[NIFL-POVRACELIT:763] NAASLN Conference Offerings -- Still Time to Register!

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The NAASLN conference, Forging the Future (previously scheduled for
September 13 -15, 2001) is being held April 14 - 16, 2002 -- in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.  This international conference is being hosted in conjunction
with the Greater Milwaukee Literacy Coalition and the Milwaukee Area
Technical College.  The original conference was SOLD OUT...but, due to
conflicts in some participant's schedules and budget cut backs, the April
2002 conference now has limited space for additional attendees!  Please act
quickly.  Registration materials and information are available at the NAASLN
website --
www.naasln.org

Below is a list of the conference schedule, sessions, dates, and times.

Saturday April 13
7:00 - 9:30 PM          Conference Registration

Sunday April 14
7:00 - 9:00 AM          Conference Registration

Sunday April 14
8:45 - 10:30 AM
Richard Horne, Ed.D.        Forging the Future:  Shaping the 21st Century
Workforce
Sr. Policy Advisor
Presidential Task Force
on Employment of
Adults with Disabilities

Sunday April 14
10:45  - 12:15 PM
MaryAnn Corley, Ph.D.       Poverty, Racism, and Literacy:  Making
Connections, Creating Change

Richard Horne, Ed.D.        Dialog on Shaping Federal Policy to Support
Adults with Disabilities

Bud Pues                        The Four "R's":  Research, Reading, 'Riting,
and Remembering

Richard Cooper, Ph.D.   If They Learn Differently, Shouldn't They Study
Differently?

Lynn Rolfsmeier
Cheryl Sandholm         The POWERful Plan- For Persons with MR/DD

MaryAnn Jackson
Tom Heffron             Collaboration between AEFL and Carl Perkins Funding
for Serving Students with Disabilities

Robyn Rennick           It Didn't Just GO Away Because They Grew Older:
                            Dyslexia/ADD/SLD Affects Adults in Many
Different Ways

Sunday April 14
12:15 - 1:30 PM         Special Interest Dialogs Box Lunch

Sunday April 14
1:30  - 3:30 PM
Fred Edwards
Nancie Payne            The GED -- Ensuring Accommodations for Special Need
Learners

Richard Gacka, Ed.D.    A Model of Neurodevelopmental Constructions and Its
Applicability to Understanding Learning Differences in Adults

Laura Weisel, Ph.D. Emotions!  Targeting the Critical Prerequisite to
Learning


Sunday April 14
4:00 - 5:30 PM
Robyn Rennick           Multisensory Structured Language Education:  More
Than Theories -- Practical and Accredited
Curriculum for the                              Dyslexic/ADD/SLD Learner

Nancie Payne            Accessibility Certification for One-Stop Operations

Pat Hardman, Ph.D.      Dyslexia: Recent Research Findings and
Implementations

Richard Cooper, Ph.D.   Alternative Math Techniques for Adult Learners with
Learning Differences

Laura Weisel, Ph.D. PowerPath to Adult Basic Learning:  A Practical Intake,
Diagnostic Screening, and Intervention System to Support LD
Adults in Education and On-the-Job Settings

Tina Tucker
Frances Mary D'Andrea   Bridging the Gap:  Best Practices for Instructing
Adults Who are Blind or Visually Impaired

Althea O'Haver          TRANSITIONS!: An Important Plan for the Future!

Sunday April 14
5:30 - 7:00 PM          Networking Hospality

Monday April 15
7:00 - 9:00 AM          Conference Registration

Monday April 15
8:00  - 10:00 AM
Helen Irlen             Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome:  The Impact of
Color on Reading..Research and Practice

Pat Hardman, Ph.D       Issues Concerning Diagnosis of Adults with Suspected
Learning Disabilities

MaryAnn Corley, Ph.D.
Garth Vaz, M.D.
Tonette Rocco, Ph.D.    Disabilities and Diversity:  The Sociocultural
Dimension of Learning

Monday April 15
10:15 - 11:45 AM
Helen Irlen             The Irlen Syndrome -- Screening and Remediating

Garth Vaz, M.D.         Growing up with LD and Succeeding

Margaret Lindop     "One Stop" for Resources on LD:  the LINCS Learning
Disabilities and Literacy Special Collection

Laurie Martin           Helping ESL Students with Suspected Learning
Disabilities

"Awards Luncheon and
Membership Meeting"
12:00 - 1:30 PM

Monday April 15
2:00  - 3:30 PM
Patricia Walsh          Post-Secondary Options for Adults with Disabilities

Laurie Martin           Employability and Retention Model for Adults with
Suspected Learning Disabilities

Nancie Payne            The Success Factor - Metacognitive Connections

Robyn Rennick           A Model Literacy Program for Dyslexia/ADD/SLD

Richard Gacka, Ed.D.
Richard Cooper, PH.D.   Pennsylvania's Learning Differences Center and its
Role in Professional Development and Programmatic Evolution


Monday April 15
3:45  - 5:15 PM
Garth Vaz, M.D.         Helping the LD Adult Learner Succeed in the
Classroom and in Life
Jodi Owens
Kristin Schultz     Financial Literacy - A Benefit to Those with Special
Needs

Sam Drew, Ph.D.
Colleen Clark"          TV 411: A Supportive Medium for Learners with
Special Needs

Jeff Fantine
Mary Lou Belisle        Goal-Setting & Lesson Planning the SMARTER Way

Richard Cooper, Ph.D.   Internet Resources for Serving Adults with LD/ADD

Bill Muth               Towards an Effective and Realistic Literacy Policy
for Federal Prisoners with Learning Disabilities

Laura Weisel, Ph.D. Supporting Persons with Persistent Mental Illnesses in
Education and Work

Monday April 15
5:15 PM             Book Signing and Social Gathering in Exhibit Hall

Tuesday April 16
8:00  - 10:00 AM
June Crawford           Learning Disabilities and Social Change in America:
The Impact of the Bridges to  Practice Project

Milele Landrum      Creating Success in Substance Abuse Treatment for
Persons with LD

Susan Arnold            What Vocational Rehabilitation can do to Support
Adults with Special Needs in Education and Workplace Settings


Tuesday April 16
10:30 AM  - Noon
Colleen Clark
Jim Washburn
Shelley Isaac
Jeff Fantine
Kathy Knall
Denise Pottmeyer        Managing Statewide Systemic Change to Screen and
Support Adults with Special Learning Needs -- Don't Reinvent the
                                   Wheel!  Build on What We're Learning!

Ann Murr
Sharon Martin           Wilson Reading: Program and Practice

Richard Cooper, Ph.D.   Techniques for Teaching Writing to Adults with Weak
Written Language Skills

Debra Watkins
Marilyn Derr            Tactile Science

Linda Willette          The WHOLE Language for ESL Adults with Special
Learning Needs

Conclusion  12 Noon



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