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Learning ghj_amp the Brain Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance

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Friday November 16, 2012 Pre-Conference Workshops
Location: Westin Copley Place
Differentiated Teaching
Learning Disorders
At-Risk Students
The Adolescent Brain
Redesigning Assessment
Experiences and Teaching

8:30 - 12:30PM

Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom

David A. Sousa, EdD

8:30 AM -12:30 PM

Educating Resilient Children with Autism, ADHD and other Developmental/
Learning Disorders

Sam Goldstein, PhD

8:30 - 12:30PM

The Empty Desk: Why We Lose At-Risk Learners and How Brain-Compatible Teaching Can Help



Sarah Armstrong, EdD

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Part I:

8:30 - 9:45AM

Adolescent Brains: Learning, Reasoning and Decision-Making

Valerie F. Reyna, PhD

Part II:


10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Neuroscience of the Adolescent Brain Reveals Challenges and Opportunities for Positive Interventions

Judy A. Willis, MD, EdM

8:30 - 12:30PM

The DiscoTest Initiative: Student-centered Assessment, One Mind At A Time

Zachary Stein, EdM

8:30 - 12:30 PM

Teaching Teachers Using Mind/Brain Processes of Experience to Match Students' Needs

Jeb Schenck, PhD and Jessica Cruickshank, EdM

12:30PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own)
Friday, November 16 - Conference Day 1
Opening Keynote Addresses:

Individual Minds: How Genes and Today's Experiences Shape Learning
1:30 PM Welcome Remarks: Kenneth Kosik, MD, Neuroscience Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara
1:30 PM
to 2:30 PM

Keynote Address I: Your Brain on Childhood: The Unexpected Side Effects of Classrooms, Homework, Testing and Grades
Gabrielle F. Principe, PhD
Room: America Ballroom

2:30 PM
to
3:30 PM
Keynote Address II: Different Learners: Brains, Genes, Lifestyle and the 21st Century Student
Jane M. Healy, PhD
Room: America Ballroom
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Networking Coffee Break and Book Signing
3:45 PM to 4:45 PM Keynote Address III: Brain Bugs: How the Brain's Architecture Shapes Learning, Memory, and Decision Making
Dean V. Buonomano, PhD

Room: America Ballroom
4:45 PM
to
5:45 PM
Keynote Address III: How Changing Brains Affect Children's Life Outcomes: The Concept of Multi-Finality, Intelligence, Ability, Motivation, Self-Regulation and Executive Function
Sam Goldstein, PhD

Room: America Ballroom
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Dana Alliance Meeting of the Minds Reception and Book Signing
Saturday, November 17 - Conference Day 2
Morning Keynote Addresses:

Educating Minds: How Education Shapes Learners
8:30 AM Presiders: Fay E. Brown, School Development Program, Yale University, and Kurt W. Fischer, PhD, MBE Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education
8:30 AM
to
9:30 AM

Keynote Address I:Brain Rules: Why Every Brain is Wired Differently and What it Means for Education
John J. Medina, PhD

Room: America Ballroom

9:30AM - 10:00 AM Networking Coffee Break, Poster Sessions and Book Signing
10 AM Welcome Remarks ghj_amp Lghj_ampB/IMBES Award: Kurt W. Fischer, PhD, MBE Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education
10:00 AM
to
11:30 AM

Keynote Address II: How Individual Differences in Brain Structure and Function Interact with Education During the Acquisition of Reading and Attention
Bruce D. McCandliss, PhD
Room: America Ballroom

11:30 AM to
12:30 PM

Keynote Address III: The Dynamics of Learning: Brains, Genes and Environment
Kurt W. Fischer, PhD
Room: America Ballroom

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own)
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions A
A Sessions 1:45 PM to 5:30 PM

Breaks: (various times) 2:45 PM to 3:15 PM
Teaching Diverse Brains ghj_amp Special Learners Benefits of Education on Minds ghj_amp Memory Individual Differences in Math Learning How Parents ghj_amp Family Trauma Shapes Brains Teen Brains ghj_amp Differences in Learning How Poverty ghj_amp Early Experience Affect Learning

Part I:

1:45 -3:00 PM

How the Diverse and Special-Needs Brain Learns

David A. Sousa, EdD
Book Signing

Part II:

3:15-4:15 PM

Brain Differences and Executive Functions

Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, PhD, ABPdN


Part III:

4:15-5:30 PM

Practical Framework for Differentiation in Regular and Inclusion Classrooms


Kathleen M. Kryza, MA

Part I:

1:45-2:45 PM

Schools and Synapses: How Education and Lifestyle Protect Minds ghj_amp Memory

Kenneth S. Kosik, MD

Part II:

3:00-4:30 PM

How Education Can Best Shape Each Brain's Memory Construction and Durability

Judy A. Willis, MD, EdM

Part III:

4:30-5:30 PM

Bilingualism and Brain Plasticity: Implications for Lifespan Development

Gigi C. Luk, PhD

Part I:

1:45-2:45 PM

Individual Differences of Math Learning: Predicting School Performance and Disabilities

Michele M. M. Mazzocco, PhD

Part II:

