1. education
2. special education

N e w Yo r k S t a t e
Council for Exceptional Children
NYS CEC
Annual Convention
Syracuse Crowne Plaza
October 31-November 1, 2014
In Memory of
Frederick Jacob Weintraub
1942-2014
Fred Weintraub transformed the spectrum of educational opportunities and services for children
with exceptionalities in the United States. For over 20 years, he directed state and Federal
legislative and judicial advocacy activities for the international Council for Exceptional Children.
He is recognized as an author of what is now known as The Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), the federal law that guides all U.S. special education practices, and he
played a significant role in the design and passage of other landmark legislation that improved
education and life opportunities for children and youth with disabilities. Fred was active in the
Teacher Education Division of CEC and in 2006 was awarded CEC’s highest honor, the CEC J.E.
Wallin Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding career contributions to the education of
children with disabilities. The NYS CEC honors this pioneer in Special Education advocacy, law,
and service to children with disabilities.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome and Greeting
4-5
Map of Crowne Plaza Hotel
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Keynote Speaker - Paul Riccomini
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NYS CEC Award Winners
8-9
Announcements
10-13
Introduction to Strands
14-17
Session Schedules by Day
18-22
Session Descriptions
23-35
Mini-grant Winners
36
NYS CEC Executive Board
37
NYS CEC Past Presidents
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Exhibitors and Donors
30-46
Acknowledgements
46-47
Schedule at a Glance
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Welcome to the 2014 New York State Council for Exceptional Children’s
Annual Convention. NYS CEC is delighted to be in the mid-west region
of the state in vibrant Syracuse!
This year’s conference program was carefully crafted from many
proposals submitted by talented and knowledgeable teachers, researchers, students, parents, administrators, and policy makers from across the
state and beyond. We are confident that you will experience a rich and
diverse menu of conference presentations that are sure to expand your
knowledge and skill in the field of special education.
Over the next two days we hope that you will become informed and
inspired as you learn about a variety of topics including issues and
trends in teaching the common core curriculum to students with disabilities, transition, and the use of technology—just to name a few of the topics. In addition to our numerous sessions, we hope that you find time to
visit the exhibitors. Vendors are ready to share with you their latest educational materials, texts, and information about programs for children
with special needs, as well as programs in higher education.
We are pleased to offer sessions in conjunction with the New York
Division for Learning Disabilities and with the Council for Children with
Behavioral Disorders, covering best practices for teaching children with
learning disabilities and emotional and behavioral disorders, as well as a
special strand on teaching children with Autism spectrum disorders.
NYS CEC is proud to welcome Dr. Paul Riccomini, this year’s keynote
speaker. Paul is an associate professor at Penn State and past president of the CEC Division of Learning Disabilities. He is a national leader
in the field of mathematics and common core instruction for students with
disabilities.
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During our lunch on Friday, we will honor professionals who have made
a difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities. Please join us in
congratulating Ashli Skura Dreher for her Excellence in Teaching,
Senator Catherine Young for her Excellence in Community Service,
and Joanne Donaruma for her Excellence in Leadership to the field of
Special Education. We will also honor Dr. Jed Luchow with the NYS
CEC Lifetime Service Award. Saturday, we will honor our Yes I Can!
Award winners, Laura Levi and Gracie Caggiano, in a ceremony at the
conclusion of our conference.
We have exciting events planned for Friday evening as well. Be sure to
stop by the Reception on Friday from 5-7pm in the Horizon Room.
During this Meet and Greet Social and Poster Session you can meet
current board members, connect with colleagues, and visit informative
poster sessions - all while enjoying delicious food and beverages,
co-sponsored by SUNY GENESEO. We will also be hosting a
Halloween Party from 8-10pm in Lafayette A & B - please join us for
music, food, candy, and a open cash bar.
The Syracuse Visitor’s Bureau is staffing an information table in the
registration area - please stop by for information on the many cultural,
sporting, and entertainment options in Syracuse this weekend.
