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November 12-15, 2009
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Regular Education Teachers - We Have a Special Day Just for You!
Join us for Saturday and hear the latest in literacy research by Dr. Ray Reutzel and Dr. Sharon Ulanoff. Dr. Reutzel and Dr. Ulanoff will be
discussing differentiated instruction and the most recent evidence-based research that supports NCLB, and the Reports of the NRP and NELP.
Plus, we're offering a General Education Strand of four concurrent sessions. Look for the yellow boxes on Saturday's Concurrent Sessions schedule.
Our special one-day registration rate includes the gala Awards Ceremony and dinner. Click Here to register!
Extend Your Stay on Veteran's Day
Come a day early and enjoy our sunny beach weather over the Veteran's Day holiday, Wednesday, November 11. Book your room now. The conference
room rate of $119 a night is only available until October 15, 2009.
Presentations by Top Researchers and Practitioners in the Field
Thursday evening's opening session features, "Conversations With Cay: An Informal Dialogue on the State of Literacy for People Who Are Visually
Impaired," presented by Cay Holbrook, Ph.D., Diane P. Wormsley, Ph.D., and Frances Mary D'Andrea.
Friday opens with "What is Response to Intervention? Does It Apply to VI?," by Diane Haager, Ph.D., Full Professor in the Division of Special
Education and Counseling at California State University, Los Angeles. Friday's luncheon will celebrate Louis Braille's birthday with a special
presentation by Abraham Nemeth, Ph.D., on "The Evolution of Braille."
Saturday will feature two keynotes: Emma Eccles Jones Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair of Early Childhood Education at Utah State University,
D. Ray Reutzel, Ph.D., on "Findings of the National Reading Panel and Research on Evidence-based Fluency Instruction," and Sharon Ulanoff, Ph.D.,
Professor of Bilingual/Multicultural and Education at California State University, Los Angeles, who will discuss, "Differentiated Instruction for
English Language Learners."
Sunday will wrap up with an inspirational presentation by Mike May, President of the Sendero Group, whose own story is told in the 2007 book,
Crashing Through, which will soon be released as a movie.
GITWL 09 brings together the most current thinking on all forms of literacy, including print, braille, auditory, tactile graphics
comprehension and the use of assistive technology. Presentations will address the needs of a range of ages and all levels of ability,
including conventional and functional literacy. Plus, more than 60 concurrent workshops and additional poster sessions will focus on specific areas,
including:
- Assessment, instruction and support
- Assistive technology and tactile graphics
- Braille Instruction and Tactile Literacy
- Cultural Linguistic Diversity and English Language Learners
- Early Childhood Literacy
- Legislation and Policy Affecting Literacy
- Literacy and Additional Learning Needs
- Low Vision
- Transitional and Vocational Literacy
Conference Co-Chairs:
Cheryl Kamei-Hannan, CSULA
Nancy Niebrugge, Braille Institute
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