Thursday, October 27 2:00 – 3:30pm (90-Minute Workshops)

144 • Purposeful Program DesignChris Cavert This workshop will introduce you to some tools you can use to teach (staff training) and practice (professional development) purposeful programming for adventure education experiences. Learn how to use the “activity progression scale” and the “F.U.N.” design to program activities on macro and micro levels. Add considerations for transitions and processing to become a purposeful programmer. All facilitation experience levels can benefit.Room: Lake HarrietOpen to All (OTD, K-12, TA/AT)

6 • 10 Strategies Proven to Inspire & Engage EVERY StudentChristian Moore This session will demonstrate 10 strategies proven to strengthen relationships, grab attention, inspire, and build resilience in all ages and learning types. Participants will receive insights into teaching social and emotional life skills in ways all can understand, relate to, and remember. These strategies have helped over 2 million youth in 20,000 K-12 schools, mental health, and correctional organizations in the areas of academic success, dropout prevention, class management, and bullying prevention.Room: Deer LakeOpen to All (AD, OAE, K-12, HE, G)

48 • Cultivating Positive Change: Working with Youth in the Juvenile Justice SystemTony Dixon, Misty Blakesley, Melissa HarperIn this workshop we will discuss cultivating positive change and resiliency in the lives and communities of youth in the juvenile justice system and building on their internal and external assets. We will explore working with incarcerated, probation, and treatment drug court youth. Topics include cultural safety/awareness, assessment, group process, and engagement activities, as well as strategies on creating these programs. All skill levels and experience are welcome.Room: Pine/CedarOpen to All (AD, OTD, TA/AT, S, G)

67 • Gendered Outdoor LeadershipKaren Warren, TA Loeffler Gender role conditioning has long impacted outdoor adventure and continues to challenge outdoor leaders to respond. This workshop will examine the social constructs of gender in outdoor leadership including technical skill development, sense of competence, career implications for women leaders, challenges for gender nonconforming leaders, and sexism in work environments. This workshop is designed for people of all genders to critically analyze impacts of gender on their outdoor leadership in order to bring us all together in the field of adventure education.Room: Spring Park BayOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

94 • Anti-Oppression 101: From the Overt to the SubtleElise Scribner, Kevin Owen This workshop will explore the concepts of oppression, including its layers and mechanisms, privilege, intersectionality, and avenues to create positive change within institutions. It will combine an academic background with activities and discussions focused on self-exploration, facilitation skills, and group brainstorms around bystander intervention and self-empowerment. This workshop will equip participants with a basic understanding of oppression, and the tools to begin their own conversations on these topics, or facilitate their own workshops. Participants of all levels of knowledge and experience are welcome.Room: Excelsior Bay Open to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

110 • Anonymous or Silent ReflectionSam Steiger, Julie Carlson

For introspective participants, for reluctant sharers, for newly formed groups, or just for experiencing something different, sometimes anonymous or silent reflection is a preferred or more appropriate choice than discussion-oriented reflection. Through active participation, this session will offer several anonymous and/or silent reflection activities that can be used for a variety of experiential learning situations. This session is appropriate for all facilitators in various experiential education arenas.Room: Birch/MapleOpen to All (OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

120 • Experiential Education in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities in the College ClassroomAnnie Jonas, Jill Overholt In an era in which higher education is under scrutiny about its relevance and significance, experiential education offers a response. An experiential approach in the college setting provides an opportunity for students and instructors to engage in authentic experiences that support growth and development. However, a common misconception exists that experiential education is better suited to some disciplines than others. In this workshop we share our experiences with adopting experiential education as our college’s strategic plan and our work with faculty to develop an understanding about what experiential education is and how to apply it across college disciplines.Room: Gray's BayBeginner (AD, HE)

132 • Motivational InterviewingJason Schmidt Motivational interviewing is a client centered counseling style for eliciting change. While it originally developed for substance abuse counseling it has far wider applications. This workshop will give you useful tools and approaches to dealing with students, especially potentially difficult students. There is no prior experience necessary. This workshop will likely be most beneficial to those who interact with students over a longer time period (overnight expeditions for example), but it can be useful to all.Room: Cook's Bay Beginner (OTD, OAE, K-12, TA/AT, G)

140 • How Outdoor Leadership Style and Decision Making Relate to Risk Analysis and Incident EvaluationBob Stremba Effective outdoor program leaders often juggle many factors. They flex among a variety of leadership styles that best match the conditions of favorability, considering how to involve the group in decisions, and trying to match all of this to the often-changing potential for an accident. Then, if an incident does occur, leaders and the incident are reviewed on factors including how predictable and avoidable the incident was. This workshop presents two emerging meta-models that integrate several existing models to give outdoor leaders and program administrators tools that can inform field practices and improve organizational risk mitigation practices.Room: Crystal LakeIntermediate (AD, OAE, HE, S)

169 • Current Policy Issues Impacting Experiential Education and How You Can Get InvolvedRebecca Bear This workshop will delve into some of the current state and federal policy issues faced by experiential educators. We will examine issues such as land management, education policy, wage and hour issues, and professional requirements. We will discuss current issues and share tools to help you be a better advocate for EE.Room: MinnesotaOpen to All (AD, OAE, G)

176 • Awesome Icebreakers and EnergizersMichelle Cummings This high-energy, hands-on workshop will teach participants how to play some of the industry’s best icebreakers. Kick off your programs with some fun! Ice breakers and energizers need not be just fillers or boredom-breakers; when used

effectively, they too can be directly tied to leadership objectives and markedly advance the transfer of learning to the real world.Room: Wayzata BayOpen to All (G)

SEER Session 1Anita Tucker, Jayson Seaman, Brad FairclothPresentations include: Racial Diversity in Academic Outdoor Programs at U.S. Colleges and Universities, and There’s Two Ways to Count Your Change: An Investigation of Retrospective Pre and True Pre. See complete SEER schedule for details.Room: St. Croix IIOpen to All (HE)

Thursday, October 27 2:00 – 5:00pm (3-Hour Workshops)

8 • Neurodiversity and Sensory Processing: Embracing DifferencesLorilei Dreibelbis, John Dreibelbis Social conventions and expectations too often fail to create space (emotionally or physically) that support the body’s neurological/sensory processing. Can we create spaces that: - respect the natural function of the senses? – support individuality and interdependence? – set learners up for “success”? Looking through the window of neurodiversity gives invaluable insight into the infinite variability of each person’s experience with their environment. Understanding of Sensory Processing provides us a new vocabulary and perspective from which to interpret and understand behavior. With discussion and activities, let's build vocabulary and empathy to open windows to challenge.Room: St. Croix 1Open to All (AD, OAE, K-12, S, G)

70 • Career Mapping: Design an Itinerary for Your Professional LifeAngie Moline Do you know where your career is taking you? If not, this workshop is for you! Participants will use 5 steps to design a fulfilling career path. Step 1: know yourself. Step 2: dream BIG about your career goals. Step 3: define your career path. Step 4: make a plan to follow your bliss. Step 5: regularly check to see if it fits. During this workshop, participants will reflect on their strengths and values, brainstorm professional opportunities, learn to conduct informational interviews and gain career experience, and review sample EE résumés to clarify paths to success.Room: Lake CalhounOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

73 • The River Semester: Lessons and Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Outdoor College Semester ProgramsJoe Underhill, Christopher Dunham Drawing on our experience in leading the nation’s first semester-long college program on the Mississippi River, this workshop will share insights and lessons, highlight the enormous educational value of the experience, and explore opportunities for future programs that combine college curriculum and outdoor travel in mixed urban and wilderness settings. This will include reflections on both the logistical and pedagogical challenges and opportunities, and the value of combining traditional college courses with this kind of immersive experience. It is open to any educators interesting in learning more about this program and exploring similar programs on the river or in other locations.Room: Lafayette BayIntermediate (AD, OAE, HE, S, G)

105 • A Set of Great Novel Games for Corporate (or not) Team Building SessionsPaul Massieu Arvizu Do you need bigger, newer games and EE activities? Come join us. I will be sharing a vast set of games that will help you deliver your team building goals. In this session you will find not only great game ideas, but also some ways to structure your sessions. Experience an active, interesting and fun session that will give you a handful of different ideas to work on

relationship building, affirmation, trust, communication, cooperation, problem and conflict solving and everything in between.Room: Elk LakeOpen to All (OTD, OAE, HE, S, G)

