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Thursday, April 24 Pre-Conference Workshops
7:00 p.m.
to
8:30 p.m.

I


Intro to Brain Anatomy

Jane Williams, M.A.

II


Brain Timing & Learning: Practical Classroom Applications of Cortical Timing

Neal Alpiner, M.D.

III


The Executive Brain: Gender, Frontal Lobes, and Decision-Making

Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP/ABCN

IV


2:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Brain-Based Strategies to Increase Student Achievement

Harvey Silver, Ed.D.
Friday, April 25 Conference Day 1
9:00 a.m.
to
10:00 a.m.
Opening Keynote I: Using Brain Research to Leave No Child Behind
Gerald N. Tirozzi, Ph.D.
Room: Presidents Ballroom
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Opening Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.
Opening Keynote II: Reading Development, Difficulties, & Intervention
G. Reid Lyon, Ph.D.
Room: Presidents Ballroom
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break On Your Own
Afternoon Concurrent Sessons A: Part I
1:30 p.m.
to
3:00 p.m.
Reading
Brain/Body Connection
Mind, Brain, & Behavior
Memory
The Arts
Special Education
Brain-Based Teaching
Neuro-imaging Studies of Readers

Ken Pugh, Ph.D.		 Creating Optimal Learners

Gessner Geyer, M.A., Ed.M.		 Mental Structures: Surprise in Shaping Behavior

Jerome Kagan, Ph.D.		 Sleep, Dreams, & Memory

Allan Hobson, M.D.		 The Value of Arts in Education

Jessica H. Davis,
Ed. D.		 Stress and Students with LD

Jerome Schultz, Ph.D.		 Using Brain Research and Multiple Intelligence

Harvey Silver, Ed.D.
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Afternoon Coffee Break
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions A: Part II
3:30 p.m.
to
5:00 p.m.
Reading
Brain/Body Connection
Mind, Brain, & Behavior
Memory
The Arts
Special Education
Brain-Based Teaching
Helping Children to Read

Marilyn Adams, Ph.D.		 Creating Optimal Learners
(cont.)

Gessner Geyer, M.A., Ed.M.		 Mindset: How Mental Images Can Change Student Behavior

Robert Greenleaf, Ed.D.		 Building Student Memories: Visual/Verbal Experiences

Anthony Wagner, Ph.D.		 Connecting Mind & Music to Enhance Learning

Tod Machover, Ph.D.		 Teaching Students with ADHD- Exec. Brain Difficulties

Mary Fowler, B.A.		 Using Brain Research and Multiple Intelligence
(cont.)

Harvey Silver, Ed.D.
Saturday, April 26 Conference Day 2
Morning Concurrent Sessions B: Part I
9:00 a.m.
to
10:15 a.m.
Bilingual Brain
Brain/Body & Nutrition
Emotion/Self Regulation
Testing & Memory
Vision, Mind, & Art
Special Education
Brain-Based Teaching
The Brain & Second Language Acquisition

Suzanne Flynn, Ph.D.		 Managing Mind & Mood with Food

Judith Wurtman, Ph.D.		 The Wisdom of Feeling: Emotional Experiences & Intelligence

Lisa Barrett, Ph.D.		 The Role of Movement & Decision-Making in Memory

Jeb Schenck, Ph.D.		 How Mental Images Aid Learning & Memory

Stephen M. Kosslyn, Ph.D.		 Neuro-Development Causes for LD in Children

Deborah Waber, Ph.D.		 Brain-Based Classroom Strategies

Robert Greenleaf, Ed.D.
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
Morning Concurrent Sessions B: Part II
10:45 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.
Bilingual Brain
Brain/Body & Nutrition
Emotion/Self Regulation
Testing & Memory
Vision, Mind, & Art
Special Education
Brain-Based Teaching
Emotions, Brain, & Bilingualism

Catherine Harris, Ph.D.		 Starting a Brain-Based Nutrition Program

Debbie Watson, Suzanne Ackley, Jana Ricci

Panel Discussion
 A Sense of Self in Children & Teens

Thomas J. Cottle, Ph.D.		 The Role of Movement & Decision-Making in Memory
(cont.)

Jeb Schenck, Ph.D.		 Biology of Seeing: How Art Affects the Brain

Margaret Livingstone, Ph.D.		 Building on Multiple Intelligence: Assessments for LD

Evangeline Stefanakis, Ph.D.		 Brain-Based Classroom Strategies
(cont.)

Robert Greenleaf, Ed.D.
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break On Your Own
Afternoon Keynote Addresses
1:30 p.m.
to
2:30 p.m.
Overcoming Dyslexia: New Science-Based Programs for Reading Problems
Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., Bennett A. Shaywitz, M.D.
Room: Presidents Ballroom
2:30 p.m. - 300 p.m. Afternoon Coffee Break
3:00 p.m.
to
4:00 p.m.
Attentive Brain: How Children Pay Attention to School Subjects
Michael I. Posner, Ph.D.
Room: Presidents Ballroom
4:00 p.m.
to
5:00 p.m.
How Stress Reduction Can Improve Memory, Performance, & Behavior
Herbert Benson, M.D. and Marilyn Wilcher
Room: Presidents Ballroom
Sunday, April 27 Conference Day 3
Morning Concurrent Sessions D
9:00 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.		 Language & Writing Brain/Body Connection Memory Exercising Mind/Body/Art Brain-Based Teaching Brain/Science
Written Language Disorders: Diagnoses & Intervention

Steven Feifer, Ph.D.		 How Yoga Can Improve Memory, Attention, & Cognition

Gessner Geyer, M.A., Ed. M		 Ways to Improve Student Memory

Philip DeFina, Ph.D.		 Why Exercise & Movement are Critical to Learning

John Ratey, M.D.

Using Creative Movement & the Arts in the Classroom

Roberta Pasternack, Ed.M.		 Teaching to the Teenage Brain: Strategies that Work in the Secondary Classroom

Jeb Schenck, Ph.D.		 Evolution of the Human Brain

Kenneth Kosik, M.D.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break On Your Own
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Optional Attendance- Panel Discussion: Mind/Body Connection to Learning
Sunday, April 27
Post-Conference Workshops
1:00 p.m.
to
3:00 p.m.

I: Reading

Dyslexia: The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders

Philip DeFina, Ph.D., ABPdN

II: Vision/Architecture

Creating Enriched Mind/Body Learning Environments

Susan Frey, Ph.D., ND, RN, LMT

III: Teaching

Applying Brain Research to the Classroom

Kimberly Carraway, Ed.M.