PDE+Annual+Conference

The following was sent to you because you are a Member of the LTF Email List mailing list. Wednesday, December 19, 2007 @ 1:41 PM The Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education is pleased to announce the following conference opportunity:

Title: Pennsylvania Department of Education Annual Conference Indicators for Success: Improvement, Performance, and Results

When: Sunday, February 24, 2008, to Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Location: Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Time: Sunday, February 24, 2008, from 5:00 PM to 7:15 PM Monday, February 25, 2008, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Tuesday, February 26, 2008, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Wednesday, February 27, 2008, from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Description: This conference offers a range of effective interventions to assist in meeting the needs of all students. The preconference session will provide information on resiliency among children and adults, and the opening keynote will illustrate characteristics of inclusionary schools that are responsive to student diversity. Individual conference sessions will address the follow¬ing: collaborative planning and teaching; vocabulary instruction; peer-assisted learning strategies; building number sense; effective writing instruction; writing legally defensible Individualized Education Programs (IEPs); statewide assessments for students with disabilities; student engagement and dropout prevention; effective teaching practices; a university based mentor¬ing program for high poverty youth; peer support strategies for vocational and secondary settings; inclu¬sion for preschool; preschool practices that ensure learning for all; Response to Intervention in the preschool setting; closing the achievement gap; traumatic brain injury; syndromes in educational settings; access to the core curriculum for students with severe disabilities; universal screening for behavior for elementary and secondary schools; autism; Response to Intervention; higher education policy and reform; 504 Plans; and serving special populations in career and technical education. Informational sessions will cover the following topics: homebound and instruction in the home; Power Teaching; standards aligned math; Athena Classroom; Gaskin update; Elements of Reading; Soar to Success K-2; big ideas in math; Access and IEP Writer; State Personnel Development Grant; Indicators 13 and 14; Query Master for IDEA and NCLB; Saxon Math; Safari Math; and Destination Math. Gifted education sessions will include topics such as twice exceptional; underachieving students who are gifted and talented; and, ways gifted students cope with disabilities. The closing keynote will provide information on creating and sustaining an emotionally safe school environment free from bullying, cyber bullying, and harassment.

Parent scholarships are available for Pennsylvania parents of children with disabilities. Parents can apply for the scholarship by completing the registration form and returning it to Dana Colson at PaTTAN, 200 Anderson Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, by January 22, 2008. The scholarship will include hotel, meal stipend, and mileage. Hotel rooms will be reserved for scholarship recipients by PaTTAN and must be guaranteed with a credit card by the parent. For additional information, please contact Donna Salkin at       800-441-3215 , ext. 267, or by email at dsalkin@pattan.net.

The hotel registration deadline is January 22, 2008. Conference participants may register for rooms at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center at       717-533-3131   or        800-437-7439.

Presenters: Maria Elena Arguelles, Susan Assouline, Lewis Astorino, Honi Bamberger, Jim Bohan, Jeannine Brinkley, Virginia Buysse, Erik Carter, Sam Cartsos, Jeffrey Champagne, Victoria Damiani, June Downing, Rachal Edwards, Batya Elbaum, Andrew Faust, John Fitzgerald, James Garbarino, Ann Glang, Gloria Grego, Barbara Haasgivler, Nan Henderson, Kelli Hodges, Marty Hougen, Carolyn Hughes, David Jacobs, William King, Joseph Kovaleski, Marilyn Lance, Paul Miller, Nancy Minshew, Paul Morgan, Rosemary Mullaly, F. Richard Olenchak, Shatarupa Podder, Amy Reschly, Horacio Sanchez, Tanya Santangelo, Thomas Seben, Edward Shapiro, Linda Silverman, Frank Smith, Jeffrey Sprague, Michael Stoehr, Carole Tilley, Richard Villa, Mickey Wircenski, Mark Wolery, Robert Zemsky, Naomi Zigmond, Perry Zirkel

Credit: Act 48, ASHA, Psych

You may register directly on-line by visiting __www.pattan.net__ and entering the Registration On-line page.

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