Meet Morgan’s Camp staff who dedicate their time and expertise towards making camping an accessible activity for people of all abilities. Learn about the Morgan’s Camp mission, Fort Challenge, Spur Ranch, and Stockyards, all made ‘Ultra-Accessible’ through the development of adaptive equipment and techniques. Be inspired to open the outdoors to all people, regardless of their physical, cognitive, or emotional fitness.

Registration: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/texaschildreninnaturenetwork/accessibility-comes-first-at-morgan-s-camp

Webinar with Nicole Thurrell, Institute for Wild Med

In this highly engaging webinar, participants will come to understand the various states of nervous system dysregulation that children and adults alike can experience in and out of the field - especially those states which prevent engagement, learning, and prosocial behavior. Participants will walk away with a toolkit of interventions for prevention, response, and stabilization. All tools can easily be utilized in a nature-based environment and most require little to no supplies other than ourselves and nature!

This course will bring you the very best of what is known about nervous system regulation and how we can bring our best, most resilient selves to the world and support others as they face adversity.

This course is taught by Nicole Thurrell of Institute for Wild Med. She is the recipient of the Massachusetts Award for Excellence in Science Education. She is a passionate educator who loves turning people on to strategies for caring more skillfully for their fellow human beings. She has degrees in Psychology and Recreation Therapy from UNC and has been a Wilderness EMT since 2001. Nicole has decades of experience working in many aspects of wilderness therapy, including expedition leader, health director, and director of admissions. Whether it was leading adventures on the water, on land, or in the air, Nicole has done it all. She has been an adventure racer, a raft guide, high ropes facilitator, a clinician for kids with Autism, a Waldorf high school teacher, and a mom.

Webinar with Joel Romo, Texana Public Affairs

“Understanding advocacy that will impact the mission of a nonprofit requires knowing the resources that are available to you. Resources such as volunteers, stories, partnerships and overall mission of your organization, learn how to leverage your nonprofit’s voice at the local, state or federal level with the resources you have. Joel Romo will walk you through the advocacy pipeline and help your nonprofit advance their goals and objectives and most of all have a seat at the decision making table.”

Registration: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/texaschildreninnaturenetwork/advocacy-for-impact-amplifying-your-nonprofit-s-voice

Webinar with Josie Gutierrez and Jeanette Honermann

Latino Outdoors San Antonio's sunset nature journaling series invites community members to slow down along the San Antonio River pairing silent walking with monthly journaling themes and space for group reflection.

Attendees will leave with a clear model for designing low-barrier, restorative outdoor programming that removes cost and skill as obstacles to nature access; a set of facilitation practices including grounding exercises, silent walking, guided journaling prompts, and reflection circles that can be adapted to their own organizations; and a felt sense, through a short live immersive moment built into the webinar, of why and how unstructured, unhurried time outdoors resonates so strongly across different life stages and backgrounds.

Registration: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/texaschildreninnaturenetwork/slowing-down-by-the-river-a-nature-journaling-story

Looking to bring hands-on, real-world applications to your formal environmental science lessons? Join Jill Zipperer, a Texas State University Biology PhD Candidate, former classroom teacher, and Board Member of the Informal Science Education Association of Texas, for this one hour webinar that focuses on bridging the gap between formal and informal science using standards. The session will center around the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, with brief discussions of NGSS and other types of standards. Using the Texas Natural Resource Environmental Literacy Plan as a guide, participants will learn about the importance of bridging the depth of formal education with the breadth of informal lessons. The webinar will include an in-depth explanation of how to break down standards, understand key terminology, differentiate between process skills and content standards, and identify possible correlations to hands-on environmental science lessons. Participants in this interactive workshop will leave with tangible ideas and takeaways for how to create new and build upon existing lessons in order to promote in-depth environmental science education experiences for K-12 students.

Registration: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/texaschildreninnaturenetwork/using-state-standards-to-connect-formal-informal-science

Join The Parents Climate Community, Get There ATX, and Austin Independent School District (AISD) staff for an inspiring and practical conversation about Austin’s growing Bike Bus movement—a community-driven initiative where students ride to school together along a set route, picking up classmates like a bus would, but on bikes. This webinar highlights how Bike Buses are helping students build safe cycling habits, gain independence, and confidently navigate their neighborhoods to reach parks, greenbelts, playgrounds, and schools.

We’ll walk through the process of starting a Bike Bus at your own school—what works, what’s challenging, and how to build a supportive community around it. AISD teachers and local partners will share real-world experiences, tips for practicing with students,and insights into collaborating with city programs and school communities. Whether you’re a parent, educator, or community advocate, you’ll leave with actionable steps to help bring a Bike Bus to life.

Registration: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/texaschildreninnaturenetwork/bike-buses-for-confident-kids-active-communities

Webinar with Allen Cooper, Kestrel Insights

Building Thriving, High Performing Teams will teach core concepts and practices that teams need to excel. Participants will learn the essential role of shared commitments for high-performing teams, and how to create psychological safety, cultivate a culture of learning, and align around clear goals, roles, and decision rights. The module combines brief evidence‑based inputs with hands-on practice, case analysis, and action planning so that participants leave with concrete commitments and tools they can implement immediately to boost collaboration and improve team performance.

Designed for organization and team leaders and members committed to real, lasting change, the workshop is highly interactive.

Registration: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/texaschildreninnaturenetwork/building-thriving-high-performing-teams

Webinar With David Wyatt, Shield Ranch

Those of us working in nature youth development can easily get the sense that what it takes and the benefits of our mission are self-evident... when in reality we're often battling misperceptions and distraction from the stakeholders whose cooperation we need. Storytelling is the best way to understand and to make ourselves understood, yet all too often, we wait until the end of the day or when the annual report comes around to share our powerful words and images. In fact, our teams have expertise and insights that journalists need year-round! This session provides practical explanations, guidance, and hacks for successfully communicating internally, with journalists, partners, donors, the public, and our bosses.

Registration: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/texaschildreninnaturenetwork/storytelling-is-a-survival-skill

Webinar with Megan Peveto, SLP

Outdoor environments offer rich opportunities for communication—but many children need intentional support to fully engage in these experiences. This session focuses on building functional communication in outdoor settings to increase inclusion and participation for children with diverse communication needs.

Participants will examine language development and the multiple ways children communicate, and why functional, effective communication is the top priority when encouraging development.

Additionally, this session will explore how language and communication development naturally occur during play, exploration, and shared outdoor routines, and how these moments can be used to support a child’s development in meaningful, functional ways. The session will highlight how to recognize and create communication opportunities across a variety of outdoor settings, including playgrounds, outdoor classrooms, and everyday transitions.

Attendees will learn practical, low-prep strategies to support communication, including visual supports, scaffolding, modeling, and simple environmental adjustments. Emphasis will be placed on embedding these supports into real-life contexts to reduce frustration, increase engagement, and promote independence.