122 • Expedition Mindset: Let Go, Notice More & Use Everything.Eric Boggs Both on trail and in life, the script is constantly reinvented. While improv does not provide a neat and tidy paint-by-numbers script, it can provide a set of philosophies and practices that are remarkably simple and applicable in nearly any environment in which people wish to build relationships, solve problems, adapt to new circumstances, and inspire new ideas. This hands-on session will incorporate a spirit of play with a handful of exercises to help build community amongst participants, explore applications to leadership training and development, and help us prepare even when we don’t know what is coming.Room: Lake NokomisOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

Thursday, October 27 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. (90-Minute Workshops)

14 • Social and Emotional Learning in ActionTara Flippo This workshop will provide the context for social and emotional learning in schools, the important work from CASEL- the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning- the nation’s leading organization providing evidence based competencies and outcomes. Additionally, I will highlight The Browne Center’s new book- Social and Emotional Learning in Action: Experiential Activities to Positively Impact School Climate, an easy to use sourcebook which addresses the five competencies promoted by CASEL.Room: MinnesotaOpen to All (K-12)

33 • Story Magic: Using Magic Tricks and Object Lessons to Teach and InspireBrian Brolin Storytelling using object lessons is probably the oldest teaching tool in the world. In this workshop I will present ideas I have used for over 40 years with many cultures and age groups. Participants will leave with the skills and materials to do simple rope magic tricks that have a variety of uses. I will also discuss the use of a teaching tool I call a "story bag" that contains small items usable as talking pieces and object lessons to teach and inspire.Room: Cook's Bay Open to All (OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

63 • Peace through Challenge: Experiential PeacebuildingAna Patel, John Lee How can people living in conflict-affected communities with no positive or neutral experience of the “other,” learn to cooperate? Experiential peacebuilding is a term used by Outward Bound Peacebuilding to describe an approach that applies experiential learning to the challenge of building relationships between people on different sides of conflict. The theory behind this work is that the experiential learning can build common language, accelerate trust and facilitate positive experiences among adversaries. This interactive session explores the theory and practice of experiential peace building, as well as providing participants with a framework for developing their own experiential peacebuilding activity.Room: Pine/CedarOpen to All (OTD, OAE)

76 • Creating Engaging Environmental and Experiential Education Activities For Middle School Math and Science ClassesSamantha Smith

This workshop will discuss the challenges faced by middle school teachers in finding engaging resources for their students that are environmentally focused and experientially based for their age group of students. The presenter will offer classroom tested ideas, and work through small group discussions to help attendees brainstorm ideas that would fit their personal circumstances and particular challenges. The breakdown of workshop time will be to begin with a short lecture, then the substantial portion will be small group activities and discussion, and closing with a whole group sharing and Q&A.Room: Wayzata BayBeginner (AD, OAE, K-12, S)

95 • Stretch: Comfort Zones, Choice, and Contemporary TheoriesNate Folan What does it mean to invite someone to step out of their comfort zones? What’s the impact? There are many contemporary theories that validate the significance of choice and the value of stretching into to new situations. They go something like this: choose to be vulnerable, acknowledge the discomfort, choose a response, enter a flow state, level up, and develop growth mindset. Come ponder a massive mash-up of relevant theories. Are you willing to stretch?Room: Spring Park BayOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

99 • Experiential Learning & 21st Century SuccessAndrew Potter Become a skilled advocate for experiential education! Recent studies have demonstrated the important link between instructional methodology, student engagement and their acquisition of 21st Century skills. Experiential learning and related teaching strategies play a vital role in forming learning environments that empower students and deliver on both cognitive and affective skill development. Educators need to be equipped with both simple and complex teaching tools to be successful in the preparation of students for the challenges of the 21st Century.Room: Birch/MapleBeginner (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, G)

124 • Community Impact of Outdoor Education for Immigrants and Children of ImmigrantsAnn Koller, Mohamed Farah Learn about how to leverage partnerships with cultural affinity organizations to bring new populations into the fold of experiential education. Hear first-hand accounts of the community impact that outdoor experiences have as youth return to their communities and schools. Wilderness Inquiry has decades of experience engaging with cultural affinity organizations in order to gain access to underserved populations who benefit from outdoor education. In partnership with Ka Joog, dozens of Somali-American youth benefited from extended outdoor trips.Room: Crystal LakeBeginner (OAE)

154 • Staying Grounded in Your FacilitationTony Alvarez, Gary Stauffer Our work follows the experiential wave model which is grounded on the presence and maintenance of 7 adventure beliefs. When attended to, the environment created allows for the client to do the hard work without concern for being judged, being abandoned or feeling unsupported. What helps us determine if we ought to highlight the challenge piece over the safety piece? And why are we so sure that all 7 will always all show up? Come join us and explore what beliefs ground you in your practice!Room: Deer LakeAdvanced (OAE, K-12, TA/AT)

155 • Creating Place-Based Learning Experiences in the Elementary YearsDawn Klaiber During this workshop, participants will gain an understanding of the importance and value of place based learning in the elementary years. Participants will have the opportunity to see how this method is working. Participants will have

opportunities for discussion as well as time to collaborate and create place based learning experiences for children based on a location and topic of his or her choice.Room: Gray's BayBeginner (K-12)

SEER Session 2Brad Daniel, Christine Norton, Justin HoughamPresentations include: Exploring an Emerging Line of Research: Brain Wave Activity and Outdoor Experience, Positive Relationship Outcomes between Parents and Adolescent Children following a Therapeutic Wilderness Program for Struggling Teens, and Engaging At-Risk Populations Outdoors, Digitally: Researching Youth Attitudes, Confidence, and Interest in Technology and the Outdoors. See complete SEER schedule on page for details.Room: St. Croix IIOpen to All (HE)

161 • Setting The Tone: 20 (or so) Tips To Lay The Foundation For A Fabulous ProgramEric Starkweather Would you like to learn how to improve your effectiveness as a facilitator and educator? What if you could instantly improve your ability to connect with participants from a wide spectrum of backgrounds? In this presentation, we will touch on why it is important for our participants to make authentic connections with us, and you will learn how you can become better at fostering those connections. You will gain knowledge of several tips and techniques for effective rapport-building, as well as ideas on how to implement them. You will also leave with a handout that covers the presentation material AND extra bonus content.Room: Excelsior BayBeginner (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

Friday, October 28 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. (90-Minute Workshops)

55 • 21st Century Program Participants: Can We Achieve the Same Outcomes with Different Levels of Risk?Brad Daniel, Andrew Bobilya Outdoor adventure programs have traditionally embraced challenge and stress as tools for personal growth. To what extent are these concepts useful with a new generation of participants? This workshop will explore whether outdoor programs can encourage personal growth in the mental, physical, emotional, social, and/or spiritual dimensions using different levels of challenge. We will review recent research and discuss several key questions: Is there an optimal amount of stress that encourages personal growth? How does this generation respond to programs that embrace challenge and stress as tools for growth? How can programs be modified to serve the current generation?Room: Lake CalhounOpen to All (AD, OAE, HE, S, G)

86 • Active Debriefs – Spark Conversations that MatterNate Folan Physical activity benefits our body, lifts our mood, and readies our brains for learning. It also acts perhaps, as a catalyst for conversation. Let’s leverage recent brain research and play with the process of debriefing. Experience a variety of activities – all different than last year – that move meaning beyond the traditional debrief circle. Explore a new debriefing paradigm for practitioners who desire to keep participants engaged, recognize their group’s desire to play, and ultimately want to explore an active way to spark conversations that matter.Room: MinnesotaOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

97 • Moving from Experience to Encounter: Connecting Experiences to Personal NarrativesAmy Smallwood

Do you feel like you are stuck in a programming rut? Do you need something to revitalize the way you understand and implement experiential education? This workshop seeks to draw connections between the philosophical ideas of Marin Buber and the experiential learning process. We will begin by discussing the value of narratives and reflecting on our own personal stories. After discussing an overview of Buber’s "I and Thou" thesis, we will provide participants an example of how these ideas can inform experiential praxis. Participants will then have an opportunity to brainstorm ideas that can be applied to their own programs.Room: Crystal LakeOpen to All (OAE, K-12, HE, S)

102 • Discussing Diversity with Staff and ClientsRohan Shahani, Sandra Browand This workshop is an experiential session that aims to share a series of activities and tactics that can be used to facilitate discussions about diversity with clients and staff. All activities within the session can be scaled from ages 8 - staff, and will help introduce vocabulary and current thoughts in diversity education, such as cultural deficit model. This workshop is very interactive, with the overwhelming majority of it consisting of various discussion driven reflection activities. Though all are encouraged to attend, this is particularly useful for those who develop and lead trainings for staff.Room: Cook's BayIntermediate (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

