We’ve got a great Dyslexia Conference planed for November 7-8, 2005 in Austin. We’ve included a few favorite topics from previous years, together with new topics requested by our participants.

Note:  Session topics and schedule are subject to change.

Monday, November 7, 2005

• 7:30 Registration. Coffee & Continental Breakfast Provided
• 8:45 General Session I: “What’s New in the Science of Reading” –Dr. Jack Fletcher, University of Houston
• 9:45 Break / Announcements and Door Prizes
• 10:20 General Session II: “Best Interventions” – Dr. Jack Fletcher, University of Houston
• 11.45 Lunch on your own
• 1:15 Concurrent Sessions A (repeated at 2:15)
• 2:30 Concurrent Sessions A (repeated from 1:00)
• 3:45 Q & A Session with Monday speakers 

Tuesday, November 8, 2005

• 8:30 Concurrent Sessions B (repeated at 9:45)
• 9:45 Concurrent Sessions B (repeated from 8:30)
• 11:00 Concurrent Sessions C (repeated at 1:15)
• 12:00 Hotel Checkout and Lunch on your own
• 1:15 Concurrent Sessions C (repeated from 11:00)
• 2:30 Q & A Session and Final Door Prizes
• 3:30 Conference Adjourns

Breakout Sessions

• Hot Topics In Dyslexia –Helen Macik, former Texas State Dyslexia Coordinator  
• Making Gains with Games –Teresa Ringlein, Special Ed Coordinator, Alief ISD
• Choosing Assessments Under the Purple Book –Brenda Taylor, State Dyslexia Coordinator
• Using Data to Make Instructional Decisions –Brenda Taylor, State Dyslexia Coordinator
• Simple Ways to Accommodate– Pat Sekel, Executive Director, Rawson-Saunders School Spelling –Gina Mitchell, Dyslexia Consultant, Region X ESC
• Controversial Dyslexia Therapies– Dr. Jeff Black, Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas
• Intersection of 504, IDEA & Dyslexia– David M. Richards, Richards Lindsay & Martin, LLP
• Secondary Word Work Strategies– Nancy Coffman, Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas
• Language Arts TAKS Strategies for Secondary Learner– Moselle Domingue, CALT, Lake Travis ISD
• Dyslexia Simulation

Enrollment Caps

We try to keep our conferences as personal as possible and provide opportunities for participants to ask questions of our presenters. To maintain this benefit, and to keep our participants as comfortable as possible, each of our events will have limited enrollment. When the enrollment cap is reached, no additional registrations will be accepted, and those attempting to enroll will be notified that the conference is full. We regret the need to cap attendance, but feel that the only way to maintain the character and interaction available at our events is to impose attendance limits. The easiest way to avoid missing out is simply to register early.

• Note:  Session topics and schedule are subject to change.

Continuing Education Credit

Approved for 10.5 clock hours Texas Educators’ CPE by CESD, Registered Approved CPE Provider ID No. 500155.

Meets the C.E. standards, 10.5 hours, of §461.11, Rules & Regulations, Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

Application filed for 10.5 clock hours credit by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors.

Application filed for 10.5 clock hours CEU by the Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA).

The Conference Notebook. As always, each participant receives a conference notebook (our notebooks are wildly popular) packed with thorough handouts, forms and other guides created by the conference faculty. It’s a resource you can turn to when you return to your district.

Special Accommodations. Disabled persons with special communication or other needs should advise CESD of those needs at the earliest possible date in order that their needs may be addressed.  CESD will seek to provide accessible seating, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodations where needed.

Guest Rooms at the DoubleTree Hotel – Make your reservations EARLY. Within easy walking distance of great restaurants and shopping, plus free cookies. A limited number of guest rooms have been reserved for the Conference, which will be available on a first-come first-served basis until the block of rooms is booked. Note that the room block is typically sold out well inn advance of the conference date. Please call the hotel directly (and early!) to make reservations and identify yourself as a CESD Conference participant in order to receive the Conference rate. If eligible for sales tax exemption, present certificate at check in. Self-parking in the Hotel Garage is FREE for all Conference Participants.

Conference Rates:  $80  Single    $120 Double   $130 Triple    $140 Quad

DoubleTree Hotel, 6505 IH-35N, Austin, Texas, (512) 454-3737 or (800) 222-8733