Location:
Marriott San Francisco Airport
Hotel
|
10:00 AM – 4:30
PM
Brain Matters: Translating Research to Practice
Patricia Wolfe, EdD
Room: Salon |
10:00 AM –
4:30 PM
Managing Mental States to Increase Engagement
Willy Wood, MA
Room: Salon |
10:00 AM – 4:30
PM
Making Math Real: Connecting Research to Practice
David Berg, ET Karen Zuniga, ET, Nancy Knop,
PhD
Room: Salon |
1:00 PM –
4:30 PM
Applying Brain Research to the Classroom
Diane Watanabe, EdD and Richard Sjolseth,
EdM
Room: Salon |
1:00 PM – 4:30
PM
An Intro. to the Brain & Neuroscience
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD
Room: Salon |
1:00 PM–4:30 PM
Attention Problems & Achievement:
Is Attention a Skill That Can Be Trained?
David L. Rabiner, PhD
Room: Salon |
Thursday, February 7 – Conference Day 1
Opening Addresses: Influences
on Brain Development & Learning: Sex, Stress & Personality
|
7:00
AM – 8:30 AM Registration |
8:30 AM
to
9:45 AM |
Welcome: Kenneth
Kosik, MD
Keynote Part I: Influences from Gender, Hemispheres & Hormones
Larry F. Cahill, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
9:45 AM
to
10:45 AM |
Keynote Part
II: Nurturing the Nature of Your Students
Michael Gurian, MA
Room: Grand Ballroom |
10:45
AM – 11:00 AM Networking Coffee Break and Book Signing |
11:00 AM
to
12:00 PM |
Keynote Part
III: The Effects of Early Adversity on
the Developing Brain: Implications for Education
Victor G. Carrion, MD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
12:00 PM
to
12:20PM |
Panel Discussion: How
Can We Improve Teaching Based on Gender, Nature, Adversity
Brain Differences?
Room: Grand Ballroom |
12:20
PM – 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) |
Afternoon
Concurrent Sessions A |
Sessions:
1:45 PM
to
5:00 PM
Breaks:
Various times from
2:45 PM
to
3:45 PM |
(RP)
ADHD & Behavior |
(R)
Influences on Learning |
(RP) Teen
Brains & Learning |
(P) Students
Brains & Teaching |
(RP) Reading
& Disabilities |
(R) Math
& Disabilities |
(R) Music,
Memory & Attention |
Part I:
1:45 PM–3:45 PM
ADHD in the School Setting: Strategies
for Promoting Life & Attention
Skills
Linda J. Pfiffner, PhD
Part II:
4:00 PM–5:00 PM
Interventions for Children with ADHD
Stephen P. Hinshaw, PhD
Room: Salon |
Part I:
1:45 PM–2:45 PM
Effects of TV on Learning, Language & Attention
Dimitri A. Christakis,MD
Part II:
2:45 PM–3:45PM
Intervention to Sharpen Minds
Alvaro Fernandez, MA
Part III:
4:00 PM–5:00 PM
Brain Plasticity & Maximizing Learning
Eric Knudsen, PhD
Room: Salon |
Part I:
1:45 PM–3:15 PM
Maturation of an Adolescent Brain:
Implications for Education
Robert Sylwester, EdD
Part II:
3:30 PM–5:00 PM
Engaging the Tween and Teen Brain
Raleigh T. Philp, M
AT
Book signing: 5:00-5:30 PM
Room: Salon |
Part 1:
1:45 PM–3:15 PM
Gotcha Brains: Cognitive Neuroscience
for Kids
Martha Kaufeldt, MA
Part II:
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Brain Quest: Helping Students Understand their
Brains & Learning
Susan Lees, PsyD, PPS
Room: Salon |
Part I:
1:45 PM–3:15 PM
A Neuro-Science Perspective of
Reading Development
Robert F. Dougherty,
PhD
Part II:
3:30 PM–5:00 PM
Teaching to the Minds of Boys/Girls:
Closing Gap in Reading & Writing
Kelley King, MA
Room: Salon |
Part I:
1:45 PM–3:15 PM
Neuro-
Anatomical Approaches to the
Study of Math Ability Susan
M. Rivera, PhD
Part II:
3:30 PM– 4:30 PM
Mental ArithmeticVinod
Menon, PhD
Panel: 4:30 PM-5:00PM
Room: SR |
Part I:
1:45
PM –2:45 PM
How Music Helps the Brain Pay Attention Vinod
Menon, PhD
Part II:
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Connecting the Brain to Music,
Memory & Learning
Kenneth S. Kosik, MD
Part III:
4:00 PM–5:00 PM
Music, Memory & Attention
Petr Janata, PhD
Room: Salon |
|
Friday, February 8 – Conference Day 2
Morning Concurrent Sessions B
|
Sessions
8:30 AM to
11:45AM
Coffee Break:
10:00AM to
10:30AM |
(RP)
Attention & Training |
(RP)
Early Brain
Dev. & Learning |
(P) Teen
Brains & Learning |
(P) Brain-Based
Teaching |
(RP)
Reading Skills & Dyslexia |
(RP)
Autism, Attention & Intervention |
Part I:
8:30 AM –10:00 AM
Focusing the Mind: Training Children & Parents
