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Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:880] A Look At NAASLN's Conference Sessions
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The NAASLN conference, Forging the Future (previously scheduled for September
13 -15, 2001) is being held April 14 - 16, 2002 -- in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This international conference is being hosted in conjunction with the Greater
Milwaukee Literacy Coalition and the Milwaukee Area Technical College. The
original conference was SOLD OUT...but, due to conflicts in some
participant's schedules and budget cut backs, the April 2002 conference now
has limited space for additional attendees! Please act quickly.
Registration materials and information are available at the NAASLN website --
www.naasln.org
Below is a list of the conference schedule, sessions, dates, and times.
Saturday April 13
7:00 - 9:30 PM Conference Registration
Sunday April 14
7:00 - 9:00 AM Conference Registration
Sunday April 14
8:45 - 10:30 AM
Richard Horne, Ed.D. Forging the Future: Shaping the 21st Century
Sr. Policy Advisor Workforce
Presidential Task Force
on Employment of
Adults with Disabilities
Sunday April 14
10:45 - 12:15 PM
MaryAnn Corley, Ph.D. Poverty, Racism, and Literacy: Making Connections,
Creating Change
Richard Horne, Ed.D. Dialog on Shaping Federal Policy to Support Adults
with Disabilities
Bud Pues The Four "R's": Research, Reading, 'Riting, and
Remembering
Richard Cooper, Ph.D. If They Learn Differently, Shouldn't They Study
Differently?
Lynn Rolfsmeier
Cheryl Sandholm The POWERful Plan- For Persons with MR/DD
MaryAnn Jackson
Tom Heffron Collaboration between AEFL and Carl Perkins Funding
for Serving Students with Disabilities
Robyn Rennick It Didn't Just GO Away Because They Grew Older:
Dyslexia/ADD/SLD Affects Adults in Many Different
Ways
Sunday April 14
12:15 - 1:30 PM Special Interest Dialogs Box Lunch "
Sunday April 14
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Fred Edwards
Nancie Payne The GED -- Ensuring Accommodations for Special Need
Learners
Richard Gacka, Ed.D. A Model of Neurodevelopmental Constructions and Its
Applicability to Understanding Learning
Differences in Adults
Laura Weisel, Ph.D. Emotions! Targeting the Critical Prerequisite to Learning
Sunday April 14
4:00 - 5:30 PM
Robyn Rennick Multisensory Structured Language Education: More
than Theories -- Practical and Accredited
Curriculum for the Dyslexic/ADD/SLD Learner
Nancie Payne Accessibility Certification for One-Stop Operations
Pat Hardman, Ph.D. Dyslexia: Recent Research Findings and Implementations
Richard Cooper, Ph.D. Alternative Math Techniques for Adult Learners with
Learning Differences
Laura Weisel, Ph.D. PowerPath to Adult Basic Learning: A Practical Intake,
Diagnostic Screening, and Intervention System to
Support LD Adults in Education and On-the-Job Settings
Tina Tucker
Frances Mary D'Andrea Bridging the Gap: Best Practices for Instructing
Adults Who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Althea O'Haver TRANSITIONS!: An Important Plan for the Future!
Sunday April 14
5:30 - 7:00 PM Networking Hospality
Monday April 15
7:00 - 9:00 AM Conference Registration
Monday April 15
8:00 - 10:00 AM
Helen Irlen Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome: The Impact of
Color on Reading….Research and Practice
Pat Hardman, Ph.D Issues Concerning Diagnosis of Adults with Suspected
Learning Disabilities
MaryAnn Corley, Ph.D.
Garth Vaz, M.D.
Tonette Rocco, Ph.D. Disabilities and Diversity: The Sociocultural
Dimension of Learning
Monday April 15
10:15 - 11:45 AM
Helen Irlen The Irlen Syndrome -- Screening and Remediating
Garth Vaz, M.D. Growing up with LD and Succeeding
Margaret Lindop "One Stop" for Resources on LD: the LINCS Learning
Disabilities and Literacy Special Collection
Laurie Martin Helping ESL Students with Suspected Learning
Disabilities
"Awards Luncheon and
Membership Meeting"
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Monday April 15
2:00 - 3:30 PM
Patricia Walsh Post-Secondary Options for Adults with Disabilities
Laurie Martin Employability and Retention Model for Adults with
Suspected Learning Disabilities
Nancie Payne The Success Factor - Metacognitive Connections
Robyn Rennick A Model Literacy Program for Dyslexia/ADD/SLD
Richard Gacka, Ed.D.
Richard Cooper, PH.D. Pennsylvania's Learning Differences Center and it's
Role in Professional Development and Programmatic
Evolution
Monday April 15
3:45 - 5:15 PM
Garth Vaz, M.D. Helping the LD Adult Learner Succeed in the Classroom
and in Life
Jodi Owens
Kristin Schultz Financial Literacy - A Benefit to Those with Special Needs
Sam Drew, Ph.D.
Colleen Clark" TV 411: A Supportive Medium for Learners with Special
Needs
Jeff Fantine
Mary Lou Belisle Goal-Setting & Lesson Planning the SMARTER Way
Richard Cooper, Ph.D. Internet Resources for Serving Adults with LD/ADD
Bill Muth Towards an Effective and Realistic Literacy Policy
for Federal Prisoners with Learning Disabilities
Laura Weisel, Ph.D. Supporting Persons with Persistent Mental Illnesses in
Education and Work
Monday April 15
5:15 PM Book Signing and Social Gathering in Exhibit Hall
Tuesday April 16
8:00 - 10:00 AM
June Crawford Learning Disabilities and Social Change in America:
The Impact of the Bridges to Practice Project
Milele Landrum Creating Success in Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons
with LD
Susan Arnold What Vocational Rehabilitation can do to Support
Adults with Special Needs in Education and Workplace
Settings
Tuesday April 16
10:30 AM - Noon
Colleen Clark
Jim Washburn
Shelley Isaac
Jeff Fantine
Kathy Knall
Denise Pottmeyer Managing Statewide Systemic Change to Screen and
Support Adults with Special Learning Needs --
Don't Reinvent the Wheel! Build on What We're
Learning!
Ann Murr
Sharon Martin Wilson Reading: Program and Practice
Richard Cooper, Ph.D. Techniques for Teaching Writing to Adults with Weak
Written Language Skills
Debra Watkins
Marilyn Derr Tactile Science
Linda Willette The WHOLE Language for ESL Adults with Special
Learning Needs
Conclusion 12 Noon
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