Virginia Department of Education's Training and Technical Assistance Center (T/TAC)

The Virginia Department of Education’s Training and Technical Assistance Center at Virginia Tech is proud to announce Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline: Understanding the Nervous System and Its Role in Behavior with Butler University Assistant Professor, Dr. Lori Desautels.

This day of learning will explore how both the student and educator's nervous systems shape behavior, connection, and learning—especially under stress, adversity, and trauma. Grounded in applied educational neuroscience, educators will examine a critical shift from traditional, behavior-based discipline to nervous system–aligned, relational practices.

Visit the Revelations in Education website and watch Diving Beneath Behaviors to learn more.

An alternative pencil is defined as anything that provides a student with access to all 26 letters of the alphabet for use in writing.  Alternative pencils were created for students who are unable to hold a traditional pencil or physically manipulate a standard keyboard. Do you have a student that could benefit from an alternative pencil?

Join us as Kaley Sweeney, MOT, OTR/L shares her expertise, and we discuss steps for assessing for correct alternative pencils, explore how to incorporate alternative pencils into literacy instruction, and make examples of Alternative Pencils to use tomorrow!

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