Youth Connect

Youth Connect 2026 Education Forum brings together Mike Dyson, Kristi McVee and Kate Keisler for a powerful, in-person professional learning day for educators. Explore high impact teaching strategies, understand how online and offline risks affect student learning, and build regulation skills that strengthen classroom engagement. This fully catered event includes practical, classroom-ready tools, expert insights, PD certification and access to post-event resources. Friday 18 September 2026 | Hectorville Sports Club Featuring Three Dynamic Keynote Voices: Kristi McVee - Understanding Online & Offline Risk Kristi provides essential insight into the landscape that young people navigate both on and offline — and what that means for engagement, behaviour and learning. You’ll gain: ✔ Clarity on the common types of online abuse ✔ Understanding of grooming behaviours and red flags ✔ Tools for age-appropriate, empowering conversations ✔ Insight into how risk shows up in school life Kristi connects this knowledge directly to student wellbeing and classroom readiness, helping educators respond with confidence rather than fear. Kate Keisler - Regulation as a Foundation for Learning Kate brings a powerful, strengths-based lens to the heart of teaching: regulation. Her 90-minute session guides educators to: ✔ Understand how stress impacts cognition, behaviour & engagement ✔ Apply practical self-regulation strategies ✔ Build resilience in both themselves and their students ✔ Create calmer, more connected learning environments This isn’t self-care fluff — it’s high-impact nervous system literacy for sustainable practice. Mike Dyson A practical experiential workshop on using 2 risk levers to guide student groups on a conversational journey from low risk reflection to open, honest group conversations • Conversations on how teachers can build better relationships with boys. What boys need and our inner resistance. • How to apply this throughout schools - from classrooms, to co-curricular, to immersive experiences, to everyday interactions.