Thank you for your support and dedication in your work on behalf of
individuals with disabilities. Enjoy the convention!
Sincerely,
Annnmarie Urso
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Map of Meeting Rooms
Horizons Room and Executive Lounge are in the main hotel
Included in your registration fee:
Continental Breakfast – Fri & Sat, 7:30-8:30am Manlius
Coffee, Tea, Lemonade in Manlius throughout the day
Morning Break- Friday 10-10:30am in Manlius
Luncheon – Fri, 12:00-12:45 pm Horizons (located in Main Hotel)
Reception & Poster Session – Friday 5:00pm-7:00pm Horizons
Hot and cold Hors D’Oerves
Halloween Party— 8pm - 10pm in Lafayette Rooms
Snacks Provided– Open Cash Bar $12
Yes I Can! Awards & Refreshments 12-12:30pm Saturday Lafayette B
GRAB & Go Snacks 12:30-1:30pm Saturday in Manlius
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Friday
Keynote Address
Dr. Paul J. Riccomini
1pm in Lafayette Room
Dr. Paul J. Riccomini, Associate Professor
The Pennsylvania State University ([email protected]).
An experienced classroom teacher, author, mathematician, and leading special education expert, Dr. Paul J. Riccomini has taught mathematics to both general and special education students in inclusive
settings in grades 7-12. He is co-author of the bestselling Response
to Intervention in Math (Corwin, 2010) and Developing Number
Sense through the Common Core (Corwin, 2013). His teaching experiences required him to have both a strong content knowledge in
mathematics and to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with both general
and special educators. Paul's dynamic presentations offer research-validated practices that focus on the development of improved instructional practices for all students, but especially students with learning disabilities. Paul can be followed on Twitter @pjr146. More information
can be found at: http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/epcse/special-education/people/paul-riccomini
Connecting people globally.
Whatever it is, you can do it with Math.
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CONGRATULATIONS
2014 NYS CEC AWARD WINNERS!
Join us as we honor our award winners at the
General Session
Friday, 1-2pm in Lafayette Rooms
NYS CEC Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Jed Luchow
Excellence in Leadership Award
Joanne Donaruma
Excellence in Service Award
Senator Catherine Young
Excellence in Teaching Award
Ashli Skura Dreher
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We are pleased to announce the following winners of the NYS CEC 2014
Yes I Can! Awards honoring children and youth with disabilities for their
significant accomplishments!
Ms. Laura E. Levi
Inlet, NY
ACADEMICS
Town of Webb Union Free School District
Nominated by Ms. Mary Starring
Ms. Gracie Caggiano
Rome, NY
SCHOOL & COMMUNITY
Holland Patent Central School
Nominated by Mr. William Morotti
Join us Saturday, November 1st at 12pm in Lafayette B to
learn more about these exceptional
students during our
Yes I Can! Award Ceremony.
Refreshments will be served.
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Friday, October 31
Invited Panel
Varied Perspectives: Timely Topics in
the Field of Special Education
Come hear the leaders in the field of special
education discuss hot topics.
Bring your questions!
Dr. Michael Glover, Moderator
Former Genesee Valley BOCES Superintendent and Past President of NYS CEC
Mr. James P. DeLorenzo, Panelist
Assistant Commissioner , Office of Special Education, NYSED
Dr. Anjoo Sikka, Panelist
Dean of the Ella Cline Shear School of Education, SUNY GENESEO
Dr. Kevin Miller, Panelist
NYS CEC Political Action Committee, Buffalo State College
Dr. David Bateman, Panelist
CEC Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) , Public Policy Committee
Shippensburg University
Mr. Lawrence Waite, Panelist
NYSUT Manager of Educational Services
Lafayette Room B
10:45-12pm
Friday, October 31
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Halloween
Party
Friday, Oct. 31
Lafayette Rooms
8pm –11pm
Open Cash Bar
Free SnackS
MUSIC
Costumes
encouraged!!
Come have a
Spooktacular
Time!
