Dear Fellow Learning Specialists,
We successfully support students with learning disabilities by bringing together learning specialists for professional development and networking. We are so excited by the growth of NEALS! We now boast over 180 members from over 60 schools and related organizations, and we’re growing. In particular, we have increased our junior school memberships and have several college level learning specialists with us now as well. Such a wealth of collective knowledge! We are grateful to the Bruce J. Heim Foundation for their $1000 grant that allowed us to provide NEALS 20th Anniversary gifts for you at the regional meetings, so informative, collegial, and fun! Please hop on the discussion board to get a group together at your school. Your regional director would be happy to help you host!
With the generous support of Clarkson Davis consultants, your NEALS’ Board is working to meet the new challenges of our enhanced membership by hiring staff, applying for educational grants, creating strategic partnerships, and hosting our 20th Anniversary Members’ Conference and Celebration at The Westford Regency Inn this year. There, we are pleased to offer a bank of rooms at a reduced rate, but only as long as they last. As ever, we are committed to providing this years’ two day program at no additional cost to members, and we offer the 20th Anniversary Celebration and Dinner at cost if you register before January 1st:
NorthEast Association of Learning Specialists'
20th Anniversary Celebration and Members’ Conference
A Celebration of Learning Specialists and What We Do
Thursday, April 4th at 6 o’clock. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neals-20th-anniversary-membership-conference-and-celebration-of-learning-specialists-and-what-we-do-tickets-52183256525
At the dinner members will enjoy visiting and dining with many of the great, national experts in the field whom have presented at our conferences in the past two decades! Here’s a sneak peak at our draft agenda, to be finalized and shared with you for session sign ups in February:
Sneak peek! 20th Anniversary Conference Agenda - Draft
WEDNESDAY EVENING: April 3
Members’ Reception with 20th Cake & Cash Bar w/Signature NEALS Cocktails
THURSDAY: April 4
Morning Session:
- Dr. George McCloskey, Keynote: Executive Functioning
Buffet Lunch
Afternoon Sessions:
- Dr. George McCloskey: EF Implementations
- Sharon LePage Plante:Technol-OGy: Enhancing Structured Literacy Instruction with Educational Technology.
- Sponsor’s Special
Plus: Walking groups. Yoga Class & Local Locales, Book signings, NEALS History
Evening Celebration:
- Cocktail Reception & Music.
- Special Presentation: Learning Specialists and What We Do
- Anniversary Dinner, Buffet Dessert, Coffee, and Reception
FRIDAY: April 5:
Continental Breakfast & Selected Academic Vendors
Morning Sessions:
Listen, Talk, or Move:
- Bill Flynn: discussion of models for training faculty
- Mindfulness/Brain Gym
- Yoga - health center
- Nanci Shepardson, Keynote: Assistive Technology: What the Research Says About Which Technologies Support Skills Acquisition?
Lunch & Selected Academic Vendors Breakout Sessions:
- Sharon LePage Plante: Technology for Executive Functioning
- Lindamood-Bell Research Validated Instruction
- Noel Foy: ABC Worry Free
- Sponsor’s Special
Closing Notes
All that and more. Yes, it’s going to be that great - a singular occasion! Please register today.
Sincerely,
Susan