Professional Conference & Seminar Presentations
2009 Conference - Consult and Collaborate
Keynote Speakers
- Maggie Snowling: Dyslexia and Language Impairment: Risk and Protective Factors
- Sir Jim Rose: Primary Education - Policy and Practice in England
- Charles Hulme: Interventions for Reading and Language Impairments
Workshop Presentations
- Addressing The 'Spelling' Challenge - Christine Killey
- Supporting Reading Comprehension and Reading Fluency for Middle Years Students - Lorraine Graham
- Interactive Writing Strategies for Students with Learning Difficulties in the Classroom - Jan Roberts
- Using a Case Management Model for Consultation and Collaboration - Barbara Neilsen
- How to Pull a Rabbit Out of a Hat: Conspicuous Strategies to Make Cognitive Writing Processing Explicit - Lorraine Hammond
- Understanding Words: What We Do, Why We Do It, and How You Can Do It - Craig Wright
- The 3 Rs - Resilience, Rapport and Results - an auditory/somatic approach to stress - Kay Distel
- Reading for Life - Volunteers Working to Help Children with Learning Difficulties - Samantha Hornery
- The Support Teacher's Role in Consultation and Collaboration in Secondary Schools - Nicole Todd
- A Comprehensive Model of Reading-Accuracy Development with Tests for Teachings - Susan Galletly
- Unraveling Assignments - Helping Families with School Projects - Samantha Hornery
- Aiding Parents to each Reading at Home: The RMIT Clinic Approach - Kerry Hempenstall
- Interactive Comprehension Strategies for Students with Learning Difficulties - Jan Roberts
- The Potential of Universal Design for Learning - Christa van Kraayenoord
- ESL in the Classroom, Strategies for Support - Donna Tangen
- Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents with LD - Louise Mercer
- Linking Language to Learning in Secondary School Classrooms: A Collaborative Service Delivery - Julia Starling
- Sharing Literacy Knowledge for Better Outcomes - Mary Delahunty
- Designing and Implementing Educational Interventions - Craig Wright
- Narrowing the Gap: The QuickSmart Mathematics Intervention - Ann Bellert
Articles
2007 Conference
Keynote Speakers
- Associate Professor Christina van Kraayenoord: ‘Managing the design & delivery of instruction for students with learning difficulties’
- Dr Ruth Fielding-Barnsley, Qld University of Technology: ‘Effective early reading instruction: phonics is not the whole story’
- Associate Professor Bruce Knight, University of Central Qld: ‘Actively managing learning disabilities: guiding students towards success’
Workshop Presentations
- ‘Supporting students with ASD’ - Kari Sutton
- ‘Stress free teaching - utilising the greatest resource’ - David Waterworth
- ‘Sharing secret teacher business - a way into helping children understand the cueing systems of reading’ - Cheryl Billsborough
- ‘Educational provision for students with learning difficulties and learning disabilities in the secondary school’ - Lesley Onyett
- ‘Consultancy in schools’ - Alan McGrath
- ‘Thinking algebraically: change and function in maths in the early years’ - Janeen Lamb (go to www.acu.edu.au/earlyalgebra for papers, lesson plans and suggestions of different materials that could be used)
- ‘From failure to success: Spelling strategies’ - Jan Roberts
- ‘If English were easy to spell: implications for improving reading & writing instructions for at risk readers’ - Susan Galletly
- ‘Actively Managing LD: Collaborative Planning in the Secondary setting’ - Dr Ruth Burnett
- ‘Assess and Assist’ Presentation
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