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NYS CEC REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
Annual Meeting
Saturday 7:30-8:30am in the
Executive Lounge ~ Breakfast will be served.
The Representative Assembly shall conduct all
business as outlined in the NYS CEC constitution.
RA membership includes: NYS CEC elected
officers, executive board members (regional representatives,
student CEC advisor, Student CEC president), Chapter
presidents or their representatives, and Division
representatives.
Calling Students and Professors!!
New York
State CEC
Student
Association
STUDENT LEADERSHIP WEEKEND
June 12-14th, 2015
The College of St. Rose
Albany, NY
For more information, contact:
Mike Kelly, NYSCEC
Student Advisor
[email protected]
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Tickets
1 ticket $1
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10 tickets $5
Drawing to take place
during
Friday’s General
Session & Reception
Tickets for sale in the Registration Area
at the student table!
ENTER TO WIN!
Stop by the table and buy tickets for
wonderful gift baskets and items.
Become a member today and
Get a chance to win special prizes!
Stop by membership table.
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Council for Children with
Behavior Disorders (CCBD)
Strand Leader: Dr. Michael Rozalski
Strand Summary: The goal of this strand is to provide an overview of
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and to offer
specific academic strategies and procedures that encourage positive
behavior in students with emotional and behavioral disorders. The
strand will cover various content areas from preschool to high school.
Strand Leader: Michael Rozalski is an associate
professor in the Graduate School of Education at
Binghamton University. He received his Ph.D. from
the University of South Carolina. He has taught and
worked with students with behavioral disorders from
grades K-12 in a variety of settings, including selfcontained and resource classrooms, special day
schools, wilderness programs and a residential treatment center. Now, he teaches graduate level courses
on how to educate students with behavior problems and frequently
consults with schools. His professional research interests include
classroom and school-wide supports, including alternatives to aversive
procedures like seclusion and timeout, and legal issues related to
students with disabilities. He has published over 30 journal articles and
book chapters and frequently presents with students at national and
international conferences and is currently the co-editor of Beyond
Behavior, CCBD’s practitioner-oriented journal.
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NY Division for Learning Disabilities
(DLD)
Strand Leader: Dr. Dee Berlinghoff
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Strand Summary: The goal of this strand is to provide an overview of
Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) and to offer specific academic
strategies and procedures that positive outcomes for students with
learning disabilities. In addition, issues related to litigation will be
presented. The strand will cover topical areas from preschool through
high school.
Strand Leader: Dee Berlinghoff is a professor at Mount
Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. She received her
Ph.D. from Penn State. She has taught and worked with
students with a variety of disabilities from grades pre-K
through college age in a variety of settings, including
self-contained and resource classrooms, alternative
programs, and special day schools. During the 20132014 school year she served as an instructional coach in
a high needs K-8 school. She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses on evidence-based instructional
practices for students with disabilities. Her expertise is frequently shared
at professional development workshops in schools in New York. She is
president of the New York Division for Learning Disabilities and past
president of New York State Council for Exceptional Children.
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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Strand
Strand Leader: Dr. Mary MacDonald
Strand Summary: The goal of this strand is to provide presentations of both a clinical and research nature
regarding autism spectrum disorders from early childhood to
adulthood. The strand will offer attendees particular
evidence-based strategies that can be used in the
classroom and community. Topics will be presented relation
to behavioral support, socialization, language, academic
support and transition.
Stand Leader: Dr. McDonald is an associate
professor in the Special Education Department at
Hofstra University. She is currently the Program
Director for the Advanced Certificate Programs
including the advanced certificates in Applied
Behavior Analysis and Severe and Multiple
Disabilities. Dr. McDonald serves as the Director of
ABA and Research for Long Island Programs for
Eden II/Genesis, supervising outreach,
consultation and research programs. She has over 20 years
experience directing programs for students with autism from early
intervention through adulthood. Dr. McDonald presents at local, national and international conferences on the topic of autism. She has
published both peer-reviewed and popular articles. Some recent
areas of publication include: self-management, social reciprocity,
response to intervention, inclusion, persistence of fads in autism
intervention and technology in education.