3:00-4:00 PM

Basic Number Processing Deficits: Developmental Dyscalculia and Math Anxiety



Daniel Ansari, PhD

Part III:

4:00-5:00 PM

Exploring the Differences in Math Achievement: Relation to Gender, Poverty and Cognitive Skills

Marina S. Vasilyeva, PhD

Panel Discussion:


5:00-5:30 PM

Part I:

1:45-2:45 PM

How Genes, Parents and Culture Make Us Who We Are

Jerome Kagan, PhD

Part II:

3:00-4:00 PM

The Effects of Parental Nurturing on Child Brain Structure and Learning

Joan L. Luby, MD

Part III:


4:00-5:30 PM

Teaching the Traumatized Brain

Megan Kirby, PsyD and Ken Frohock, LMHC, LRC

Part I:

1:45-2:45 PM

Male/Female Differences in the Developing Adolescent Brain

Jay N. Giedd, MD

Part II:

3:00-4:00 PM

The Effects of Experiences on Adolescent Development

Erich Engelhardt, MA, CADC

Part III:

4:00-5:00 PM

Adolescent Brain Maturation and Culture

Thomas J. Cottle, PhD

Panel

5:00-5:30 PM

Part I:

1:45-3:00 PM

Experiences and Adversity on Brain Development and Architecture

Charles A. Nelson, PhD

Part II:

3:15-4:15 PM

Socioeconomic Factors Influence Brain-Behavior Relationships in Early in the Education Processs

Bruce D. McCandliss, PhD

Part III:

4:15-5:30 PM

The Environment of Childhood Poverty

Gary W. Evans, PhD

Sunday, November 18- Conference Day 3
Morning Keynote Addresses: Social Minds: How Brains, Parents ghj_amp Culture Shape Learning
8:30 AM Presider: Jill Stamm, PhD, College of Education, Arizona State University
8:30 AM
to
9:45 AM

Keynote Address I: Learning Brains: The Role of Maturation, Parents and Training on Memory and Learning Difficulties
Torkel F. Klingberg, MD, PhD

Room: America Ballroom

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Coffee Break and Poster Sessions
10:15 AM to
11:30 AM

Keynote Address II: The Numerate Brain: The Role of Development, Enculturation and Individual Differences
Daniel Ansari, PhD
Room: America Ballroom

11:30 AM to
12:30 PM

Keynote Address III:The Neuroscience of Learning: The 4 Cs and Socio-Cultural Learning
Charles K. Fadel, MBA

Room: America Ballroom

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) and Book Signing
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions B
B Sessions

1:45 PM
to
5:00 PM

Breaks:
(various times)
2:45 PM
to
3:30 PM
Teaching Diverse Brains ghj_amp Learners Benefits of Experiences on Minds ghj_amp Memory Individual Differences in Reading/Literacy How Culture Shape Brains ghj_amp Learning Autistic Brain Differences ghj_amp Learning How Early Experiences Mold Learners

Part I:

1:45-3:15 PM

The Differentiated Classroom: Five Elements That Make Classrooms Work for All Students

Carol A. Tomlinson, EdD
Book Signing

Part II:

3:30-5:00 PM

Shaping the Diverse Brain: Connecting Neuroscience, School Environment and Teaching Practice from Kindergarten to Graduate School

Steven P. Rushton, PhD

Part I:

1:45-2:45 PM

Creating Experiential Learning in the Classroom to Reach Diverse Learners

Jeb Schenck, PhD

Part II:

3:00-4:00 PM

Building Each Student's Cognitive Capacity

Lou Whitaker, EdD, Betsy Hill, MBA

Part III:

4:00-5:00 PM

Learning from Experiences, Experiential Education and Gaming to Improve Memory

Jessica Cruickshank, EdM

Part I:

1:45-2:45 PM

Neurodiversity and Education: Insights from Neuroimaging for Reading and Learning Interventions

John DE Gabrieli, PhD

Part II:

3:00-4:00 PM

Individual Differences in the Neural Basis of Language and General Comprehension Abilities

Chantel Prat, PhD


Part III:

4:00-5:00 PM

Rethinking Literacy: Universal Design for Learning, Affect Neuroscience and Emerging Technologies

Samantha G. Daley, PhD

Part I:

1:45-3:15 PM

Neurobiological Substrate for Socio-cultural Influences on Mind and Brain

Bruce E. Wexler, MD

Part II:

3:30-5:00 PM

Cultural Brains: Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Social Emotional Experience in Beijing and LA

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD

Part I:

1:45-2:45 PM

The Autism Revolution: Using Whole
Brain-Body Strategie

Martha R. Herbert, MD, PhD
Book Signing

Part II:

3:00-5:00 PM

Preparing Children with Autism for Success in the 21st Century

Ricki G. Robinson, MD, MPH, Serena Wieder, PhD and Monica G. Osgood, BA

Part I:

1:45-3:00 PM

Your Successful Preschooler: How to Help Young Children Become Confident and Connected

Ann E. Densmore, CCC-SLP/A
Book Signing

Part II:

3:30-4:30 PM

What Maria Montessori Got Right and What Developmental Neuroscience Still Can Learn from Her

Steven J. Hughes, PhD

Panel Discussion


4:30-5:00 PM