Audio Book

Audio Book

WHAT: 36th Annual State LD & ADHD Conference

WHEN: November 5, 2010

WHERE: Ritz Charles Conference Center, Carmel IN

Register now to attend Indiana’s largest conference for professionals and parents designed to improve the education and lifelong outcome of students with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorders.

Guest Speaker Ben Glenn from Indianapolis is known as “The Simple ADHD Expert” and will give an insider’s perspective and share his personal stories of growing up “special” with a learning disability, the attention deficit disorder diagnosis as an adult, and his life’s journey to take control of these obstacles in order to become a successful artist, author and speaker.  Ben weaves it all together with a unique sense of humor and a live chalk art demonstration that will not only have you talking for days – it will inspire and motivate you to discover that kids with LD and ADHD have all kids of abilities.

Who should attend: Special education teachers, parents, general education teachers, student teachers, principals, administrators, educational consultants, psychologists, counselors, tutors, child and family advocates, and service providers

Conference highlights:

  • Sixteen LD & ADHD workshops presented by education experts from across Indiana
  • Annual Awards Luncheon honoring four extraordinary students with LD & ADHD, as well as recognizing an outstanding parent, teacher, administrator and community member for their commitment to the support of students with LD & ADHD.  The luncheon is included with pre-registration
  • Door prize drawings
  • LD & ADHD bookstore hosted by Barnes and Noble
  • Educators can earn 5 Professional Growth Points from the Indiana Department of Education, and mental health professionals can earn 5 CEU’s from the Indiana Counseling Association
  • Pre-registration rate: $135 per person.  Groups of 10 or more teachers: $130 per person.  Fulltime college students and student teachers:  $65 per person.  Parents of students with LD & ADHD in grades K-12 are eligible for a full parent scholarship.
  • We are pleased to offer teacher scholarships through a grant from the Eli Lilly Foundation and parent scholarships through a grant from the Indiana’s Governors Council for People with Disabilities.  Visit our website to complete an application.

For more information, visit www.ldaofindiana.org.

LiveScribe Pulse Pen

LiveScribe Pulse Pen

WHAT: Assistive Technology and Learning Disabilities Training

WHEN: May 21, 2010 – 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

WHERE: Easter Seals Crossroads, 4740 Kingsway Drive, Indianapolis

Speakers include:

Toni Sayers, Sales Representative from Cambium Learning Technologies – Introduction to Kurzweil 3000, a software program that can scan text and bring it into your computer so the computer can read the text to you!

Brian Norton, Manager of Clinical Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads – Overview of dozens of assistive technologies such as the Classmate Reader, Inspiration software, the Livescribe Pulse Pen, and also applications as to how these devices are used by individuals with different types of learning disabilities

Richard Bellaver, Professor at Ball State University – Studies of electronic reading books, such as the Amazon Kindle and Sony e-Reader, and how they can be used in the classroom

Jon Omer, Representative from Intel – Demonstration of the Intel Reader device

Autumn Gonzalez, Indiana State Library – Digital Talking Book Library services that are FREE to you!

Join us on May 21 by registering here: http://atandlearningdisabilities.eventbrite.com – and remember, the training is free to attend!

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