Geoff Goodman’s weekly coding team meetings will be on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The coding team is learning how to code self and object representations and reflective functioning. All are invited. If you have any questions, please contact Geoff at x4277 or ggoodman@liu.edu.
Category: Applied Child and School Concentration
Queens College Regional Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders (QC-RCASD)
3rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CREATING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT CONTEXTS AT SCHOOL AND HOME FOR CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM
MAY 8th, 2010, 9:30 – 1:00
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. David Wacker
Developing and Implementing Functional Communication Training at Home
Location: Queens College, Rosenthal Library Room 230
Choose from 1 of 6 break-out sessions:
1. Teaching Independent Behavior with Activity Schedules to Children with Autism
Presenter: Diane Berger, M.A., BCBA
2. Growing Up with ASD: Developing a Healthy Sexuality Education Plan
Presenter: Shana Nichols, PhD
3. Using Evidence-Based Practices to Teach Social Skills to Children with Autism
Presenter: Peishi Wang, Ph.D., BCBA-D
4. Paraprofessional Support of Students with Autism: Best Practices
Presenter: Denise L. Ferrara, MS.Ed
5. Open Forum for Families: More on Functional Communication Training and other Positive Strategies
Presenter: Christopher Oliva, Ph.D.
6. Addressing Early Social Communication Skills: Joint Attention
Presenter: Emily Jones, Ph.D., BCBA-D
This conference is funded through a grant from Albany Center for Autism and Related Disabilities and NY State Education Department. The registration fee is $10.00. Please send a check or money order made out to QC-RCASD. Coffee and light refreshments will be served during registration.
QUEENS COLLEGE REGIONAL CENTER FOR
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
QC-RCASD
CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION
REGISTRANT INFORMATION
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Name Job Title
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School District/Agency
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Address
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City State Zip Code
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Phone Email
BREAKOUT SESSION CHOICE: check one
___ 1: Activity Schedules
___ 2: Sexuality Education
___ 3: Teaching Social Skills
___ 4: Paraprofessional Support
___ 5: Open Forum for Families
___ 6: Joint Attention
PLEASE RETURN FORM AND PAYMENT TO:
Dr. Fredda Brown
QC-RCASD
Queens College
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367
Learning Potential and Human Modifiability:
Feuerstein’s Theory of Structural Cognitive Modifiability
Presenter: Yvette Jackson, Ed.D.
CEO, National Urban Alliance
October 15 Colloquium
Hosted by the Developmental Disabilities Concentration
12:30-2:00
Bldg. 2 Conference Room
The colloquium will explore:
- Feuerstein’s views about cultural differences and cultural deprivation, and their relationship to intelligence and learning potential;
- The theory of Structural Cognitive Modifiability and its related learning systems that include the Learning Potential Assessment Device, Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE) and Instrumental Enrichment (IE);
- Application of Feuerstein’s theory in Pedagogy of Confidence™
Dr. Jackson is internationally recognized for her work in assessing the learning potential of disenfranchised urban students. Her research is in literacy, gifted education and the cognitive mediation theory of Dr. Reuven Feuerstein. She has applied her research to develop an integrated process to motivate and elicit potential in underachievers. This research was the basis for her design of the New York City Gifted Programs Framework when she was the Director of Gifted Programs. As Executive Director of Instruction and Professional Development for the New York City Board of Education, she led the development and implementation of the Comprehensive Education Plan which optimizes the delivery of all core curriculum and support services in the Public Schools of New York City.
Dr. Jackson currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban Alliance, founded at The College Board and Teachers College, Columbia University. She works with school district administrators and teachers across the country to customize and deliver systemic approaches to literacy development through instructional practices that integrate culture, language and cognition to expand and accelerate student learning and achievement. She is a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, a member of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development’s Differentiated Instruction Cadre and a keynote presenter at national and international conferences.
