SEL and Student Well-Being Mini-Conference

April 11, 2025  |  Nashville, Tennessee

The 2025 SEL and Student Well-Being Mini-Conference equips attendees to foster regulation, build empathy, and remove roadblocks to motivation. With the guidance of field experts and network practitioners, this one-day professional learning event explores the impact of perfectionism, social media, and academic pressure on student well-being while providing evidence-based strategies for suicide prevention, anxiety management, self-regulation, and resilience building. Through keynote addresses, breakout sessions, exhibitions, and a mindfulness exercise, the 2025 SEL and Student Well-Being Mini-Conference helps educators create school environments that support student thriving.

    

Pricing: TAIS Members: $185 (Full Day)
Guests: $265 (Full Day)

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Keynote Speaker

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Jessica Meléndez Tyler, Ph.D., LPC-S, BC-TMH, NCC

Jessica Tyler is a licensed professional counselor in Georgia, Alabama, & Tennessee, and as an Associate Professor of the Practice and the Program Director for the Human Development Counseling program at Vanderbilt University, she is dedicated to preparing the next generation of leaders to address complex mental health challenges with ethical integrity and cultural responsiveness.

With fifteen years of experience in clinical practice, counselor supervision, and academic leadership, Dr. Tyler has developed specialized expertise in working with perfectionism, trauma, and resilience among students and clients. Her current research focuses on the intersection of perfectionism and mental health in graduate training, ethical crisis intervention, and digital help-seeking behaviors. She has also been a contributor to The Thoughtful Counselor and the Theory of Change podcasts.

Dr. Tyler’s keynote will provide insights into how perfectionism manifests in students, its impact on mental health and achievement, and how educators and counselors can foster resilience, flexibility, and self-compassion in high-achieving learners. Through a research-informed and engaging approach, she will equip attendees with strategies to support students in overcoming the rigid standards and fear of failure that often accompany perfectionistic tendencies.