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STUDENT STRAND
Leader: Jonathan Pollino
CEC Student Association President.
Student Strand Sessions
Friday
F17d. Exploring Adaptive Physical Education (Round Table Session)
Presenter: Kelly Farrell
Time: 11-11:50 am
Location: Dewitt
F29. Promoting Understanding and Inclusion Using Children’s Literature with Characters
with Disabilities
Presenter: Cindy Chatoo, Marilyn Yang, Angela Curto, Courtney Denmar
Time: 2:00-3:15pm
Location: Pompey
F36. Who Cares About Kelsey? A documentary by Dan Habib
Moderated by Dr. Amanda Fenlon, SUNY Oswego
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Location: Dewitt
Saturday
S14a. What Did You Say? The 411 on Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Presenter: Mary Lelonek
Time: 9:00-9:50am
Location: Lafayette
NYS CEC SA President Jonathan Pollino currently serves as the
President of the New York State CEC’s Student Association Executive Board. Jonathan, a three-year veteran of the board, currently teaches eighth grade special education at a Public School in
Manhattan, New York. Jonathan is currently a graduate student at
St. John’s University, where he is enrolled in their School Building
Leadership Program. He is honored to be serving as the CEC SA
President, and believes that the CEC mission is essential to bring
to colleges and universities state wide.
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Kristen Kurtzworth-Keen
Christina
Dressler, Hillary
Wassel
Laura Bannister
F8. Livescribe
Pen: A
Powerful AT for
Readers with
Dyslexia
9:00-10:20
Kara Faraclas
Kathleen Magiera
Rhea Simmons
Christine Givner
F15. Transitions
in Rural Education: Enhancing
School-University
Partnerships
10:00-10:50
Michele Marable
Katy Rustowicz
Katelyn Rubach
Hannah Moreli
F9. Creating
Social Stories
Using iPad APPS
for Children with
ID
9:00-9:50
Damien LaRock
Ronda Rufsvold
F11.
Perspectives
and
Attitudes of Sp
Ed Teachers
toward the
CCSS
Mary McDonald
9:30-10:20
F10. Effects of
PECS On
Maladaptive
Behavior In Children With ASD: A
Lit Review
Paul Riccomini
F4. Facilitating
Fluency in the
CCSS-M:
Purposeful,
Planned, and
Targeted
Practice
Activities
8:00-9:15
Lafayette B
9:30-10:45
Jennifer Tripp
Maryra Grande
F2. Walking the
Walk:
Co-teaching at the
College Level I
Alyson Martin
Emily Shamash
F3. Is My
Intervention
Working?
Progress
Monitoring with
CBA
8:00-8:50
8:30-10:20
8:00-8:50
F1. Improving
Professional
Development
Training for
Co-Teachers
8:00-9:15
Fayetteville
Dewitt
Camillus
Lafayette A
Micheline Malow
F12. Mindfulness:
What is it and
How Does it Apply
to Teaching
Practices?
9:30-10:20
Terese Dana
F5. Categorizing
Emotions to
Enhance SelfRegulation &
Social
Competency
8:00-9:15
Pompey
Lawrence
Maheady
F13. The Failure
of Educational
Reforms to
Improve Student
Learning: A
New Direction!