107 • Supporting Students with an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis in Outdoor & Experiential EducationKyle Clarke This workshop will introduce participants to the Autism Spectrum and examine a variety of activity modifications that can be utilized to support individuals with an ASD. The presentation will also include feedback from secondary school students about their outdoor education experiences. Inclusive education practices will be reviewed along with practical advice for facilitating both inclusive groups and groups of sameness in an outdoor setting.Room: Lafayette BayAdvanced (OAE, K-12, TA/AT, S, G)

135 • Why Adventure Matters: Tell People What You Do by Sharing Why You Do ItJeff Glover Don’t tell people what you do anymore tell them why! Through this experiential workshop, I will help you define your Why for experiential or adventure education as well as differentiate what you do and how you do it. Put an end to those puzzled looks and start opening people’s eyes to the value that you bring to your school, your community, and your world through adventure! As one expert in the field shared with me, “The world is becoming more rapid and complex, not less, and the leaders of tomorrow will be needing our skill sets.”Room: Birch/MapleOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

139 • Owner’s Manual for Your BrainLuke Benton, John Moore Brain function and brain development, particularly how early experiences disproportionately affect this development, is instrumental in our work. In looking at the brain, from the bottom to the top, and the inside out we can better determine what types of interventions may be helpful. Our first connections or disconnections set the stage for all future relationships. Sometimes the very interventions which are the most needed will cause the most distress in our clients - close relationships.Room: Gray's BayOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

181 • Creativity in TeamsAmy Climer In experiential education we often encourage students to be creative and collaborate, but we don't usually teach them how to be creative together beyond the typical brainstorm. In this fast-paced workshop you will learn the Creative Problem Solving process, practice new ideation techniques for teams, and learn about the latest research on creative

teams, specifically the Creative Synergy Model. You can use these techniques with kids and adults to help them bring out their team’s creativity. You will have the option to work on a real challenge in your life and leave with lots of new ideas.Room: Wayzata BayOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

Friday, October 28 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. (3-Hour Workshops)

5 • Wise Connections – Creating a Foundation for Emotional SafetyDebbie Mayer Seeking to increase emotional safety in your environment, where staff and participants feel valued and respected? Want to train your staff in ways to support youth to handle tough emotions, express needs, and increase positive connections with others? Imagine staff feeling more in control of what choices they make, while increasing capacity for compassion and awareness of other's experiences. Wise Connections is an experientially-based training integrating neuroscience, attachment theory, mindfulness, and social-emotional development. Join this workshop to participate in activities used in Wise Connections, and find out how this training can benefit your staff and participants, and improve programming outcomes.Room: St.Croix IIOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

18 • The Impact of Cultural Insensitivity on Safety and Effectiveness in Adventure-based Experiential EducationG. Dean Witman, Keith Schallenkamp, Byron ZahmThe risk management focus of adventure-based experiential education has largely been on technical skills. As the field becomes more culturally diverse, cultural competency has been recognized as increasingly important. Participants will collaborate in an engaging shared experience through which they will attempt to resolve the question: Does insensitivity regarding clients’ gender, ethnicity, race, culture, urban/rural residency, disabilities, or sexual orientation adversely affect an experiential educator’s ability to perform safely in the field?, Participants will co-create strategies and obtain practical resources to use when returning to the workplace including a list of sources and self-assessment of their attitudes about the topic.Room: Pine/CedarOpen to All (AD, OAE, HE, S, G)

57 • The Experiential Creative Generalist: The Eloquence of ChangeKim Neal Wasserburger In the age of instantly accessible information and communication the importance of sincere and genuine experience transcends time and technology and becomes the marrow of change. The eloquence of change can be a subtle recognition of perspective in a shared experience. Choosing from available tools from the canyon to the clouds (adventure programming, expressive arts, sensory exploration) for the intervention, and to mysteriously but intentionally move to transference of the change, is an art and a learned skill. Kim brings 27 years of experience and will educate, navigate, allow for you to investigate, practice, laugh, reflect and experience.Room: Elk LakeOpen to All (OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

137 • Care for the Caring: An Experiential Strategy to Maintain Equilibrium in a Turbulent WorkplaceDiane Ryan, Katie Klein There is a substantial body of theoretical work as well as a number of systems designed to help avoid compassion fatigue and enhance staff wellness. In a treatment center where individuals come for interventions in serious emotional challenges, the heart of the work happens in the interactions between clients and staff. With the potential for great rewards comes the risk of staff challenges. Managing these stresses successfully requires a potent system to recognize, address, and insulate staff from the perils created by intense relationships. This workshop will be experiential and interactive, providing participants will specific tools for self care.Room: Deer LakeOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, TA/AT, S)

142 • Portable Teambuilding ActivitiesChris Cavert This hands-on experience includes a variety of ice-breakers, ground-based activities, and problem-solving initiatives, including low elements, that are super-portable, utilize versatile props easy to find or create, and work with middle school age participants and older. All experience levels are welcome. Some tried-and-true activity variations will be included along with some of the newest activities in Chris’ bag of tricks.Room: Excelsior BayOpen to All (OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S)

6-Hour Professional Development Intensives place these next three workshops in highlighted boxFriday, October 28 8:00 – 11:00 a.m.; 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

58 • Creating an Adapted Outdoor Recreation Program in a Large Park SystemTracy Tabaka, Alex McKinney Three Rivers Park District reaches more than 1,300 participants with disabilities annually and offers a variety of outdoor recreation programs from Nordic skiing to kayaking. Travel to French Regional Park in Plymouth to learn about one of the Twin Cities’ premier adapted outdoor recreation programs. Participants will gain insight into why adapted recreation is important and how to provide program opportunities for people of all ability levels. We will delve into funding, community partnerships, and accessibility within our park system. Participants will demo adapted equipment, learn instructional techniques, and create adapted recreation concepts for their own programs. Transportation provided.Room: Off-siteOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

174 • Preparing Youth to Thrive: Best Practices in Social Emotional Learning Curriculum Design & Staff PracticesPoppy Elizabeth A. Potter, Gina McGovern Voyageur Outward Bound School and The Weikart Center’s workshop is focused on raising the quality of developmental experiences available to adolescent youth. The focus of this intensive is to examine the Preparing Youth to Thrive: Promising Practices in Social and Emotional Learning book to increase the conscious focus about social and emotional learning best practices. This work is a result of a two year project in partnership with the Susan Crown Exchange, Weikart Center and eight exemplary organizations throughout the US who together discovered promising practices to help adolescents gain social emotional learning skills.Room: St Croix 1Open to All (AD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT)

177 • TAPG Professional Development Intensive: Delving Deeper: Intentional Focus on the Therapeutic EnvironmentAnita Tucker, Tony Alvarez, Gary Stauffer, Morgan Decker, D. Maurie Lung, Bobbi Beale, Christine Norton, Nick Magle-HaberekThis PDI will focus on how one decides to be intentional in adventure therapy by looking specifically at four areas of practice: assessment, client engagement, attending to the therapeutic environment and endings. The day will include four blocks focused on each of these areas lead by seasoned adventure therapy practitioners. Participants will be engaged in an interactive, experiential process that is participant focused in order to provide an opportunity to explore the parallel process of how clients experience adventure therapy.Room: Spring Park BayIntermediate (TA/AT)

Friday, October 28 9:45 – 11:15 a.m. (90-Minute Workshops)

44 • Crafting an Outdoor Classroom: The 19th Century Roots of the Outdoor Education MovementHutch Hutchinson We often discuss the roots of outdoor education as if it began with Kurt Hahn or the summer camps of the early 1900s, but the roots of outdoor education go much deeper. This presentation traces the importance of the Transcendentalists,

the Hudson River School, the Grand Army of the Republic, and White Mountain Tourism in the creation of the outdoor education movement.Room: Wayzata BayOpen to All (OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

50 • Is Your Challenge Course Working for You?Chris Damboise, Phil Brown Is Your Course Working for You? Design Thoughts for those Looking to Re-Assess or Design a Challenge Course. As many adventure programs mature, we at High 5 often hear that there is a misalignment between the physical structure or element selection on their challenge course and the program goals. If you are currently an operator of a course that is not working for your program needs or someone who is contemplating having a new challenge course installed, then this is the workshop for you.Room: Crystal LakeIntermediate (AD, OAE, K-12, HE, S, G)

