PRESS RELEASE
Mark
Your Calendars Now for Next Year’s
9th
Annual NLDA Symposium
South
San Francisco Conference Center
Over 20 nationally- and internationally-known
speakers will present on the many interrelated aspects of Nonverbal Learning
Disorders, March 11-12, 2005, at the South San Francisco Conference Center near
the San Francisco International Airport. Various
professionals (MD, RN, SLP, OT, MFT, LCSW, psychologists, and educators), as
well as parents will receive vital information on NLD, with special emphasis on
the latest research and effective interventions to help individuals of all ages
with NLD.
Various
continuing education options will be available for a nominal fee.
We plan to offer CMEs for medical professionals, CEUs (for SLPs,
psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs), Professional Development Units for educators, and
certificates of attendance for OTs and all registrants.
Learn
the most helpful interventions for NLD at this informative 2-day event!
Professionals from numerous disciplines and perspectives will address
issues affecting children and adults with NLD, and those who work with them.
Extra emphasis will be given to promoting growth and independence of
individuals with NLD, based on findings of the latest research.
Those in attendance can mix and match sessions from any of three
tracks—professional, parent, and adult/teen.
Among esteemed
presenters and panelists will be such well-known experts as Michele Berg,
PhD Director, Center for
Learning Disorders, in Topeka, Kansas (formerly part of the Menninger Clinic,
Topeka) . Scott
Bezsylko, MA (Winston Prep.); Kelli
Bond (founder and owner, NLD-in-Common website); Montgomery
Brower, MD (forensic pathology); Margaret
Semrud Clikeman, PhD; Yvona Fast
MLS (Employment
for Individuals with Aspergers or NLD);
Debbie Green, MA (Growing Up with NLD);
Paul Grossman, JD (advocacy); Diana
Henry, OTR (sensory issues); Michael
Levin, MD (meds); Meryl
Lipton, MD, PhD (social/emotional LD, meds);
Joan Lord, MA, CCC-SLP (skill-building curriculum);
Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP (educational curriculum for social deficits);
Herbert Schreier, MD (Children’s Hospital, Oakland);
Kim Tillery, PhD, CCC (auditory processing);
Kytja Voeller, MD, and Lisa Marti, BA (daily executive function);
Sarah Ward, MS, CCC-SLP (executive function skills for students);
Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP (Thinking About YOU Thinking About
Me); and many other experts.
This year’s symposium also features a poster session, in which
students and professors informally discuss their ongoing research in areas
related to NLD.
For
more information on registration, schedule, speakers, and program, visit www.NLDline.com
or www.NLDA.org,
email NLDAsymposium2005@excite.com,
or call 831-624-3542.