Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f6UKV0f29720; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:31:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:31:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <34.18a099e1.28971d27@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: NAASLN@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3581] ALERT! An Opportunity You Don't Want to Miss! X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 28 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 6900 Lines: 182 !! PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS VIA YOUR INTERNAL LISTSERVS!! The National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs (NAASLN) is hosting a conference, Forging the Future, September 13 - 15, 2001 in Milwaukee, WI in collaboration with the Milwaukee Area Literacy Coalition and Milwaukee Area Technical College. Listed below is NAASLN's terrific conference lineup of sessions offering YOU and YOUR PROGRAM/STATE the information and link-to-knowledge and skills that you need to continue providing quality services to adults with special learning needs. NAASLN offers the only one-stop-conference that will provide education/work related information on all special learning needs: learning disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, developmental disabilities, persistent mental illnesses, and physical disabilities. Unlike most conferences at which presenters are distant and unavailable -- NAASLN boasts about how presenters are AVAILABLE for informal discussions, small group dialogues, and personal consultations. So - hurry and to register NOW for a great experience. NOTE: Additional conference information and registration forms are available at our website - www.naasln.org Keynote Speaker: Richard Horne, Senior Policy Advisor, Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities Session Title: Forging the Future: Shaping the 21st Century Workforce Plenary Speakers: MaryAnn Corley, Ph.D., Director, National Center for Literacy and Social Justice Session Title: Race, Poverty, Literacy and Disabilities Helen Irlen, Director, The Irlen Institute Scotopic Sensitivity: The Impact of Color Overlays on Reading -- Research and Practice June Crawford, LD Associate, NIFL and Patti White, AR Bridges to Practice Learning Disabilities and Social Change in America: The Impact of Bridges to Practice Steven Elliot, University of Wisconsin and consultant to McGraw-Hill Test Accommodations for the TABE: Access and Consequences for All Fred Edwards, GED-TS; Nancie Payne, Payne & Assocs., and Jim Koller, University of Missouri The GED -- Ensuring Accommodations for Special Need Learners Stephanie Perla, Training Officer, WI Dept. of Vocational Rehabilitation What Vocational Rehabilitation Services Can Do to Support Adults With Special Learning Needs Laura Weisel, Clinical Consultant, The TLP Group Emotions! Understanding and Supporting the Human Prerequisite to Learning Rone Hume, Exec. Director, LDA of Washington State and Milele Landrum, Director, LDA of Oregon Creating Success in Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with LD Glenn Young, Adult Literacy and Disabilities Specialists, US ED/OVAE Potential Impact of OCR Rulings on TANF and Other Services Nan Brien, Assoc. Director, WI Council on Children and Families Early Childhood Brain Development: Promises to Keep Sandra Koehler and Laurie Martin, Adult Learning Resource Center Employability and Retention Model for Adults with Suspected of Learning Disabilities Richard Gacka, Director, PA Learning Difference Center A Model of Neurodevelopmental Constructions and its Applicability to Understanding Learning Differences in Adult Learners Workshop Sessions include: Richard Cooper, Director, disABLITIES - Alternative Math Techniques for Adults Learners with LD - If They Learn Differently Shouldn't They Study Differently? - Techniques for Teaching Writing to Adults with Weak Written Language Skills With Richard Gacka, Director, PA Learning Difference Center - PA's LD Center and the Role of Professional Develop and Programmatic Evolution Bill Muth, CO Administrator, US Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons - Towards an Effective and Realistic Literacy Policy of Federal Prisoners with LD Bud Pues, LD and Literacy Specialist, California Literacy, Inc. - The Four R's -- Research, Reading, 'Riting, and Remembering Tina Tucker, Associate in Literacy, and Frances Mary D'Andrea, Director National Literacy Center, Am. Foundation for the Blind - Bridging the Gap: Best Practices for Instructing Adults Who are Blind or Visually Impaired Robyn Rennick, Dyslexia Research Institute - It Didn't Just Go Away Because As Special Learners Got Older... - Multisensory Structured Language Education: More Than Theories...Practical and Accredited Curriculum for the Dyslexic/ADD/SLD Learner - A Model Literacy Program for Dydlexic/ADD/SLD Adults - Dont' Tell me How to Study; Teach Me How! Laurie Martin, Adult Learning Resource Center - Helping ESL Students With Suspected Learning Disabilities Judi Owens, Financial Education and Small Business Specialist and Kristin Schultz, Employment and Training Team Manager, Dept. of Workforce Development - Financial Literacy: A Benefit to Those with Special Needs Laura Weisel, Clinical Consultant, The TLP Group - PowerPath to Adult Basic Learning....A Power-Filled Intake, Diagnostic Screening and Intervention System to Support LD Adults in Education and On-the-Job - Supporting Persons with Persistent Mental Illnesses in Basic Skill and Employment Programs Margaret Lindop, Coordinator, Center for Literacy Studies - 'One Stop' for Resources on LD: The LINCS LD and Literacy Special Collection Nancie Payne, CEO, Payne & Associates - The Success Factor -- Metacognitive Connections - Accessibility Certification for One-Stop Operations Sandra Koehler and Laurie Martin, Adult Learning Resource Center - An Employability Curriculum that Really Works! Debra Watkins and Marilyn Derr, Adult Educators, Malcolm X College - Tactile Science Jeff Fantine, Director, OH ABLE Resource Center and Mary Lou Belisle, LD Trainer - Goal Setting & Lesson Planning the SMARTER Way Myra Douglas, ABLE Coordinator, Mt. Vernon Developmental Center - The POWERful Plan for Persons with MR/DD Mary Sylvester, Program Coordinator, Indian River Community College - Internet Resources for Serving Adults with LD/ADD Patricia Walsh, Assoc. Director, Project Access Ed. Talent Search, U of New Orleans - Post-Secondary Options for Adults with Disabilities Linda Willette, Volunteer Coordinator, Library and Literacy Partnership - The WHOLE Language for ESL Adults Margaret Girkins, Director of Basic Education and Shelley Issak, Instructor, Flathead Valley Community College Colleen Clark, Assoc. Coordinator, SC Literacy Resource Center and Jim Washburn, Director, Adult Education, Blackville, SC Jeff Fantine, SC ABLE Resource Center, OH - Managing Statewide Systemic Change in Basic Skill and Literacy Programs to Screen and Support Adults with Special Learning Needs - Don't Reinvent the Wheel! Build On What We're Learning! ......AND MORE!!!! Dialogs for Special Interests Groups will be scheduled throughout the conference National Awards will be given for distinguished services This is a conference YOU don't want to miss!
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