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WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
* Indicates that session is also applicable to adult learners
SATURDAY, APRIL 26
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
1. Brain-based Teaching
(Full
Day) 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Cost: $250 per person
Part I: Brain-compatible
Teaching from Scratch
Learn how to set up a brain-compatible classroom.
Experience the “why” and “how” of movement, procedure,
music, and memory. Learn about a “from-scratch” recipe that
brings results.
Marilee B. Sprenger, MA, Adjunct Professor, Aurora
University; former teacher; author, Memory
101 for Educators (2006), and Becoming
a Wiz at Brain-Based Teaching (2006, latest edition)
Part II: Best Practices
and Best Ideas: An Exchange of Knowledge in Teaching to the Brain
Examine
what hundreds of practicing educators have found to be the best practices
in the real world of the classroom. Learn to develop your own applications,
and obtain a template to help interpret the Learning & Brain Conference
proceedings as they apply to your own educational situation.
Jeb Schenck,
PhD, Adjunct Professor, University
of Wyoming; memory researcher; author
of Learning, Teaching and the Brain (2003)
2. In the Mind of the Student
with ADHD—Strategic Interventions to Change Brains and Behavior
(Full Day) 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Cost: $250 per person
Engage in an overview
of the current research reflecting our understanding of ADHD. Learn about
the practical implications of weak executive skills and poor self-regulation
on behavior, learning and relationships. Obtain strategies for assessment,
counseling and classroom management, utilizing a strengths-based resilience
model.
Sam Goldstein, PhD, Faculty Member, University
of Utah Medical School and George Mason
University; co-author of Understanding and
Managing Children’s Classroom Behavior (2007)
3. Making Math Real—Connecting
Research to Practice K-12
(Full Day) 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Cost: $250 per
person
Discover the direct, specific connections linking current research
in neuroscience and cognitive science to applied practice in the multi-sensory,
structured teaching of mathematics in grades K-12.
David Berg, ET, Founder/Director, Making Math Real Institute
Karen
Zuniga, ET, Associate Director, Making Math Real Institute
Nancy F. Knop, PhD, Educational Therapist, former science teacher; specialist
in cognitive development and learning styles
4. RTI and Assessment of
Learning Disabilities
(Half Day) 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Cost: $150 per person
Focus on dispelling the myths surrounding Response to Intervention (RTI)
and IDEA. Examine the research on RTI and cognitive assessment relevant
to IDEA and the scientific basis of using an RTI approach to SLD identification.
Jack A. Naglieri, PhD, Professor of Psychology; Director, School Psychology
Program; Faculty, Center for Cognitive Development, George
Mason University;
Sr. Editor, Journal of Attention Disorders
5. Secret Stories – Cracking
the Reading Code with the Brain in Mind
(Half Day) 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Cost: $150 per person
Teach early and primary-age readers how to crack
the “secret” reading codes that lie
beyond the alphabet. “Brain-In-Mind” begins with letter/sound
skill acquisition, then broadens to include the highest levels of reading
and phonemic instruction, aligned with the latest research in teaching
the way our brains learn best.
Katie Garner, EdM, nationally recognized
speaker; innovator in early reading acquisition
6. *Brain Anatomy 101--An
Introduction to the Brain and Neuroscience
(Half Day) 1:00 PM - 4:30
PM Cost: $150 per person
Equip yourself with a basic understanding of
the major anatomical areas of the brain, the various methods used to
study brain-mind con-nections, and the principles governing brain organization
and function.
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Brain
and Creativity Institute for the Neurological Study of Emotion, Decision-making,
and Creativity, University of Southern California
MONDAY, APRIL 28
"MEETING OF THE MINDS" WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Free & Open to All Attendees
Enjoy this opportunity to meet other attendees and some of the nation's brightest minds. Also, neuroscientist Bruce McEwen, PhD will be in attendance to sign his books. Advance registration required on the registration form. Sponsored by THE DANA ALLIANCE FOR BRAIN INITIATIVES
TUESDAY, APRIL 29
POST-CONFERENCE
WORKSHOPS
(By advance registration only. Select one of two. Add $25 fee if you are not attending the conference.)
1. Applying Brain Research
to the Classroom—Practical Strategies for Teachers
1:00 PM - 4:30
PM Cost: $150 per person
Equip yourself with specific instructional and
learning strategies informed by cognitive neuroscience. Learn specific “how-to” strategies
for: designing instruction, fostering active learning, teaching organization
and time management, developing reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling,
note-taking skills, mathematics skills, individual study strategies,
and creating handouts and assessments.
Kimberly Carraway, EdM, Learning
Specialist, The Carraway Center for Teaching and Learning
2. *Brain Fitness
for Adults
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Cost: $150 per person
Learn about neurobics,
mental aerobics and other exercises and games to keep the brain healthy.
Susan K. Diamond, MSW, MS, Founder, Total Brain Fitness; Director of
Senior Services; Geriatric Social Worker; Geriatric Care Manager, Recreation
Therapist
SUNDAY, APRIL 27
NETWORKING LUNCHES
12:30 - 1:30 PM Cost: $29.50 per
person
You are invited to meet and dine with colleagues at this special networking lunch at the MIT Faculty Club. By advance registration only.