51 • The Myth of the Rational Decision-Maker (and Implications for Staff Training)Elizabeth Andre Humans make mistakes in judgement and prioritize things other than safety, yet many of our risk management models assume we are rational actors who perceive reality accurately and put safety first. Understanding this mismatch can help us prepare staff (and ourselves) to manage risk more effectively in the field. We will explore the myriad of mistakes we make in perception, the sources of our overconfidence, and the crutches we use to make decisions. We will discuss practical ways to compensate for these human frailties.Room: Lake NokomisOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

111 • The Art of CommunityShawn Moriarty The Art of Community workshop will present a framework for crafting strong, flexible, resilient communities. We will also explore the progression from a group to a pseudo-community to an authentic community. The framework that we will explore can be implemented in a variety of circumstances. While this is a presentation to start, it will transfer to a discussion on how people have built community in their own situations.Room: Lake CalhounOpen to All (G)

113 • Activate Your Inspiration: Building Confidence to Follow Your PassionMarli Williams This interactive workshop is designed to help you transform inspiration into action in order to build the confidence to follow your passion. It takes courage to go after what you really want and to build a life and a career that you are truly passionate about. This workshop will use life coaching techniques and strategies to help you see what is possible, empower you to get out of your own way and inspire you to take imperfect action to cultivate courage and build the confidence it takes to go after what you really want.Room: Lake HarrietOpen to All (OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, S, G)

128 • Creating and Assessing Inclusive Learning Experiences in Higher Education: S-t-r-e-t-c-h Learning in ActionJeno Rivera, William Heinrich Typically, in higher education a student can go through one path and have very little interaction with students outside their major. But what happens when these barriers are removed and students have the freedom to explore their personal learning interests with other students across the university? This workshop presents a learning model that fosters authentic learning experiences where students are stretched to think outside the box and co-create learning together. Focus is not only placed on how to promote student self-directed learning but also on ways of thinking for faculty and staff who want to facilitate this type of learning.Room: Gray's Bay

Open to All (K-12, HE, S)

146 • A Conversation on Publishing in Experiential EducationPatrick Maher, Glyn Thomas, Philip MullinsAre you a graduate student wondering where to publish your thesis results? Are you a pre-tenure faculty member on the 'publish or perish' treadmill? Are you a practitioner who wonders how research gets reviewed and disseminated? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions then this workshop is for you. A diverse panel that features those involved in editing journals, books and other publications will try to de-mystify the publication process. This session is organized by the current editors of the Journal of Experiential Education and includes panelists from across the globe with a range of publishing expertise.Room: Cook's BayOpen to All (AD, OAE, HE, S)

150 • Teaching Experiential Facilitation: A Capacity Building ApproachMarin Burton, Aaron Sundstrom, Susan ReineckeIn co-created work with Ravenscroft School, an independent preK-12 school in Raleigh, NC, the Center for Creative Leadership has designed facilitator training and train the trainer experiences for faculty/staff to support organizational change and capacity development. Within the context of building a community that embodies, models, and practices citizen leadership, the need for a high level of facilitation skills and experiential/engaged pedagogy is significant. Learn about the unique manifestation of facilitator training when conducted with educators who have embraced a common framework of citizen leader development school-wide.Room: MinnesotaOpen to All (AD, OTD, K-12, HE)

162 • Hang On To Your Ego: Don't Be Guilty of the Trip-Ups in FacilitationG. David McNay Experienced facilitators can tell you stories about debriefs that didn't go so well. Come learn about some pitfalls that all facilitators struggle with so that you can avoid them in your next debrief. Go beyond the "whats" while participating in a few challenges and then debriefing the debriefs. Be one of the select few that will also practice their facilitation skills to get a few pointers for improvement. Experience and reflection build good facilitation.Room: Birch/MapleBeginner (OAE, TA/AT, S)

172 • Skills That Matter for Life: Middle School Students Learn about the World of Work Through ApprenticeshipsHelen Russell Consider the lessons you have learned by working. Amazing? What if a community-based work experience was the capstone for middle school? It’s a real-world final expedition! This workshop is for those who want to engage middle school students in active learning and real world preparation using the best experiential learning techniques. While Apprentice Learning is based in an urban community, there is much to offer rural communities as well. Come and share your work stories and learn how we use adventure to positively introduce the world of work to adolescents. This will be interactive and include take-home material.Room: Lafayette BayOpen to All (AD, OAE, K-12, G)

Friday, October 28 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. (90-Minute Workshops)

15 • Growing Communities of Access from Communities of Practice: Building Inclusion Together in the OutdoorsTA Loeffler This workshop will share narratives of using a community of practice to create communities of access for persons with disabilities wanting to participate in inclusive outdoor environments. A group of faculty in a university setting came together to examine our practices of inclusivity individually, collectively, and across our curriculum. This workshop will highlight what we have learned, demonstrate how our practices have progressed (or not), and engage participants in experiential activities and discussion. The activities will invite participants to reflect on their own practices of inclusion.

Room: Lake HarrietBeginner (OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT)

31 • “Just Teaching”: Experiential Social Justice PedagogyAnna Czarnik-Neimeyer As practitioners, we know that discussing identity in our divided world can be equally risky and rewarding, painful and joyful, inspiring yet incomplete. The stakes are high! Is it possible to craft experiential learning spaces that are authentic and sustainable while allowing enough novelty to spur excitement, but enough structure to create stability? Participants will consider innovative experiential pedagogy and come away with concrete, practical exercises. This lively teaching-learning workshop incorporates activities, short readings, and vivid metaphors to reflect, draw on our collective knowledge, and offer real ways to practice: how can we teach justice?Room: Crystal LakeOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

52 • How Can Service Learning be a Transformative Experience for Post Traditional Learners?Cheryl Schwartz, Marie Friedemann, Clare FelletterA good share of the service learning literature focuses on the value and impact of service learning for the traditional undergraduate student. The impact of service learning for the post traditional student (undergraduate and graduate) is less well documented. In this interactive workshop, participants will explore service learning through the lenses of Ignatian pedagogy, critical consciousness, cultural intelligence and social justice as they foster transformation for post traditional learners.Room: Birch/MapleBeginner (HE)

92 • Co-curricular Leadership in ActionJesse Beightol, Jesse Tovar This workshop will provide you with an experiential introduction to Eagle Rock School’s co-curricular leadership model. You will be introduced to our theoretical leadership framework that intentionally combines leadership and personal growth components for both adolescent development and staff support. We have developed a model to blend personal (embodied leadership and somatics), social (equity and justice), general (skills all leaders need), and domain specific skills to hone a well-rounded leader. This workshop will introduce this model, engage participants in activities they can use in the future, and challenge attendees to find ways to strengthen leadership opportunities in their own programs.Room: Gray's BayOpen to All (G)

136 • Should Wilderness Program Staff Always Accompany their Groups? Three ViewsMark Mullert, Brad Daniel, Andrew BobilyaThis workshop will present three positions regarding whether wilderness instructors should accompany their participants - "yes," "no," and "yes but in a modified role." These positions will be discussed in light of recent research and scholarly articles. The workshop will include discussion of scenarios and a mock debate. Presenters will argue that decisions to keep, modify, or eliminate unaccompanied expedition components (e.g., solo, final expedition) should be data-driven.Room: Lake CalhounOpen to All (AD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT)

153 • Creating a Link Between Recreational Opportunities & Spiritual Experiences.Megan Taylor This workshop explores factors contributing to the spiritual development of an individual with a focus in outdoor recreation settings. The workshop is beneficial to managers, facilitators, and outdoor enthusiasts seeking to create an outdoor experience that promotes spiritual development. In true experiential education fashion, the workshop will be highly interactive and laced with activities. Personal experiences will be reflected upon and further explored, current research will compliment recalled experiences, and new knowledge will be applied to our personal selves, interests, education, and/or careers. In addition to spirituality, other theological perspectives will also be explored and applied.

