All Symposium & Learning Institute

Sessions

Breakout Session 3 (1:55)

Room: 305

The ARC of Self and Community Care for School Staff

Presented by

Joanna Bridger

' To be effective and fully present to support and educate students, school staff need to understand taking care of themselves and their community as an ethical imperative and job requirement. Rising stressors are leading ...'

Breakout Session 1 (9:15)

Room: Dining Room (EDR)

Enhancing the bryt Intervention Referral Review and Decision Making Processes

Presented by

John Crocker

' Effective referral review is essential to ensuring bryt serves students who most require it. Planning undertaken when designing bryt results in a strong foundation to determine a referral, and teams seeking to improve th ...'

Breakout Session 1 (9:15)

Room: 325 AB

Stronger Together Transforming School Mental Health Through Collaboration

Presented by

Meghan KanagaRaj, Meredith Ondak, Arianna Andreski

' Join us to explore how trauma-informed, comprehensive mental health systems can strengthen continuity of care for students. Learn how strategic partnerships and aligned practices connect education, healthcare, and mental ...'

Learning Institute

Room: Dining Room (EDR)

When Hope Feels Distant Supporting Students Through Grief and High-Risk Coping Behaviors

Presented by

Joanna Bridger

' In our work, we often sit with students for whom hope feels distant. Their grief—whether from personal loss, systemic injustice, or the weight of the world—can be a quiet, invisible force and while grief is a universal h ...'

Breakout Session 1 (9:15)

Room: 325 C

Introduction to the bryt Model Intervention Planning & Implementation

Presented by

Zemora Tevah, Gabi Simmons

' This session will include an overview of the basics of the bryt model intervention, evidence of its success, and how the bryt team helps schools start and continuously improve their bryt interventions. There will also be ...'

Breakout Session 1 (9:15)

Room: 305

Supporting Multisystem Involved Youth Early Learnings from the COMPASS Intervention

Presented by

Erin DiPalma, Paul Hyry-Dermith, Kaitlin Scrozella, Kate Lowenstein, Stephanie Glenn

' This session will provide participants with an overview of the COMPASS pilot model out of Framingham High School, contextual data related to the experiences and outcomes for students in foster care across the state of Ma ...'

Breakout Session 2 (12:40)

Room: 305

Reimaging Tier 1 Student Support with a Clinician-Developed AI Skill Building Tool

Presented by

Brenda Ortiz McGrath, Scott Freschet

' Tier 1 support—the universal foundation of schoolwide wellness and SEL—is essential, yet often unevenly delivered. Teachers are stretched thin, programs struggle to engage every student, and schools often lack clear evid ...'

Keynote

Room: Auditorium

Beyond the Breaking Point Building a Thriving School Ecosystem

Presented by

Won-Fong Lau Johnson

' Our schools, our students, and our staff are stretched to a breaking point. But what if this moment of crisis is also our greatest opportunity for transformation? In this visionary keynote, Dr. Fong Lau-Johnson will guid ...'

Breakout Session 1 (9:15)

Room: Danielson 375

The Therapeutic Side of Academic Coordination

Presented by

Lindsey Yamaguchi, Becca Neubardt

' As an Academic Coordinator, you’re often the primary staff person managing the bryt classroom and interfacing with students. While mostly focused on academic support, there are also various ways that Academic Coordinator ...'

Breakout Session 3 (1:55)

Room: 325 AB

Using a Customized AI Tool to Augment School Counseling in a High School Setting

Presented by

Ryan Sherman, Debra Dodge

' Given the demands on counselor and clinician time in a school, it can be challenging for all students' needs to be met. In this session, you'll learn how Medway High School partnered with Pause Point Health to develop an ...'

Breakout Session 2 (12:40)

Room: 325 AB

"We Are U" The Evolution of SEL and Mental Health Supports in Our Uxbridge Public School District

Presented by

Alison Ciccone

' This session highlights how Uxbridge High School grew small SEL and mental-health ideas into full supports, i.e. a stress management class, a school-based therapy program, a home based classroom for ASD students, univers ...'

Breakout Session 2 (12:40)

Room: Dining Room (EDR)

Strategies for Working with Children Impacted by Race-Based Traumatic Stress

Presented by

Won-Fong Lau Johnson

' This session provides a clear and practical pathway for supporting students impacted by race-based traumatic stress. Participants will be introduced to a groundbreaking, evidence-informed tool: the racial trauma module f ...'

Breakout Session 3 (1:55)

Room: 325 C

Steps to an Ecosystem of Healing Creative Approaches for Supporting Ukrainian Youth in Wartime

Presented by

Joe Mageary

' Using the work of the Vela Project as a case example, this presentation will provide a theoretical framework that supports the use of creative- and arts-based approaches in school settings to support students and communi ...'

Breakout Session 3 (1:55)

Room: Danielson 375

Inviting Regulation Advancing Sensory Equity in bryt Programs

Presented by

Julie Bolduc DeFilippo, Cody Lukasik

' This interactive workshop draws from sensory integration and occupational therapy frameworks to explore sensory equity as a foundation for emotional and academic readiness. Participants will learn to support regulation a ...'

Breakout Session 2 (12:40)

Room: Danielson 375

Reaching the Hard to Reach Teacher and Administrator

Presented by

Adam Diliberto, Scott Maitland, Tracy Floeckher, Elizabeth DeSorgher

' In this session, presenters will share their stories and strategies for connecting with teachers and administrators who are reluctant to the ways of bryt. From program implementation to relationship building and process ...'

Breakout Session 3 (1:55)

Room: Dining Room (EDR)

Creative Practices that Integrate Neuroscience to Promote Regulation and Connection

Presented by

Erin DiPalma, Zemora Tevah, Katie McCormack

' Art helps us express the inexpressible, to tell the stories we’re not yet ready to say out loud, and to give shape, literally, to the things we are still processing. In this session, participants will learn how informati ...'

Breakout Session 2 (12:40)

Room: 325 C

Starting Strong Accompanying Families From Entry Meetings to Ongoing Engagement

Presented by

Lindsey Yamaguchi, Julie Patton, Megan Harding

' Building trusting relationships with families is foundational to effective bryt practice. This is an interactive workshop designed to support bryt staff—and other school-based staff—in applying a mindset of parent acco ...'