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

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

(click
for more information)

moderated
by Al Vadon, MA

4:15-4:30

BREAK 

4:30-6:00

Professional 
Panel   
(preceded 
by CLOSING)