 10:00am

Charting Your Course Through the CYBHI 1:15pm - 2:45pm

CYBHI Fee Schedule Program - Transforming School Mental Health Services Reimbursement 3:30pm - 5:00pm

A Recipe for Success: Ensuring Bright Beginnings 8:30am - 10:00am

A Year in Review 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Ensuring Meaningful Parental Participation 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Case Management in the New Frontier: Case Clean-Up and Compliance 8:30am - 10:00am

Conflict Resolution: Building Relationships instead of Walls 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Out of the Woods and into the 21st Century: Student Safety in the Social Media Era 3:30pm - 5:00pm

General Session 10:00am - 11:15am

Enhancing Special Education Teachers' Expertise: Becoming Access Specialists in Inclusive Classr... 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Hot Topics In Assessment 3:00pm - 4:30pm

CA State Agency Key Updates: CA Dept of Education and CCEE 8:15am - 9:45am

Key Themes from OAH and Special Education Monitoring: A Year in Review 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Team Building or Fire Fighting? 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Registration & Information 7:00am - 5:00pm

De-Siloing Services: Creating an Integrated System for SEL, PBIS, Mental Health and Wellness 8:15am - 9:45am

Understanding and Addressing Student Trauma Through The Lens of Equity 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Student Drug and Alcohol Intervention and Suspension Alternative 3:00pm - 4:30pm

How to address the social media world for students with disabilities 8:15am - 9:45am

AI Revolution in Special Education: Create Your Own SPED AI Tools 1:15pm - 2:45pm

AI for Administrators: Streamlining Tasks to Focus on Student and Teacher Support 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Engaging All Students: Lessons Learned From Incarcerated Youth 8:15am - 9:45am

Navigating New Frontiers in Attendance: A Data-Driven Approach to Student Success 1:15pm - 2:45pm

More Time Supporting Students: Enhancing Learning Opportunities through Personalized Enrichment 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Using Your Team's Expertise to Address Executive Functioning Needs: Assessment to Intervention 8:15am - 9:45am

C.A.R.E: Caring–Accessible–Resources–Emotional Well Being Program 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Residential Placements, Post Covid 19 Pandemic 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Dispute Prevention and Resolution In Action: Designing a Statewide Model of Support 8:15am - 9:45am

Enhancing Student Participation in the IEP Process: A New Paradigm for Educational Benefit 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Providing Effective Feedback on Assessment Reports for Administrators 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Reframing School Discipline with an Equity Lens 8:15am - 9:45am

Special Education Program Analysis: Leadership for Implementing Change 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Strengthen Partnerships with Latinx Families 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Empathy Interviews: A Powerful Tool for Equitable and Inclusive Learning Environments 8:15am - 9:45am

Navigating the SART Process - Exploring the Truancy Frontier 1:15pm - 2:45pm

DEALING WITH DRUGS: AWARENESS, RECOGNITION, AND INTERVENTIONS 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Navigating Home and Hospital Instruction: Development through Implementation 8:15am - 9:45am

Meeting the Prevention and Early Intervention Needs of Students Through CAs New Wellness Coach R... 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Meeting the Complex Funding Challenges to Support Integrated Mental Health in Schools 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Behavior - Wait, what do I do and How do I do it? 8:15am - 9:45am

Deconstructing The Manifestation Determination 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Finding Your Way: Navigating Difficult Conversations 3:00pm - 4:30pm

New Trends and Tools for Special Education Inclusion (Part One) 8:15am - 9:45am

Including Students with Behavioral Needs (Part 2) 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Addressing Mental Health in All Students (Part 3) 3:00pm - 4:30pm

General Session 11:00am - 12:00pm

Navigating Best Interest Determination Meetings and Transportati... 8:30am - 9:30am

Special Ed Business 101 8:30am - 9:30am

Building Bridges: Developing an Effective Co-Teaching Program in... 9:45am - 10:45am

Registration & Information 7:00am - 12:00pm

Leveraging Compliance for Transformational Improvement 8:30am - 9:30am

"Building Trust with Parents: Proven Strategies to Prevent Due P... 8:30am - 9:30am

Navigating Systems of Support for Foster Youth and McKinney-Vent... 9:45am - 10:45am

Navigating a Due Process Case 8:30am - 9:30am

Navigating Chronic Absenteeism 9:45am - 10:45am

Making it Work: Principal and Community School Coordinator Leade... 8:30am - 9:30am

Empowering Leaders: Dispute Resolution Skills for Navigating New... 9:45am - 10:45am

Tools and Stories from the Field: How to Navigate the New Fronti... 8:30am - 9:30am

Creating a Support Team for Students with Disabilities 9:45am - 10:45am

Looking Past the Hurt: Understanding the Plight of Foster and Ho... 8:30am - 9:30am

To Infinity & Beyond: Reaching for Student Success through Welln... 9:45am - 10:45am

Maximizing Student Mental Health Impact: Integrating Wellness Co... 8:30am - 9:30am

SARB - Navigating the Effectiveness of a Functional Process 9:45am - 10:45am

Let Us Be Your Guide: Deconstructing the IEP 8:30am - 9:30am

The Evolving LRE Standard 9:45am - 10:45am

The Present and Future Impact of Tech Trends & AI in General and... 8:30am - 9:30am

Cooking Up Creative Solutions: Inclusive Discipline Strategies 9:45am - 10:45am