Unified Champion Schools
Speakers: Andrea Cahn, Jennifer Cartland
Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools is a strategy to promote social inclusion, providing students, educators and families with the tools, skills and dispositions to create schools of acceptance and positive school climate. Evidence and evaluation shows that SOUCS is a contributing factor to student success, and positive academic and social emotional outcomes. This session will explore how the impact can extend to family wellbeing.
Idaho State Department of Education and the Idaho Commission for Libraries
Speakers: Kailey Bunch-Woodson, Shannon Dunstan, Staci Shaw
The Idaho State Department of Education and the Idaho Commission for Libraries will tell their partnership story, including sharing about an exciting training they developed for school and public library staff.