Unlocking Learning Potential for Students Who Struggle to Learn:
Time, Talent, and Treasure
November 13-15, 2025 - Virtual
Registration closes November 6th
Sharpen Your Skills
Network With The Best
Get Refreshed & Inspired
Conference Overview
Day One: Keynotes & Breakouts
Join us at NILD’s 2025 Conference as we explore what it means to truly unlock learning potential for students who struggle to learn. This year’s theme—Time, Talent, and Treasure—invites educational therapists to reflect on the art of timely intervention and the irreplaceable roles of relationship, mediated learning, and questioning in the learning journey. Through engaging sessions and practical strategies, you’ll learn how to steward both Chronos and Kairos moments to meet students where they are, and how the educator-student connection serves as the foundation for trust, growth, and lasting change.
Day Two: Optional Workshops
If you are an educational therapist and want to deepen your skills, this day is for you! For this in-person training, you can choose between "GeoClock: Fundamentals" or "Spelling: Linking Reading and Writing."
Day One | Nov 1st: Conference Keynotes & Breakout Sessions
Attend in person or Purchase a Replay of the Keynotes - $279
Unlocking Learning Potential for Students Who Struggle to Learn: Time, Talent, and Treasure
Time: Chronos and Kairos in Learning Interventions
Educational therapists must learn to steward both kinds of time. Balancing efficiency with sensitivity involves mastering the art of being timely without being rushed and prepared without being rigid. Capturing Chronos plus Kairos moments when a student is open to insight, growth, or a mindset shift is at the heart of impactful intervention.
Talent: Art and Science of Precision Instruction
Educational therapists must bring both their skill and discernment to bear through mediated learning, Socratic questioning, and teaching students metacognitive strategies. It's not just knowing what to mediate but how and when to mediate through diagnosing errors in thinking and responding and adapting strategies to fit the student's cognitive and emotional profile.
Treasure: Power and Purpose of Educator-Student Relationship
The most valuable—and often underestimated resource in educational intervention is relationship. The educational therapist-student relationship is not peripheral; it is foundational. It is in this relational space that trust is built, risk-taking is encouraged, and meaningful engagement becomes possible.
Day Two | Nov 2nd: Optional Workshops
Pick from one of the options below
Search & Teach (2 Day) | November 13 & 15 | $710
The Search & Teach Workshop prepares educators of early learners (K–2) to identify and support students at risk for future learning challenges through a proven, preventive approach. Participants learn to administer SEARCH, a 20-minute screening tool that pinpoints foundational skill gaps, and implement TEACH, a set of 55 individualized learning tasks that strengthen pre-reading and cognitive readiness. Developed by Drs. Archie Silver and Rosa Hagin and backed by decades of research, Search & Teach has trained nearly 1,000 educators nationwide. This two-day workshop equips teachers to deliver early intervention that reduces frustration and builds a foundation for reading success.
Executive Functions Workshop (1/2 Day) | November 15 | $425
Many students struggle academically and behaviorally because of underdeveloped Executive Function (EF) skills, which affect focus, organization, memory, and self-regulation. This workshop equips educators to assess EF needs and coach students in building strategies such as goal setting, planning, sustaining attention, flexible thinking, and impulse control. Research shows EF is more predictive of success than IQ, yet it is rarely explicitly taught. Participants will gain both a deeper understanding of EF and practical ways to embed instruction and practice into daily routines—boosting student outcomes, motivation, and lifelong learning skills.
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"The allotted for each presentation was great. The speakers provided some points of insight and great ideas to implement during sessions. Having speakers who are leaders in their field and bring a wealth of knowledge are greatly appreciated."
"Being an independent NILD educational therapist gives me flexibility in my schedule, but I also love being able to connect with people at the conferences."
"You feel like you're in a family when you go to conferences. The ladies are very sisterly. You can count on them to have really great ideas, plus they are willing to share."
"The sessions were topics I'd been wanting to learn more about for a while."
"I went to the conference in November. It was amazing, restorative and inspired me to leave my job to do NILD Educational Therapy on my own."
"NILD conferences are great. You get introduced to new ideas from NILD, plus learn how other educational therapists are using the tools and methodologies in their therapy practices."
"Conference was exactly what I needed and met many specific needs as a therapist."
"I have gained a better understanding of effective EF coaching and how to better support my students and fellow educators."