CONFERENCE 2014 PROGRAM AT A GLANCE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm OLYMPIC BALLROOM Darci Fulton, Conference Director: Opening Greetings Philip Jones, Keynote: How to Fit a Heart Attack into Your Busy Schedule! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014 7:00 am – 8:00 am 8:00 am – 10:00 am OLYMPIC BALLROOM MAIN FOYER Hayley Christen, SEC President: Opening Greetings Jo Gusman, Keynote: Diverse Brains, Diverse Learners Duncan White: Run and Hide “Hike” 10:30 am – 12:00 pm GOLD SILVER BRONZE SINCLAIR PALLISER DAWSON STEWART Jo Gusman Dr. Krista Shultz Inclusion and Students with Disabilities Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma Garry Jones What’s Up with Those Boys? Dr. Coranne Johnson Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd Equity – The Cornerstone for Education in Alberta Rob Chubb Cynthia Martin Heart-‐Head-‐Heart Finding Student Connection ADHD in the Classroom. What can a teacher do? ColorSpectrums – A Universal Language Celebrating Diverse Learners CHAMPION WALKER Alex Cook Mental Health – a personal story Dana Kuzmanovski & Rachel Zylka Top Ten Tips for Successful Inclusion of Students with Autism MOUNT KIDD MOUNT KIDD BALLROOM A BALLROOM B Mount Kidd Manor Mount Kidd Manor Linda Chmiliar Franny McLeer Improve Your “APP”titude Differentiating the Finding the right APP for Questioning Process with students with special Six Thinking Hats MOUNT KIDD BALLROOM C Mount Kidd Manor Dr. Noelle Piquette Supporting your Culturally Diverse Students MOUNT ALLAN Mount Kidd Manor DISPLAYS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Pick up your boxed lunch from outside Grappa or in the Mount Kidd Manor lobby at 11:30 am and bring it to the session GOLD SILVER BRONZE SINCLAIR Alberta Education Alberta Education Alberta Education Linda Chmiliar Building a Shared Understanding – New Resources Revised IPP Template APPS! APPS! APPS! Need a Video Series Technology Break – “APP Power” PLEASE NOTE: Friday afternoon sessions vary in length. Some sessions are 90 minutes, while others 180 minutes. 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm GOLD Jo Gusman Inclusion and Students with Disabilities PALLISER DAWSON WALKER Tamara Martin Spady Drawing the Words Mary-‐Catherine Bailey McKenna Students with Refugee Backgrounds – Where to Start, What to Do, and What to Avoid Les Redick Mentoring the ADHD student -‐ Tools for Teachers and Parents MOUNT KIDD MANOR BALLROOM C David Fuller & Leah Diachok Restorative Teaching Practices for Refugee Students: Transform your Curriculum! MOUNT ALLAN Mount Kidd Manor DISPLAYS 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm PALLISER DAWSON WALKER Dr. Noella Piquette Promoting social emotional learning in the elementary classroom James Coffey Technology for accommodating deaf, hard of hearing, and those with learning disabilities – Doing it right! Les Redick Science of Learning – Strategies to Help the Unmotivated and ADHD Student MOUNT KIDD BALLROOM C Mount Kidd Manor Salima Hudanic Be a Technologically Charged Teacher! 50 Tools Anyone Can Use! MOUNT ALLAN Mount Kidd Manor DISPLAYS 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm SILVER Indira Gajraj & Lise Belliveau Successful Programming for Trauma Exposed Children BRONZE Derek Peterson Let’s Grab the Spirit of Carnival by Seeing in New Ways! SINCLAIR Clare Mahon Engaging All Kinds of Minds – A Treasure Chest of Practical Solutions STEWART Cynthia Martin iPads for Beginners – Focus on Junior and Senior High Students CHAMPION Kathy Howery What Does Literacy Mean for Students with Disabilities? MOUNT KIDD BALLROOM A Mount Kidd Manor Mardi Bernard Educating Traumatized Children – Practical Strategies for Understanding Trauma MOUNT KIDD BALLROOM B Mount Kidd Manor Franny McLeer Opening Minds: Creativity, Problem Solving and Teamwork MOUNT ALLAN Mount Kidd Manor DISPLAYS 8
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2014 7:00 am – 8:00 am 8:00 am – 9:00 am MAIN FOYER SINCLAIR SEC Annual General Meeting Duncan White: Run and Hide “Hike” 9:00 am -‐ 10: 30 am GOLD Alan Donsky SILVER Dr. Brian Shustack Dealing with Anxious Students Understanding At Risk Youth Through a Trauma Lens BRONZE Kurtis Hewson & Lorna Hewson Investigating a Collaborative Response Model – RTI, PLC, and Inclusion SINCLAIR SEC Annual General Meeting PALLISER Kathy Howery Universal Design for Learning & Assistive Technology: Better Together DAWSON Sheryl Schoenthaler & Paula Matikainen Living the Writing Cycle STEWART Terryl Makuk More than Just Shy – Helping Children with Selective Mutism MOUNT KIDD BALLROOM A Mount Kidd Manor Marcia W. Jones Maximize Brain Growth – Somatic Based Education for elementary Students MOUNT KIDD BALLROOM B MOUNT KIDD BALLROOM C Mount Kidd Manor Mount Kidd Manor Clare Mahon Michele Pentyliuk Active Students and Active Intro to Reading Readiness Minds! Let the Fun Begin! Tool – Catching Children Before They Fall! MOUNT ALLAN Mount Kidd Manor DISPLAYS 11:00 am – 12:30 pm OLYMPIC BALLROOM Derek Peterson Introduction to Changing the World: The Spirit of Carnival CELEBRATING the CHALLENGES 2015 will be October 15 – 17 9