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Detecting, diagnosing and understanding dyslexia FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017

THE WATER’S EDGE RESORT, WESTBROOK, CT

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KeynoteSpeaker:Dr.NadineGaab,Ph.D.

AssociateProfessorofPediatricsatBostonChildren’sHospitalandtheHarvardMedicalSchool

AssessmentofDyslexia:TestingforTeachingSusanLowell,M.A.,B.C.E.T.

SimmonsCollege–EducationalTherapyAssociates

ClassroomStrategies&TechniquesforWorkingwithSecondaryStudentswith

DyslexiaDr.MargieGillis

President&FounderofLiteracyHow,Inc.

ClassroomStrategies&TechniquesforWorkingwithElementaryStudentswith

DyslexiaWendyNorth

LiteracyHow,Inc.

TBDTypicallyDevelopingEnglishLearnersvs.ELswithReadingDifficultiesLauraRaynolds,PhD,SCSU

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Conference Presenter Biographies

Dr.NadineGaab,Ph.D.MorningKeynoteSpeakerNadineisanassociateprofessorofpediatricsatBostonChildren'sHospitalBostonandtheHarvardMedicalSchool,andamemberofthefacultyattheHarvardGraduateSchoolofEducation.ShereceivedaPh.D.inPsychologyfromtheUniversityofZurichinSwitzerlandanddidpostdoctoraltrainingatStanfordUniversityandMIT.HercurrentresearchwithintheLaboratoriesofCognitiveNeurosciencefocusesonauditoryandlanguageprocessinginthehumanbrainanditsapplicationsforthedevelopmentoftypicalandatypicallanguageandliteracyskills.TheGaablabutilizesstructuralandfunctionalmagneticresonanceimaging(fMRI)aswellasbehavioralmeasurementtools.TheGaablabiscurrentlyworkingonvarioustopicssuchastheidentificationofpossiblepre-markersofdevelopmentaldyslexiainthepre-readingandinfantbrain,theidentificationoftheunderlyingneuralmechanismofcomorbidityofdevelopmentaldyslexiaandattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder,brainplasticityfollowingsoundandmusicbasedremediationprogramsforreadingandlanguageimpaired,children,theinfluenceofmusicaltrainingoncognitiveandacademicabilitiesandtheneuralcorrelatesoflanguageandreadingdevelopmentacrossthelife-span.

SusanC.LowellSusanC.Lowell,M.A.,B.C.E.T.,aFulbrightProfessorandanadjunctfacultymemberinthegraduateschoolatSimmonsCollege,specializesinliteracyresearchandthediagnosisandremediationofreadingdisorders.Inherreadingandliteracyclinic,Ms.Lowellprovideseducationalevaluation,consultation,andadvocacy.Ms.LowellservedasaVicePresidentoftheBoardofDirectorsofTheInternationalDyslexiaAssociation(IDA)andPresidentofTheNorthCarolinaBranchofIDA.Ms.LowellwasareadingandliteracyconsultantatDukeUniversityandwasappointedtoTheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill’sSchoolofMedicineasanEducationalDiagnostician.Ms.LowellservesasanAssociatetotheAdvisoryCommitteeonExceptionalChildrenoftheOfficeofOverseasSchools,U.S.DepartmentofState,workingasareadingconsultantfortheinternationalschools.Ms.Lowellisapublishedauthorandaninternationallyrecognizedexpertonspecificlearningdisabilitiesincludingdyslexia.Shehasbeenakeynotespeaker,symposiumchair,andinvitedspeakeratinternationalandnationalconferences.Ms.Lowellistheco-authoroftheIDApublication,BasicFactsAboutAssessmentofDyslexia:TestingforTeaching.

Dr.MargieGillisMargieisaCertifiedAcademicLanguageTherapistwhobecameinterestedinreadingwhileattheUniversity of Connecticut where she studied with Isabelle Liberman. In 2009, Margie foundedLiteracyHow,Inc.toprovideprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitiesforteachersonhowbesttoimplementresearch-basedreadingpractices intheclassroom.In2010,MargiefoundedtheAnneE.FowlerFoundationtocontinuetheworkofhermentorAnneFowler.TheFoundationsupportsscholarships for teachers to earn their Masters or Sixth Year degree in Reading and LanguageDevelopmentatFairfieldUniversity.Sheistheco-founderandformerpresidentofSmartKidswithLearningDisabilities,theformerpresidentoftheCTBranchoftheInternationalDyslexiaSociety,aboardmemberoftheDyslexiaSocietyofCTandNewAllianceFoundation,andanexecutiveboardmemberoftheAcademicLanguageTherapyAssociation.

WendyNorthWendyNorth’smissionisforeveryteachertounderstandhowtoteacheverystudenttoreadandwrite,andtoensurethatallstudents(withorwithoutlearningdisabilities)readtotheirhighestability.Wendybeganhercareerasaspecialeducationteacherinpre-Kandelementarysettings,andbecametrainedintheOrtonGillinghammulti-sensorystructuredlanguageapproach.Afteradecadeworkingone-on-onewithstrugglingteenandadultreadersatLearningHouseinGuilford,Wendybecamepassionateaboutmakingagreaterimpactbyfocusingonteachingteachers.Sincejoiningtheteamasamentorin2002,shehastrainedteacherstounderstandtheintricaciesofthestructureoftheEnglishlanguage,recognizeandrespectthestagesofreadingdevelopment,havetheknowledgetosuccessfullynavigatepublishedliteracyprograms,andlearnthebestresearchbasedpracticessotheycanreacheverystudent.Wendyhasworkedwithteachersfrompreschoolthroughtohighschoolinurbanandsuburban,public,privateandcharterschools.Thoughexplicit,systematicandthorough,Wendyisneverrote.Sheisespeciallyadeptatrespondingtoindividualsandmeetingthemwheretheyareintheirlearning—assheencouragesallteacherstobewiththeirstudents.WendyisagraduateofSouthernConnecticutStateUniversity,holdingbothB.S.andMastersdegreesinSpecialEducation,thelatterwithaconcentrationinreadingdisabilities.

Dr.LauraRaynoldsAssociateProfessor,SouthernConnecticutStateUniversityResearchAffiliate,HaskinsLaboratoriesandAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofSpecialEducationandReading,SouthernConnecticutStateUniversityResearchInterests:BilingualismandEarlyL2Literacy