Schedule

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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Pre-Conference Workshops
Location: Westin Copley Place
1) Attention & Motivation
(K-College Level)
2) Meditation & Education
(K-12 Level)
3) Teaching & Teenage Brains
(HS-College Level)
4) The Brain & Reading
(PreK-12 Level)
5) STEM Skills & Education
(6-12 Level)
8:30 AM – 12:35 PM

Conquering Boredom and Inattention: Strategies to Focus, Engage and Motivate Students 

Frank J. Kros, MSW, JD
8:30 AM – 12:35 PM

Growing Mindful- Integrating Mindfulness into Education

Christopher J. Willard, PsyD

8:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Part I – Teaching The Stressed, Wired And Distracted Teenage Brain

William R. Stixrud, PhD

8:30 AM – 11:30 PM

The Neuroscience of Reading: Using Research to Understand Reading Development and Difficulties


Joanna A. Christodoulou, EdD

8:30 AM – 12:35
PM
 

Focusing on Future Skills: STEM Education that Works!

 

John T. Almarode, PhD

 

11:35 AM – 12:35 PM

Part II – How to Study Less and Learn More: Talking to Teens About The Brain and Learning

Andrew C. Watson, MEd

11:35 AM - 12:35 PM 
 

Part II –The Typical and Atypical Reading Brain: Developmental Evidence from Infants, Preschoolers and School-age children


Nadine Gaab, PhD

12:35 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own)
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Conference Day 1
Opening Keynote Addresses:
Focused Minds: The Science of Attention & Distraction
1:15 PM Welcome: Daniel A. LaGattuta, PhD, President, Public Information Resources, Inc.
Opening Remarks: David B. Daniel, PhD, Department of Psychology, James Madison University
1:15 PM
to
2:35 PM
Keynote Address I – Focus in Learning
Daniel J. Goleman, PhD
2:35 PM – 3:05 PM Networking Coffee Break and Book Signing for Dr. Goleman 
3:05 PM
to
4:00 PM
Keynote Address II – Organizing Your Mind in a Disorganized World
Margaret A. Moore, MBA
4:05 PM
to
5:00 PM
Keynote Address III – The Top-Down Control of Attention
Robert Desimone, PhD
5:05 PM
to
6:00 PM
Keynote Address IV – Distracted Minds Living in a Connected World
Adam H. Gazzaley, PhD
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dana Alliance Meeting of the Minds Wine & Cheese Reception and book signing for Dr. Moore
Friday, November 21, 2014
Conference Day 2
ALL DAY SESSIONS
8:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Morning Concurrent Sessions ‘A’
(Networking Coffee Break: 9:50-10:15 AM)
1) Focused Minds in Class
(K-12 Grade)
2) Unfocused Minds & ADHD
(7th Grade-College)
3) Organized Minds in Kids
(1st Grade-College)
4) Trained Minds with Technology
(1st Grade-College)
5) Struggling Minds & Processing Speed
(PreK-12 Grade)
6) Teaching Minds & Brains
(PreK-College)

8:30–10:00 AM

Part I – Focusing on Classroom Attention and Learning


 

Andrew C. Watson, MEd

8:30–10:00 AM

Part I –New Insights into ADHD from Neuroimaging of the Brain

 

John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD

8:30–10:00 AM

Part I – Helping Sensory Children Get Organized in a Disorganized World

Carolyn G. Dalgliesh, BA

8:30–10:00 AM
 

Part I – Improving EF and Attention Through Technology (BOD)

Gary D. Stoner, PhD and Randy Kulman, PhD

8:30–10:00 AM
 

Part I – Helping Children with Slow Procesing Speed in a Fast- Paced World

Ellen B. Braaten, PhD

8:30–10:00 AM
 

Part I – The Teaching Brain: The Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education

Vanessa Rodriguez, MSEd

10:25 AM – 12:25 PM
 

Part II – Focused Minds: Maximizing Student Attention and Engagement in the K-12 Classroom

 

John T. Almarode, PhD

10:25–12:25 PM
 

Part II – Emotions and Unfocused Minds in Teens and Adults

 

 

Thomas E. Brown, PhD

10:25–11:25 AM
 

Part II – Strategies to Help Executive Function in Order to Achieve Success

Martin L. Kutscher, MD

10:25–11:25 AM
 

Part II – The Impact of Computer Cognitive and Neurofeedback Training on Attention 

Naomi J. Steiner, MD

10:25–11:25 AM
 

Part II – New Paradigms for Understanding Struggling Learners

Deborah P. Waber, PhD

10:25 AM – 12:00 AM
 

Part II – Teenagers, The Self and Dangers of Distractions

Thomas Cottle, PhD

 

 

11:30 AM– 12:30 PM
 

Part III – Organize the Classroom to Develop Independent Executive FunctionSkills

Sarah J. Ward, MS, CCC-SLP

11:30 AM– 12:30 PM
 

Part III – Neuro- Gaming: Enhancing Perception, Attention and Cognition with Video Games

C. Shawn Green, PhD

11:30 AM–
12:30 PM
 

Part III – Early Executive Control
and Academic Achievement

 

