What is Includi-con?
Includi-Con is a 3-day, virtual event designed to provide opportunities for school personnel and parents to build their inclusion skills.
We hope that Includi-Con will give you a new perspective and tools to continue your work to support all students learning together in general education classrooms, find new connections, and feel supported in your efforts.
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Keynote Speakers
Day 1:
Adriana Lebrón White – Celebrating Who We Are: How Stories & Culture Foster a Sense of Belonging
One of the goals of inclusion is to create an environment where everyone can belong. Accommodations and inclusive language set a strong foundation, but what else can we do to make sure our disabled students feel like a crucial part of the community? A self-advocate will share how storytelling can build a culture of acceptance – one where students feel safe to be their remarkable, authentic selves.
Day 2:
Christopher R. Bugaj, MA CCC‐SLP – Simple Shifts to Design and Deliver Awesome Educational Experiences for Everyone
The general theme (and I hope takeaway) from the keynote is to help general educators take small shifts in how they design instruction by focusing their efforts on using the most frequently used accommodations as a guide for what to include as options for all during first instruction. We review the most frequently used accommodations and then look at commonly available tech educators can use to provide those as options for all.
Day 3:
Dr. Sam Faulkner – Session Title: Not Broken, Just Different: The Science, the Struggle, and the Strength of the ADHD Brain
Dr. Sam Faulkner is a licensed psychologist, nationally certified school psychologist, and someone who has lived the ADHD experience from the inside. In this keynote, he shares the honest story of a brain that almost didn’t make it through every major transition, elementary school, middle school, undergrad, doctoral training, and beyond, and the science that finally explained why. Grounded in current research and deeply personal, this session gives educators a new framework for understanding ADHD brains, genuine empathy for the students carrying them, and a compelling look at the hidden strengths that so often go unseen.