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Access Is The Best Medicine Fighting for Equality in Health Care
By: Barry Blitt
Hosted hors d’oeurves, wine, and soft drinks
Please RSVP to Ingrid Fischer : itischer@dredf.org
FEATURED GUEST
Sharon Lewis
Past Presidential Appointee, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Administration for Community Living & Past Senior Disability Policy Advisor to George Miller
EDWARD M. KENNEDY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mary Lou Breslin
DREDF Co-Founder and Senior Policy Advisor for Doing Healthcare Justice for People with Disabilities
EMCEE
Yomi Wrong
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
About the Workshop
Learning math can be challenging, especially for students who have specific learning disabilities. Language skills, executive functioning, motor planning, and math-specific visual processing skills all play a role in acquiring math competency. Specific deficits and their resulting impact will be explored in this workshop. Methods will be presented that use the minimum language demands and whole-to-part, multi-modal strategies to help students express, relate, store, and retrieve information efficiently.
Chris Woodin has been with Landmark School since 1986. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and the Harvard Graduate School of education and is currently the mathematics department head at the Landmark Elementary/Middle School. He has published several articles, including a recent one through the Yale Centre for Dyslexia and Creativity. His latest book is entitled Multiplication and Division Facts for the Whole-to-Part Visual Learner. He presents nationally on topics involving multimodal math instruction and learning disabilities.
Co-sponsored by Parents Education Network
The Perfect Storm: ADHD, Dyslexia, and Executive Function Problems plus Executive Function in the Classroom
with Eric Tridas, M.D. and Sr. Mary Gilchrist Cottrill
Saturday, October 1, 9:00 am-3:30 pm (check-in begins at 8:30 am, lunch is included)
Ross School, 9 Lagunitas Road, Ross, CA 94957
Cost:
NCBIDA and PEN Members – $75
Non-members – $85
Walk-ins- $100
Join us for a day-long look at ADHD, Dyslexia, and Executive Function problems.
Dyslexia, ADHD, and anxiety frequently coexist. Often students do not respond to seemingly appropriate interventions because the impairment is the result of multiple factors and the intervention plan only addresses some of them. Dr. Tridas and Sr. Mary Cottrill will discuss the main contributing factors to these students’ problems and how they interact with each other to impair learning. In the morning, Dr. Tridas will review the symptoms of ADHD and anxiety and their impact on executive function and reading. In the afternoon, Sr. Mary Gilcrist will focus on how executive function deficits impact learning and give practical, strategic supports to assist students, teachers, and parents.
Eric Tridas, M.D. is the Medical Director of the Tridas Center for Child Development, a multidisciplinary practice in the Tampa Bay area. He is a developmental pediatrician who specializes in the diagnosis and management of handicapping conditions including ADHD, learning differences, dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities and other neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine. Dr. Tridas edited a book for parents titled From ABC to ADHD: What Every Parent Should Know About Dyslexia and Attention Problems.
Sr. Mary Gilchrist Cottrill is the Director of Ave Maria Preparatory School, a day school for children with learning and behavior challenges in Florida. She designed and directed several schools for children with special needs. Sr. Gilchrist designed and directed Masters level programs in Special Education for Barry University and Ave Maria University. She designed and directed a public partnership with thirty-two schools in the West Coast of Florida. Sister is an Adjunct Professor at Notre Dame College in Ohio and has presented nationally and internationally on learning and behavior disorders.
Pre-registration ends Wednesday, September 28.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations in writing will be accepted until 5:00 pm on Thursday, September 29. In such cases, the registration fee will be refunded less a $10 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations after 5:00 pm, Thursday, September 29.
Synopsis of the film:
A shock of recognition in social work school leads award-winning filmmaker Sarah Entine to explore how undiagnosed dyslexia and ADHD have impacted three generations in her family, starting with her own struggles. With surprising candor, vulnerability and even a touch of humor, Read Me Differently reveals the strain of misunderstood learning differences on family relationships. It is a unique film that generates thoughtful discussion whether in a classroom setting, work environment or at home with family members and friends.
For additional information, please contact Amanda Szakats, amanda.szakats@gmail.com.
“Understanding the Special Education Process: IEP Basics & Beyond”
DREDF Education Advocates provide an overview of the special education process, Section 504 and IDEA laws.
Where: Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Ed Roberts Campus, 3075 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA 94703 (campus is at Ashby BART station)
The Bernard Osher Foundation Education Center, First Floor
Date: 2nd Monday of the month (except August and December)
Time: 6:00 to 8:30pm (Pizza and drinks included!)
Must RSVP: iephelp@dredf.org or 510-644-2555 ext. 5227
DESCRIPTION
“Understanding the Special Education Process: IEP Basics & Beyond”
DREDF Education Advocates provide an overview of the special education process, Section 504 and IDEA laws.
Where: Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Ed Roberts Campus, 3075 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA 94703 (campus is at Ashby BART station)
The Bernard Osher Foundation Education Center, First Floor
Date: 2nd Monday of the month (except August and December)
Time: 6:00 to 8:30pm (Pizza and drinks included!)
Must RSVP: iephelp@dredf.org or 510-644-2555 ext. 5227
The Experience Dyslexia® Simulation is happening again!
You probably know someone who has Dyslexia. Here’s a chance to understand more.
Experience through hands-on activities some of the challenges and frustrations faced by people with language-based learning differences. Join us on our campus for this unique workshop compiled by the NCBIDA*.
This event is great for teachers, professionals, families and anyone over age 10!
We will also be hosting a brief tour of our school and be able to answer a few questions about what makes our school a unique place.
For additional information or questions, please contact the Hope Academy office.
Phone: 925-687-7555 or Email: hope4dyslexics@gmail.com
Doors open at 6:00, Simulation starts at 6:30
Space is limited to 50.
Visit Hope Academy at http://www.hopeacademyconcord.org/
*© Northern California Branch of The International Dyslexia Association, 2010
“Understanding the Special Education Process: IEP Basics & Beyond”
DREDF Education Advocates provide an overview of the special education process, Section 504 and IDEA laws.
Where: Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Ed Roberts Campus, 3075 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA 94703 (campus is at Ashby BART station)
The Bernard Osher Foundation Education Center, First Floor
Date: 2nd Monday of the month (except August and December)
Time: 6:00 to 8:30pm (Pizza and drinks included!)
Must RSVP: iephelp@dredf.org or 510-644-2555 ext. 5227