October 12-17, 2026

Build an effective case management model based on NABITA standards. Learn how to coordinate care and implement consistent processes for intervention, documentation, and response to complex behavioral concerns.

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This course provides a comprehensive framework for Behavioral Intervention Team structure, operations, and response protocols, equipping participants to assess risk, coordinate interventions, and strengthen team performance using research-informed practices.

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Learn how to assess risk with a structured, objective approach. Evaluate narrative content, such as social media posts, emails, and student writing, to help identify risk levels and match interventions to the assessed threat level.

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Interviewing individuals with autism and neurodiversity requires care, flexibility, and an understanding that communication and behavior may not always fit neurotypical expectations. This session will help Title IX, student conduct, BIT/CARE, civil rights, and HR professionals conduct interviews that are fair, accessible, and effective, while avoiding common pitfalls such as mistaking behavioral differences for credibility concerns or overlooking sensory, trauma-related, or processing barriers. Using examples from K-12, higher education, and employment settings, the session will cover practical strategies for preparing interviews, building trust, asking clear questions, allowing processing time, adapting the interview environment, managing unexpected responses or shutdowns, and documenting information carefully. Attendees will leave with tools for supporting meaningful participation while meeting institutional, legal, and procedural responsibilities.

Effective Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) and Title IX work relies on strong relationships built before a crisis, but cross-departmental collaboration isn’t always easy. 

This session will show higher education BIT and Title IX practitioners how to develop working relationships with key partners like campus safety, student conduct, counseling, disability services, faculty, housing, human resources, and academic affairs. Participants will explore how collaboration supports coordinated response and intervention, where collaboration commonly breaks down, and how teams can clarify roles, improve communication, and strengthen referral and reporting pathways. 

Attendees will leave with strategies to improve information sharing, reduce silos, and build the relationships needed to navigate difficult cases more effectively. 

This presentation will explore the intersection of adolescent relationship abuse (ARA) and firearm violence. Highlighting ARA as a critical public health issue, we will review the epidemiology of ARA, examine connections between ARA and firearm-related deaths, and consider multi-level strategies to prevent ARA and decrease risk for ARA-associated firearm injury and death.

Designed for K-12, dual enrollment, and higher education audiences, this presentation will offer actionable insights to improve well-being and safety for adolescents through evidence-based ARA prevention and response.

In today’s polarized campus climate, college administrators often become the face of institutional accountability, and sometimes, the target of public outrage. This session explores what happens when professionals are canceled, criticized, or threatened for simply doing their jobs. Participants will examine how cancel culture, institutional politics, and social media amplification can cause moral injury and professional trauma for leaders. 

Through storytelling, reflection, and small-group dialogue, attendees will analyze real scenarios in which professionals faced reputational firestorms and identify the strategies that helped them survive and rebuild. Using trauma-informed and restorative frameworks, participants will create a Professional Resilience Plan that integrates principles of safety, trust, collaboration, and empowerment (SAMHSA, 2014). They will also engage in exercises on boundary-setting, ally-building, documentation, and self-advocacy, skills immediately transferable to their supervision, communication, and crisis response practices. 

This session offers a new perspective, shifting the lens from institutional damage control to human recovery. Drawing from Gulati and Palladini’s (2023) research on the long-term professional consequences of cancelation and Herman’s (2015) work on trauma and recovery, the session situates resilience not as passive endurance but as intentional, values-aligned leadership. Additional grounding includes Subramanian et al. (2023) on trauma-informed responses to online harm and Wachtel’s (2016) restorative framework emphasizing repair through relationship. 

Participants will leave with practical tools, shared language, and renewed confidence to lead with integrity under scrutiny, so they can stay standing, grounded, and committed to the work. 

K-12 Title IX investigations are complex, especially when they involve a student with a disability. We explore a case study of a Title IX “criminal sexual contact” complaint against a K-12 student with a disability. We’ll discuss the grievance process from start to finish, including jurisdiction and specific intent issues, balancing special education rights, communication with parents, law enforcement involvement, and investigation techniques for young and/or disabled witnesses. This session offers insight into the unique world K-12 school districts navigate, giving you the tools you need to properly assess and respond to Title IX complaints.

Behavioral Intervention Teams (BITs) are often asked to answer difficult questions about whether someone can remain part of the campus community, but many teams struggle with understanding where the BIT’s role begins and ends.

This session will explore the appropriate scope, authority, and limitations of multidisciplinary BIT practice, with a particular focus on common misconceptions regarding mandated interventions, participation expectations, and removal decisions. 
The session will outline what BITs can and cannot do, including the difference between sharing information to guide interventions versus requiring them. It will cover how mandated assessments fit into the broader institutional process, what interim actions are possible and who owns them, and the distinction between BIT and institutional authority. The session will also explore strategies for effective collaboration to ensure institutions respond in coordinated, legally defensible, and human-centered ways.

