National Family Conference
Tentative Conference Agenda
Friday, August 12, 2005
1:00pm to 6:00pm Registration
Early Bird Activities:
Tour of VIPS
Tour of APH - Museum
Video Theater Open (Featuring videos of interest for families)
On your own: Tours of interesting places in Louisville,
many withing walking distance of the Galt House Hotel!
6:00pm to 7:30pm Opening Session
Welcome from Burt Boyer of APH, Dawn Turco of Hadley, and Susan
LaVenture of NAPVI
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Deborah Hatton
7:30pm to 9:30pm Family Reception
Featuring Live Music!
Saturday, August 13, 2005
7:30am to 9:30am
Registration
Video Theater Open (until 5:30pm)
8:00am to 5:00pm
Exhibits Open
8:15am
Childcare Opens
9:00am
Childcare Activities Begin
9:00am to 10:00am General
Session
Keynote Speaker: Kevin O'connor
10:15am to 11:15am First Breakout
Session
A-1: Accessible Training (Carol Alman & APH Staff)
A-2: The Expanded Core Curriculum (Cyral Miller)
A-3: Early Literacy/Perkins Panda (Perkins Staff)
A-4: Braille for Parents (Nafisa Keels)
A-5: Teen Panel (Debbie Naucke)
A-6: Preparing Youth for a Guide Dog Lifestyle (Theresa Duncan & Emily Simone)
11:30am to 12:30pm Second Breakout
Session
B-1: O&M for Preschoolers (Kelly Mudd Brown)
B-2: O&M for Adolescents (Ginger Irwin)
B-3: Communication-Focus on Children with Multiple Disabilities
(Marianne Riggio)
B-4: Overview of Technology (Ike Presley)
B-5: Daily Living Skills (Sandy Lewis)
12:30pmto 2:30pm Lunch (featuring Special Roundtable Topics)
12:30pm to 2:30pm
Childcare Closes
2:30pm
Childcare Open
2:45pm to 3:45pm
Third Breakout Session
C-1: On the Way to Independence: Strategies for Paving the Way
(Sue Dalton)
C-2: Grandparents Panel (Will Evans)
C-3: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act-What
Parents Need to Know (Susan LaVenture, Julie
Urban)
C-4: What Lies Ahead: On the Way to Literacy (Suzette Wright)
C-5: Partnerships & Advocacy (Jean Ann Vogelman)
C-6: Multiple Disabilities (Mille Smith, tentative)
4:30pm
Childcare Closes
5:00pm
Exhibits Close
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Free Time--Dinner on
your own.
7:00pm to 10:00pm
Family Activities
(Including Ice Cream Social!)
Sunday, August 14, 2005
7:30am
Video Theater (Open until 10am)
8:30am to 12:00pm
Childcare Open
9:15am to 10:15pm
Fourth
Breakout Session
D-1: Dad's Panel (TBD)
D-2: Social Skills (Tom Miller)
D-3: The Three C's to Independence (Jay Stitely)
D-4: APH Products (Karen Poppe & APH Staff)
D-5: Believing You (Your Child) Can Do:Parent Child Beliefs About
Physical Activities (Lauren Lieberman, Suny
Brockport, Tristan
Pierce, Burt Boyer)
D-6: Improving Transition Service Delivery by Partnering with Parents
(Rich Zabelski)
10:30am to 12:00pm
Closing Session
Brunch
Motivational Presentation (Henry Wyanoke)
"Rising to the Challenge" (Jim Vargo)
Closing Remarks and Thank you
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