Room: Lafayette BayOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

170 • Keeping Your Field Staff Fresh: A Model for Ongoing TrainingRebecca Bear, Matt Poppleton Training part-time and seasonal field staff can pose a challenge to the program and risk management needs of your organization. REI Outdoor School will share techniques from their training program that can be utilized by seasonal and year-round programs for on-going staff training. Utilizing a variety of field, on-line, self-study, and mentorship will enhance the culture of risk management and the comfort level for field and administrative staff. Come prepared to share your personal insights.Room: Lake NokomisAdvanced (AD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT)

175 • Effective Debriefing Tools and TechniquesMichelle Cummings Are you good at the games but not so good at the debrief? Do you ask questions and get blank stares from your participants? This workshop will focus on 10 effective debriefing tools and techniques that are simple and easy to use. We will break each technique down and demonstrate different games or activities teaching the concept. These techniques for processing are sure to liven up your debriefing circles.Room: MinnesotaOpen to All (G)

182 • Maps, Whistles, Lanterns and a Compass: The Journey of Inspired Leadership, Management and TransformationsRob Smariga, Sky Gray, Tiffany WynnIn this workshop we will explore the challenges and successes of being an executive leader or manager. Using organizational case studies and sharing leadership concepts, we will examine what helps us navigate challenges, what strategies make success more likely and how we can grow while serving in a leadership role. We will draw on a number of leadership resources, including Good to Great, The Trauma Informed Life, The Art of Possibility and Transformational Leadership. Come ready to reflect, project and execute your next transformation.Room: Lake Nokomis (AD)

SEER Session 3Jule Hildmann, Andrew Bailey, Sarah Jillings, Benjamin IngmanPresentations include: Emotional Intelligence, Personality and Leadership in Outdoor Adventure Education Facilitators - A Three Dimensional Model Tested on a UK Sample, Learning Transfer of Recreational Rock Climbers: An Exploratory Model, The Nature of Satisfaction and the Conditions Under Which Students Thrive, and Qualities of the Adventure Education Experience. See complete SEER schedule for details.Room: St. Croix IIOpen to All (HE)

Friday, October 28 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. (3-Hour Workshops)

106 • Valuable Case Studies for Preventing Accidents Before they Occur and Effectively Handling Them AfterwardDoug Stevens This presentation will be a unique opportunity for company managers and trip leaders to hear about two valuable case studies involving student deaths on adventure travel trips that led to lawsuits. We will discuss issues in the field that trip leaders encountered before and after the accidents. Among these issues include the importance of evaluating potential hazards and assessing risk, properly warning and observing students, and interacting with subcontractors. We will also discuss post-accident lessons including emergency response, and communications with “home office,” subcontractors,

and students and their families. Other lessons include effective subcontractor screening and post-accident public relations issues.Room: Pine/CedarOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

45 • Unusual Tactics for Unusual Leaders: Managing Behavior Through a Relational LensAddison Odum Unusual Tactics is an interactive, hands-on workshop rooted in developing classroom or group culture through experiential education. Utilizing a plethora of activities, learners will gain a variety of techniques and tools for engaging students while simultaneously refining their abilities to assess individuals within group dynamics. A primary focus will be mitigating unwanted behaviors by creating emotional safety, implementing intentional methods of communication and instilling in students a desirable way of being. De-escalation tactics for neurotypical and non-neurotypical students will be addressed, along with approaches to debriefing situations that occur when working with students.Room: Wayzata BayOpen to All (OAE, K-12, TA/AT, S)

84 • Game on! (For Everyone!) Utilizing Group Initiatives to Promote Equity and InclusionDanny Frank, Nova Miller, Savannah MillerGroup initiatives are a pillar of experiential education. But how often have you seen someone "check out" or seem excluded from the process? Or perhaps you have been looking for fun and engaging ways to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in your programs? This workshop takes an innovative look at group initiatives, old and new, with the aim of promoting equity and inclusion in a variety of programmatic settings. This workshop is open to any and all participants who seek pragmatic tools for building a more inclusive approach to your work. Come as you are!Room: Elk LakeOpen to All (G)

88 • The Power of TouchJean Berube, Tom Smith Being human requires both psychological and physical contact with other humans. Our fast-paced, technologically-based world has led us to put low priority on our need for intimate contact with other humans. By adulthood, we have become socialized against touching. Findings suggest that lack of intimate contact may be the cause for people's psychological and emotional problems and many societal problems. To become healthy and complete, we must address this need for interpersonal contact. Heller writes, "In the embrace of another, we reclaim our wholeness." This workshop is meant to help participants recognize through sequential, hands-on activities, the power of touch.Room: Cook's BayOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

100 • The Heart of Experiential Education: FacilitationChristian Itin Many would suggest that experience is at the core of experiential education; but what moves experience from experiential learning to experiential education is facilitation. This workshop will build on this premise to explore a set of skills to intentionally engage clients in a transformative experiential process whether you are working in educational, therapeutic or corporate contexts. This workshop will guide participants through the process of establishing mutually agreed upon goals, selecting appropriate activities, pairing these with appropriate facilitation techniques and understanding the cyclical nature of the process. This hands on experiential workshop will ignite your creative facilitation skills.Room: Deer LakeOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

147 • Gamesmithing: The Making of a GameChris Ortiz A gamesmith is someone who works with and creates games (my definition). In this workshop we will play a few of my favorite, never miss activities. We will then deconstruct them in an attempt to discover the components of a great game.

Once we have an understanding of what makes them great, we will attempt to smith our own creation based on these principles. Bring your sense of discovery, half developed ideas and interesting props to add to process.Room: Excelsior BayOpen to All (OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, G)

Friday, October 28 3:15 – 4:45 p.m. (90-Minute Workshops)

54 • From Frustration to Creativity: Individuals, Groups and Communities under a New ScopeMaria Jose Treviño The workshop will present a social-dynamic-analysis tool for groups or communities, creating awareness - through experiential activities - of the opportunities we have to foster a more nurturing environment. Based on the Human Motivation Theory by Juan Lafarga, we will explore the different reactions to frustration that can be present in a given situation, and how to use creativity to change the perspective and accomplish a better outcome. Participants will walk away not only with a handful of activities but also with a new framework to contextualize behavior and attitudes.Room: Crystal LakeOpen to All (G)

65 • Leadership Through Rest and DisconnectingLauren Watka When was the last time you looked at the stars? Do you know when local trees start to bloom? How do you describe a "day off"? In the ever-connected digital age, getting outside when we're not "working" can be challenging- even for people in environmental education. Lauren Watka will share personal stories of workaholism, summarize current research and teaching trends around disconnecting, link to ancient practices of Sabbath, and invite participants to establish personal disciplines of rest to be better leaders, teachers, and mentors. Attendees should be ready to participate in the discussion.Room: Birch/MapleOpen to All (G)

66 • Overlooked and Misunderstood: Two Influential Figures on Experiential LearningPete Allison This session will examine two figures who have influenced experiential learning but are overlooked (Levick) or misunderstood (Hahn). Levick was a member of Scott’s ill fated 1910 expedition. On return he started the Public Schools Exploring Society which is still running today. Hahn was the founder of Salem School in Germany and a significant political figure during the first world war. His influence on current outdoor and experiential learning is uncontested but his beliefs and values are often interpreted in ‘generous ways’ and the political context of his life often misunderstood. Philosophical underpinnings will be explored.Room: Gray's BayOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, S, G)

• SEER Session 4Glenn Middleton, Chris Saulnier, Chris ZajchowskiPresentations include: Sacred, Divine, Spiritual: Relational of the Non-Rational, Engineers in the Wilderness: Bridging Science and Reality, The Heaviness of the Air You Breathe: Writing the Lived Experience of Air Pollution. See complete SEER schedule for details.,Room: St. Croix IIOpen to All (HE)

1 • A Warrior’s Journey toward increasing Resilience and Psychological Well-BeingOscar Aguilera, Jeni Pedroza This workshop will provide information on how to structure and facilitate retreats for Post 9/11 veterans using experiential learning techniques coupled with teaching coping skills to increase resilience and psychological well-being. With its name derived from Homer's epic poem about overcoming adversity and finding the way home, Project Odyssey

is a multi-day adventure based event that provides tools to help Warriors on their journey to recovery from the “invisible wounds of war”: combat stress, post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). During this session, together we will explore the Project Odyssey model, discuss the signature wounds of this veteran generation, and share “vet friendly” techniques.Room: Lake HarrietIntermediate (OTD, OAE, K-12, S, G)

4 • The Neuroscience of Outdoor EducationKris Henker This workshop will focus on the brain’s response systems, highlighting differences between the adolescent brain and the adult brain, and exploring ways in which the brain is wired to be social. By the end of the session participants will have a better understanding of how the brain works especially in response to threats, and how this affects decision making, problem solving, and learning. We will conclude with suggestions and a discussion on how to incorporate the information into experiential education and into the workplace. The workshop is appropriate for all experience levels.Room: MinnesotaOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, TA/AT, G)

