[NIFL-ESL:9768] Don't Miss This! Listing of NAASLN Conference Sessions and Speakers

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**** PLEASE POST THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL 
BULLETINS ****

****  Please forward this e-mail to adult basic education, literacy, 
community college, disability services, employment and training, vocational 
rehabilitation, English as Second Language, human service and TANF constituencies  ****

NAASLN's 2004 conference brings together essential information and national 
leaders.... that can lead your organization toward achieving successful 
outcomes, compliance, interdepartmental collaboration and resource utilization for 
providing services to persons with special learning needs.


NAASLN 2004
Embracing Dialog for Improved Services:  
Authentic Conversations Leading to Actions  
March 7 - 9, 2004
Tampa, FL
Register or Download Conference Brochure at www.naasln.org

3 Dynamite Pre Conferences:
Learning a Living:  Connecting Learning and Social Skills in the Workplace
Dale Brown (DC), Ron Hume (PA), and Carol Calzaretta (IL)

Learning Disabilities and the Adult ESOL Learner
Robin Schwarz

Transitioning Teens with disabilities to the World of  Post Secondary School 
or Work
Dr. Sam Drew (SC), Robin Rennick (FL), Althea O'Haver (AR), Pat Walsh (LA)


3 Essential Dialog Sessions:
Conversation on Supporting Persons with Specific Learning Needs in Adult 
Basic and Literacy Programs 
Cheryl Keenen, US Department of Education, Director OVEA

Advocating for Persons with Disabilities at the Local, State, and Federal 
Level
Andrew Imparato, JD, President and CEO of American Association of Persons 
with Disabilities

Employment of Persons with Disabilities
Dale Brown, Author and Advocate



Keynote Speaker:                                                              
                                       
The Dynamics of Dialog:  Joining in Conversations 
that Move Visions into Realities
Dr. Frank Bowe, Hofstra University and The Schloss Distinguished Professor 


Concurrent Sessions:
A Practical Approach to the Integration of Learning Styles                    
         
and Multiple Intelligences Into an Adult Education Environment
Marion Agnew (MO)

Grant Writing 101
Brenda Brown and Pat Walsh (LA)

How Emerging Technologies will Transform Education for Persons with Specific 
Learning Needs
John Blitt (FL)

Dialog on Employment of Persons with Disabilities
Connecting Academic Learning to the Work
Learning a Living:  Helping Adults with Specific Learning Needs Plan Careers 
and Find Jobs
Dale Brown (DC)

No Shame!  Advocacy Training for Adults with LD and Persons Who Work with 
Adults with LD
Beth Butterworth (FL) and Anne Murr (IA)

Help! I Can't Show What I know on Tests!
Teaching Math to Those Who Hate Math
Memory Tools for Forgetful Adults:  Ways to Remember What You Learn
Dr. Richard Cooper (PA)

Bridging the Gap Module:  An Interactive Overview of Best Practices for  
Instructing Adults Who are Blind or Visually Impaired  
Tina Tucker  (GA)
June Crawford (DC)
Karen Wolffe

Tools for Initiating Dialog:  Service Providers and Consumers
Pat Eakes (KS) and Dr. Richard Johnson (KS)

Assessment to Promote Classroom Success for Disabilities
Jane Eguez (CA) and Dr. Virginia Posey (AZ)

How to Turn Problems into Solutions
Jeff Fantine, JD (OH)

Success Attributes in Adults with LD 
Jeff Fantine, JD (OH)
Dr. Rochelle Kenyon (FL)

It Didn't Just Go Away Because They Grew Older:  
Dyslexia/ADD/SLD Affects Adults in Many Different Ways
Dr. Patricia Hardman (FL)

Vision and LD - a Look at The Effects of Long-Term Vision Problems 
Fran Holthaus (OH)                                             

Social Skill Development:  The Real Secret to Success
Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder AND Chemical 
Dependency: 
DANGER AND OPPORTUNITIES
Ron Hume (PA)

Advocacy Techniques that Work!  Ways to Impact Services to Benefit Persons 
with Disabilities
Andrew Imparato (DC)

GED - Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities and Specific Learning Needs
Mario Payne (DC)
Nancie Payne (DC)
Neil Sturomski (MO)
Dr. James Koller (MO)
Rosemary Watkins


“Working” with Learning Disabilities:  Dialog as Key to Success on the Job
Margaret Lindop (TN)

A Dialog with a Washington Insider— 'What does it mean?' and 'How does it 
work?'
Dr. Lennox McLendon (DC)

Empowering the Special Needs Student to Transition Successfully to the 
Challenging World of Adulthood
Althea O'Haver (AR)

Reframing TANF Services -- How Case Workers Can Maximize Client Success By 
Identifying and Addressing LD 
Dr. Laura Weisel (OH)
Jeff Fantine, JD (OH)
and a panel of experts

Special Education and Juvenile Justice
Transition Needs of Students with Emotional Disturbance
The Delinquency and Neglected Center 
Dr. David Osher (DC)

I Can See It -- It's My Comprehension I'm Worried About!
Reading?  How Does the Brain Do That?
A 15 Minute Screening for Reading?  Is That Possible?
Dr. Bud Pues (CA)

Don't Tell Me How To Study; Teach Me How
Multisensory Structured Language Education:  More Than Theories - Practical, 
and Accredited, Curriculum for the Dyslexic/ADD/SLD Learner
How Do I help My Clients with Dyslexia/ADD/SLD Succeed?
Robin Rennick (FL)

Assessment to Promote Classroom Success for Disabilities
Cheryl Sandholm (IA)

Learning Disabilities and the Adult ESOL Learner
Robin Schwarz (MA)

Emotions!  Understanding the Role Emotions Play in Learning and Work
Dale Sherman (OH)
Dr. Laura Weisel (OH)

The Next Step - Moving on from a Basic Skill Program to Community College
Establishing a Student/Client Operated Support Group
Dale Sherman (OH)

Re-thinking Systems: Designing Effective Reentry Services for struggling 
Adult Learners
Research, Recidivism, and Reentry: Building Transitional Programs for 
Offenders
Ange Siemer (OH)
Alan Toops (OH)

Brain Based Learning
Russell Smith (MO)

Special Education and Literacy Education -- A Look at a State Prison 
Education Program to Support Persons with Specific Learning Needs
Dr. Steve Steurer (MD)
Kathleen White (MD)

Transitional Times, Transitional Lives:  Education Opportunities for Inmates 
with Special Needs
Dr. Be Stoney (KS)

Overview and Outcomes of OVEA's State Sessions on Interdepartmental 
Collaborations
Neil Sturomski (MO)

Research, Recidivism, and Reentry: Building Transitional Programs for 
Offenders
Changing the Way We Think about Assessments:  CASAS' POWER and PowerPath to 
Basic Learning  
Alan Toops (OH)

A Technical Assist for Learning
Spanish GED 2004
Debra Watkins (IL)

Recovering LD -- A Look at Recovery Principles to Aid Adults with LD Get On 
With Their Lives
Supporting Persons with Mental Health Disabilities in Basic Skill Programming 
and in Employment 
Techniques for Training Metacognitive Skills: Planning, Organizing, Carrying 
Out Tasks, Managing Time, and Making Judgments
Dr. Laura Weisel (OH)

The Impact of Trauma and Human Crisis on the Brain, Life, and Learning
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) -  What is it and How 
Can it Help Me?
Kay Werk (OH)

Illiteracy in Adults:  Why Adults Are Non Readers
Garth Vaz, MD (TX) 

Sustaining Dialogues:  Learning Strategies, Methods, and Tools for Teaching 
Tutors
Dr. Deborah Young (UT)



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