Supporting students effectively requires more than empathy and good intentions—it requires intentionality. This session explores how case managers can move beyond relying on instinct and develop a purposeful, evidence-informed approach to helping. Participants will learn practical strategies for structuring student interactions, promoting autonomy, and using the helping relationship as a deliberate tool for student growth and success.

ATIXA and NABITA invite program proposals for their Joint Annual Conference. The Call for Proposals will close on Friday, August 14. Applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection via email by Friday, September 4.

Concurrent sessions are 75 minutes long. If your Concurrent Session is selected, the abstract/learning objectives provided in the application will be included on the event site. Please make sure they clearly convey the objective, theme, and style of the session.

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Explore critical court decisions and regulatory developments shaping the legal and compliance landscape of higher education and K-12. From Title IX to behavioral interventions and other current topics, we’ll cover the complex legal opinions, state laws, and federal regulations that impact you. 

As courts, government agencies, and legislatures continue to shape laws and regulations impacting the education field, sometimes clarifying longstanding questions and sometimes raising new ones, it can be challenging to keep up. This session offers practical 

insights into emerging liability areas for your school, district, or institution, enabling you to understand legal complexities and navigate them with confidence. 

You accepted the role. You’ve attended training sessions and are now certified to be a Title IX Professional. 

You thought you understood. And then…the incidents start rolling in. 

This session is designed to help K-12 Title IX Professionals as they navigate the complex legal requirements of Title IX in real-life K-12 situations – from athletics complaints to peeking over stalls to dating violence and sexual assaults at school. The presenters will provide their list of the “Top 10 Things” every Title IX Professional needs to know to effectively handle Title IX compliance in the K-12 settings, incoming reports, and appropriate response efforts.  

Participants will receive practical, accessible tips for determining how to effectively apply their Title IX training to reported incidents (i.e., does this fit the definition of TIX sexual harassment?; do I have jurisdiction?; could it be sex-based discrimination?; and what’s next in the Title IX investigative process?). The session will also highlight the precise language to use in conversations with students, parents, school administrators, and employees; effective K-12 supportive measures; and the importance of remaining neutral when the parties to a complaint are your neighbors’ kids. 

Attendees will participate in hypothetical situations that will help develop strategies for addressing all types of Title IX reports, implementing supportive measures, responding to concerns of retaliation, and maintaining strong documentation practices. 

High-stakes intervention conversations often begin with concern, urgency, limited choice, and real accountability already in the room. When that pressure is present, people may push back, shut down, agree too quickly, or leave without a clear next step. In those moments, engagement is not the same as compliance; engagement is active participation that makes meaningful behavior change possible. 

This session offers a practical way to think and respond when conversations become difficult to carry. Participants will learn how to recognize what the moment needs, reduce unhelpful assumptions, and use MI-consistent strategies, including an ask–offer–ask structure, to support clarity, ownership, boundaries, and next steps while maintaining care, accountability, and safety. 

The NABITA 2026 Survey results are in! Every two years, NABITA conducts a comprehensive survey to collect data on emerging practices in team operations, membership, risk assessment, leadership, intervention, and more. The results help team members and administrators compare their practices with peers and align with national best practices. This presentation will share key data and highlight trends to help teams shape their behavioral intervention approach.

When someone says they feel threatened, their concern deserves attention and care. But for effective prevention, it’s also necessary to assess the situation. Is there an actual threat? What is driving the fear? What is the level of risk? And what is the most helpful response? 

This session explores the crucial difference between feeling threatened and being threatened. Participants will learn how fear, perception, context, and behavior shape these situations and how to respond with compassion, fairness, and thoughtful assessment. 

Aligning behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) with multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), such as positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS), can help schools create more comprehensive and proactive approaches to prevention and intervention. Through purposeful alignment, BTAM programs can work in conjunction with existing student support programs to promote safe, supportive school climates, enhance social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health supports, and facilitate early identification for early intervention. This session will highlight how aligning BTAM with MTSS/PBIS positions schools and districts to proactively support students whose behavior raises concerns about risk of harm to self or others. A case study of a young student attacker will be featured to demonstrate the importance of a united approach for proactive support.

This session explores how universities can respond to bias incidents, campus conflict, and civil rights concerns while balancing Title VI obligations, academic freedom, and institutional values. Drawing on his experience as the creator and a co-director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Office of Religious and Ethnic Interests, the presentation highlights practical approaches to crisis response, stakeholder engagement, policy implementation, and trust-building across diverse campus communities.