25 • I Notice & I Wonder: Supporting Students to Generate Authentic Science Narratives with TechnologyJustin Hougham, Marc Nutter, Sarah Burgess, Alex Nussbaum, Taylor Riedl, Anna DeMers, Andrea Braatz, Max MyersNational literature points to the need for incorporating mobile technology in experiential education. Congruently, practitioners are seeking educational programs and trainings which fit that need. This workshop will address how to satisfy demand in this arena through the Digital Observation Technology Skills (DOTS) program. We will introduce pedagogies, design considerations, and equipment from the DOTS program and then use hands on activities to situate how the kits are used in various settings. Attendees will receive digital copies of the resources and curriculum. Facilitators of this workshop are prepared to meet attendees at their individual level of technological awareness.Room: Lake CalhounOpen to All (OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, S, G)

166 • Connecting the Higher Education Classroom to Community: Pitfalls & Potential for LearningCarrie Nolan Are you working to connect your higher education classroom to the community or thinking about how doing so might shape learning for your students? This workshop will be a conversation around pitfalls and potential based on two case studies and the stories you bring to the workshop. Leave with ideas for building bridges with the community, framing the experience for students, assessing and evaluating.Room: Lafayette BayOpen to All (HE)

Saturday, October 29 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. (90-Minute Workshops)

23 • Model of Experiential Learning in National Parks & other Land-Based Outdoor Recreation AreasJudy Brookhiser A trip-planning model will be presented that identifies critical elements for a successful travel-study workshop. Overviews of trip objectives are translated into program content knowledge and assignments; student leadership assignments; and outdoor skills. Overviews of camping and travel logistics are explained including pre-trip tasks and timelines; itineraries; risk management plans; individual and group equipment lists; behavior management including behavioral and technology agreements; post-trip follow-up and tasks.Room: Spring Park BayOpen to All (AD, OAE, HE)

29 • Tangible Tools in Creating Positive Group CultureLaura Greenlee-Karp

Help to push your group further by learning to teach team building activities and facilitate conversations that will help your students and school community come together to work towards a common goal. These activities will help to build trust and increase opportunities for meaningful connection and new, deeper conversations.Room: Cook's BayBeginner (OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

32 • Nurturing the Spirit in Our Staff and Participants: Spirituality and Experiential EducationAndrew J. Bobilya, Brad Daniel, Glen MiddletonDo you consider how to give attention to the spiritual dimension of the human life in your programs? Join us for an engaging discussion on spirituality and experiential education. Learn from others and share ideas about if and how we can encourage spiritual development in the lives of our staff and participants. The workshop facilitators hope to encourage an open dialogue where one faith orientation or spiritual practice is not elevated above another in our discussion.Room: Lake CalhounOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

43 • Developing a Quality Outcomes-Based Program...and Considering Standards in the ProcessAbby Biser Experience activities and engage in dialog surrounding the development of adventure-based programming. Learn steps to take as you move forward, and considerations for preparing financially up front and in the long-term. Begin choosing paths which can support an existing or yet-to-be-developed program, and learn some of the standards, processes, and methods to help you grow with intention and success!Room: Lake HarrietOpen to All (OTD)

64 • Elite Performance Populations: Leveraging Experiential Education to Reach the Next LevelAJ LaLonde, Angela Veatch, Marcus Washington, Katy Tran Turner, Brian Miles, Brad Marshal, Kelly LaLondeParticipants in this workshop will gain an understanding of how professional sport organizations and military units are leveraging Experiential Education (EE) to develop mental skills from the field of sport and performance psychology that have been found to underpin elite performance. Facilitators with understanding of elite sport and military populations will share methods for engaging these high-level performers through demonstrations of EE techniques used to train mental skills. Workshop attendees will have the opportunity to experience how the field of EE is applicable to a unique population in which learning physical and mental skills is paramount to success.Room: Elk LakeOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G, Sport & Military)

68 • Risky Business? Or is it?Sharon Clegg Risky Business? Or is it? How willing are you to examine your programs, practices and activities? This course is designed to help you identify the true risks within your organization, helping you to see, so to speak, the things you are not seeing. This course will use a variety of teaching methods to help participants look through a clearer lens, developing tools to create an analysis of each activity within their organization. We will also explore the difference between perceived and inherent risk and what is acceptable for your organization. It is through risk management that organizations gain credibility.Room: Deer LakeIntermediate (G)

69 • Asking the Right Questions: Using Essay Responses to Evaluate Student GrowthJohn Bennion Every evaluative tool inadequately measures total experience. For example objective measures show information learned but not skill level; testing through performance measures skills but not attitudes and ideas. Another tool is asking students to carefully write what they learned. Self-evaluation essays can articulate what a student learned and what they find important. In this workshop, we will compare various tools for post-experience evaluation and design

essay questions that fit the workshop participants’ individual programs. We will consider various ways of gathering data from essays. Workshop attendees will also receive a bibliography of articles about various means of evaluation.Room: Crystal LakeOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT)

72 • Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself!Rich Keegan, Justin McGlamery What do you do with participants whose behaviors are beginning to wreck your program? What do you do when a Full Value Contract and Challenge By Choice just aren’t enough? Whether you are working with children, teenagers, or adults, this workshop will provide strategies and activities that will help answer many of these questions. Self-regulation strategies, variations to games, spotting, trust and communication activities will be presented. Helping diverse and challenging participants connect, share, and grow during your program will be the focus of this workshop.Room: St. Croix IIOpen to All (OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

77 • Adventure Education ‘Here & Now’ and ‘Then’ in JapanTomoko Seki, Katsumi Namba We would like to explore the true values of adventure education. Can it be a global concept? Adventure education attracts many people in various cultures. Yet the adventure educators in other than North America often notice gaps between their genuine culture and the adventure education culture (North American way), and have to adapt it to their reality. By looking at the adventure education with the Japanese/Asian perspective, presenting examples of the adventure education there, and possibly examples from the audience in the room from different cultures, hopefully we can make sense of the true value of the adventure education.Room: Birch/MapleOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

81 • Pairing Experiential Activities to Neurodevelopmental FunctioningJack Wheeler This is not a neuroscience class! We will take basic understanding from neuroscience research and apply it to program design. The workshop will engage participants in new and familiar experiential activities that activate four functional domains of the brain. Whether seeking the regulatory power of a rhythmic, repetitive run with students, or the relational attunement found in group juggle, we will find scientific intention behind the experiential activities we lead.Room: Pine/CedarIntermediate (OAE, K-12, TA/AT, S)

85 • Adventure Therapy: Latest Research Developments and How These Will Affect the FieldMichael Gass, Anita Tucker, Lee Gillis, Christine NortonWhat are the latest developments in the research of adventure therapy and how will this affect the future of the field? Is it working and for how long? What are the various elements in adventure therapy and how are they affecting the outcomes for a variety of clients? What is the real level of safety in adventure therapy? Is it worth the money? The answer to these questions and more will be the focus of this workshop, demonstrating real answers to critical questions for the continuation of the vitality in the field.Room: MinnesotaOpen to All (AD, OAE, TA/AT, Research)

87 • Successful Facilitation: Creating a Foundation for Inclusion and DiversityMorgan Johnson This informative and interactive workshop is open to everyone. We will discuss the art of facilitation—how it is commonly misused in the field, how it can be successful, and how we can become better facilitators—using the ORID model of reflection as our evaluation tool. Through personal stories, experiences, and passion for pursuing deeper thought and self-understanding, Morgan Johnson will present: Successful Facilitation: Creating a Foundation for Inclusion and Diversity. Morgan is the Gap Experience assistant director at St. Norbert College. She spends four months a year traveling with, living with, and mentoring first-year students.

