2012 Regional Conference - Final Program Working Copy

	Friday April 20, 2012
8:30am-10am	KEYNOTE:  Marilyn Jager Adams Language, Literacy, and the Mind
10am-10:45am	Exhibit Hall Open
10:45am-11:45am	Bobb Darnell 1. How Special Needs Students, their Teachers & Parents win at school. All Audiences	Marcia Henry 2. The Importance of Morphemes for Decoding, Spelling, Fluency & Vocabulary All Audiences		Ellen O'Keefe 3. Successful Transitioning from High School to Postsecondary Education E, P			Ken Campbell 4. Essentials in Reading Fluency - a behavioral perspective All Audiences		Sally Grimes 5. The Nuts & Bolts of Dialogic Reading using Manipulative for PreK to Grade Two P,E,A
11:45am-1pm	Lunch & Exhibit Hall Open
1pm - 2pm	Nancy Telian 6. Turbo charge Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Instruction with Reading with TLC's Lively Letters Workshop E, A, S, P		William Van Cleave 9. Writing for the Core: Understanding the Connection between Common Core Standards & Effective Writing Instruction E		Jan Wasowitz 10. Spelling error analysis: Using assessment data to differentiate word study instruction E, A	Terri Petersen 11. What Exactly is Orton-Gillingham? All Audiences		Marcia Geller 8. Digging into Data E, A		7. Experience Dyslexia: Putting Yourself in the Shoes of an Individual with Learning Disabilities All Audiences
2pm - 3pm			Susan Hall 12. Enhancing Comprehension Instruction with Manipulatives All Audiences		Jennifer Zvi & Merle Holland 13. Counteracting the Failure to Launch All Audiences	Michael Gladstein 14. Executive Functioning: Hands-On Strategies to Improve Writing Achievement All Audiences
3pm - 4pm			Susan Hall 15. Using Colored Chips to Teach Phonics Concepts All Audiences		Tonya Gall & Amanda Fisher 16. Linking Literacy & Technology To Learning All Audiences	Lisa Hannum 17. Knowing the Right Stuff: Getting the Best IEP for Your Child P		Marilyn Jager Adams 18. Text Complexity and the Common Core Standards:  How Words Matter E, A
4pm - 5:30pm	Exhibits and Refreshments

 

 

	Saturday April 21, 2012
8:30am-10am	KEYNOTE:  Maryanne Wolf Implications of an Evolving Reading Brain for Dyslexia and Intervention
10am-10:45am	Exhibit Hall Open
10:45am - 11:45am	Stephanie Gottwald 19. Remediating Reading Fluency Deficits in the Classroom All Audiences	Nancy Telian 20. Irregular Sight Words? Use Humorous Mnemonic, Imagery:  Sight Words You Can See All Audiences		Marcia Henry 21 Samuel Orton & Anna Gillingham: Legend, Lore & Legacy All Audiences		Lisa Hannum 22. Knowing the Right Stuff: Getting the Best IEP for Your Child Parents		Margie Gillis 23. IDA's Knowledge and  Practice Standards for  Teachers of Reading  All Audiences
11:45am-1pm	Lunch & Exhibit Hall Open
1pm - 2pm	David Tilly/Christine Martin 26. RTI: Diagnosing the Learning ENABLED T,A,O		Margie Gillis 27. Closing the Reading Achievement Gap E, A	Ken Campbell 28. Automaticity in Calculation: fluency rates, algorithms and error analysis All	Sally Grimes 25. The Nuts & Bolts of Reading and Planning: A GPS Designed Especially for Administrators P,E,A		CSC Learning 29. Research-Based, Web-Enabled Interventions for Differentiated Instruction All		The Open Forum 24. Come gather with your fellow conference attendees and discuss a wide range of topics, from teacher certifications, IEPs, testing, dyslexia jargon and more.
2pm to 3pm	David Tilly /Christine Martin 32. Progress Monitoring in RTI Systems All		Cinthia Haan 30. Leveraging Literacy Legislation for a Literate Nation All Audiences	William Van Cleave 31. Word Smarts: Morphology Development & Advanced Decoding E			Tonya Gall & Josh Price 33. Linking Literacy & Technology To Learning All Audiences
3pm to 4pm	David Tilly /Christine Martin 34. RTI Cracker Barrel: Bring your toughest RTI questions to lively Q&A session. All Audiences						James Stachowiak 35. Assistive Technology Tools for Students with Dyslexia All Audiences
4pm	Conference Ends