Dr. Don Boyd and Mrs. Aleecia Starkey will present a series of workshops entitled, "Traumatic Brain Injury - School and Community Re-entry." In this presentation, brain injury research and applications for the classroom will be presented. Various types of brain injuries and possible sequelae will be discussed. Information will be presented that will facilitate educators in interpreting medical information sent to the schools post trauma. Strategies for helping students re-enter their schools and communities will be presented.
These regional workshops will run from November of 2001 through June of 2002, and the workshops will run from 8:30 AM until 3:00 PM with a one hour break for lunch. (Lunch is on your own.) The workshop schedule is as follows:
November 13, 2001/Arch Ford ESC - Plumerville
November 27, 2001/Wilbur Mills ESC - Beebe
December 4, 2001/Arkansas River ESC - Pine Bluff
December 11, 2001/Main Library Little Rock for all central AR
January 15, 2002/Great Rivers ESC - Helena
January 29, 2002/Crowley's Ridge ESC - Harrisburg
February 12, 2002/DeQueen - Mena ESC - Gillham
February 19, 2002/North Central ESC - Melbourne
February 26, 2002/Northeast ESC - Walnut Ridge
March 12, 2002/OUR ESC - Harrison
April 2, 2002/Dawson ESC - Arkadelphia
April 23, 2002/Northwest ESC - Springdale
April 30, 2002/Western Arkansas ESC - Branch
May 14, 2002/Southwest ESC - Hope
June 11, 2002/Southeast ESC - Monticello
June 18, 2002/South Central ESC - Hope
There is no cost for these workshops; however, you must be pre-registered for the workshop. Pre-registration for each presentation will close two weeks prior to the workshop date. Workshops that do not have ten (10) people pre-registered will be re-scheduled.
Please pre-register by calling 1-800-482-8437
or
E-mail Aleecia Starkey at: astarkey@arkedu.k12.ar.us
Confirmation of email registrations will be sent via email.
Application for five (5) hours of CPE credit for speech-language pathologists has been made.