RECENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Brain and Reading Instruction – Jack M. Fletcher, Ph.D., UT-Houston Health Science Center
Identifying and Living with ADD
in the Family - Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.; The Joy School
Quirky Kids, a Seminar – Peri Klass, M.D. and Eileen Costello, M.D. – The Monarch School
How Boys Learn Best – Kathy Stevens, Gurian Institute; Regis School
Let’s Soften the Blow of Reading and Writing Problems – Ruth Strudler, Ph.D.; U. of St. Thomas
Overcoming Dyslexia – Sally Shawitz, M.D.; Lenox Reed Seminar
Inclusive Academic Applications of Brain-Based
Learning
– Nancy Henessy, M.Ed., Houston IDA
Making the Grade & Finding the Joy in Parenting Teens - Chris Dendy, M.S.,
ADDA-SR
Brain Development: Implications for Parents, Teens Teachers and Society – Jay Giedd,
M.D., National Institute of Mental Health; ADDA-SR
Emotions
in Action: The DIR Model -The Monarch School
The Scientist
in the Crib – Patricia Kuhl, Ph. D.- Lenox Reed Seminar
Brain Development and Learning Styles - JoAnn Deak, Ph.D.; The Joy School
The Neuhaus Educaion Center Fall Series: The Way They Learn – Diane Newton, CALT;Why Doesn’t My
Child Understand What He Reads? - Suzanne Carreker, CALT; Help Your K-3rd Grade Child Get
the Best Intervention for Reading – Susan L. Hall, Ph.D.
The Creative Brain: Gifted, Successful..and Dyslexic Gordon Sherman, Ph.D., Houston IDA
