7:30-8:30
REGISTRATION :
Terrance Shider, jazz pianist from Hartford Academy of the Arts, will perform
8:30–10:30
Welcome & Keynote:
Overcoming Dyslexia: The Science of Reading
Drs. Sally & Bennett Shaywitz
10:45–12:00
Workshops - Session One
1A | The Development and Identification of Writing Disorders
PART 1, Nicholas Montano
1B | From Struggling Reader to Strategic Reader
Rich O’Brian
1C | Strategies for Helping High-Functioning Persons with Acquired Brain Injury Maintain Employment
Lauri DiGalbo
1D | Provisions, Problems and Possibilities: What We Know Today about the New I.D.E.A.
Dr. Mia Lynn Mercurio, Charles R.A. Morse, Esq.
1E | Exploring the Power of Animals to Teach and Heal
Kate Nicoll, a dog-or two
1F | Job Corps: Connection Between Education and Vocation under Federal Guidelines
Joyce Jackson
1G | Teachers! Ready to Organize for your Class and Students
JoAnne Grabinski
12:15-1:30
Lunch, Networking & Exhibits
1:45-3:00
WORKSHOPS - SESSION TWO
2A | The Development and Identification of Writing Disorders
PART 2, Nicholas Montano
2B | You Mean My Job Options are What!!!??!?
PART 1, Roberta Hurley, Hank Lerner, Randy Prose, Jane Rudner, Charlene Southergill
2C | Jabberwocky: Reading Strategies for ESL Students
Aileen Halloran
2D | AT LAST!! Low Cost and No Cost Solutions to Adaptive Technologies
Joshua Smith
2E | Understanding how the World will Change from Entitlement to Eligibility
Susan Monteleone
2F | Young Adults with ASD and the Transition to Adult Life
PART 1, Marijke Kehrhahn Lois Rosenwald
2G | Jobs First Employment Services Delivery: Linking Service Delivery Structure
To Universal Design Principles
Alice Frechette Johns
3:15-4:30
WORKSHOPS - SESSION THREE
3A | Focus on Fluency:Key Concepts and Class- room Implementation (YMCA Read to Succeed)
Kristin Thole
3B | You Mean My Job Options are What!!!??!?
PART 2, Hank Lerner, Roberta Hurley, Randy Prose, Jane Rudner, Charlene Southergill
3C | Universal Design in Education and Employment Settings
Patricia Anderson
3D | Expressions: “Stumbling Blocks” to Reading and Listening Comprehension
Mark Schmidek
3E | Achieving Success with Assistive Technology
Enrico Melchiorri
3F | Young Adults with ASD and the Transition to Adult Life
PART 2, Marijke Kehrhahn, Lois Rosenwald
3G | What Else Works? Alternative and Complementary Treatments-ADHD
Nina Shea, Cynthia Ambrose, Dr. P. DiFrancesco, Terry DuMais