Caron A.C. Clark, PhD

12:00 PM– 12:30 PM
 

Part III –Networking: Applying Neuroscience to Teaching

Facilitator: Connie Weber, MEd

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own)
1:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions ‘B’
(Breaks, Various times, 2:30-2:40 PM)
1) Focused Minds in Class
(K-12th Grade)
2) Unfocused Minds & ADHD
(K-12th Grade)
3) Organized Minds in Kids
(K-12th Grade)
4) Trained Minds with Technology
(K-12th Grade)
5) Struggling Minds & Cognition
(7th Grade-College)
6) Networked Minds & Brains
(PreK-College)

1:45–2:45 PM
 

Part I –  Understanding Boredom and Attention in the Classroom

Mark J. Fenske, PhD

1:45–3:15 PM
 

Part I – Stress, Meditation and ADHD

 

William R. Stixrud, PhD

1:45–3:15 PM
 

Part I – PASS Theory and the Focused, Organized Mind
 

Sam J. Goldstein, PhD

1:45–2:45 PM
 

Part I – Paying Attention to Dyslexia

Matthew H. Schneps, PhD

1:45–2:45 PM
 

Part I – Executive Functions, Schools and Academic Achievement

John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD

1:45–3:15 PM
 

Part I –The Dark Side of Pedagogy: Bringing Learning into Focus

 

David B. Daniel, PhD

2:55–3:55 PM
 

Part II – Using the Arts to Harness Creativity and Increase Attention

Ivonne Chand O’Neal, PhD

3:30–5:00 PM
 

Part II – The Impact of Stress on the Brains and Behavior of Students with LD and ADHD

 

Jerome J. Schultz, PhD

3:30–5:00 PM
 

Part II – Teaching Executive Function Skills In and Out of the Classroom

Frank J. Kros, MSW, JD

2:55–3:55 PM
 

Part II – Rethinking the Reading/Writing Process with iPads

Karen Janowski, MSEd

2:55–3:55 PM
 

Part II –Improving Executive Function, Information Processing and Test Taking

Sucheta A. Kamath, MA, CCC-SLP

3:30–5:00 PM
 

Part II – Group Networking: Applying Neuroscience to Teaching


Facilitators:

David B. Daniel, PhD and John T. Almarode, PhD

4:00–5:00 PM
 

Part III –Better Focused and Focused Better
 

Betsy Hill, MBA

4:00–5:00 PM
 

Part III – Multisensory Integration and Attention Shifting with Dyslexia

Vanessa Harrar, PhD

4:00–5:00 PM
 

Part III – The Brain, Meditation and Cognition

Sara W. Lazar, PhD

Saturday, November 22
Conference Day 3
Morning Keynote Addresses:
Organized Minds: Disorganization and Disconnection
8:30 AM “Transforming Education” Award Presenter: David B. Daniel, PhD, James Madison University
8:35
to
9:45 AM
Keynote Address I – Brain Differences and Interventions for Struggling Readers
Joanna A. Christodoulou, EdD
9:50
to
10:50 AM
Keynote Address III – The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload 
Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, FRSC
10:50 - 11:15 AM Coffee Break and Poster Sessions
11:15 AM
to
12:15 PM
Keynote Address II –  The Big Disconnect: Re-Booting Childhood, Education and Family Focus in the Digital Age
Catherine Steiner-Adair, EdD
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) and Drs. Levitin and Steiner-Adair Book Signing
1:30 PM to 3:45 PM
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions ‘B’ (Breaks, Various times, 2:30-3:00 PM)
1) Focused Minds in Class
(PreK-College)
2) Unfocused Minds & ADHD
(PreK-12th Grade)
3) Organized Minds in Kids
(K-College)
4) Trained Minds, Math & Science
(9th Grade-College)
5) Struggling Minds & Literacy/Reading
(K-12th Grade)
6) Networked Minds & Brains
(K-College)
1:30–2:55 PM

Part I –
Early Attention Problems and Achievement: Can Attention Skills Be Trained?

David L. Rabiner, PhD
1:30–2:40 PM

Part I – The Effects of Early Adversity on the Brain, Attention and Cognitive Development

Charles A. Nelson, III, PhD
1:30–3:45 PM

Part Organizing the ADHD Brain in Children and Teens

Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA
1:30–2:40 PM

Part I – Paying Attention to STEM: How Mobile Technology and 3-D Simulations Can Improve Math and Science Education 

Matthew H. Schneps, PhD
1:30–2:40 PM

Part I –Using Technology for Executive Function and Communication Skills 

Sarah J. Ward, MS, CCC-SLP

1:30–2:40 PM

Organizing Students: Benefits for Academic Success

Donna S. Goldberg, BA

3:00–3:45 PM

Part II – Using Cognitive Training to Improve Attention in the College Classroom

Robert J. Youmans, PhD
2:45–3:45 PM

Part II – Traumatic Brain Injuries Cause a Child’s Mind to Become Unfocused and Disorganized: What Educators Need to Know and What they Can Do

Sam J. Goldstein, PhD
2:45–3:45 PM

Part II – The Radix Endeavor: Engaging Students with a Multiplayer Online Game for Deeper Learning in STEM 

Susannah Gordon-Messer, PhD
2:45–3:45 PM

Part II – Techno-Teaching: Digital Literacy in the 21st Century 

Julie M. Wood, EdD

2:45-3:45 PM

Group Networking

Meet with others by Grade or Profession

Facilitator: Connie Weber, MEd