Dates: November 1-3, 2024
Association of Educational Therapists – 46th Annual Conference (Virtual)

Date: Friday, November 1, 2024
*Presenter: Dr Daniel Siegel
Topic: Mindfulness, MWe, and Our Interconnected Reality: Parts 1 and 2
*Presenters: Scott Lutostanski, MEd, MACC and Laura W Doto, MA, ET/P
Topic: Let's Discuss Navigating Transitions to College
*Presenter: Monica McHale-Small, PhD
Topic: Using Cognitive Assessment Data to Inform Effective Instruction & Intervention

Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024

*Presenter: Wendy Taylor, MEd, ET/P

​Topic: Advocacy Strategies for Educational Therapists: Empowering Students with Disabilities

*Presenter: Bonnie Massimino, MEd, BCET, ADHD-CE

Topic: Have You Ever Tried?

*Presenter: Brian Griffeath-Loeb, PhD, ET/P

*Topic: Math and the Wounded Learner

Date: Sunday, November 3, 2024

*Moderator: Judith Brennan, MEd, BCET, FAET

Topic: Susan Fogelson Memorial Ethics Panel: Parts 1 and 2

​Date: October 11, 2024
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Chicago Study Group
*Presenter: Stacey L Buck, MA, CCC-SLP
Topic: Social Justice

​​​​​Date: September 24, 2024

Organization: Stand Strong Coalition

​*Presenter: Dr. Emily Kline

Topic: How to Have Real Conversations {about substance abuse} with Your (Almost Grown) Kids 

Date: September 13, 2024

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Chicago Study Group

*Presenter: Laura Doto, MA, ET/P

Topic: Summer reading discussion: IntraConnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging

Date: July 5, 2024​
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Chicago Study Group

*Presenter: Viola Jordan, MS, ET/P
Topic: Group Planning Meeting

Date: May 10, 2024

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Chicago Study Group

*Presenter: Viola Jordan, MS, ET/P

Topic: AI in Education​​​​

Date: February 7, 2024​

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists

*Presenter: Sharon Saline, PsyD

Topic: Helping Neurodivergent Students Get Unstuck: Essential Tools for Building Success in School and Life

Dates: November 3-5, 2023
Association of Educational Therapists – 45th Annual Conference (Virtual)

Date: Saturday, November 4, 2023
*Presenter: Virginia Berninger, PhD
Topic: Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, and Oral and Written Language Learning Disability: Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Treatment
*Moderator: Cindy Z Hansen, EdD
Topic: Research and Revelations: A Panel’s Perspective on 2e Across the Learning Span
*Presenter: Shelley Haven, ATP, RET, BSME
Topic: Chat GPT and Education at One Year: What Have We Learned? What’s Next?

Date: Sunday, November 5, 2023
*Presenter: Nancy Mather, PhD
Topic: Evidence-Based Reading Instruction: A Powerful Force for Effective Teaching

Dates: November 4-6, 2022

Association of Educational Therapists – 44th Annual Conference (Virtual)

Friday, November 4, 2022

*Presenter: Kaye Ragland, EdD, LMFT, BCET
Topic: Scope of Practice in the Covid Era: Appropriately Addressing Students’ Post-Trauma Needs
*Presenter: Bonnie Massimino, MEd, BCET

Topic: Shall We Play a Game?  Engaging Reluctant Learners Through Gamification and Game-Based Learning Activities
*Presenter: Polly Mayer, MEd, ET/P
Topic: Cultivating Connection: Social/Emotional Learning During Educational Therapy Sessions
*Presenter: Marion Marshall, MS, BCET, FAET
Topic: The Case of Maya: What is Engagement?  Can Engagement Actually Improve Learning?