These sessions provide attendees with an opportunity to have topical, informal conversations with experts and peers about current trends and practices. Topics will include:

• Impact of Disability on Title IX and Behavioral Intervention Teams (BIT)
• Tech-Related Process Efficiency in BIT/Title IX/Case Management
• Burnout and Self-Care
• Improving Reporting and Referral Culture
• Technology and Case Management Systems
• Assessing Internal Programs
• Prevention Education Programming
• Working with Minors
• Building Collaborative Partnerships
• Supporting Students with Essential Needs
• K-12 Concerns
• Managing Employee Behavior

ATIXA and NABITA invite program proposals for their Joint Annual Conference. The Call for Proposals will close on Friday, August 14. Applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection via email by Friday, September 4.

Concurrent sessions are 75 minutes long. If your Concurrent Session is selected, the abstract/learning objectives provided in the application will be included on the event site. Please make sure they clearly convey the objective, theme, and style of the session.

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Despite clear protections under Title IX, pregnant students continue to experience significant barriers in higher education. Faculty may play a critical role in shaping these students’ experiences and connecting them to essential resources. However, limited research exists on how faculty understand their responsibilities, their knowledge of Title IX pregnancy protections, and how they respond when a student discloses a pregnancy. 

This session presents findings from an exploratory study examining faculty attitudes, role perceptions, legal knowledge, and lived experiences with undergraduate pregnancy disclosures. The findings presented will be foundational to university strategies to empower faculty to better support pregnant undergraduate students.   

By the end of this session, participants will be able to describe the current landscape of faculty attitudes and understandings regarding their role in supporting pregnant undergraduates, as well as typical faculty responses to pregnancy disclosures. Participants will also be able to identify key gaps in faculty knowledge of Title IX pregnancy protections and recommend actionable strategies to improve compliance, communication, and student support. 

Name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals, third party collectives, and local sponsorship campaigns are reshaping K-12 and higher education athletics faster than Title IX administrators can keep up. As more states authorize NIL opportunities for high school students and external entities begin to shape who gets paid, when, and how, institutions face emerging risks of sex based inequities and hostile environment concerns that fall squarely within Title IX, even when agreements are “off book” or signed with third parties. 

This session will unpack how NIL, school-brokered arrangements, and donor-driven sponsorships can create de facto disparities in opportunities, benefits, and publicity between men’s and women’s programs, and how those disparities intersect with the traditional participation and benefits framework, including the Three-Part Test. Using higher ed and K-12 hypotheticals, we will analyze common pressure points: booster-controlled collectives that heavily favor high-revenue men’s sports, school-facilitated deals that overlook parallel women’s teams, and donor conditions that push schools toward non-equitable, sex-based differentials. 

Participants will leave with practical tools to integrate NIL into their existing equity work rather than treating it as a separate universe. We will walk through checklists and sample questions for adding NIL to climate and risk assessments, athletics compliance surveys, and gender equity reviews; strategies for partnering with athletics, general counsel, compliance, and development; and approaches to policy language and Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with collectives and sponsors that clarify institutional responsibilities, reporting and referral pathways, and expectations for nondiscrimination and harassment prevention. 

Higher education institutions must increasingly reconcile two commitments that can appear to be in tension: protecting academic freedom and maintaining environments free from unlawful harassment and discrimination. This session examines the ever-shifting landscape at the intersection of these obligations, with particular attention to how colleges and universities assess speech, pedagogy, research, and expressive conduct that may generate complaints of hostile environment. 

This training will explore how to respond to concerns without undermining principles of free inquiry and shared governance. Through hypothetical case studies and discussion of recent developments in law and policy, participants will analyze recurring challenges involving classroom speech, controversial scholarship, invited speakers, social media activity, and competing claims of harm and expression. 

It will focus on practical strategies for evaluating complaints, distinguishing protected expression from conduct that may create a legally actionable hostile environment, communicating institutional responses, and partnering across campus functions to support both compliance and academic mission. Participants will leave with a stronger framework for navigating these complex situations consistently, thoughtfully, and in alignment with institutional values and legal obligations. 

Colleges and universities are seeing increasing numbers of students with chronic medical and behavioral health concerns that require coordinated, ongoing support. This session examines the intersection of Disability Support Services (DSS), Behavioral Intervention Teams (BIT), and Student Conduct in responding to students whose needs may involve accommodations, safety concerns, academic disruption, or complex care coordination. These challenges may include issues of voluntary or involuntary leave of absence.   

Participants will explore strategies for balancing student access and inclusion with institutional responsibilities, as well as challenges related to due process and discrimination. Through discussion and case-based examples, attendees will identify best practices for collaboration, communication, and individualized support planning for students with persistent or escalating concerns. This session is designed for higher education professionals seeking practical approaches to fostering student success, reducing barriers, and supporting student well-being within multidisciplinary campus systems. 