9:30-10:20
Stephen
Hernandez
Michael Rozalski
Candace Mulcahy Meagan
Lovelace
F14. Overview
and Introduction
to PBIS: The
Potential of PBIS
Across Various
Settings
9:30-10:45
David Bateman
8:00-9:15
F7. Preventing
Litigation
F6. Creating a
Culture of
Collaboration
Skaneateles B
8:00-9:15
Skaneateles A
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Poster Sessions
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Elizabeth
Anderson
F32. School is for
SELF: Safety Emotions Learning –Family
3:15-4:30
Mary Theresa
Kiely
F24. Secondary
Content Area
Teachers’
Supports for
Students with
Disabilities in
Inclusive Classes
2:10-3:00
Camillus
Peter Martin
F33. Learning
from a master
differentiator
in an inclusive
setting
3:45-4:35
Megan Foster
F25. The impact of educational policy
has on the
inclusion of
students with
disabilities
2:00-3:15
Dewitt
Peter Gerhardt
Helen Bloomer
F34. Adaptive behavior, resilience
and community
inclusion in transition
to adulthood for
individuals with ASD
3:45-5:00
F26c. Comprehensive Educational
Approaches
Eric Shyman
F26b. Reducing
Bruxism
Patricia Isaac
F26a. Responsibility
of Daycare Centers
Elaine Feigenbaum
2:10-3:00
ROUND TABLES
Fayetteville
Melissa
Ciaravino
F35. Establishing
Explicit
Contracts to
Reinforce Executive Functioning
with ASD
4:00-5:00
Loretta MasonWilliams
Stephanie Berkowitz
Jamie Hillegas
F27. Using the
Implementation
Stages Framework with
Challenging
Adolescents
2:30-3:45
Lafayette A
Amanda Fenlon
Moderator
F36. Who cares
about Kelsey?
4:00-5:00
Toby Karten
F28. Champion
the Inclusive
Classroom:
Strategies to
Make the Ideal a
Reality
2:30-3:45
Lafayette B
Corrine Stadler
Kimberly Farr
Liane Schaub
Jessica
Washington
F37. Increasing
Phonological
Awareness in
Pre-K Students
4:00-5:00
Cindy Chatoo
Marilyn Yang
Angela Curto
Courtney Denmar
F29. Promoting
Understanding and
Inclusion: Using
Children’s
Literature
2:00-3:15
Pompey
Diana Abbott
Marianne Blanda
F38. Beyond the
classroom door:
Effective Practices
for Successful
Community Interaction for Individuals with ASD
3:45-5:00
Matthew Halfond
F39. Using
Co-Teaching
for Students
with Emotional Behavioral Disorder
3:455:00
Candace
Mulcahy
F31. Teaching Mathematics to
Secondary
Students with
EBD: Challenges and
Practical
Suggestions
for Teachers
F30. Current Education Policy Issues and Students
with Disabilities
David Rothfuss
2:103:25
Skaneateles
B
2:10-3:25
Skaneateles A
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Tara
Kaczorowski
Dane Marco
Di Cesare
c. Exploring
Adaptive
Physical Education
Kelly Farrell
College-School
Partnership
Katherine
Trela,
Norah Merritt,
Leah Raftis
b. Educators
Perceptions of
Inclusive
Practices
Stephanie
Johnson
F18. Collaborative
writing for children
with ASD: Using
strategy instruction
with peer support
F17. a. College
Students’ Perspectives on
Peers with
ASD
Rebekah Feller
Jie Zhang
Michael Glover
Jim DeLorenzo
Anjoo Sikka
Kevin Miller
David Bateman
Larry Waite
LeeAnn SnyderConcepcion
Erica Vernold
Miller
AWARDS and KEY NOTE ~ Paul Riccomini
Lafayette Room ~ 1:00 ~ 2:00
Andrew
Shanock
F22. Conducting
collaborative
assessments
between speech
pathologists and
school psychologists
F21. Special
Education
Teacher Resiliency: What
Keeps Teachers
in the Field?
