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Special Education Virtual Conference

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Conference Schedule

  • 9:00 – 10:30
    Session: Learning in the AI Age: A Guide to Empowering Learners Through Exponential Change
    Speaker: Al Juliani
    Audience: All Audience


    10:45 – 12:15
    Session: Collaborating as a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) for Dyslexia Assessment Brings Sunny Days with Bright Futures for All!
    Speaker: Andrea Ogonosky
    Audience: Evaluators

    Session: Time to Shine: 10 Tips for Teachers of Students with Complex Needs
    Speaker: Ayo Jones
    Audience: Teachers

    Session: Level Up Learning: Strategy Blast for Middle and High School
    Speaker: Susan Fitzell
    Audience: Teachers/Paras-all levels


    1:30 – 3:00
    Session: Child Find Legal Updates – Part 1
    Speaker: Jim Walsh
    Audience: Admin

    Session: Supporting Students in the Classroom – For Paraprofessionals (all levels)
    Speaker: Diane Roberson
    Audience: Paras-all levels

    Session: You’re Going to Love This Kid
    Speaker: Inclusion Rules LLC/Paula Kluth
    Audience: Teachers

     

  • 9:00 – 10:30
    Session: Administering Functional Evaluations to Bring Sunny Days and Bright Futures for Students
    Speaker: MiMi Gomez
    Audience: Evaluators

    Session: Clear Expectations Make for Sunny Classrooms! Physical Arrangement and Planning to Promote Positive Behavior
    Speaker: Dr. Erinn Whiteside/K Broaddus
    Audience: Teachers

    Session: Just Give Him the Whale Part 1
    Speaker: Inclusion Rules LLC/Paula Kluth
    Audience: Teachers


    10:45 – 12:15
    Session: 8 Things SLPs can do to Support Students with Dyslexia
    Speaker: Dr. Ellen Kester
    Audience: SLPs

    Session: Collaborating with your Visual Impairment Professionals
    Speaker: Dr. Heather Munro/Michael Munro
    Audience: Teachers

    Session: Just Give Him the Whale Part 2
    Speaker: Inclusion Rules LLC/Paula Kluth
    Audience: Teachers


    1:30 – 3:00
    Session: Building Sunny Days and Bright Futures for Postsecondary Success
    Speaker: Brynn Biggs
    Audience: Transition/Teachers

    Session: AAC All Day – Making Communication Shine Bright in Your Classroom
    Speaker: Nicole Tripp
    Audience: Teachers

    Session: Behavior Legal Updates
    Speaker: Elvin Houston
    Audience: Teachers

  • 9:00 – 10:30
    Session: Child Find Legal Updates – Part 2
    Speaker: Jim Walsh
    Audience: Admin

    Session: Building Bright Futures: Growing Vocabulary through Morphology
    Speaker: Angela Cameron
    Audience: Teachers

    Session: Really Terrific Instruction Strategy Blast (all levels)
    Speaker: Susan Fitzell
    Audience: Teachers/paras


    10:45 – 12:15
    Session: Sunny Days and Bright Futures with the Identification of Dyslexia in the Young Child
    Speaker: Sue Jones (Scottish Rite for Children)
    Audience: Evaluators

    Session: I Can See Clearly Now: The Power of Visual Supports for Student Success
    Speaker: Educating Diverse Learners/Lisa Rogers
    Audience: Teachers

    Session: AI as a Guide to Mastering De-escalation, Self-Regulation, and Social Storytelling
    Speaker: AJ Juliani
    Audience: Teachers


    1:30 – 3:00
    Session: Be an EPIC Leader: How to Navigate Change & Challenge with Confidence
    Speaker: Marli Williams
    Audience: All Audience

Speaker Bios

Session Guide Book