ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:

The Delores Soderquist Brehm Center for Special Education Scholarship & Research is dedicated to creating transformational research and the next generation of leaders in special education.  For the second time, the Brehm Center and the Brehm Scholars Alumni Chapter will host a one-day conference focused on issues of inclusion, best and emerging practices in education and special education, and advocacy at the EMU Student Center.

We believe pockets of inclusion exist. There are places where people’s rights are respected and supported. The conference will explore questions like: How do we connect to existing pockets of inclusion? What does inclusion mean? How are we making differences in our communities and/or school districts?  How do we build an inclusive society?

Planners, presenters, and participants of the Connecting the Dots conference are committed to the principle of creating real, whole communities that are accessible to all. Our intention is to reach a rich and diverse audience, spanning a multitude of disciplines, experiences, cultural communities, and learning styles. As part of this experience, we want to explore issues of privilege and injustice, and to reflect on the inclusion and exclusions of our time together. Connecting the Dots is a small, time-limited, intentional community, in which we will strive to create together (uncertainly, gently, carefully) a space that is safe for all who attend, and which stretches and reimagines the boundaries of the idea of access, including financial access.

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SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND

Limited resources are available for those in the community in need of a scholarship to attend the conference. If you would like to be considered for a scholarship, please send an email describing your financial need and circumstances to connectingthedotsemu@gmail.com.

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SCHEDULE:

8:00-8:30am
Registration and Breakfast
Room 300 (3rd floor), EMU Student Center

8:30-9:15am
Opening address
Speaker: Dr. Phil Smith, Professor, Department of Special Education, Executive Director,
Brehm Center for Special Education Scholarship and Research
Room 300, EMU Student Center

9:15-10:00am Poster Session
Room 310, EMU Student Center

10:00am-12:00pm
Concurrent Sessions
Multiple rooms, 3rd floor, EMU Student Center

12:00-2:00pm
Keynote Panel Presentation
College Supports Program
Lunch Provided
Grand Ballroom, 2nd floor, EMU Student Center

2:00-4:00pm
Concurrent Sessions
Multiple rooms, 3rd floor, EMU Student Center

4:00-5:00pm
Closing address
Speaker: TBD
Room 300, EMU Student Center

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Brehm Scholarship Info:
http://www.emich.edu/brehm/scholarship.html

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Please note that if you have registered after Thursday November 20, 2014 at noon (12 PM EST), we cannot guarantee that you will have nametag.

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