Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g0TLE6n29394; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 16:14:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 16:14:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <dc.124de046.2988684e@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: NAASLN@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2017] ALERT....An Opportunity YOU Don't Want to Miss! X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 45 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Status: O Content-Length: 6503 Lines: 194 **** IMPORTANT INFORMATION **** **** PLEASE SEND THIS E-MAIL TO YOUR COLLEAGUES, CONSTITUENCY GROUPS, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL LIST-SERVS ALERT! The National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs - NAASLN - is alerting adult educators and providers of adult services about our rescheduled conference. The NAASLN conference, 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 and presenter's schedules, the April 2002 conference now has space for additional attendees (and a few presenters)! Listed below is an invitation to you from NAASLN's President, Laura Weisel, Ph.D., and a listing of conference sessions. National associations and organizations have joined forces in partnership with NAASLN to promote this conference. Visit our website -- www.naasln.org -- for the most up-to-date conference and membership information. For questions -- contact us directly at naasln@aol.com. Colleagues, We are excited to introduce you to the renewed National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs. Over the past year, the association leadership has worked hard to rebuild NAASLN to meet the growing demands on education and vocation providers serving a variety of adults with special learning needs -- learning disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, developmental disabilities, persistent mental illnesses, and physical disabilities. To celebrate our passion and vision, NAASLN, in conjunction with the Greater Milwaukee Literacy Coalition and the Milwaukee Area Technical College, is sponsoring an international conference, Forging the Future, April 14 - 16, 2002, in Milwaukee, WI. Over 50 sessions will be presented offering you the most up-to-date research, policies and legislation, technology, and best pract ices to successfully support adults with special learning needs in attaining their goals to become successful workers, parents, and integrated members of our communities. Join us for this incredible opportunity to learn, network, and forge the future! Laura Weisel, Ph.D., President Tentative* Conference Sessions Sunday, April 14 Forging the Future: Shaping the 21st Century Workforce Poverty, Racism, and Literacy: Making Connections, Creating Change Dialog on Shaping Federal Policy to Support Adults with Disabilities The Four "R's": Research, Reading, 'Riting, and Remembering If They Learn Differently, Shouldn't They Study Differently? PowerPath to Adult Basic Learning: A Practical Intake, Diagnostic Screening, and Intervention System to Support LD Adults in Education and On-the-Job Settings It Didn't Just GO Away Because They Grew Older: Dyslexia/ADD/SLD Affects Adults in Many Different Ways The GED -- Ensuring Accommodations for Special Need Learners An Overview of Dr. Mel Levine's Model of Neurodevelopmental Constructions and Its Applicability to Understanding Learning Differences in Adult Learners Emotions! Targeting the Critical Prerequisite to Learning Multisensory Structured Language Education: More than Theories -- Practical and Accredited Curriculum for the Dyslexic/ADD/SLD Learner Accessibility Certification for One-Stop Operations Internet Resources for Serving Adults with LD/ADD Alternative Math Techniques for Adult Learners with Learning Differences Collaboration between AEFL and Carl Perkins Funding for Serving Students with Disabilities Bridging the Gap: Best Practices for Instructing Adults Who are Blind or Visually Impaired Post-Secondary Options for Adults with Disabilities Monday, April 15 Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome: The Impact of Color on Reading….Research and Practice Early Childhood Brain Development: Promises to Keep Disabilities and Diversity: The Sociocultural Dimension of Learning The Irlen Syndrome -- Screening and Remediating Growing up with LD and Succeeding One Stop' for Resources on LD: the LINCS Learning Disabilities and Literacy Special Collection Helping ESL Students with Suspected Learning Disabilities "Testing Accommodations for the TABE: Access and Consequences For All" Employability and Retention Model for Adults with Suspected Learning Disabilities Potential Impact of OCR Rulings on TANF and Other Services Helping the LD Adult Learner Succeed in the Classroom and in Life Financial Literacy - A Benefit to Those with Special Needs The Success Factor - Metacognitive Connections Goal-Setting & Lesson Planning the SMARTER Way Professional Development and Programmatic Evolution: Pennsylvania's Learning Differences Center (LDC) Towards an Effective and Realistic Literacy Policy for Federal Prisoners with Learning Disabilities Supporting Persons with Persistent Mental Illnesses in Education and Work Tuesday, April 16 (Bridges to Practice Project Session to be Scheduled) Creating Success in Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with LD What Vocational Rehabilitation can do to Support Adults with Special Needs in Education and Workplace Settings Managing Statewide Systemic Change to Screen and Support Adults with Special Learning Needs -- Don't Reinvent the Wheel! Build on What We're Learning! A Model Literacy Program for Dyslexia/ADD/SLD Adults Techniques for Teaching Writing to Adults with Weak Written Language Skills Tactile Science The WHOLE language for ESL Adults Tentative* Presenters Bill Muth Bud Pues Colleen Clark Debra Watkins Denise Pottmeyer Frances Mary D'Andrea Fred Edwards Garth Vaz, M.D. Glenn Young Helen Irlen Jeff Fantine Jim Koller, Ph.D. Jim Washburn Jodi Owens Jovita Ross-Gordon, Ph.D. Kathy Knall Kristin Schultz Laura Weisel, Ph.D. Laurie Martin Linda Willette Margaret Girkens Margaret Lindop Marilyn Derr Mary Lou Belisle Mary Sylvester MaryAnn Corley, Ph.D. MaryAnn Jackson Milele Landrum Nan Brien Nancie Payne Patricia Walsh Richard Cooper, Ph.D. Richard Gacka, Ed.D. Richard Horne, Ed.D. Robyn Rennick Rone Hume Shelley Isaac Stephanie Perla Steve Elliot, PH.D. Tina Tucker Tom Heffron -->Visit www.naasln.org for an up-to-date listing of sessions * Awaiting final confirmations for some presenters
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