Recent and Upcoming Workshops and Conference Presentations by LCIRT staff

March, 2008

Presenters: Dr. Steve Fadden, Director of LCIRT and Alicia Brandon, Project Manager and Associate Professor
Venue: Pre- and In- Service Teacher Training Seminars in Japan
Topic: Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities and Attention Disorders in the Postsecondary Educational Setting

2007

Presenter: Julie Strothman, Web Project Manger
Venue: Higher Education Web Developers conference http://highedwebdev.org/2007/
Topic: A pre-conference half-day workshop on User-Centered Design: A Hands-On Exploration of Collaborative Techniques

Presenter: Linda Hecker, Director of Educational Services
Various Workshops and Topics:

• Workshops for Delaware Consortium of Independent Schools, Wilmington (DE), January 2008
• Workshops for St. Michael’s Collge, Colchester (VT), February 2008

• Workshop series for St.Xavier High School, Louisville (KY), August 2007
• Curriculum revision planning for Frontier Regional HS, Deerfield (MA), August 2007
• Workshops for Renton Technical College, Renton (WA), September 2007
• Workshops for Tribal College of Menonimee Nation, Keshena (WI), December 2007

Presentors: Ellen Engstrom, Linda Hecker, Annesa Hartman, Julie Strothman, Steve Fadden, and Alicia Brandon. Learn more about the LCIRT staff.
Various Workshops and Topics for Demo Disabilities Grant Visits:

• "Effective Note-taking", Ellen Engstrom and Linda Hecker
• "Accessibility Issues and Online UDI", Annesa Hartman and Julie Strothman
• "BudgetReporting, Data Collection Plans, Needs Assessment Review, and Disability Support Service Best Practices", Dr. Steve Fadden and Alicia Brandon

April, 2008

Presenter: Linda Hecker, Director of Educational Services
Venue: Michigan Developmental Education Council, Grand Rapids, MI. 
Topic: "Assistive Technology for Students with LD"

Presenters (Key Note): Dr. Thomas E. Brown; Dr. Steve Fadden (Director of LCIRT) and Alicia Brandon (Project Manager, Associate Professor)
Venue: 2nd Annual "Expanding Horizons Institute on Learning Disabilities".  A regional institute, hosted by Lone Star College System (formally North Harris Montgomery Community College District) and Landmark College Institute for Research and Training.
Topics: A New Understanding of ADHD, Dr. Thomas E. Brown; Overview of Learning Disabilities, Dr. Steve Fadden and Alicia Brandon, including Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities & Related Disorders, Universal Approaches to Teaching and Learning: Theory, Principles and Best Practices, and ADHD/Executive Functioning: Supporting Metacognition and Coaching Approaches

March, 2008

Presenter: Linda Hecker, Director of Educational Services
Venue: New York branch of International Dyselxia Association, New York, NY.
Topic: "Assistive Technology for Students with LD"

Presenter: Julie Strothman, Web Project Manager
Venue: March 2008 National Conference for Marketing and Public Relations http://ncmpr.org/html/conf/con.html
(NCMPR is an affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges)
Topic: Is Your Web Site Building Affinity?

November 2007

Presentor: Dr. Steve Fadden, Director of LCIRT
Venue: AACC Commission on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity
Topic: Practices to promote engagement, access,and retention for students with learning disabilities in the 2-year college setting

Presenters: Dr. Steve Fadden, Director of LCIRT and Julie Strothman,
Web Project Manager
Venue: World Usability Day New England, November 2007
Topic: Universal Design and Usability Lab: A Demonstration of User Research

Presenter: Linda Hecker, Director of Educational Services
Venue: International Dyslexia Association, Dallas, TX. 
Topics: "Model Professional Development for Improving Reading Comprehension"; "Bringing Multisensory Structured Language Instruction to Public Schools" (panel with Barbara Wilson)

Presenter: Linda Hecker, Director of Educational Services
Venue: European Council of Independent Schools, Madrid, Spain
Topic: Universal Design for Instruction

October 2007

Presenter: Dr. Steve Fadden, Director of LCIRT
Venue: College Board Forum 2007: Setting the Agenda for Education
Topic: "Assessing and Addressing Community College Needs through the Application of Universal Design Methods: A Best Practices Program to Support At-Risk Students in Community Colleges"

Presenter: Dr. Steve Fadden, Director of LCIRT
Venue: CEOSE Mini-Symposium on Institutions Serving Persons with Disabilities in STEM
Topic: "Landmark College: Serving Students with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorders"

August 2007

Presenter: Dr. Steve Fadden, Director of LCIRT
Venue: STARS Alliance Celebration 2007
Topic: " What should I develop? Requirements engineering to understand what users want" and "Does it work? Usability engineering to improve product design"; plus Assistive Technology Full-Day Workshop

July 2007

Presenter: Dr. Steve Fadden, Director of LCIRT
Venue: International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities
Topics: " Universal Design in the Community College Setting" and "Universal Design and Online Learning Resources"

Presenters: Co-presented by Dr. Thomas E. Brown, Alicia Brandon, Project Manager and Associate Professor, and Ellen Engstrom, Education Specialist and Associate Professor
Venue: July 2007 AHEAD.
Topics: "A New Understanding of ADHD", Dr. Thomas E. Brown; "Supporting College Students with ADHD in the Classroom", Ellen Engstrom; "Supporting College Students with ADHD Outside the Classroom", Alicia Brandon

April 2007

Presenter: Dr. Steve Fadden, Director of LCIRT
Venue: Expanding Horizons: Institute on Learning Disabilities and ADHD
Topics: "A Needs-Based Best Practices Professional Development Program for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities in the Community College Setting" (Panel) and "Universal Design for Digital Instruction (Developing usable learning resources for diverse learners in online and hybrid courses)", and "Promoting success for postsecondary students with learning disabilities"

Presenters: LCIRT Staff
Venue:"Expanding Horizons 2007 Institute on Learning Disabilities." Regional Institute, 2007 hosted by Lone Star College System (formally North Harris Montgomery Community College District) and Landmark College Institute for Research and Training.
Topics: "Introduction to Learning Disabilities", Linda Hecker; "Assistive Technology", Ellen Engstrom and Linda Hecker, "Reading Comprehension", Ellen Engstrom; "Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, Asperger's Syndrome and Autism", Lorri LaMagdelaine; "Self-Advocacy and Metacognition", Alicia Brandon; "Universal Design", Dr. Steve Fadden;"Laws and Accommodations", Lorri LaMagdelaine; "ADHD", Alicia Brandon; "Universal Design for Instruction and Learning Theory", Alicia Brandon; "Demo-Disabilities Grant Project: A Needs-based Best Practices Professional Development for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities", Alicia Brandon

March, 2007

Presenter: Annesa Hartman, Instructional Designer
Venue: March, 2007 NERCOMP (http://www.nercomp.org/)
Topic: "Universal Design for Online Instruction: A Work In Progress"