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2026 Paraeducator ConferenceDetails

July 29, 2026

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Keynote
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Instructor: Pam Inch, Dr. Sam Faulkner
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07/29/2026 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Lewisburg Area High School
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Lunch
Lunch

Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeLocation
07/29/2026 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Lewisburg Area High School
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
PM Breakout sessions
Session offerings from 12:15-1:00

Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeLocation
07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Lewisburg Area High School
CE-CERT

An introduction to the CE-CERT model, which equips professionals in trauma exposed, or high stress environments with five practical skills to manage stress and prevent burnout during the workday: experiential engagement, reducing rumination, conscious narrative, reducing emotional labor, and parasympathetic recovery. The CE-CERT approach uses micro interventions, rather than just after-hours self-care to regulate emotions and meaningfully enhance job satisfaction.
Instructor: Alaina Johnson
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07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Executive Function Strategies
This session will introduce practical tools and strategies that support executive function skills such as organization, time management, task initiation, and self-regulation. Participants will explore accessible supports—including visual schedules, digital apps, and structured routines—that can be used with both students and adults. Emphasis will be placed on selecting tools to meet individual needs, promoting independence, and fostering long-term skill development.
Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Fitness
Join us in a fun, upbeat wellness session designed to help you recharge through movement. Participants will be guided through a mix of warm-up, low-impact cardio options, body-weight compound movements, and stretching/mobility, with modifications to ensure accessibility for all ability levels. Purposeful physical movement helps relieve stress, boost energy, and increase focus and productivity—come as you are, move how you can, and leave feeling stronger and refreshed.
Instructor: Kim Meiss, Shirley Bastian
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Group Circle Activity

A Practical Stress-Reduction Training for Paraeducators. The purpose of this session is to help reduce stress by clarifying priorities, setting boundaries, and aligning daily actions with what matters most.
Instructor: Mike Maize
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Healthy Sleep
Attendees will gain an understanding of the basic mechanisms by which sleep acts as a stress reducer or amplifier and learn how to begin embedding behavioral practices into their daily schedule to improve sleep onset, duration, quality, and restoration.
Instructor: Brian Linaburg
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Journaling
Feeling stressed or overwhelmed? This is a chill, judgment-free space where you’ll explore how journaling can help you unload stress, process emotions, and make sense of what’s going on. You’ll try creative prompts and learn simple journaling tools you can use anytime—whether you have 2 minutes or 20—to support your mental wellness.
Instructor: Jestine Myers
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Let Them Theory

This session will include the transformative work of Mel Robbins and her science-based bestseller “The Let Them Theory.” Together, we will explore two dynamic activities designed to help you stop letting other people’s opinions, drama, and judgment influence your life. These simple skills will ignite your mindset, redefine new habits, and unlock the incredible potential within you.
Instructor: Julie Petrin
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Planting Seeds of Self-Care
This interactive session invites paraeducators to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with their own well-being. Participants will plant seeds while exploring simple, sustainable self-care practices that support mental wellness. Just like plants need consistent care to grow, we’ll consider what we each need to feel grounded, supported, and resilient in our daily work. Attendees will leave with a planted seed and a personal intention for nurturing their own growth
Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Practical Tools to help Emotional Learning
This hands-on breakout session equips para-educators with a practical toolkit for supporting student emotional regulation through labeling feelings, visual schedules, and movement-based strategies. Participants will explore how technology, timers, and social narratives build the predictability and self-awareness necessary to de-escalate "big feelings" in the classroom. The session concludes with a "Make & Take" lab where you will create your own sensory bottle, stress ball, or mindful coloring resource to use for your own emotional regulation needs or with your students!
Instructor: Kaitlyn Hock
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Step into Wellness
Paraeducators give so much of themselves each day—supporting students, managing behaviors, and adapting to constant demands. This interactive breakout session focuses on practical, accessible self-care through walking. Participants will explore how movement supports mental health, reduces stress, and boosts overall wellness. The session includes a guided group walk and simple strategies paraeducators can use during the school day to recharge, reset, and build sustainable wellness habits—no gym required.  
Instructor: Nadeen Swab
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
PM Breakout sessions
Session offerings from 1:15-2:00

Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeLocation
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Lewisburg Area High School
CE-CERT

An introduction to the CE-CERT model, which equips professionals in trauma exposed, or high stress environments with five practical skills to manage stress and prevent burnout during the workday: experiential engagement, reducing rumination, conscious narrative, reducing emotional labor, and parasympathetic recovery. The CE-CERT approach uses micro interventions, rather than just after-hours self-care to regulate emotions and meaningfully enhance job satisfaction.
Instructor: Alaina Johnson
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Executive Function Strategies
This session will introduce practical tools and strategies that support executive function skills such as organization, time management, task initiation, and self-regulation. Participants will explore accessible supports—including visual schedules, digital apps, and structured routines—that can be used with both students and adults. Emphasis will be placed on selecting tools to meet individual needs, promoting independence, and fostering long-term skill development.
Instructor: Jenni Waltman
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Group Circle Activity

A Practical Stress-Reduction Training for Paraeducators. The purpose of this session is to help reduce stress by clarifying priorities, setting boundaries, and aligning daily actions with what matters most.
Instructor: Mike Maize
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Healthy Sleep
Attendees will gain an understanding of the basic mechanisms by which sleep acts as a stress reducer or amplifier and learn how to begin embedding behavioral practices into their daily schedule to improve sleep onset, duration, quality, and restoration.
Instructor: Brian Linaburg
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Journaling
Feeling stressed or overwhelmed? This is a chill, judgment-free space where you’ll explore how journaling can help you unload stress, process emotions, and make sense of what’s going on. You’ll try creative prompts and learn simple journaling tools you can use anytime—whether you have 2 minutes or 20—to support your mental wellness.
Instructor: Jestine Myers
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Let Them Theory

This session will include the transformative work of Mel Robbins and her science-based bestseller “The Let Them Theory.” Together, we will explore two dynamic activities designed to help you stop letting other people’s opinions, drama, and judgment influence your life. These simple skills will ignite your mindset, redefine new habits, and unlock the incredible potential within you.
Instructor: Julie Petrin
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Planting Seeds of Self Care

Instructor: Kim Meiss, Shirley Bastian
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Planting Seeds of Self-Care
This interactive session invites paraeducators to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with their own well-being. Participants will plant seeds while exploring simple, sustainable self-care practices that support mental wellness. Just like plants need consistent care to grow, we’ll consider what we each need to feel grounded, supported, and resilient in our daily work. Attendees will leave with a planted seed and a personal intention for nurturing their own growth.
Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Practical Tools to help Emotional Learning
This hands-on breakout session equips para-educators with a practical toolkit for supporting student emotional regulation through labeling feelings, visual schedules, and movement-based strategies. Participants will explore how technology, timers, and social narratives build the predictability and self-awareness necessary to de-escalate "big feelings" in the classroom. The session concludes with a "Make & Take" lab where you will create your own sensory bottle, stress ball, or mindful coloring resource to use for your own emotional regulation needs or with your students!
Instructor: Kaitlyn Hock
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Step into Wellness
Paraeducators give so much of themselves each day—supporting students, managing behaviors, and adapting to constant demands. This interactive breakout session focuses on practical, accessible self-care through walking. Participants will explore how movement supports mental health, reduces stress, and boosts overall wellness. The session includes a guided group walk and simple strategies paraeducators can use during the school day to recharge, reset, and build sustainable wellness habits—no gym required.  Join us in a fun, upbeat wellness session designed to help you recharge through movement. Participants will be guided through a mix of warm-up, low-impact cardio options, body-weight compound movements, and stretching/mobility, with modifications to ensure accessibility for all ability levels. Purposeful physical movement helps relieve stress, boost energy, and increase focus and productivity—come as you are, move how you can, and leave feeling stronger and refreshed.
Instructor: Nadeen Swab
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
PM Breakout sessions
Session offerings from 2:15-3:00

Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeLocation
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Lewisburg Area High School
CE-CERT
An introduction to the CE-CERT model, which equips professionals in trauma exposed, or high stress environments with five practical skills to manage stress and prevent burnout during the workday: experiential engagement, reducing rumination, conscious narrative, reducing emotional labor, and parasympathetic recovery. The CE-CERT approach uses micro interventions, rather than just after-hours self-care to regulate emotions and meaningfully enhance job satisfaction.
Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Executive Function Strategies
This session will introduce practical tools and strategies that support executive function skills such as organization, time management, task initiation, and self-regulation. Participants will explore accessible supports—including visual schedules, digital apps, and structured routines—that can be used with both students and adults. Emphasis will be placed on selecting tools to meet individual needs, promoting independence, and fostering long-term skill development.
Instructor: Jenni Waltman
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Fitness
Join us in a fun, upbeat wellness session designed to help you recharge through movement. Participants will be guided through a mix of warm-up, low-impact cardio options, body-weight compound movements, and stretching/mobility, with modifications to ensure accessibility for all ability levels. Purposeful physical movement helps relieve stress, boost energy, and increase focus and productivity—come as you are, move how you can, and leave feeling stronger and refreshed.
Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Group Circle Activity

A Practical Stress-Reduction Training for Paraeducators. The purpose of this session is to help reduce stress by clarifying priorities, setting boundaries, and aligning daily actions with what matters most.
Instructor: Mike Maize
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Healthy Sleep
Attendees will gain an understanding of the basic mechanisms by which sleep acts as a stress reducer or amplifier and learn how to begin embedding behavioral practices into their daily schedule to improve sleep onset, duration, quality, and restoration
Instructor: Brian Linaburg
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Journaling
Feeling stressed or overwhelmed? This is a chill, judgment-free space where you’ll explore how journaling can help you unload stress, process emotions, and make sense of what’s going on. You’ll try creative prompts and learn simple journaling tools you can use anytime—whether you have 2 minutes or 20—to support your mental wellness.
Instructor: Jestine Myers
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Let Them Theory
This session will include the transformative work of Mel Robbins and her science-based bestseller “The Let Them Theory.” Together, we will explore two dynamic activities designed to help you stop letting other people’s opinions, drama, and judgment influence your life. These simple skills will ignite your mindset, redefine new habits, and unlock the incredible potential within you.
Instructor: Julie Petrin
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Planting Seeds of Self-Care
This interactive session invites paraeducators to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with their own well-being. Participants will plant seeds while exploring simple, sustainable self-care practices that support mental wellness. Just like plants need consistent care to grow, we’ll consider what we each need to feel grounded, supported, and resilient in our daily work. Attendees will leave with a planted seed and a personal intention for nurturing their own growth. 
Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Practical Tools to help Emotional Learning
This hands-on breakout session equips para-educators with a practical toolkit for supporting student emotional regulation through labeling feelings, visual schedules, and movement-based strategies. Participants will explore how technology, timers, and social narratives build the predictability and self-awareness necessary to de-escalate "big feelings" in the classroom. The session concludes with a "Make & Take" lab where you will create your own sensory bottle, stress ball, or mindful coloring resource to use for your own emotional regulation needs or with your students!
Instructor: Kaitlyn Hock
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Step into Wellness
Paraeducators give so much of themselves each day—supporting students, managing behaviors, and adapting to constant demands. This interactive breakout session focuses on practical, accessible self-care through walking. Participants will explore how movement supports mental health, reduces stress, and boosts overall wellness. The session includes a guided group walk and simple strategies paraeducators can use during the school day to recharge, reset, and build sustainable wellness habits—no gym required.  
Instructor: Pam Inch
DateTimeNotes
07/29/2026 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

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