SCHEDULE

March 11-12, 2005

    South San Francisco Conference Center,

South San Francisco, CA

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Goal for Professionals:  Increased Knowledge in Identification, Diagnosis, Assessment, Interventions

Goal for Parents:  Increased Knowledge and Effective Interventions

Goal for Adults and Teens:  Positive Strategies for Coping and Advocacy

 

FRIDAY,  March 11, 2005

6:45-7:45AM

REGISTRATION   /  (Poster Session Open 7:15- 7:45)

7:45-8:00

OPENING REMARKS  &      UPDATE

STRANDS

(mix &match)

PROFESSIONAL

PARENT

NLD ADULTS & TEENS

8:00-9:30

KEYNOTE  ADDRESS - Michele Berg, PhD  

Nonverbal Learning Disorder:  The Hidden Disability

9:30-9:45

BREAK / Poster Session Open

9:45-11:15

Meryl Lipton, MD, PhD

Understanding the Concept of Social-Emotional Learning Disorders

Montgomery Brower, MD

Right Brain, Wrong Action:  Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of NLD

Herb Schreier MD

NLD - An Extreme of  Maleness

11:15-1:-00

LUNCH  provided by  NLDA   "Ask the Doctors"  with Meryl Lipton, MD, PhD and Michael Levin, MD -  from 11:45- 12:45

1:00-2:30

Michelle Garcia Winner,  MA, CCC-SLP

Executive Functioning and Organizing for Homework: 

Strategies to Facilitate Learning

2:30-2:45

BREAK / Poster Session Open

2:45-4:15

Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, PhD

Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: The SCIP Program 

 

Scott Bezsylko, MA

NVLD: A Study of Frequency, Diagnostic Clarity, and Educational Implications in a Learning Disabled Population

Diana Henry, MS, OTR

Uncovering Your Sensory Preferences and Discovering Strategies to Enhance Your LIFE SKILLS Using Sensory Integration

4:15-4:30

BREAK / Poster Session Open

4:30-6:00

Kim Tillery, PhD, CCC-A

CAPD:  From A to Z including NVLD

Paul Grossman, JD, Stephen Chen, JD

There Are No IEPs In College

 Kytja Voeller, MD and Lisa Marti, BA 

Executive Function Deficits in NLD -- What They Are & How to Cope

6:00-6:30

Book Signing,    Meet the Speakers,   Poster Session Open

6:30-8:00

Social Time/ Fundraiser   Paul Ekman, PhD researcher:  Recognizing Emotions in Others

               

 

 

SATURDAY,  March 12, 2005

STRANDS

(mix & match)

PROFESSIONALS

PARENTS

NLD ADULTS  & TEENS

7:00-7:45AM

REGISTRATION

7:45-8:00

OPENING REMARKS

8:00-9:30

KEYNOTE ADDRESS  -  Michele Berg, PhD

I Hear You, But I Don't See What You Mean:  The Importance of an Image

9:30-9:45

BREAK /  Poster Session Open

9:45-11:15

Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP

Addressing Social Communication in Children with NLD; Application of the SCERTS Curriculum    

 

Diana Henry, MS, OTRL

Research and Hands-on Activities for Implementing Sensory Integration into Your Home, Place of Work and Schools

Diana Henry, MS, OTRL

Research and Hands-on Activities for Implementing Sensory Integration into Your Home, Place of Work and Schools

11:15–1:00

LUNCH provided by  NLDA   (Facilitated discussion with  Kathy Allen,  Kelli Bond, and  Debbie Green  from 11:45- 12:45)

1:00-2:30

Joan Lord, MA, CCC-SLP

Building A Classroom Curriculum 

Sarah Ward, MS, CCC-SLP

Executive Function Skills in Students with a Nonverbal Learning Disability:  

From School Performance to Behaviors at Home

Yvona Fast, MLS 

NLD Adults at Work

2:30-2:45

BREAK / Poster Session Open

2:45-4:15

Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP

Addressing Emotional Regulation in Children with NLD; Application of the SCERTS Curriculum    

 

Sarah Ward, MS, CCC-SLP

Executive Function Skills in Students with a Nonverbal Learning Disability:  

Specific Strategies to Improve Speed of Information Processing, Organization and Problem Solving Skills

Adult Panel

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moderated by Al Vadon, MA

4:15-4:30

BREAK 

4:30-6:00

Professional  Panel    (preceded  by CLOSING)

                   

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