KSDE Safe and Supportive Schools Conference

To make managing significant behaviors a team effort, we must leverage specific data, implement targeted team meetings, and provide ready-to-use tools. Just as we approach deficits in math and reading, behavior challenges require a data-driven strategy. As leaders, it is our responsibility to equip general education staff with the tools and knowledge they need to feel confident in working with these students. The reliance on special education as the sole solution must shift. The first step is establishing systems that ensure teachers feel supported and prepared for the challenge. Come to see, data tracking tools for extreme behaviors and building systems as a school to support them.

Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 hosted an internal tabletop exercise on a School District Cybersecurity Incident with district leaders and the Information Technology department. The tabletop exercise presented a real-world scenario that depicts a cyberattack in a preK- 12 setting.

Find out how we created and exercised the tabletop and what we learned from this experience.

Learn more about possible dangers of internet usage, practical safety tips & tools and the cyber crime reporting process. Presentation covers electronic safety concepts, including gaming systems, apps, current and local trends, AI info and other wireless/internet communication. *Presentation designed/presented by Sunflower House, Overland Park Police Department and FBI Cyber Crime Task Force.

Presentation will outline signs of compassion fatigue that teachers may experience when working with children who have experienced trauma and are consistently presenting with difficult behaviors. Presentation lays out tools that people can use to first, recognize compassion fatigue and second, apply some basic coping skills to help manage these feelings of exhaustion or possible burn out.

In this 45-minute presentation, we will explore the critical issue of online exploitation of youth, focusing on the various forms it takes, including cyberbullying, grooming, sextortion, and exploitation through social media and gaming platforms. The session will address how young people are increasingly vulnerable to online predators and harmful content. Additionally, we will discuss strategies for prevention, including the importance of open communication with young people.