Sessions of 2026 Connection Conference: Elise Heger
Dr. Heger, Elise, Ed. D.
Associate Researcher
University of Kansas
Dr. Elise Heger has worked in the field of education for 25 years. She has served as a classroom teacher, building administrator, and district administrator. Dr. Heger’s research focuses on instructional strategies that support social-emotional learning and result in increased academic learning. She provides professional development to support educators in implementing social-emotional competencies and focuses her research on implementation of an instructional coaching model designed to provide personalized, on-site support to educators implementing intrapersonal and interpersonal competency instruction schoolwide.
Sessions:
[5476] Teaching Students to Self-Regulate
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Loews Ventana Canyon
- Education and Training
- School Counseling
Is it difficult for your students to stay focused and avoid distractions? Do they struggle with managing their emotions or effectively planning how to complete a task? Self-regulation instruction and practice can help students learn to break down tasks, minimize emotional reactions to challenges, and improve their ability to sustain attention. By learning and practicing self-regulation, students improve their academic success and advance their success in postsecondary endeavors. The College & Career Competencies Project, in partnership with ADE, supports educators in developing self-regulation in their students. In this session, participants will learn research-based Self-Regulation Strategies and practice using the Self-Regulation Performance-Based Observation, a tool for monitoring students’ growth in self-regulation. By attending this session, participants will gain access to free resources to support their self-regulation instruction, like student videos, instructional activities, assessments, individual student supports resources, and family engagement materials.