Room: St.Croix 1Open to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

115 • Using IMPROV to Plan Your ProgramJeremy Babcock Improv paves the way for students to abandon the fear of making mistakes to experience an unconditional support of shared ideas. With a focus on agreement, heightening and foundational improv teachings, participants will leave with activities and resources designed to build programs that are creative, open and approachable. With a high level of interaction, we will participate and share best practices as a group to ensure that all feel comfortable to utilize improv to prepare and plan.Room: Excelsior BayOpen to All (OTD, OAE, K-12, S, G)

141 • Kids, Canine's and the Power of ConnectionDan Plaisance, Rachel Grimm This workshop is designed to show how K-9's are being used in the field as a tool to teach clients. The K-9 has an unconditional attachment to the students, something that most of our students have not had in their life. The students need to learn attunement, assertive communication and connection with the K-9 in order to train and control the K-9. This is a chance to explore a new role for K-9 in the world of Wilderness. Our K-9's are not just support dogs, but an active member of our groups.Room: Wayzata BayOpen to All (AD, OAE, TA/AT, S, G)

143 • Fearless Teaching: The Art (and Science) of StorytellingStuart Grauer Our expeditions and critical moments nourish us in their reflection and retelling. How can we identify the critical moments? How can we become better storytellers who share and make meaning of our best work and experience? How can we capture and evaluate our experience memorably? Stuart Grauer, "one of the nation's foremost educational storytellers," will show you how to weave great stories and derive powerful themes out of raw experience. We will prompt great storytelling through colorful, hilarious, and heartbreaking stories and story models about educators and schools around the world. Prompts will get attendees talking and writing their stories.Room: Lafayette BayOpen to All (OTD, OAE, K-12, S, G)

148 • The Interview: Getting the Staff You Need and WantKris Salisbury, Cass Landrum, Aaron BumgarnerStruggling to get a feel for a potential staff person over the phone or during a quick interview? Wanting to take your skills to the next level? Wish you could move on from responses that seem 'canned'? Would you like to find ways to test skills of potential staff? This workshop will give you a toolbox of strategies, skills, and concepts that you can apply right away. Whether interviewing by phone, Skype or in person, you will have a rubric for creating excellent questions that not only reveal skills but also help potential staff self select.Room: Lake NokomisIntermediate (AD)

167 • What's your program philosophy and do your staff know how to deliver it?!?Denise Ouellette, Jason Ryba Do your staff ever struggle with the bigger picture of your program and get stuck running activities because that is what they are familiar with? Do you or your staff ever wonder if you are really delivering an impactful program beyond the experience in the moment? How do you help staff understand how to design a program? Whether you run multi hour or multi day programs, here are some tools to help everyone deliver consistently intentional, positive and powerful programming. We will share of models/tools to help you with these questions and provide opportunities to share/learn from others practitioners.Room: Gray's Bay

Open to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

Saturday, October 29 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. (90-Minute Workshops)

39 • Engage Language Arts: A Year of Exciting, Experiential Approaches to Language Arts in the ClassroomKrista Bertelson, Nancy Clarke This workshop will invite you become a student in our 6th & 7th grade language arts room using initiatives for vocabulary, activities for grammar, tableau for reading comprehension and place-based learning for standardized testing reviews. We will participate in activities, see our students in action throughout the year by photos and be given many resources on how to get your kids moving inside your academic classroom settings.Room: Birch/MapleOpen to All (OTD, K-12, HE, S)

19 • The Seven Stages of an Experiential CareerPaul Kidder This workshop answers the question of how a choice to have a career in experiential education can be integrated into an entire lifetime? Using dialogue and inquiry , we will explore as a group, the challenges and opportunities of the seven stages of career development in experiential education. Each participant will leave with a personal career plan, having identified thier current stage and with renewed vigor for developing a lifetime career in our field.Room: St. Croix IIOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

38 • Survive and Thrive: The Power of Long-Term Integrated Reflective Programming for Therapeutic Adventure ApplicationsDarrell Makin, Mike Lang, Dr. Tom PotterSurvive & Thrive Cancer Programs have inspired over 200 young adult cancer survivors and supporters to participate in life-changing week-long wilderness expeditions. This workshop explores the unique and highly successful programming methods of this not-for-profit organization dedicated to using adventure therapy to encourage young adults touched by cancer to live well through a narrative-informed “Reflect, Refocus, Rebuild” model of psychosocial adjustment. The use of this unique reflective model for those impacted by a variety of serious illnesses will be demonstrated, thus allowing workshop participants to gain an understanding of this powerful therapeutic method through first-hand experience.Room: Crystal LakeIntermediate (AD, OTD, OAE, TA/AT, S)

16 • Outside Your Door: Young Producers Bridge the Divide between Urban Youth and Public LandsNina Roberts Each decade a new trend, issue, or area of inquiry surfaces about how best to engage urban youth outdoors. Learn how scholars at San Francisco State University collaborated with their community partner, Bayview-Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology, to explore cultural diversity, youth, media, and connections or barriers to outdoor enjoyment. Through this innovative project, we investigated the impact of media and communication on urban youth by involving predominantly ethnic minority youth as media producers. In this session we will detail project objectives, explain methodology, share results and recommendations, and facilitate a lively discussion among participants about these youth adventures.Room: Lake CalhounOpen to All (G)

42 • 20 for 20 for 20: An Experiential Activity Guide for the ClassroomKaren Marietti, Drew Baar Do you ever ask yourself, "How can I get my students more engaged in the classroom?" If your answer is yes...we have got a workshop for you! The 20 for 20 for 20 workshop provides participants with a look at 20 activities geared for approximately 20 participants, for a 20 minute time frame. Come play and have some fun while learning how to

integrate tried and true experiential activities directly into classroom curriculum for all ages. Together we can make learning any subject or classroom topic active and FUN!Room: Excelsior Bay Open to All (OTD, K-12, HE, S, G)

108 • Using Clinical Diagnoses to Design Experiential Interventions: Kinesthetic Metaphors and More!Michael Gass, Lee Gillis, Dr. Bobbi BealeThis workshop will cover several ways to use clinical components as well client assessment and behaviors to construct experiential interventions. Case studies and past successes will be shared as well as integrating the workshop with participants' current clients.Room: MinnesotaOpen to All (TA/AT)

116 • Experiential Education for ALL: Activity Modification for Inclusive ProgrammingTommy Means, Jordan McIntire This workshop will introduce the tools needed to successfully program for individuals of all abilities by way of activity modification through a user-friendly, step-by-step method. This method, rooted in the Systematic Ecological Modification Approach, recognizes three factors within an activity that may affect participation: environment, person, and activity. Addressing these factors helps to ensure that all individuals have the most rewarding learning experience. Attendees will experience discussions and interactive activities to develop an understanding of appropriate activity modification in a variety of settings. Breakout sessions will be used to allow attendees to practice within their respective fields of practice.Room: Lake NokomisOpen to All (OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT)

149 • Experiential Technology: Bridging the Digital & Experiential DivideBrandt Christopherson We live in an ever connected digital world. This session will cover how we as experiential educators have an opportunity to shape how participants use technology in meaningful ways. We will discuss apps that can be used to facilitate, ideas in how to use social media in facilitating, and get an overview of how these techniques have been successfully used with groups. During this session we will discuss the pros and cons of technology in the experiential education field, and ideas you can try immediately in how to use technology as a tool with your next group.Room: Gray's BayOpen to All (OTD, HE, G)

Saturday, October 29 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. (3-Hour Workshops)

114 • Seeking Silence: Cultivating Inclusive Silent Practices Amongst a Variety of FieldsRobyn Handley, Callie Auman Silence, when used correctly, can have a profound impact on our lives. However, in a society where extroversion and busy-ness are the norm, silence can be hard to find. Using some tried and true experiential reflection techniques as well as several new ones; this workshop will provide concrete tools to cultivate practices of silence, such as positive self reflection and critical thinking, in your personal and professional lives. Participants should be ready to explore their own daily interactions with silence as well as to learn new silence practices that can be put into use with a variety of communities.Room: Wayzata BayOpen to All (G)

10 • Harnessing Creative Potential in Yourself, Your Staff, and Your ClientsDaniel Cape Do you wish you were more creative? Do you want to foster creative potential in yourself, your staff, and your clients? Creativity is absolutely essential to living a healthy and a fulfilled life. From solving everyday problems to dealing with complex issues facing society, this workshop will provide participants with the knowledge and tools to reframe

problems, identify unexpected solutions, and thrive in an ever changing world. Exercise your imagination and discover how you can use your own creativity to solve difficult problems, discover joy in your life, and inspire staff and clients.Room: Pine/CedarOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

24 • Pools, Parks and Prohibitions: Undoing the History of ExclusionChey Davis Cultural Competency. Participants to this session will learn some of the history of exclusion in the field of education (both traditional, outdoor and experiential). Current practitioners may come into contact with the results and repercussions of this history of exclusion. This workshop will offer practical strategies, language and approaches to support practitioners in broadening their practice. Students, clients, adventurers not of the dominant culture will experience (and have experienced) the world of education (traditional and non-traditional) very differently from people who are affirmed by media, economic and educational systems, and political and justice systems. We will lighten the load.Room: Elk LakeOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S)

34 • Empathy, Vulnerability, Fear, and Monkeys: The Brain Science Connection Between Empathy and BullyingJeff Frigon Many of us at some point in our histories, have had experiences that fall on either side of the line delineating what we consider bullying. Perhaps these experiences were as a bystander, victim, ally, advocate, and for many, perhaps as a bully. What within us allows ourselves to behave this way? Connectedness and empathy may be the answer to at least part of this question, and though building healthy communities is what we as educators have been doing for a long time, refocusing our lens on how we do so may be at least part of the solution.Room: Deer LakeOpen to All (AD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

