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The Schedule · Day 01

Understand • Regulate • Repair

Wednesday, November 18 · Conrad Los Angeles

7:30 – 9:00 AMRegistration & Connection (registration open until 3:00 PM)
9:00 – 10:30 AMOpening Keynote: Restoration Has an Order: Regulation Before Reflection in a Dysregulated AgeCarlos Arroyo Alvarez · LAIRP
10:30 – 11:00 AMCoffee & Transition
11:00 AM – 12:00 PMBreakout Block A — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Charné Tunson

    Dignity, Not Compliance: Culturally Responsive Approaches to Student BehaviorAmygdala

  • Viana Torres Rodriguez

    Find the Gold Already on Your Campus: The LAIRP Student Leadership Model for Peer-Driven ChangeInsula

  • John Vandenburgh

    Belonging, Connection & Attendance: Using Student Voice and Youth Participatory Action Research to Bring Students BackCingulate

  • Paul Carrillo

    Before the Next Lockdown: What Violence Interrupters Know About Stopping Gun Violence in Our SchoolsOrbitofrontal

  • Natalie Walters

    PIVOT – a Spotlight on Your Restorative Well-BeingPrefrontal

12:15 – 1:30 PMLunch (provided by Chef José Andrés's kitchen at San Laurel)Lunch provided
1:45 – 2:45 PMBreakout Block B — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Candice Dagnino

    The Regulated Leader: Why School Safety Starts in the Principal's Nervous SystemAmygdala

  • Sarah Manchanda, Ph.D. · Samantha Avalos

    Responding to Identity-Based Harm: Centering Safety, Belonging, and Repair for Multiple Marginalized StudentsInsula

  • Brittany Domenick

    When the Whole Room Is Dysregulated: The Neuroscience of Psychological Safety for Students, Teachers & BystandersCingulate

  • Maia Akiva

    Going on a Date with Yourself – The Creative Brain: Research-Based Writing for Regulation, Connection & RepairOrbitofrontal

  • Karina Vich

    CALMER De-Escalation: Trading Tier 1 Consequences for the Neurobiology of RegulationPrefrontal

2:45 – 3:15 PMCoffee Break / Social
3:15 – 4:15 PMBreakout Block C — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Dr. Cindy Guardado

    Embedded for a Year: Building System Cohesion and Psychological Safety in Dysregulated School CulturesAmygdala

  • Dave Trejo · Cesar Delgado

    Three Referrals, One System FailureInsula

  • Carlos Guillen

    Suspend or Support? Dealing with Highly At-Promise, “At-Risk” Male StudentsCingulate

  • Dr. Daisy Gomez

    Safer Together: The Neuroscience of Psychological Safety, Trust & Restorative CommunicationOrbitofrontal

  • Ashley Lucchesi

    Belonging, Connection & Attendance: Why Students Show Up for PeoplePrefrontal

4:30 – 5:30 PMSocial Hour / Connection

Speakers with every session · rooms in small caps · tnarc.org

November 18–19, 2026TNARC.ORG

Slide 1 — Day 01

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The Schedule · Day 02

From Evidence to Action

Thursday, November 19 · Conrad Los Angeles

7:30 – 9:00 AMRegistration / Coffee / Connection
9:15 – 10:15 AMBreakout Block D — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Zazil Rojas · Parent Voices

    Who Still Feels Safe Walking In? Auditing Family Outreach with Right Brain Parenting When Immigrant Families Live in FearAmygdala

  • Ruth Cusick, J.D. · Carlos Valle

    The Discipline Gap After Restorative Justice: Why Disparities Can Survive ReformInsula

  • Cassandra Villa, Ph.D.

    Seen, Valued & Understood: Culturally Responsive Belonging Built on Love, Accountability & a VillageCingulate

  • Who We Are: A LAIRP Brotherhood Initiative

    Boys in Crisis, Who Are We? A 4-Week Pilot Pairing First-Gen College Men with Young Men of ColorOrbitofrontal

  • Dr. William Pulgarin

    Raised by Chatbots: Character Education in a World Powered by AIPrefrontal

10:35 – 11:35 AMBreakout Block E — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Ana Amador

    Restorative Healing in the Wake of Violence: Helping Communities Process HarmAmygdala

  • Carlos Somoza

    Regulate Through the Beat: Hip Hop as a Right-Brain Pathway to Regulation, Connection & RepairInsula

  • Jennifer Anaya Sanchez · Dr. William Pulgarin · Brittany Domenick

    Who Feels Left Out? Mapping and Rebuilding Belonging with the P3 Student Connection ToolCingulate

  • Adriana Silva

    The Return Is the Intervention: LAIRP's Suspension & Expulsion Re-Entry Protocol (Template Included)Orbitofrontal

