Crosscurrents 2024 Online - Schedule

TIE-BC's 2024 Annual General Meeting
​will be held the day before the conference on
​Thursday, October 24th from 3:00 - 4:00 pm PT. 
​
Join us for a chance to win some excellent door prizes!

8:30- 8:45 am

8:45 - 10:15 am

Welcome and Introductions

Monique Gray-Smith - Keynote Speaker

10:15 - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Morning Workshops:

Hannah Beach - Emotional Health in Our Schools
​Katy Bigsby - Supporting Children Who Experience Anxiety
​Trina Chivilo - Understanding FASD: Fostering Inclusive Success
Kelly Cleeve - The Importance of Belonging 
​Karys Foley - Understanding Neurodiverse Landscapes: Using Language that Empowers and Heals
Sarah Joseph - A Practical Lesson Plan for Cultivating Understanding of Neurodiversity in the Classroom 
Emily MacLeod - Building Trauma-Informed Restorative Classrooms
​Chantelle Morvay & Naieli Needham - ​​How Can We Help all Students with ADHD Thrive in our Classrooms?
​Nat Raedwulf Pogue - Exploring Autistic Student and Educator School Experience: Understanding Barriers to School from an Autistic Perspective and the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Michelle Schmidt - Collaborative Practice: The Key to Successful Inclusion for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students in our Neighbourhodd Schools
​Dr. Annie Simpson - Strategies for Helping Reluctant Talkers or Kids with Selective Mutism at School
​Kristen Wiens - Bridging the Gap Between High School and Beyond

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 pm

Afternoon Workshops:

Hannah Beach - Cell Phones: What's Healthy, What's Not, and What We Can Do to Support Our Kids
Katy Bigsby - Pro-active Strategies
​Trina Chivilo - Understanding FASD: Fostering Inclusive Success
​Karys Foley - Understanding Neurodiverse Landscapes: Using Language that Empowers and Heals
​Sarah Joseph - Introduction to Positive Discipline in the Classroom
Heather McIntosh - Building a Safe Math Community
Naieli Needham & Chantelle Morvay - Are You a Teacher with ADHD? Come to a Safe Place and Let's Talk About It!
Nat Raedwulf Pogue - Creating Neuro-affirming Spaces for Autistic, Neuro-Divergent and Disabled Learners and Community Members
​Michelle Schmidt - Framing Autism: Shifting Views, Changing Outcomes
​Kristen Wiens - Bridging the Gap Between High School and Beyond