46 • 8th Annual Trends and Issues in Outdoor Education Programs Panel DiscussionBetsy Lindley, Tom Holman, Panel members include: Dr. Jasper Hunt, Dr. Evan Coulson, Dr. Pete Allison, Dr. Paul Shirilla, Dr. Lee Frazer, Dr. Liz Speelman, & Dr. Andrew BobilyaJoin us for another engaging panel discussion focused on an updated list of trends and issues that currently face outdoor and adventure education programs. Six current field instructors, program managers and scholars will share their perspectives and those of others in the field. Participants are invited to come ready to engage and share from their own experience as we discuss the trends/issues, brainstorm strategies to assist programs and identify best practices. Topics include: the interface between moral philosophy and legal liability in risk management, research informed practice and practice informed research, connecting students to nature, and the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that outdoor education undergraduate students should acquire.Room: Spring Park BayOpen to All (G)

47 • Connect: Healing Trauma Using Pattern Recognition in Nature, Community and OurselvesMisty Blakesley In this fun, experiential workshop we explore ways to encourage awareness and release of trauma held in the mind, body and spirit. We notice and appreciate Nature, patterns in Nature, patterns in ourselves and ourselves as part of Nature. By reinforcing our positive connections within ourselves and to those around us, we strengthen our individual and community resiliency. Although useful for all populations, we will specifically focus on survivors of violence and people in recovery. Open to all ability levels: gentle movement and interactive activities are included. Dress to spend a short amount of time outside.Room: Lake HarrietOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

89 • Motivational Interviewing with Experiential Education to Support Engagment & Behavior ChangeRichard Rutschman, Robert Valle

This interactive workshop will provide participants with a model used in Chicago blending EE and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to work with vulnerable students. MI approach/core skills will be learned with EE activities used for engaging students. Having/practicing a conversational tool to help guide students in a way that supports their autonomy as they think through their choices to change can be valuable to any experiential educator interested in making sure experiences are transformative. Theoretical foundations inherent in both EE and MI like “Self-Determination Theory” will be examined to increase their intrinsic motivation to change and learn.Room: Cook's BayOpen to All (AD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

158 • Cultivating Mindfulness in Adventure Therapy Experiences through the Co-Creation of Client IntentionsMatthew Hayes, Will Black The words “mindfulness” and “intentionality” are buzz words in Adventure Therapy, but what do they mean and how do we cultivate them? We will explore these concepts and present tools to encourage clients to develop conscious intentions for adventure experiences, which cultivate mindfulness of their default patterns and triggers. This supports clients to shift from a focus on risks to one of possibilities and what they have to gain from their experience. These tools are employed at Shunda Creek, a 90 day Day Addiction Treatment program to accelerate change for clients on 1-5 day wilderness experiences.Room: Lafayette BayIntermediate (OTD, OAE, TA/AT, S)

119 • Assessing for Socio-Emotional Learning to Support Critical Thinking and Inclusion in Higher EducationBill Heinrich, Jeno Rivera Critical thinking can be enhanced by learners' understanding of their own socio-emotional outcomes as a result of rich learning experiences and reflection. Pedagogy that welcomes and assesses for diverse individual outcomes creates an atmosphere for inclusion defined by inviting students to allow their multiple, intersecting identities and perspectives to be heard and valued. Through three hands-on activities with assessment, rubrics, and design, participants will use several methods for assessing socio-emotional outcomes, identify links to critical thinking outcomes, and create inclusive learning spaces/ programs driven by diverse inputs.Room: St.Croix 1Intermediate (OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, S)

Saturday, October 29 3:15 – 4:45 p.m. (90-Minute Workshops)

56 • Transportation Safety: Understanding the Hazards and Protective Factors for Risk ReductionTom Potter, Stephanie Potter, Carrie Gibbons, Michel BedardTransportation safety is a dynamic and ever-changing interplay of vehicle, environment (e.g., organizational culture, road conditions) and, most notably, driver. This workshop will review the “safer-systems” approach used to mitigate hazards, identify protective factors for safer participant transportation, and explain many of these often unrecognized and, unappreciated concepts. This review will be juxtaposed alongside a school-based vehicle crash that resulted in multiple fatalities. Particular emphasis in the workshop will be placed on driver training and practices that go beyond skill acquisition. Participants will be encouraged to share their concerns, insights and reflections on their organizations’ transportation safety management. Room: Gray's BayOpen to All (AD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, G)

83 • Both, And! Engaging Socioecological Justice in Environmental & Outdoor EducationDanny Frank, Brad Little Have you ever felt torn between priorities of social justice and environmental connectedness in your programs? Do you feel there’s too much to cover and you can’t make it all fit? Or do you simply want to learn new ways to effectively mesh these seemingly disparate topics in your teaching? Then this workshop is for you! This session will equip participants with useful tools for blending social justice and environmental connectedness through the lens of socioecological justice.

Participants will leave with a detailed road map for building more inclusive, socially just, and ecologically grounded program environmental and outdoor education experiences.Room: Crystal LakeOpen to All (G)

123 • Living the Landscape: Place Based Training for Environmental EducatorsJohn Celley, Justin Hougham, Sarah Burgess, Marc NutterWithin 90 days of contract time in Philmont’s Environmental Education program, a dozen staff are trained in theoretical pedagogies and place-based teaching methods. They will educate 20,000 youth about landscape-wide education and environmental science topics in the course of a summer at a backpacking, High Adventure Scouting Base. This workshop will explore the methods of place conscious learning and staff development of those who bring the experience alive for youth. Attendees will learn best practices which will help leverage their staff’s specialty training to a much wider audience than what meets the eye.Room: Lake NokomisOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, G)

152 • What Defines the "Experience" in Experiential Education? A Focus on Engagement in and out of the ClassroomBrian Croft, Annie Linhart So often in our program design, we focus on the experience aspect of our lessons and trainings. The question to ask is, what defines an "experience." Traditional classroom models have often been panned as "non-experiential", boring, or ineffective, but do they have to be? This workshop will help you focus on the concept of engagement in all types of experiences, from on-line classes to a traditional lecture.Room: MinnesotaOpen to All (OTD, OAE, K-12, HE)

180 • AEE Accreditation 101Dan Miller Would you like to know more about AEE's accreditation program? Would your organization benefit from being accredited by the nation's first recognized accreditation process focusing on experiential adventure programming? AEE accredits a wide variety of adventure programs and organizations, including wilderness adventure programs, colleges and university outdoor programs, K-12 school programs, wilderness therapy, youth programs, and corporate teambuilding and training programs. If you would like to learn more about this process or if you are interested in serving as a reviewer for the program then this workshop is for you.Room: Lake CalhounOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)

21 • Facilitating Storytelling as a Clinical InterventionMaurie Lung, Gary Stauffer Story is compelling. When we hear a story, we associate it with a visual image and we relate to what is happening to help us connect to and care about ourselves and others in a healthier way. In this workshop, learn how to create effective stories that elicit visual symbolism and use the action in the story to connect with a therapeutic or educational goal and your experiential activity. Furthermore, learn how to help your participants do the same thing! Be prepared to experience how to bring the power and wonder of stories into your every-day facilitated reflection.Room: Birch/MapleOpen to All (TA/AT)

41 • Paradigm Shift: Exploring Cornerstone Concepts-Sequencing, Goal Setting, Group Norms and More from New PerspectivesLaura MacDonald, Jeff Glover If you’ve done much group facilitation work, you have likely experienced some kind of template for your program design. Perhaps you start with warm ups then move to initiatives and low elements. Or maybe your program has a deep and effective history with a concept such as goal setting, or how to include group norms. Inspired by the question

“Is Goal Setting Killing Creativity,” we have taken a dose of healthy skepticism. We wonder if “we’ve always done it this way,” and “we know it works” are ideas that may be closing us off from greater program design potential.Room: Excelsior Bay Open to All (G)

101 • The Assessing Matrix: Using the Process Communication Model to Connect and Engage with Your StudentsSandra Browand, Rohan Shahani Come and learn about PCM and how this model can help you connect with each of your students by recognizing the different ways each of them interact with their surroundings, including perceptions and environmental preferences. Discover the motivational needs that your students have and how to meet those needs to minimize distress behaviors. We will brainstorm ways to utilize different activities and techniques and you will take away tools to engage and communicate with students who may communicate very differently from you. Up to 50% of the session will be brainstorming and discussion.Room: St. Croix IIOpen to All (AD, OTD, OAE, K-12, HE, TA/AT, S, G)