in Mind-fulness Meditation
Philippe R. Goldin, PhD
Break: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Part II:
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
How We Control Our Thoughts & Actions: Implications
for the Classroom
Silvia A. Bunge, PhD
Panel:
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Room: Salon |
Bright from the Start: Enhancing
Brain Development, Language & Attention in Young Children
Jill Stamm, PhD and Kristin
Stamm McNealy, PhD candidate
Break & Book signing: 10:00 AM -10:15 AM
Room: Salon |
Teaching to the Developing
Adolescent Brain: Strategies for Effective Instruction
Willy Wood, MA
Break: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Salon |
Part 1:
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Brain-Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion
Classroom
Judy Willis, MD, EdM
Break: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Part II:
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Begin with tbe Brain: What Educators Need to Know
Martha Kaufeldt, MA
Book signing: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Salon |
Part 1:
8:30 AM –
10:00 AM
Using Neuro-Science to Predict Children’s Reading Problems
John D. E. Gabrieli, PhD
Break: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Part II:
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Building the Reading Brain: Birth to Five
Patricia Wolfe, EdD
Room: Salon |
Part I:
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Current Findings on Early Dev. & Brain
Plasticity in Autism
Geraldine Dawson, PhD
Part II:
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Joint Attention & Social Communication Intervention:
Implications for Young Children with Autism
Ann Mastergeorge, PhD
Room: Salon |
11:45
AM – 1:00 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) |
Afternoon Keynotes: Educating the Brain: Mindsets,
Attention & Learning
|
1:00 PM to
2:15 PM |
Keynote Part
1: Educating the Human Brain: Attention Networks & Learning
Michael I. Posner. PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
2:15 PM to
3:15 PM |
Keynote Part
II: Mindsets: Brain Processes, Motivation & Learning
Carol S. Dweck, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
3:15
PM – 3:30 PM Afternoon Break |
3:30 PM to
4:30 PM |
Keynote Part
III: Mind, Brain & Education: Fundamental Importance
of Learning and the Brain in Education
Kurt W. Fischer, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
4:30 PM to
5:00 PM |
Panel Discussion: How
Do We Train Brain Networks and Mindsets to Improve Learning & Attention?
Moderator: Kurt W. Fischer, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
5:00
PM – 6:30 PM “Meeting of the Minds” Reception and
Book Signing
Sponsored by The Dana Alliance for
Brain Initiatives |
Saturday, February 9 – Conference Day 3
Morning Keynote Addresses: Educating
the Special Brain: Learning, Emotions & Attention
|
8:30 AM
to
9:30 AM |
Keynote Part
I: Brain Maturation in Children and Teens:
Implications for Learning, Emotions & Attention Jay N. Giedd, MD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
9:30
AM – 10:00 AM Networking Coffee Break |
10:00AM to
11:00AM |
Keynote Part
II: The Neurological Link Between Cognition, Emotion & Social
Processing: Implications for Education and Intervention
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
11:00AM to
12:00PM |
Keynote Part
III: The Mark of Shame: Attitudes Towards
Mental Illness (with Emphasis on Children)
Stephen P. Hinshaw, PhD
Room: Grand Ballroom |
Book
signing: 12:15-12:30 PM |
Saturday,
February 9 – Post-Conference Workshops |
Location:
Marriott San Francisco Airport Hotel |
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Brain-Based Teaching from a Strengths Perspective: Improving
Competence in Students
Susan E. Lees, PsyD, PPS
Room: Bayside |
1:00 PM – 4:30
PM
The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders:
Diagnosis & Intervention
Steven G. Feifer, EdD, NCSP
Room: Bayside |
1:00 PM – 4:30
PM
The Art of Changing the Brain: From Research
to Application
Maryam Torbati, PhD
Room: Bayside |