When a respondent remains in the community, behavior change is the goal. Instilling that behavior change across cultures, disabilities, and other differences in background is challenging at best and can exacerbate harm and institutional risk at worst. This session will provide a toolkit for creating sanctions that balance a respondent’s individual learning needs with the institution’s priorities for consistency and effectiveness.

As reports of student concerns continue to increase in complexity and volume, effective triage and case assignment are critical to ensuring timely, coordinated, and appropriate responses. This session examines best practices for evaluating incoming referrals, determining levels of concern, prioritizing interventions, and assigning cases based on expertise, capacity, and risk factors. Participants will leave with practical tools to improve case flow and strengthen their institution’s response process.

Mandated assessments can be an important tool for Behavioral Intervention Teams (BITs) responding to elevated concerns, but many institutions struggle with when and how to use them effectively. This session will explore the full mandated assessment process, including how teams determine when an assessment is appropriate, how to operationalize the process, and how to interpret and apply the results to support safety planning and case management. 

Participants will gain practical guidance on process development, communication, documentation, and collaboration with campus partners. The session will also address common pitfalls, including selecting the wrong assessment, unclear expectations, and role confusion, while offering strategies to avoid them.  

ATIXA and NABITA invite program proposals for their Joint Annual Conference. The Call for Proposals will close on Friday, August 14. Applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection via email by Friday, September 4.

Concurrent sessions are 75 minutes long. If your Concurrent Session is selected, the abstract/learning objectives provided in the application will be included on the event site. Please make sure they clearly convey the objective, theme, and style of the session.

Click here to view more details, a list of topics ATIXA and NABITA are seeking, and to submit your application.

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ATIXA and NABITA invite program proposals for their Joint Annual Conference. The Call for Proposals will close on Friday, August 14. Applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection via email by Friday, September 4.

Concurrent sessions are 75 minutes long. If your Concurrent Session is selected, the abstract/learning objectives provided in the application will be included on the event site. Please make sure they clearly convey the objective, theme, and style of the session.

Click here to view more details, a list of topics ATIXA and NABITA are seeking, and to submit your application.

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In our annual signature plenary, TNG’s Partners will examine the state of the field for both ATIXA and NABITA, analyze recent legal and compliance developments over the past year, and provide insight as to what lies ahead. We’ll explore strategies to help you anticipate and navigate the far-reaching trends emerging from the federal executive branch and agencies, Congress, and the courts.

Whether you work in K-12 or higher education, you are likely challenged by varying expectations, political pressures, immigration enforcement, discrimination concerns, student and employee wellness, geopolitical tensions, and economic vicissitudes. Increased attention to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, shifting expectations surrounding Title IX, gender equity in athletics, and the trans community, and increasingly complex safety risks and threats have presented both new challenges and new opportunities for our field. TNG has diligently monitored these changes and will share insights to help your school, district, or institution adapt effectively.

Join us for TNG’s always lively take on the events shaping our field, along with practical guidance to help you meet this moment with confidence. There’s plenty to cover from 2026, and the year isn’t over yet. Let’s round up what has transpired and collaboratively plan for what lies ahead.

Expand your coordination role to explore policy implementation, systemic response, and proactive strategies that address equity, inclusion, and broader sex discrimination issues across the institution.

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Refine your investigative practice with advanced techniques for interviewing, assessing credibility, and writing reports. This course will enhance your analytical skills and teach you to produce clear, defensible investigation reports that support institutional decisions and withstand scrutiny.

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Build foundational skills for investigating discrimination based on race, color, and national origin. Participants learn procedures, evidence collection, and Title VI compliance requirements.

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Expand your coordination role to explore policy implementation, systemic response, and proactive strategies that address equity, inclusion, and broader sex discrimination issues across the institution.

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Refine your investigative practice with advanced techniques for interviewing, assessing credibility, and writing reports. This course will enhance your analytical skills and teach you to produce clear, defensible investigation reports that support institutional decisions and withstand scrutiny.

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Learn more about this certification course.

Build foundational skills for investigating discrimination based on race, color, and national origin. Participants learn procedures, evidence collection, and Title VI compliance requirements.

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Strengthen your analytical skills for K-12 investigations. This course teaches participants how to document findings, structure reports, assess credibility, and clearly articulate conclusions that align with policy, law, and best practices in education.

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Enhance your ability to support individuals of concern through targeted interventions. This course focuses on developing response strategies, coordinating resources, and applying structured approaches that promote safety, well-being, and successful outcomes.

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Develop expertise in structured violence risk assessment. This course introduces the SIVRA tool and guides participants through research-based questioning techniques that support accurate, comprehensive risk evaluations.

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Learn to navigate complex cases that involve multiple departments. This workshop explores collaboration between BIT, student conduct, and disability services. Participants will learn how to align processes, reduce departmental silos, and deliver coordinated, student-centered responses.

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