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2014 Winter Gathering
Please come to the regional meeting for the Connecticut chapter of the Northeast Association of Learning Specialists! Just the facts… Who: NEALS members (and potential members) When: Tuesday February 11th from 4:30 to 6:30 Where: The M. Burch Tracy Ford Library, Miss Porter’s School, Farmington CT As we move into the toughest stretch of time…
2014 Spring Conference
“Why The Brains of Students with LD/ADHD Are At Risk and What We Can Do About it” Conference Date: April 24, 2014, 8:30 registration and coffee Location: Fay School in the Harris Theater Room, Southborough, MA 01772 Parking: In back of the Church across the street Keynote Speaker: Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D. “No Where To…
Linguistic and Cultural Diversity – Building on America’s Strengths
Linguistic and Cultural Diversity – Building on America’s Strengths Reprinted with permission from the National Association for the Education of Young Children. As our nation becomes more linguistically and culturally diverse and as the issue of bilingual education becomes more politically charged, early childhood educators have a responsibility to understand how best to meet children’s…
Collaboration Among Learning Specialists
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2013 Winter Boston Gathering
Come for some apps and beverages, along with collegial conversation with other Learning Specialists. Just the facts… Who: NEALS members (and potential members) What: Winter Regional NEALS gathering When: February 21st, 5-7 Where: John Harvard’s (One Worcester Road, Framingham, MA 01701) Questions?: Ask me 🙂 Melissa RSVP: melissa@thestudentfirst.com If you have a particular topic you…
2013 Spring Conference: The Hopkins School
Dear Members, The 2013 Spring Conference was a stellar moment for NEALS. People were intrigued by the preliminary results of the survey and, with me, ask that you all go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2012NEALSsurvey to complete it if you have not already. It will be most accurate and edifying if, this week, we increase the number of…
2012 Regional Gathering
Waterbury, CT: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 7:00-8:30 PM* Location: The Chase Collegiate School The Commons Room on the Chase Collegiate School campus Andrew Watson presents “Seven Strategies to Study Less and Learn More” *NEALS members may come at 2:00 for the student presentation or at 3:30 for the faculty presentation on working memory Hosted by:…
Spring Conference 2013
“Transforming Dyslexia from a Liability to an Asset” Hopkins School, New Haven, Connecticut Monday, April 15, 2013 When: Connect and coffee at 8:30 am ~ Conference from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm ~ Lunch will be served Where: Heath Commons, Hopkins School, New Haven, Connecticut Who: Open to NEALS members (guests welcome to register as…
McCloskey and Executive Function
Dear Colleagues, Last April, I came away from the NEALS conference at The Forman School excited about what I had learned from Dr. George McCloskey’s presentation on executive functions. Distinguishing between learning and producing difficulties was groundbreaking for me; it just made sense given what I’ve observed of my students with executive function difficulties. At…