10AM–1:00 PM

Brain-based Teaching from Scratch
Marilee B. Sprenger, MA

2:00 PM–5:00 PM

Best Practices
Jeb Schenck, PhD

Rm: Salon III

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

In The Mind of the Student with ADHD*
Sam Goldstein, PhD

Rm: Dana

10:00 AM –5:00 PM

Making Math Real: Connecting Research to Practice in K-12
David Berg, ET Karen Zuniga, ET Nancy Knop, PhD

Rm: Salon IV

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM

RTI and Assessment of Learning Disabilities*
Jack A. Naglieri, PhD

Rm: Longfellow

1:00 PM –4:30 PM

Cracking the Reading Code with the Brain in Mind
Katie Garner, EdM

Rm: Salon I-II

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM

An Introduction to the Brain and Neurosciences*
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD

Rm:Salon V

Sessions: 1:45
to
5:15 PM

Breaks: Various Times
2:45 to
3:30 PM

Part I: 1:45 –3:00 PM

Revolutionary New Science of Exercise & the Brain
John J. Ratey, MD

Part I: 1:45 –3:00 PM

Brain Plasticity, Development & Early Experiences
Charles A. Nelson III, PhD

Part I: 1:45 –3:00 PM

The Paradox of Learning in the Teen Brain
Frances E. Jensen, MD

Part 1: 1:45 –2:45 PM

Studies of the Reading Brain
Guinevere F. Eden, DPhil

Part 1: 1:45 – 3:00 PM

How the Brain Does Math
Nancy Knop, PhD

Part I: 1:45 –3:15 PM

Working Memory Training for Children with ADHD
Bradley S. Gibson, PhD
Dawn M. Gondoli, PhD

 1:45 –5:15 PM

Using New Immersive Learning Technologies, Training and Pedagogies to Foster Adaptive, Adult Critical Thinkers
Mildred Abell, PhD, Kenneth A. Yates, EdD, Randall Hill Jr., PhD, Michelle Zbylut, PhD, Sharon Sloane, MA

Break 3:00-3:15

Room: MIT
Faculty Club

Part II: 3:15–4:15 PM

Managing Stress in Schools
Rana Chudnofsky,EdD

Part II: 3:15 –4:45 PM

The Developing Brain: Birth to Age Eight
Marilee B. Sprenger, MA

Part II: 3:15 –5:15 PM

Teaching the Teen Brain: Connecting Memory, Emotions & Actions
Jeb Schenck, PhD

Room: IV

Part II: 3:00 – 4:00 PM

Reading Skills & Disabilities: What is the Role of Educ. Neuroscience?
Kurt W. Fischer, PhD

Part II: 3:15 – 4:15 PM

Teaching Number Sense
Sharon A. Griffin, PhD

Part II: 3:30 – 5:00 PM

Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control
Nancy Ratey, EdM, MCC

Part III: 4:15 –5:15 PM

Neuroplastic Changes Assoc. with Mindful Meditation
Sara W. Lazar, PhD

Room: Salon III

Panel: 4:45 – 5:15 PM

Room: V

Part III: 4:00 –5:15 PM

Helping Struggling Readers
Katie E. Garner, EdM

Room: MIT
Faculty Club

Part III: 4:15 – 5:15 PM

Math/Reading Instructional Handouts
Jack A. Naglieri, PhD

Room: I-II

Q&A: 5:00 – 5:15 PM

Room: Dana

Sessions 8:30
to
11:45AM

Coffee Breaks:
Various times
9:30
to
10:15AM

Part I: 8:30 –9:45 AM

Disrupting the Brain with Noninvasive Brain Stimulation to Understand and Enhance Learning
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD

Part I: 8:30 –10:00 AM

The Continuing Puzzle of Emotional Experience
Jerome Kagan, PhD

Part I: 8:30 –10:00 AM

A Guide to the Adolescent Brain: Periods of Vulnerabilities and Opportunities
Ronald E. Dahl, MD

Part I: 8:30 –9:30 AM

Using Neuroscience to Predict Children’s Reading Problems
John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD

Part I: 8:30 –10:00 AM

Resilience in Growing Up: New Research in the Interaction of Brain and Environment
Norbert Herschkowitz, MD

Part 1: 8:30 – 10:00 AM

Developing an Understanding of the Hidden Curriculum for People with Autism
Stephen M. Shore, EdD

Part I: 8:30 – 10:00 AM

The Adult Brain and Memory: How Learning Protects Against Alzheimer's
Kenneth S. Kosik, MD

Part II: 10:00 – 11:15 AM

fMRI & Brain Plasticity: Implications for Learning & Disorders
John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD

Part II: 10:15 – 11:45 AM

Connecting the Brain, Emotions & Cognition to Education & Learning
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD

Room: III

Part II: 10:15 – 11:45 AM

The Good Teen: Creating Positive Development in Adolescence
Richard M. Lerner, PhD

Room: I-II

Part II: 9:45 – 10:45 AM

The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
Maryanne Wolf, EdD

Part II: 10:15 – 11:15 AM

Resilience and Self-Awareness in Adolescents
Thomas J. Cottle, PhD

Part II: 10:15 – 11:30 AM

What We Know About Visual Processing & Learning with Persons on the Autism Spectrum
Howard C. Shane, PhD

Room: Gutman Ctr.
Harvard Sq.

Part II: 10:15 – 11:45 AM

Teaching with the Adult Brain in Mind Kathleen Taylor, PhD, Annalee J Lamoreaux, PhD

Room: Dana

Panel: 11:15 – 11:45 AM

Room: Salon V

Part III: 10:45 – 11:45 AM

Teaching Reading to LD Students
Mary Jean Hughes, EdD

Room: IV

Panel: 11:15 – 11:45 AM

Room: Gutman Ctr.
Harvard Sq.

1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Applying Brain Research to the Classroom

Kimberly Carraway, EdM

Room: Salon I-II

1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Brain Fitness for Adults*

Susan K. Diamond, MSW, MS

Room: Dana