Schedule

10:00 Registration

10:20 Welcome

10:30 Charlotte Simpson "Adoption in the Classroom"

11:00 Barbara Braun McDonald "The Bridge to Home: Teachers & Parents Together, Educating the Traumatized Child "

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Workshops:

1. Introducing Adoption & Diversity Through Literature Pat Henderson
2. Captive in the Classroom - The Nancy Thomas Approach Deb Lane, Parent & Educational Advocate
3. The Parent Advocate Maureen Stanton
4. The Role of Concept Imagery in Developing Vocabulary and Language Comprehension Healy Rawston, Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
5. Neurofeedback and the Adopted Child Janet Barr, South Shore Counseling and Neurofeedback

2:30 Lucy Blood "Sticks and Stones and Words Can Hurt: Transracial Adoption Realities"

3:30 Closing Remarks