What's New in Dyslexia Research and What It Means for the Classroom: Translating Research into Practice
Keynote Address
Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D.: the Audrey Ratner Professor in Learning Development at the Yale University School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity
Bennett Shaywitz, M.D.: the Charles and Helen Schwab Professor in Dyslexia and Learning Development , Chief of Pediatric Neurology at the Yale University School of Medicine, and Co-Director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity
Perspectives from a College Admissions Office: Keynote Address
William Hiss, Ph.D., Vice President for External Affairs, Lecturer in Asian Studies, and former Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Bates College, where the SAT has not been required since 1984.
Research-Based Teaching Methods for Struggling Readers and Writers
Suzanne Carreker, Certified Academic Language Therapist and Qualified Instructor Vice President of Program Development at the Neuhaus Educational Center, Houston, TX
School Policy and Curriculum Issues Relating to Dyslexia
Panel Discussion, moderated by Dr. Sally E. Shaywitz, including:
T. Muir Meredith, Head of Westmark School, Encino CA, a school for students in grades 4-12 with learning differences
Ann Klotz, Head of the Laurel School, Cleveland, Ohio, an independent day school for girls in grades K-12
Kyle Redford, charter school founder, currently teacher and curriculum specialist at Marin Country Day School, Corte Madera, CA , an independent day school for students in grades K-8
Daniel B. Frank, Principal, Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, IL and Executive Editor of the journal Schools, serving on the School Liaison Committee of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Technology
Rene King, dyslexia technology therapist from Pleasant Grove, TX, Independent School District, with demonstration by two students who use MP3 players, laptops, voice-recognition software and scan pens to overcome dyslexia and achieve success in the classroom.
Dyslexia Success Stories
What do success stories have to teach us about dyslexia? How can dyslexic students thrive and be successful at a rigorous secondary school or college? Group Interview with college graduates and college and independent school learning resource center directors, moderated by Faith Middleton, host and executive producer of the Faith Middleton Show on WNPR, New Haven, CT.
Featured Authors
Helen Lester, author of many illustrated children’s books, such as Tacky the Penguin, Hooway for Wodney Wat, and Author: A True Story, her personal story of a girl who has trouble writing but becomes a teacher and book author.
Judy Spurr, author of Trapped, a novel for middle-schoolers that addresses learning disabilities and bullying
World Premiere of a Documentary Film on Dyslexia
From the producers of ET and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
