International Conference
The Sensory-Language Connection
for Learning

Dyslexia ~ Hyperlexia ~ Autism

This year's eminent research speakers include:
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	Nanci Bell, M.A. ~ 10 March, 2011, 8:00-8:50am Co-founder of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, Author of "Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking®" Imagery: A Sensory-Cognitive Foundation for the Component Parts of Reading
	Linnea Ehri, Ph.D. ~ 10 March, 2011, 9:00-10:30am Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York Learning to Read Words: Relationship to Spelling and Vocabulary Acquisition
	Ricki Robinson, M.D., M.P.H. ~ 10 March, 2011, 10:45am-12:15pm Descanso Medical Center for Development & Learning Medical Conditions in ASD: What's the Chicken and What's the Egg?
	Gina Gallegos and Paul Worthington ~ 10 March, 2011, 12:15-1:30pm Ms. Gallegos is Principal of Heritage Elementary School in Pueblo, CO and Mr. Worthington is Co-Director of Professional Development, Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes NCLB, Response to Intervention, Turning Around Schools, and District Reform: Thirteen Years of Integrated Research and Success in a High Poverty, High Minority Colorado School District
	Mark Sadoski, Ph.D. ~ 10 March, 2011, 1:30-3:00pm Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture, Texas A&M University Dual Coding Theory: Introduction and Extensions to Decoding in Reading and Medical Education
	Jeanette Taylor, Ph.D. ~ 10 March, 2011, 3:15-4:45pm Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Training, Florida State University, Department of Psychology Gene-Environment Interactions for Early Literacy Constructs
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	Allan Paivio, Ph.D. ~ 11 March, 2011, 8:00-8:50am Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario, Author of the Dual Coding Theory Dual Coding Theory, Visualization/Verbalization, and Intelligence
	Jane M. Healy, Ph.D. ~ 11 March, 2011, 9:00-10:30am Educational Psychologist, Internationally Acclaimed Author of "Endangered Minds" and "Different Learners" Different Learners: How Nature and Nurture Interact to Cause or Remediate Learning Problems
	Nancy J. Minshew, M.D. ~ 11 March, 2011, 10:45am-12:15pm Professor of Psychiatry & Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Director, University of Pittsburgh's NIH Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) The Pathway to New Interventions for ASD: Defining Mechanisms and Translation to Treatments
	Bob Pletka, Ed.D. and Paul Worthington ~ 11 March, 2011, 12:15-1:30pm Mr. Pletka is Superintendent of El Centro, California Elementary District and Mr. Worthington is Co-Director of Professional Development, Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes District Reform in a Failing State: A Research-Based Prototype to Turn Around One of the Lowest Performing Districts in California
	Richard Olson, Ph.D. ~ 11 March, 2011, 1:30-3:00pm Professor of Psychology, P.I. of the Colorado Learning Disabilities Research Center and of the Colorado Longitudinal Twin Study Genetic and Environmental Influences on Reading and Related Skills: Implications for Instruction and Practice
	Robert Hendren, Ph.D. ~ 11 March, 2011, 3:15-4:45pm Professor and Vice Chair of Psychiatry, UC San Francisco; Former Executive Director MIND Institute; UC Davis Update on Evidence-Based Assessments and Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders
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	The Honorable Robert Pasternack, Ph.D. ~ 12 March, 2011, 8:00-8:50am Former Assistant Secretary, US Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Responding to Instruction and Intervention: What RTI Means for Students with Learning Disabilities
	John D.E. Gabrieli, Ph.D. ~ 12 March, 2011, 9:00-10:30am Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, and by courtesy, Department of Radiology, Stanford University Development of Memory Systems in the Child's Brain
	Kenneth Pugh, Ph.D. ~ 12 March, 2011, 10:45am-12:15pm President and Director of Research, Senior Scientist, Haskins Laboratories; Professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of Connecticut Methodological Issues in Neuroimaging Studies of Skilled Reading and Reading Disability: Establishing Brain/Behavior Links
	Lori Cooper and Paul Worthington ~ 12 March, 2011, 12:15-1:30pm Ms. Cooper is Assistant Superintendent of Center School District in Center, CO and Mr. Worthington is Co-Director of Professional Development, Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes Turning Around Schools and District Reform- What Does it Take?  A Research-Based Prototype to Turn Around One of the Lowest Performing Schools in Colorado
	Elena Grigorenko, Ph.D. ~ 12 March, 2011, 1:30-3:00pm Associate Professor, Child Study Center, Department of Psychology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University IDEA 2004, RTI, and the Private Sector: At a Cross-Roads
	Fred Morrison, Ph.D. ~ 12 March, 2011, 3:15-4:45pm Research Professor, the Center for Human Growth and Development; Professor of Psychology and Professor of Education, Combined Program in Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan Instructional Influences on Growth of Literacy: The Promise of Individualization

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Past Research Conference Presenters:

• Dr. Stanley Greenspan- Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School
• Dr. Harold Koplewicz- Former Director of the New York University (NYU) Child Study Center
• Dr. Guinevere Eden- Georgetown University Medical Center
• Dr. R. Malatesha Joshi- Professor of Literacy Education, Texas A&M University
• Dr. Marcel Just- Professor of Psychology, Director, Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging, Psychology Department, Carnegie Mellon University
• Dr. Sylviane Valdois- Senior Researcher, CNRS Laboratory of Psychology and Neuro-Cognition, Université Pierre Mendés, France
• Dr. John Stein- Professor of Physiology, University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford University
• Dr. Michel Denis- Senior Scientist, National Center for Scientific Research, Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
• Dr. Brian Byrne- Professor of Psychology, University of New England, Australia
• Dr. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore- Royal Society Research Fellow, Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience
• Dr. Dennis Molfese- Distinguished University Scholar and Professor; Editor-in Chief, Developmental Neuropsychology; Codirector, Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory; National Institutes of Health, Reading & Learning Disabilities Research Network
• Dr. Todd Richards- Professor of Radiology, Director of Brain Imaging at the UW Learning Disability Center, University of Washington
• Dr. Barry E. Stein- Professor and Chair, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• Dr. Michael Pressley- Professor Michigan State University
• Dr. Mark Wallace- Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University
• Dr. Georgios D. Sideridis- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Crete