What I Am Doing This Week: Learning and the Brain Conference

The Learning & The Brain Conference (not the edu-babble one put on by this guy) but the reputable one.  Below the fold, my schedule.

Wednesday February 6:
The Relationship between Attention Problems & Academic Achievement: Is Attention a Skill that Can be Trained?

In this workshop, explore the association between attention problems and academic achievement, novel treatments and research on attention training in children with ADHD to improve their focus and learning. Includes additional research and discussion.

David L. Rabiner, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Child and Family Policy; Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University; Founder, Attention Research Update newsletter; co-author, “An exploration of the relationship between ethnicity, attention problems, and academic achievement” (2004, School Psychology Review)

Thursday February 7
Keynotes
Part I: Influences from Gender, Hemispheres & Hormones
Larry F. Cahill, PhD (UC Irvine CV; Articles: SciAm, Nature, BioInfoBank Library)

Part II: Nurturing the Nature of Your Students
Michael Gurian, MA (publications list)

Part III: The Effects of Early Adversity on the Developing Brain: Implications for Education
Victor G. Carrion, MD (Early Life Stress; publications list)

Panel Discussion: How Can We Improve Teaching Based on Gender, Nature, Adversity Brain Differences?

ADHD and Behavior

ADHD in the School Setting: Strategies for Promoting Life & Attention Skills
Linda J. Pfiffner, PhD (publications list)

Interventions for Children with ADHD
Stephen P. Hinshaw, PhD (publications list)

Friday February 8

Reading Skills & Dyslexia

 Using Neuro-Science to Predict Children’s Reading Problems
John D. E. Gabrieli, PhD (publications list)

Building the Reading Brain: Birth to Five
Patricia Wolfe, EdD (articles)

Keynotes

Part 1: Educating the Human Brain: Attention Networks & Learning
Michael I. Posner, PhD (publications list)

Part II: Mindsets: Brain Processes, Motivation & Learning
Carol S. Dweck, PhD (publications list)

Part III: Mind, Brain & Education: Fundamental Importance of Learning and the Brain in Education
Kurt W. Fischer, PhD (publications list)

Panel Discussion: How Do We Train Brain Networks and Mindsets to Improve Learning & Attention?

“Meeting of the Minds” Reception and Book Signing
Sponsored by The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives

Saturday February 9

The Art of Changing the Brain: From Research to Application

This workshop is designed for beginning teachers, veteran teachers, and all types of learners, who would like to have a basic understanding of how we learn and how our brain works and changes when we learn. What are the most effective approaches in retaining information? How can we be more successful in a variety of assessments? And how can we translate complicated research to basic application and implementation (where it counts the most, in each classroom)?

Maryam Torbati, PhD, Coordinator, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Graduate School of Education, Alliant International University; Instructor, Fresno Pacific University Educational Seminars, UC San Diego Extention, and other universities; Founder, BrainUnlimited.com

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I didn't sign up for the following as I will be doing the 8-day Making Math Real class this summer, should the stars align.

Making Math Real: Connecting Research to Practice - A Comprehensive Multisensory Structured Methodology in Mathematics K-12

Research in the last few years has provided exciting new insights into how the brain does math. This workshop will provide the direct, specific connections linking current research in neuroscience and cognitive science to applied practice in the multisensory structured teaching of mathematics for grades K-12. The research basis for this methodology focuses on the current work of Giedd, Sowell, Deheane, Butterworth, Geary and others in the areas of neuroscience and cognitive science, combined with the work of Miller, Mercer, Tomey, Marolda, Orton-Gillingham, and others for the connections to the cognitive benefits of multisensory structured methods. Therefore, the emphasis of this workshop will be on the precise educational structures that effectively reach the full diversity of processing styles for all math content from pre-K through calculus. This presentation is designed for researchers and general education and / or special education teachers of all levels.

David Berg, BA, Educational Therapist; Creator of the Making Math Real Multisensory Structured Methodology; Founder/Director of the Making Math Real Institute; Instructor, University of California Extensions, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Santa Cruz

Nancy F. Knop, PhD, Educational Therapist, Professional Therapy Services, Inc., former science teacher, Head-Royce School; specialist in cognitive development and learning styles of adolescents

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[John Wills Lloyd]

Color me envious.