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Annual Executive Function Conference

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Executive Function Strategies: Optimizing Student Performance and Decreasing Stress

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8:30 a.m. - 3:00p.m. (teachers)

8:30a.m.-1:00p.m. (parents)​

$350 (teachers)

$210 (parents including lunch)

$185 (parents, half-day session only)

And join us the following day on October 19th for the SMARTS Executive Function Fall Workshop

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PARENTS REGISTER HERE

International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities

Crete, Greece 

June 23-25, 2019

Day 1

7:45-8:30      Registration

 

8:30-8:50      Welcome

                     Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D.

 

8:50-9:50      Stretching and flexing the mind:                                              Metacognition and executive function                                      strategies that promote resilience and                                      academic success

                     Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D.​

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9:50-10:40    Executive function, motivation and stress in                            students with ADHD

                     Thomas Brown, Ph.D.

 

10:40-11:00   Coffee break

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11:00-11:50   Bright students who can’t keep up: The                                   impact of slow processing speed on                                       performance

                      Steven Schlozman, M.D.

 

11:50-12:20   Questions and answers

                      Panel: Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D., Thomas                                         Brown, Ph.D., Steven Schlozman, M.D.

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12:20-1:30    Networking Lunch

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1:30-2:20      Learning and attention differences: The                                  building blocks of creative thinking and                                  leadership

                     Panel:Lynn Meltzer Ph.D, Dan Koh M.B.A.,                             Sasha Forbath, Billy Warren B.S.

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2:50-4:30    Concurrent Sessions

 

                   1 .  Michael Greschler, M.Ed., Wendy                                      Stacey, M.S., Kim Davis M.Ed., Shelly                                      Levy M.Ed., 

                   Promoting EF processes across the grades:                            Fun, form, and content

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                  2.  Joan Sedita, M.A.

                  Keys to comprehension:Teaching main                                   ideas, note taking and summarizing to                                     support  comprehension

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​                  3.  Joan Steinberg, M.Ed.,Kathy  Button,M.Ed. 

                  Reaching for joy in math learning: Embracing                        ef processes and strategic instruction for                                students who struggle 

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                 4.  Sucheta Kamath, M.A.

                 Building resilience in children with                                            language learning difficulties using mental                              flexibility and perspective taking strategies

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                 5.  Anthony Bashir, Ph.D., Bonnie Singer, Ph.D.

                 Verbal working memory: Its role in                                            executive control and language performance

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4:45-6:30  Reception for Faculty, Alumnae, and SMARTS                        Subscribers

8:30-8:45      Overview

                      Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D

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8:45-9:30        Executive function strategies to support                          reading comprehension

                       Kelly Cartwright, Ph.D.

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9:30-10:15      Social thinking and social competencies:                        Teaching more than social skills

                       Michelle Garcia Winner, SLP, MA-CCC

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10:14-10:40   Coffee break

 

10:45-11:30  The power of mentoring in school based                           after-school settings: From research to                             practice

                     Jean Rhodes,Ph.D.

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11:30-12:00  Panel/ Questions and Answers

 

12:00-1:15    Lunch (on your own in Harvard Square)

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1:15-2:20      Panel: SMARTS: Embedding executive                            function strategies  into the classroom                              using the SMARTS curriculum

                     Administrators and teachers from selected                       schools 

 

2:30-3:50      Concurrent  Sessions

 

                   1. Colin Meltzer, M.A., Josh Mulready B.S.

                    Developing students' strengths through  

                    projects and technology:  Why maker                               spaces matter for students with                                         learning disabilities  

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                   2.  Jessica Minahan, M.Ed., BCBA

                   Embedding technology into project-                                based learning: 3-D printers and beyond

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                  3.  Christopher Willard, Ph.D., Mark Bertin,                        M.D.

                   Making mindfulness stick for kids with

                    executive function challenges

 

                 4.  Michelle Garcia Winner, SLP, MA-CCC

                    Case studies of Adolescents with ASD:

                    Strategies to promote social competencies                     while also managing anxiety and sadness        

    

4:05-4:30   Closing: Practical strategies for use on                              Monday morning

                   Panel: Donna Kincaid, M.Ed., Nancy                                 Trautman, M.A.T., Kim Davis, M.Ed.

Day 2

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