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A CONFERENCE ON LEARNING DISABILITIES, ADHD & RELATED
DISORDERS
October 9 & 10, 2008
Sheraton Austin Hotel
Austin,
Texas
The 44th Annual State Conference of the Learning Disabilities
Association of Texas (LDAT) is scheduled for October 9 & 10,
2008, at the Sheraton Austin Hotel, Austin, Texas. This conference
is the largest conference on learning disabilities in the
State of Texas, is very reasonably priced, and welcomes anyone
interested in the many aspects of living and working with
individuals with learning disabilities.
The LDAT conference
will be especially helpful to persons with learning disabilities,
their families, regular and special educators, counselors,
psychologists, speech/language pathologists, physicians,
social workers, and other professionals who work with persons
with learning disabilities. Participants will receive helpful
information and will have opportunities to ask questions,
be involved in discussions, and leave the conference with
a sense of preparedness to meet the challenges ahead. You
are invited!
The Sheraton Austin Hotel is a landmark situated
in the cultural heart of Austin, TX, next door to the Texas
Capitol and just steps from the University of Texas, the
famed Sixth Street/Warehouse District, and Austin’s
bustling business district. Just recently redecorated, you
are going to enjoy the excitement of downtown Austin and
the charm and convenience of this hotel.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
ALVIN GRANOWSKY, Ph.D.
Former Director of Reading, Dallas, TX ISD
Vice President, World Book, Inc.
Author, Lecturer - Dallas, TX
No Child Left Behind — A Tale of
Unintended Consequences
LAURETTA BUCHANAN, M.A.
Special Education
Consultant
Author, Lecturer — Waco, Texas
My Kids Taught
Me How to Teach So They Could Learn
FEATURED WORKSHOPS
The Law & Learning Disabilities
Defining & Implementing Response
to Intervention (RTI)
FIFTY CONCURRENT SESSIONS — NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS & OUTSTANDING PRESENTERS ADDRESSING:
Academics — Adult Issues — ADHD — Advocacy/Law — Alternative
Education Programs — Assessment/Diagnosis — Behavior/Counseling — Collaboration — Controversial
Therapies — Depression — Discipline Issues — Dyslexia — Individuals
with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 — LD
and Juvenile Justice — Medicine/Research — No
Child Left Behind Act — Non-verbal Learning Disabilities — Parenting/Parent
Involvement — Post Secondary — Reading/Writing — Related
Disorders — Response to Intervention — Retention — Scientific
Research-Based Interventions — Self Esteem — Social
Development — Speech/Language — TAKS — Technology — Testing — Transition — Vocational/Career
Education
SPECIAL CONFERENCE FEATURES
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- Commercial Exhibits
- Continuing Education Credits
- LDAT Book Store
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- Video Theater
- Texas Education Agency Update
- Get Acquainted Coffee Breaks
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CONFERENCE FEES
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Pre-Conference |
On-Site |
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Full Conference (Thursday & Friday) |
$95.00
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$105.00
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Thursday Only |
$65.00
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$70.00
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Friday Only |
$65.00
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$70.00
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A complete program with registration and hotel information
will be available in August 2008. Contact
us to receive additional information.
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