Date: November 5, 2022

*Presenter: Cynthia Z Hansen, EdD, ET/P
Topic: Strengths & Talents Rock! Tools That Reveal Our Cognitively Diverse Learners at Their Best
*Presenters: Mary-Margaret Scholtens, MSE and Kelly Fowler  
Topic: 3D Bridge from Phonemic Awareness to Reading: Effective Ways to Teach Essential Skills
*Presenters: Sheryl Pruitt, MEd, ET/P

Topic: Impact of Educational Therapist’s Therapeutic Relationship on Learning: Replacing the “Bad,” “Stupid,” “Lazy,” and

“Crazy” Incorrect Self-Diagnoses With Success

Date: Saturday, October 15, 2022

Organization: International Dyslexia Association - North Carolina Branch

Presenter: Lucy Hart Paulson, EdD, CCC-SLP

Topic: Connecting Writing to the Science of Reading: Foundations for Developing Writing in Young Learners

Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists
Presenter: George McCloskey, PhD
Topic: Remediating Reading and Writing Difficulties when ADHD is a Primary Concern

Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists
Presenter: Maryanne Wolf, PhD Facilitated by: Elizabeth Lutsky, MA, BCET
Topic: The Impact Of Digital Media: A Conversation With Maryanne Wolf, PhD

Date: Thursday, June 17, 2021

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists
Presenter: Kaye Ragland, EdD, LMFT, BCET & Karen Lerner, ET/P
Topic: Recovering From The Pandemic's Slow Motion Trauma It's Impact And Considerations For Healing In The Classroom & Beyond

Date: Saturday, March 13, 2021

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists
Presenter: Joe Dilly, PhD
Topic: Screentime Management in the Age of COVID-19

Date: Saturday, March 13, 2021

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists
Presenter: Joy Lopez, EdD
Topic: Technology Tools, Tips, and Tricks

Dates: October 23-25, 2020
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists (42nd Annual National Conference)

Friday, October 23, 2020

*Presenter: Jane Holmes Bernstein, PhD
Topic: (Keynote Address) Reaction, response, resilience in unprecedented times.  Strategies for living and learning after major life changes. 
*Presenter: Diana Kennedy, MA, BCET
Topic: The Empathy Solution

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists
*Presenter: Laura Doto, MA, ET/P
Topic: School - In, Out, With and Now
*Presenter: Kara Scanlon, MEd, ET/P
Topic: How to Conduct an Online Practice

Date: July 2020
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Webinar
Presenter: Virginia Wise Berninger, PhD 
Topic: Dysgraphia: Identification and Literacy-Relevant Instruction

Dates: October 25-27, 2019
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists (41st Annual National Conference)
Friday, October 25, 2019
*Presenter: Robert B Brooks, PhD
Topic: (Keynote Address) The Power of Mindsets: Nurturing Motivation and Resilience

*Presenter: Ann Gordon, PhD, BCET
Topic: Combining Vygotsky’s Ideas and Brain Research to Improve Students’ Executive Functions
*Presenter: Robert B Brooks, PhD
Topic: Can We Take Care of Others If We Don’t Take Care of Ourselves?

Saturday, October 26, 2019
*Presenter: Kristin Barbour, EdD, CCC-SLP
Topic: Mindset & Efficacy: Fostering Students’ Academic Beliefs that Shape Thinking & Learning
*Presenter: Dorothy Ungerleider, MA, BCET, FAET, and Marion Marshall, MS, BCET, FAET
Topic: Tackling Difficult Challenges: Risk, Resiliency, and Learned Helplessness
*Presenter: Ellen Pritchard Dodge, MEd, CCC-SLP
Topic: Kimochis: Creating Connected, Compassionate, and Caring Kids

Sunday, October 27, 2019
Presenter: Marion Marshall, MS, BCET, FAET
Topic: Making the Invisible Visible: A Neuropsychological Process Approach to Educational Therapy

Date: May 2019
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, San Luis Obispo Study Group
Presenter: Louise Sawyer, LEP, ABSNP, NCSP
Topic: Demystifying Dyslexia: Myths, Neuropsychology, Evidence-Based Remediation Strategies

