10th Annual Wellness Together Conference: Full Schedule

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8:00am PDT

Navigating Youth Digital Wellbeing: Practical Tools for Trusted Adults in School Communities

Friday September 11, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT

Educators, mental health professionals, administrators, and community partners are often the trusted adults students turn to when online experiences become overwhelming or harmful. This session introduces the Digital Futures Curriculum as a practical framework for helping school communities support youth digital wellbeing through shared language, supportive conversations, and a coordinated response. The Challenge is that students’ digital lives increasingly shape their mental health, relationships, learning, belonging, safety, and help-seeking, while adults often lack practical tools for responding in ways that are developmentally appropriate, relational, and role-aligned. The Compass is the Digital Futures Curriculum, an evidence-informed TK–12 digital wellness framework developed through a statewide partnership between the California Department of Public Health’s Office of School Health and the UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools. The Map is a replicable trusted-adult approach. Participants will work through a digital harm scenario, such as cyberbullying, online conflict, or AI-generated harm. They will practice identifying the student wellbeing concern, opening a supportive conversation, distinguishing levels of response, and determining when coaching, coordination, caregiver communication, referral, or existing protocols may be needed. The session will close with practical takeaways to support schoolwide culture around digital wellbeing.

Continuing Education Session Information:

Course Syllabus | Speaker Resume | Session Flyer | Course Attendance | Course Evaluation

Upon completion of the course, attendance form, and evaluation, you will receive a Confirmation of Attendance Certificate through email. If you do not receive your Confirmation of Attendance Certificate within ten business days, please contact [email protected]

This course meets the qualifications for 1.0 hours of Continuing Education Credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Wellness Together, Inc., Provider #141369, is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor Continuing Education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Wellness Together maintains responsibility for this course and its content.

Speakers

Ryan Skaggs

Chief, Office of School Health, CDPH Office of School Health

Ryan Skaggs MPH is the program manager of the CDPH Office of School Health (OSH) where he oversees a variety of initiatives in areas including behavioral health, infectious diseases, and school-based healthcare. Prior to leading OSH, he served as Lean Transformation Manager in the... Read More →

Michael D. Corral

Research Scientist and Project Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools

Friday September 11, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
31 B

Breakout

Continuing Education Tracks BBS Continuing Education

9:15am PDT

Reconnect Movement: A Phone Free Experience

Friday September 11, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am PDT

31 B

Speakers

Seán Killingsworth

Reconnect Movement

Seán Killingsworth is the Gen Z founder of The Reconnect Movement, a globally recognized movement creating phone-free social spaces across campuses, cities, and communities. His frameworks bring audiences from mistaking Gen Z as lazy antisocial addicts to having a deep compassionate... Read More →

Friday September 11, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am PDT
31 B

Breakout

10:30am PDT

Reimagining School-Based Mental Health: An LEA’s Journey to ERMHS Implementation

Friday September 11, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am PDT

31 B

This presentation shares one LEA’s journey to bringing Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) in-house after years of relying on an outside provider. Presenters will walk through the evolution of the program—from examining existing practices and conducting research to developing an assessment process and building a multidisciplinary clinical team. The session will highlight lessons learned along the way, student outcome data, and the impact of a district-operated model. Presenters will also share current areas of growth and next steps as the LEA continues to strengthen and refine its approach to meeting students’ mental health needs.

Speakers

Friday September 11, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
31 B

Breakout

10th Annual Wellness Together Conference

8:00am PDT

Ryan Skaggs

Michael D. Corral

9:15am PDT

Seán Killingsworth

10:30am PDT

Gina Fabrizio

Theb Manivanh

Heather Chambers-Plett

Thomas Vanderhoek

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