ADE Director's Communication Memo Form


Memo Number : ACC-01-099

Date Created : 05/18/2001

Attention:

Superintendents
Co-op Directors
Secondary Principals
Middle School Principals
High School Principals
other: LEAs
ECs

Type of Memo: Informational
Response Required: Optional
   
Section:   Accountability - Dr. Charity Smith
Subject:
Special Education, Workshops on Understanding the Fragile Brain

Regulatory Authority:
Public Law 105-17

Contact Person:
Don Boyd/Lisa Johnson

Phone Number:
501-663-3835

E-mail:
dboyd@arkedu.k12.ar.us

Dr. Don Boyd and Ms. Lisa Johnson will present a series of workshops on Understanding the Fragile Brain. In this presentation, fragile brain research and applications for the classroom will be discussed. Some common physiological disorders that affect learning will be identified, e.g., brain insults, undernutrition, learning disorders, chronic stress, sleep deprivation, etc. Strategies for teaching students with these conditions will be presented by Ms. Johnson.

These regional workshops will run from September through December of 2001 at the following locations (all workshops will run from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM):

June 15, 2001, Southeast Service Cooperative, Monticello

August 30, 2001, Northcentral Arkansas Education Cooperative, Melbourne

September 6, 2001, Northwest Arkansas Education Cooperative, Springdale

September 20, 2001, Great Rivers Cooperative, West Helena

November 1, 2001, Southwest Arkansas Education Cooperative, Hope

November 15, 2001, Western Arkansas Co-op. Branch

November 29, 2001, Crowley's Ridge Education Cooperative, Harrisburg

December 6, 2001, Main Library, Little Rock

These workshops will be five hours (for CPEs) in length and will be brown bag affairs, i.e., you will need to bring a lunch or purchase one nearby during the lunch break. To save time we are asking that participants eat on site.

Please register by calling 1-800-482-8437

or

email Dr. Boyd at: dboyd@arkedu.k12.ar.us

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