Date: April 2019
Organization: Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Presenters: Mary Jane Weiss, PhD, BCBA-D.; Justin Leaf, PhD, BCBA-D; Thomas Zane, PhD, BCBA-D; Richard Kubina, Jr, PhD, BCBA-D; Amanda P. Laprime, PhD, BCBC-D; Tim Courtney, MS, BCBA
Topic: 12th Annual Conference on Autism & Related Disorders: Research-Based Solutions

Date: February 2019
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, San Luis Obispo Study Group
Presenter: Emily Bills, MA, OTR/L
Topic: Occupational Therapy

Date: October 2018

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Webinar
Speaker: Marion Marshall, MS, BCET, FAET
Topic: Assessment for Educational Therapists: Best Practices, Reminders & Resources

Date:  June 2018

Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Webinar
Speaker: Erin Anderson, OTR/L
Topic: Occupational Therapy and Academics: Making the Connection

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Date:  June 2018
Organization: Central Coast Psychological Association
Speaker: Laurie Ferguson, PsyD
Topic: Working with Clients on the Autism Spectrum: Strategies, Support, and Advocacy

Date:  March 2018
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Webinar
Speaker: Sheryl K Pruitt, MEd, ET/P
Topic: Teaching Theory of Mind Not Just for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Ramifications and Remediation

Date:  February 2018
Organization: National Association of Social Workers
Speaker: Laurie Ferguson, PsyD
Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Date:  February 2018
Organization: San Luis Obispo County SELPA
Speaker: Sarah Ward, MS, CCC/SLP & Cognitive Connections

Topic: Executive Function

Date: January 2018
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Webinar
Speaker: Diane Kennedy, MA, BCET
Topic: Math Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia and ADHD: Understanding and Remediating MLD

Date: July 2017
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Webinar
Speakers: Michael Greschler, MEd, Kim Davis, MEd
Topic: Understanding, Assessing, and Teaching Executive Function Strategies

Date: April 2017
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, San Francisco Study Group
Presenter: Pat Henery, MEd
Topic: Woodcock Johnson IV - Cognitive, Oral Language, and Achievement

Date: March 2017
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Webinar
Speaker: Sandra E Clifton, MEd, BCET, PCC, CEP
Topic: School Trauma & The Highly Sensitive Child

Date: March 2017
Organization: Northern CA Branch of the International Dyslexia Association and Parents Education Network
Speaker: David Berg, ET
Topic: Making Math Real: The Clinically Prescriptive Methodology for Students with Math LD - A Workshop for Teachers

Date: February 2017
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists
Speaker: George McCloskey, PhD

Topic: Co-constructing Curriculum for Cognitive Strategies: Improving Outcomes Through Student Involvement

Date: March 2016
Organization: International Dyslexia Association, Los Angeles Branch; at UCLA
Keynote Speaker: Nancy Mather, PhD
Topics:
Use of the WJ-IV for the Identification of Dyslexia (Nancy Mather, PhD)
Dyslexia: The Eyes Don’t Have It (Sheryl Handler, MD & Walter Fierson, MD  – Pediatric Ophthalmologists)
Supporting Students with Social Anxiety Disorder (Stephanie T Mihalas, PhD, NCSP & Nicole M Hisaka, MA)

Date: January 2016
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Jarice Butterfield, PhD
Topic: How to Access Public School Evaluations and Services

Date: December 2015
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Deborah Umansky, PhD
Topic: Special Education Procedures for Referral & Assessment

Date: November 2015
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Lori Boehm, BS
Topic: Special Needs Advocacy

Date: October 2015
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: N/A
Topic: Meeting and Connecting

Date: June 2015
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Virtual Study Group
Presenter: Laura W Doto, MA, ET/P
Topic: Test Taking

Date: June 2015
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Virtual Study Group
Presenter: Darlene DeMaria, MA, BCET
Topic: Initial Consultations

