KSSWA Spring Conference

Name: KSSWA Spring Conference
Start: 2026-03-27T08:30:00-05:00
Location: Sunflower Foundation

Schedule

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 08:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Sunflower Foundation | Topeka, KS

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Helping You, Helping Them: Empowering School Social Work For Student Success
Kansas School Social Work Association Spring Conference 2026
Date: Friday, March 27, 2026
Location: Sunflower Non-Profit Center - 5820 SW 6th Avenue - Topeka, KS 66606
Registration: 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Event Time: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
CEs Available: 6 Continuing Education Hours
Limited to 100 Registrants
Join us for an inspiring day of learning, connection, and celebration at the 2026 Kansas School Social Work Conference! This full-day professional development event is designed to reignite your passion, strengthen your leadership, and equip you with practical tools better to support your students, colleagues, and communities.
A delicious lunch will be provided by TaCo, with accommodations available for allergies and gluten-free needs.
🌟 Special Celebration
Before lunch, we’ll honor excellence in our field with the School Social Worker of the Year and Champion for Children awards.
🎤 Keynote Presentation
The keynote will inspire attendees to rekindle their passion for education, embrace a positive mindset toward challenges, strengthen relationships with students and staff, and rediscover the joy and purpose that make education such a rewarding career.
🌞 AM Spotlight Session
This session will empower school social workers to lead with equity, collaboration, and compassion by defining effective leadership traits, promoting mental health and belonging, influencing school culture, building resilience, creating personal leadership plans, and fostering shared leadership through mentoring and support.
💡 Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Session 1: This session will help participants understand posttraumatic growth, recognize the power of hope, and learn how to integrate key components of hope and resilience into their work with clients.
Session 2: This session will explore strategies for addressing school avoidance by distinguishing it from truancy, applying exposure therapy principles, using the BOLD decision-making process, and creating practical growth plans to support students’ return to school.
Session 3: This session will deepen understanding of emotional dysregulation and related mental health conditions while providing practical strategies, calming techniques, and self-awareness tools to help professionals model and support healthy emotional regulation in children.