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Thursday, November 8
8:15am - 3:30pm
7:00am Registration, Continental Breakfast & Vendor Fair Opens
8:15am - 8:30am
Welcome & Department of Public Instruction Update
8:30am - 10:00am
Keynote Session: Start with the End in Mind! Prognostication and Backward Planning for School-Based Practice
Presenter: Carlo Vialu
10:00am - 10:30am Morning Break/Visit Vendor Fair
10:30am - 12:30pm (Morning Breakout Sessions)
Train the Brain! Motor Learning Principles to Promote Neuroplasticity in Children and Youth with Disabilities
Presenter: Carlo Vialu
The Sensory Side of Toe Walking
Presenter: Liesa Persaud
Pediatric Power Mobility Part I
Presenter: Michelle Lange
Best Practices in Early Childhood Special Education
This session is FULL - Please click HERE to register for the wait list.
Presenter: Michelle Ogorek & Jennifer Giles
Using a UDL Framework to Support the Needs of Students Through the OT/PT Lens
This session is FULL - Please click HERE to register for the wait list.
Presenter: Sara Halberg, Krista Huerta & Alexandra Wylie
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch/Visit Vendor Fair
1:30pm - 3:30pm (Afternoon Breakout Sessions)
Everything's Measureable! School-Based Tests and Measures in 15 Minutes or Less
Presenter: Carlo Vialu
DPI Updates: Revisions to the Wisconsin OT and PT Evaluation System and Website & Survey Results from the OT and PT Resource and Planning Guide
Presenters: Andrea Bertone, Kellie Collins & Kelly Norton
Pediatric Power Mobility Part II
Presenter: Michelle Lange
Play with Purpose
Presenter: Liesa Persaud
Monitoring Impairments in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Presenter: Lynn Jeffries
3:30pm - 5:00pm Networking Reception & Vendor Fair
Friday, November 9
8:00am - 3:00pm
7:00 am Registration for New Attendees & Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 am (Morning Breakout Sessions)
Everyday Ethics for OTs and PTs
Presenter: Wayne Winistorfer
(In order to fulfill the WPTA Ethics and Jurisprudence requirement, participants must attend this session and the 10:15 session "Legal Update on School OT and PT Duties and Obligations")
Visual Skills in the Classroom
Presenter: Valerie Frazer
Bal-A-Vis-X: How Bean Bag & Ball Patterns Support Academic Goals
This session is FULL - Please click HERE to register for the wait list.
Presenter: Michelle Drucker Williams & Michelle Hyatt
Positioning the Head
Presenter: Michelle Lange
College and Career Ready IEPs
Presenters: Andrea Bertone, Kellie Collins & Kelly Norton
Presenter: Katie Berg
10:00 am - 10:15am Morning Break
10:15am - 12:15pm (Morning Breakout Sessions)
Legal Update on School OT and PT Duties and Obligations Under Recent Supreme Court Decisions
Presenter: Mary Gerbig
(In order to fulfill the WPTA Ethics and Jurisprudence requirement, participants must attend this session and the 8:00 session "Everyday Ethics for OTs and PTs")
S'cool Moves
This session is FULL - Please click HERE to register for the wait list.
Presenter: Jennifer Vogtmann
Identification & Management of Students with Developmental Coordination Disorder
This session is FULL - Please click HERE to register for the wait list.
Presenter: Patti Sharp
Introduction to School-Based Assistive Technology
Presenter: Michelle Kaye Silverman
The Integrated Experience
Presenter: Katie Berg
12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 pm (Afternoon Breakout Sessions)
Identification & Management of Students with Developmental Coordination Disorder (Repeat of Morning Session)
This session is FULL - Please click HERE to register for the wait list.
Presenter: Patti Sharp
Neuronal Group Selection Theory, General Movements & Their Links to Mental Health
Presenter: Corri Stuyvenberg
Introduction to School-Based Assistive Technology (Repeat of Morning Session)
Presenter: Michelle Kaye Silverman
Fidget Make-it and Take-it Workshop
This session is FULL - Please click HERE to register for the wait list.
Presenter: Katie Berg
S'cool Moves (Repeat of Morning Session)
This session is FULL - Please click HERE to register for the wait list.
Presenter: Jennifer Vogtmann
For session descriptions, presenter bios, lodging into, etc., please visit the conference WEBSITE.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):
CESA #1 will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities attending our workshops or events. If you require accommodations, please contact the workshop coordinator for that event.
(participants must attend both ethics sessions for CEU credit)