  • Verenice Silva

    From Testing Room to Restorative Team: The School Psychologist's Role in Regulation-First SchoolsPrefrontal

11:55 AM – 1:10 PMBrunch — sponsored by Care4LA & ConvivoCare for LA brunch
1:30 – 2:30 PMBreakout Block F — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Nicole Flores Rojas · Dámariz Vásquez

    Healing-Centered Engagement: Communities Carrying Historical HarmAmygdala

  • Dr. Cindy Guardado · Jennifer Anaya Sanchez

    The Infrastructure That Holds: Aligning Data, Systems & Best Practices So Restorative Practice and Belonging LastInsula

  • Lauren Schneider, MSW, LCSW · Carolyn Christ, LMFT

    Grief Comes to School: Supporting Students and Staff After LossCingulate

  • Stanley J. Huey, Jr., Ph.D. · Janus Wong

    USC PCT Peer Relationship Model StudyOrbitofrontal

  • Randell Erving Jr.

    Unlock the Future: Digital Consciousness and Human IntelligencePrefrontal

2:30 – 2:50 PMCoffee & Transition
2:50 – 4:00 PMClosing Panel: Everyone Has a Role: How LA County Is Mobilizing Communities, Schools & the Arts to Prevent Youth SuicideLASPN Co-Chairs

Speakers with every session · rooms in small caps · tnarc.org

November 18–19, 2026TNARC.ORG

Slide 2 — Day 02

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The Program

Two days. 30 sessions.

6 breakout blocks · 5 concurrent rooms per block

30

Breakout sessions

6

Blocks · 5 rooms each

37

Speakers & presenters

2

Days in Los Angeles

Six breakout blocks, every session led by a practitioner.

Blocks A, B and C run on Day 01; Blocks D, E and F on Day 02. Each session lists its speakers and the room it runs in.

RoomsAmygdalaInsulaCingulateOrbitofrontalPrefrontal

Who should attend

Educators and teachers · School and district leaders · Counselors and school psychologists · Restorative practitioners · Researchers · Community organizations · Mental health professionals · Youth-serving professionals

Register for TNARC 2026

Restore. Reconnect. Transform.

November 18–19, 2026 · Conrad Los Angeles

tnarc.org →

Register at TNARC.ORGTNARC.ORG

Slide 3 — Program & registration

TNARC 2026TNARC / 2026
01 / 03

The Schedule · Day 01

Understand • Regulate • Repair

Wednesday, November 18 · Conrad Los Angeles

7:30 – 9:00 AMRegistration & Connection (registration open until 3:00 PM)
9:00 – 10:30 AMOpening Keynote: Restoration Has an Order: Regulation Before Reflection in a Dysregulated AgeCarlos Arroyo Alvarez · LAIRP
10:30 – 11:00 AMCoffee & Transition
11:00 AM – 12:00 PMBreakout Block A — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Charné Tunson

    Dignity, Not Compliance: Culturally Responsive Approaches to Student BehaviorAmygdala

  • Viana Torres Rodriguez

    Find the Gold Already on Your Campus: The LAIRP Student Leadership Model for Peer-Driven ChangeInsula

  • John Vandenburgh

    Belonging, Connection & Attendance: Using Student Voice and Youth Participatory Action Research to Bring Students BackCingulate

  • Paul Carrillo

    Before the Next Lockdown: What Violence Interrupters Know About Stopping Gun Violence in Our SchoolsOrbitofrontal

  • Natalie Walters

    PIVOT – a Spotlight on Your Restorative Well-BeingPrefrontal

12:15 – 1:30 PMLunch (provided by Chef José Andrés's kitchen at San Laurel)Lunch provided
1:45 – 2:45 PMBreakout Block B — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Candice Dagnino

    The Regulated Leader: Why School Safety Starts in the Principal's Nervous SystemAmygdala

  • Sarah Manchanda, Ph.D. · Samantha Avalos

    Responding to Identity-Based Harm: Centering Safety, Belonging, and Repair for Multiple Marginalized StudentsInsula

  • Brittany Domenick

    When the Whole Room Is Dysregulated: The Neuroscience of Psychological Safety for Students, Teachers & BystandersCingulate

  • Maia Akiva

    Going on a Date with Yourself – The Creative Brain: Research-Based Writing for Regulation, Connection & RepairOrbitofrontal

  • Karina Vich

    CALMER De-Escalation: Trading Tier 1 Consequences for the Neurobiology of RegulationPrefrontal

2:45 – 3:15 PMCoffee Break / Social
3:15 – 4:15 PMBreakout Block C — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Dr. Cindy Guardado

    Embedded for a Year: Building System Cohesion and Psychological Safety in Dysregulated School CulturesAmygdala

