{"id":375,"date":"2019-08-29T16:04:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/?p=375"},"modified":"2019-09-18T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:05:08","slug":"11th-annual-success-beyond-six-behavior-interventionist-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/11th-annual-success-beyond-six-behavior-interventionist-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"11th Annual Success Beyond Six Behavior Interventionist Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 22, the 11th<\/sup> Annual Success Beyond Six Behavior Interventionist Conference was held in South Burlington.\u00a0 This annual event, which is organized by the Designated Agency System, addresses core training competencies in which all Behavior Interventionists (BIs) must be trained both upon hire and on an ongoing basis.\u00a0 NCSS sent well over 100 staff members to this year\u2019s conference, which was attended by over 550 staff from across the DA system.<\/p>\n

Each year the conference seeks to bring in presenters which highlight the incredibly important role these staff play in schools, communities, and the lives of the children and families they serve, along with providing meaningful training opportunities.\u00a0 This year the keynote speaker was Senator Tim Ashe, who delivered an engaging address connecting the everyday work of BIs with the processes of state government.\u00a0 Senator Ashe was followed by Dr. Lance Smith, a professor at UVM\u2019s College of Education and Social Services, who delivered a powerful training on Implicit Bias, particularly focused on race.\u00a0 Also included in the morning\u2019s program was a performance by Hear for You<\/em>, a pilot project featuring 12 high school students that explores the complex emotions surrounding teen depression and suicide through dance.<\/p>\n

The rest of the day featured trainings by Designated Agency staff and invited presenters on topics ranging from Time Management to Special Education Law to Promoting Resiliency in EBD Students.\u00a0 In addition to having many staff participate as attendees, NCSS was well represented among the speakers, as Amy Irish, the chair of the committee which organizes the conference, gave the conference\u2019s welcoming remarks, Executive Director Todd Bauman introduced Senator Ashe, Matt Habedank presented the Ed Sbardellati award to Dr. Catherine Burns, and Tiffany Trombley and Tim Stanley of Soar Learning Center lead a workshop on Self Care: During Crisis, Processing & Debriefing<\/em> which was extremely well received.<\/p>\n

The event was an incredible success, and NCSS was represented at every level from direct care staff to the Executive Director.\u00a0 It was a day to be proud of the DA system as a whole, but especially of NCSS and the way our staff represent both themselves and the agency.\"img_4751\"\"senator-ashe\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On August 22, the 11th Annual Success Beyond Six Behavior Interventionist Conference was held in South Burlington.\u00a0 This annual event, which is organized by the Designated Agency System, addresses core training competencies in which all Behavior Interventionists (BIs) must be trained both upon hire and on an ongoing basis.\u00a0 NCSS sent well over 100 staff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}