Date: May 2015
Organization: International Dyslexia Association, Los Angeles Branch; at UCLA
Keynote Speaker: Louisa Moats, EdD
Topics:
Dyslexia Intervention at the Secondary Level (Louisa Moats, EdD)
Connecting Adolescents to Learning Mindfulness {CALM} (Charlotte Reznick, PhD)
Understanding Dyslexia Myths and Realities (Louisa Moats, EdD)

Date: May 2014
Organization: International Dyslexia Association, Los Angeles Branch; at UCLA
Keynote Speaker: Susan L Hall, EdD
Topics:
Teaching Students to Pronounce English Vowels with Certainty (Susan L Hall, EdD)
Active Listening and Note-Taking (Helen Waldron, MEd)
Navigating the IEP Process: From Identification to Assessment and Implementation (Maralyn Soifer, MEd & Elissa Henkin, MA)

Date: April 2014
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Mary Ann Evans, PhD
Topic: The Role of Mindfulness in Cognitive Mediation

Date: January 2014
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Cheri Rae
Topic: The Dyslexia Project

Date: November 2013
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Michaela Gordon, MS, OT
Topic: Handwriting Without Tears Presentation

Date: October 2013
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Juli Shulem, ADHD Coach
Topic: Supporting Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Date: May 2013
Organization: Crane Country Day School (Supporting Success Forum)
Topics and Presenters:
*How Executive Function Training Improves Learning (Carrie Towbes, PhD)
*How Occupational Therapy Improves Learning (Michaela Gordon, MS, OT)
*How Neurotherapy Improves Learning (Irina Kerdman, PhD)

Date: April 2013
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Virtual Study Group
Presenter: Pam Scribner, MA, ET/P
Topic: Diagnostic Skills for Educational Therapists

Date: April 2013
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists
Presenter: Peg Dawson, EdD
Topic: Smart but Scattered: Helping Children and Adolescents with Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School

Date: March 2013
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Senny Schnell, PhD, BCBA-D

Topic: Diagnostic Criteria of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Behavior Intervention

Date: February 2013
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Deidre Dubin, MA, BCET
Topic: Diagnostic Teaching

Date: January 2013
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenters: Helen Rodriguez, Asst Superintendent & Kirsten Escobedo, Special Education Director – Santa Barbara USD
Topic: Collaboration Between the Private and Public Educational Community

Date: October 2012
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Daniel Franklin, PhD
Topic: Supporting Slowly Emerging Executive Function Skills

Date: April 2012
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Jordan Witt, PhD
Topic: Working Memory

Date: November 2011
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Roland Rotz, PhD
Topic: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Advances in Assessment and Treatment

Date: October 2011
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Pam Boswell
Topic: Technology in the Classroom

Date: May 2011
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Bonnie Corman, PhD
Topic: Supporting vs. Enabling – Working with Adolescents

Date: April 2011
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Michelle Britton Bass, PhD
Topic: Special Education Law and Practices: A 2011 Update

Date: March 2011
Organization: Dyslexia Awareness Resource Center 15th Annual Vision and the Task Conference
Speaker: Richard Lavoie, MA, MEd
Topics:
It’s So Much Work To Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success
6 Secrets To Turning On The Tuned-Out Child

Date: March 2011
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Carrie Towbes, PhD
Topic: Psycho-Educational Evaluations: An Overview

Date: February 2010
Organization: Dyslexia Awareness Resource Center 14th Annual Vision and the Task Conference
Speaker: Jonathan Mooney
Topics:
“The Gift: LD/ADHD Reframed”
“We’re Not Broken: Empowering Labeled Students”
“The Short Bus Stories”
“Disability Rights, Pride, Community, and Culture”

Date: January 2010
Organization: Association of Educational Therapists, Santa Barbara Study Group
Presenter: Shelia Eighburg
Topic: Child Abuse Listening & Mediation (CALM) – A visit to understand procedures and services provided.

(Professional Development 1996 to 2009 Archived)

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