Diamonds in the Rough Conference:

Mining Every Child's Potential 

Dyslexia Conference

Durango Mountain Camp, Rocky Mountain Branch of the IDA, and Durango School District 9-R are again sponsoring a Conference on Dyslexia, Diamonds-in-the-Rough, Friday and Saturday, March 15-16, 2013, at the beautiful Sky-Ute Casino near Durango, Colorado.

 

Workshops feature experts in Multi-Sensory Math, Writing Skills, Tapping the Magic of your Mind, Executive Functions, an Overview of Dyslexia, and Technology.

 

Date:  March 15 and 16

Location:  Sky Ute Casino,  14324 US Hwy 172 N.,  Ignacio

COST:    

$140.00  includes fruit and cheese on Friday, buffet breakfast and lunch on Saturday and cookie tray Saturday afternoon

 $40.00 Students

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 SCHEDULE:

Friday, March 15th                 6:15 - 7:00 pm       Registration & Fruit and Cheese

                                                  7:00-9:00 pm         Keynote - Jon Pearson

Saturday, March 16th            7:30-8:30 am         Registration & Breakfast

                                                  8:30-10:00 am       Morning Keynote - Joyce Bilgrave

                                                 10:15-12:30 pm      Morning Workshops

                                                  12:30-1:30 pm        Lunch Break

                                                  1:30-3:45 pm          Afternoon Workshops

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SPEAKERS:

 

Jon Pearson is an internationally known speaker and author. During his 20 years as an educator, he has worked with over one million students, teachers, parents and administrators across the United States and internationally. 

Keynote:  Drawing Out the Best in Your Brain   

Friday, March 15,  7-9 pm

Drawing Out the Magic of Your Brain

Morning Session 1:   Event Center A

Afternoon Session 6:   Event Center A - Repeat

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Joyce Bilgrave, M.Ed. Fellow: Orton-Gillingham Academy, Executive Director Durango Mountain Camp and Rocky Mountain Camp. Ms. Bilgrave’s four decades of academic and camp experience span the United States. She is cofounder and former Head of the Jemicy School. She was the founder of The Rawson Saunders School and The Liberty School for dyslexic and gifted children.

A Common Sense, Evidence Based Way to Re-Structure Public Schools for Reading Success

Saturday, March 16th,  8:30-10 am

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 Cheryl Chase, Ph.D. is a clinical Psychologist, Cleveland, Ohio. This workshop will define the term “executive functioning” using clear, easy to understand terms. It will also draw the connection between executive functioning and academics, highlighting the ways in which executive dysfunction can negatively impact learning and performance. Finally, many concrete strategies will be provided that can be used to support a student with weak executive functioning.

Executive Functions: What are they, why are they important

and how can I help?

Morning Session 2:   Event Center E 

Afternoon Session 7:   Event Center E - Repeat

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James Sandstrum, MA, CCC-SLP  is a coordinator of Business Services for Assistive Technology Partners (ATP), Denver University. This session will explore the newest technologies available to support reading, writing and the general curriculum including several low or no cost options for speech recognition, document reading (printed pages), spelling supports and study skills. We will dig into mobile devices, iPads and other iOS based devices such as iPods and iPhones as tools to support reading, writing, note taking, study skills, organization, and research for students.

Assistive Technologies to Support Academic Success for Students with Learning Disabilities

 Morning Session 3:  Room 1

Afternoon Session 8:  Room 1 - Repeat

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M.J. Bilgrav, BS Outdoor Education is a cofounder and codirector of Durango Mountain Camp for dyslexic students, and is certified by the Orton Gillingham Academy as an OG certified language therapist. M.J. has been teaching dyslexic students for the past 20 years. She is currently a faculty member of Grace Preparatory Academy of Durango where she teaches high school English and math. This workshop is designed to introduce parents, teachers, and administrators to the characteristics of dyslexia, the definition.

How Do I Identify a Dyslexic and Then What?

Morning Session 4:  Room 2

Afternoon Session 9:  Room 2 - Repeat

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Chris Woodin Ed.M is the Math Department Chairman, Landmark School, Manchester, Massachusetts. Executive functioning, motor planning, and math-specific visual processing skills all play a role in acquiring math competency. Methods will be presented to help students express, relate, store, and retrieve information efficiently.  This session will provide students with a way to store, access, and express multiplication and division facts through multi modal activities that utilize visual and kinesthetic processing. The techniques presented support various learning styles and culminate in the ability to learn, compare, and express math facts in an accurate and fluent manner, support various learning styles, and culminate in the ability to learn, compare, and express math facts in an accurate and fluent manner.

Cognition, Language, and the Acquisition of Math Competency

Morning Session 5:  Room 3

Teaching Muliplication and Division Facts to the Whole-to-Part Visual Learner

Afternoon Session 10:  Room 3

 

Register Now!

  Please note:  Registration closes March 11th, 2013