Our 6th Annual Texas Dyslexia Conference is scheduled for October 8-9, 2007 in Austin, Texas

We’ll be focusing on the new Blue Book (the new replacement for the Purple Book), re-visiting the bundled accommodations for TAKS reading (and their application to older students),  discussing the impact of Response to Intervention and changes to special education eligibility for students with learning disabilities, and looking at interventions for middle and high school students. We’re also planning a strand focused on practical helps for classroom teachers. It promises to be a great conference.

    (Speakers and Topics subject to change)  Click here for a PDF version of the schedule

  1. Monday, October 8, 2007
  3. 7:30   Registration. Coffee & Continental Breakfast Provided
  4. 8:30   General Session I: Brenda Taylor, State Dyslexia Coordinator, “The Dyslexia Handbook Revised 2007: Procedures    Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders”
  5. 9:45   Break / Announcements and Door Prizes
  6. 10:20  General Session II: David Richards, Richards Lindsay & Martin, LLP, “The New & Improved Intersection of 504, IDEA & Dyslexia”
  7. 11:35 Lunch on your own
  8. 1:00 Concurrent Sessions A (repeated at 2:15) 
    • (A1) Stump the Expert: Dyslexia Instructional Methodologies & the TEKS!– Gina Mitchell, State Dyslexia Consultant, Region X ESC
    • (A2) Nuts & Bolts of a Dyslexia Program: Getting the Work Done from Screening to Services–  Susan Patteson, Educational Consultant, Region XIII ESC
    • (A3) Assessment Decisions & Accountability – John Fessenden, Educational Consultant, Region XIII ESC
    • (A4)  Dyslexia Simulation
  9. 2:00   Break
  10. 2:15   Concurrent Sessions A (repeated from 1:00)   
  11. 3:15   Break
  12. 3:30   Q & A Session with Monday speakers
  13. 4:00   Adjourn for the day.
  15. Tuesday, October 9, 2007
  17. 7:30   Continental Breakfast Provided
  18. 8:30   General Session III: Dr. Criselda Guajardo Alvarado-- “Dyslexia and the English Language Learners”
  19. 9:45   Break / Announcements and Door Prizes
  20. 10:20 General Session IV: Jose Martin, Richards Lindsay & Martin, LLP, “Reading Interventions in the World of RTI”
  21. 11:35 Hotel Checkout and Lunch on your own
  22. 1:00   Concurrent Sessions B (repeated at 2:15)
    • (B1) Hot Topics in Dyslexia, Brenda Taylor, State Dyslexia Coordinator
    • (B2) Multisensory Accommodations for the Classroom, Pat Sekel, Director, Rawson-Saunders School
    • (B3) Reading and Writing Connections– Theresa Ringlein, Special Education Coordinator, Alief ISD  
  23. 2:00   Break
  24. 2:15   Concurrent Sessions B (repeated from 1:00)   
  25. 3:30   Q & A Session and Final Door Prizes
  26. 4:00   Conference Adjourns

For registration and hotel information, click here.