  • Dave Trejo · Cesar Delgado

    Three Referrals, One System FailureInsula

  • Carlos Guillen

    Suspend or Support? Dealing with Highly At-Promise, “At-Risk” Male StudentsCingulate

  • Dr. Daisy Gomez

    Safer Together: The Neuroscience of Psychological Safety, Trust & Restorative CommunicationOrbitofrontal

  • Ashley Lucchesi

    Belonging, Connection & Attendance: Why Students Show Up for PeoplePrefrontal

4:30 – 5:30 PMSocial Hour / Connection

Speakers with every session · rooms in small caps · tnarc.org

November 18–19, 2026TNARC.ORG
TNARC 2026TNARC / 2026
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The Schedule · Day 02

From Evidence to Action

Thursday, November 19 · Conrad Los Angeles

7:30 – 9:00 AMRegistration / Coffee / Connection
9:15 – 10:15 AMBreakout Block D — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Zazil Rojas · Parent Voices

    Who Still Feels Safe Walking In? Auditing Family Outreach with Right Brain Parenting When Immigrant Families Live in FearAmygdala

  • Ruth Cusick, J.D. · Carlos Valle

    The Discipline Gap After Restorative Justice: Why Disparities Can Survive ReformInsula

  • Cassandra Villa, Ph.D.

    Seen, Valued & Understood: Culturally Responsive Belonging Built on Love, Accountability & a VillageCingulate

  • Who We Are: A LAIRP Brotherhood Initiative

    Boys in Crisis, Who Are We? A 4-Week Pilot Pairing First-Gen College Men with Young Men of ColorOrbitofrontal

  • Dr. William Pulgarin

    Raised by Chatbots: Character Education in a World Powered by AIPrefrontal

10:35 – 11:35 AMBreakout Block E — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Ana Amador

    Restorative Healing in the Wake of Violence: Helping Communities Process HarmAmygdala

  • Carlos Somoza

    Regulate Through the Beat: Hip Hop as a Right-Brain Pathway to Regulation, Connection & RepairInsula

  • Jennifer Anaya Sanchez · Dr. William Pulgarin · Brittany Domenick

    Who Feels Left Out? Mapping and Rebuilding Belonging with the P3 Student Connection ToolCingulate

  • Adriana Silva

    The Return Is the Intervention: LAIRP's Suspension & Expulsion Re-Entry Protocol (Template Included)Orbitofrontal

  • Verenice Silva

    From Testing Room to Restorative Team: The School Psychologist's Role in Regulation-First SchoolsPrefrontal

11:55 AM – 1:10 PMBrunch — sponsored by Care4LA & ConvivoCare for LA brunch
1:30 – 2:30 PMBreakout Block F — 5 concurrent roomsBreakout

  • Nicole Flores Rojas · Dámariz Vásquez

    Healing-Centered Engagement: Communities Carrying Historical HarmAmygdala

  • Dr. Cindy Guardado · Jennifer Anaya Sanchez

    The Infrastructure That Holds: Aligning Data, Systems & Best Practices So Restorative Practice and Belonging LastInsula

  • Lauren Schneider, MSW, LCSW · Carolyn Christ, LMFT

    Grief Comes to School: Supporting Students and Staff After LossCingulate

  • Stanley J. Huey, Jr., Ph.D. · Janus Wong

    USC PCT Peer Relationship Model StudyOrbitofrontal

  • Randell Erving Jr.

    Unlock the Future: Digital Consciousness and Human IntelligencePrefrontal

2:30 – 2:50 PMCoffee & Transition
2:50 – 4:00 PMClosing Panel: Everyone Has a Role: How LA County Is Mobilizing Communities, Schools & the Arts to Prevent Youth SuicideLASPN Co-Chairs

Speakers with every session · rooms in small caps · tnarc.org

November 18–19, 2026TNARC.ORG
TNARC 2026TNARC / 2026
03 / 03

The Program

Two days. 30 sessions.

6 breakout blocks · 5 concurrent rooms per block

30

Breakout sessions

6

Blocks · 5 rooms each

37

Speakers & presenters

2

Days in Los Angeles

Six breakout blocks, every session led by a practitioner.

Blocks A, B and C run on Day 01; Blocks D, E and F on Day 02. Each session lists its speakers and the room it runs in.

RoomsAmygdalaInsulaCingulateOrbitofrontalPrefrontal

Who should attend

Educators and teachers · School and district leaders · Counselors and school psychologists · Restorative practitioners · Researchers · Community organizations · Mental health professionals · Youth-serving professionals

Register for TNARC 2026

Restore. Reconnect. Transform.

November 18–19, 2026 · Conrad Los Angeles

tnarc.org →

Register at TNARC.ORGTNARC.ORG