F20. Varied Perspectives:
Timely Topics in
the Field of Special Education
Skaneateles A
F19. Managing
IEP Responsibilities without Sacrificing the Quality
of IEPs
Pompey
10:30-11:50
Lafayette B
10:30-11:50 10:30-11:20
10:30-11:50
Lafayette A
LUNCH 12:00 - 12:50
Main Hotel ~ Top Floor ~Horizons Room
Kristie AsaroSaddler
Kathy Costello
11:00-11:50
Fayetteville
11:00-11:50
10:30-11:50
F16. Bypassing
Barriers and Securing Solutions:
A Paradigm Shift
in Mobile
Technology
Implementation
Dewitt
ROUND TABLES
Camillus
NYS CEC Annual Convention – Friday, October 31, 2014
Candace
Mulcahy
Erin Wsashburn
F23. Using the
Self-Regulated
Strategy Development Framework to Address
Academic and
Behavioral
Needs
10:5512:00
Skaneateles B
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Lisa Rafferty
S8. Error Self
-Correction:
Increasing
Students’
Spelling
Accuracy
Performance
9:3010:45
Lisa Rafferty
S1. SelfMonitoring:
Eyes on Me
8:00-9:15
Camillus
Posters
8:3010:15
Dewitt
Daqi Li
Frank Thornton
S9. Improving student teaching
supervision through
collaboration
9:30-10:20
Judy Bentley
Kimberly Rombach
S10d. Motivation
and Resiliency
Dawn Hamlin
Sara Fulmer
S10c. Dance Movement Therapy
Audra Surman
S10b. Transitioning
to College
V. Sue Atkinson
Jacob Hammond
ROUND TABLE
S10a. Service
Learning
Jennifer Ashton
10:00-10:50
Mary Lelonek
Timothy
Zgliczynski
Stephen Shore
9:20-10:35
S12. Senses and
sensibilities: An
inside view on
recognition and
addressing sensory issues
9:20-10:35
S11. Promoting
Engagement for
Students with Disabilities Using the
Kagan Cooperative
Learning
Structures
Bruce Saddler
Kristie AsaroSaddler
S13. The effects of
a summarization
strategy on struggling writers’ written
summaries
Viki Caruana
S14b. Universal
Design for
Learning
John Tomasetti
S7. National
Work Readiness
Credential: A
nationally recognized credential
focusing on Entry Level Employment Skills
8:00-8:50
Skaneateles B
S14a. What Did You
Say? The 411 on
Individuals who are
Deaf or HH
9:30-10:45
Amanda Mazin
Elizabeth Finnegan
Vincent Marinelli
S6. One for All or
Just for One: Effective Reading Comprehension
Strategies
8:00-9:15
Skaneateles A
9:00-10:15
LawrenceMaheady
S5. Specially
Designed Instruction for
SWD in the
Common Core
Era
Kim Mackay
Pam Roberge
8:00-9:15
8:00-9:15
Pompey
S4. The Effects of
the 3 Jars Game
on the Math
Homework
Completion and
Accuracy of a 7th
Grade Inclusion
Class
Lafayette B
9:00-9:50
Dawn Hamlin
8:00-8:50
S3. Evidence Based
Practices
8:00-8:50
Lafayette A
S2. Evidence of
Evidence-Based
Practice: Preparing
Pre-Service Teachers
to Teach All Children
Fayetteville
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Andrew Hashey
Ben Smith
S16. A 5-Step
PBIS Model to
Build Effective
Behavior Support Classroom
and Plans
10:30-11:45
Dewitt
Sarah Howorth
Elizabeth
Finnegan
Shirley Charles
Amanda
Mazon
S17. Reading
Comprehension Strategies
for
Students with
ASD: What
Works?
11:00-11:50
Fayetteville
Kathy
Giordano
S18. Educating
Students
with
Tourette
Syndrome
and
Associated
Disorders
11:00-11:50
Lafayette
A
Kristine
Loccisano
S19. A rose by
any other
name….the
development of
language concepts in children
with ASD
10:45-12PM
Lafayette B
Meenakshi
Garija
Regine Rossi
Joseph Gilson
S20. Embedding "close
reading"
strategies in
teaching
social studies
and science in
middle/
secondary
classrooms
10:45-12pm
Pompey
Diane Berger
S21. Paraeducator Role Conflict,
Role Ambiguity,
Job Satisfaction Assessment and
Recommendations
11:00-11:50
Skaneateles A
10:30-11:45
Skaneateles B
Stephen Hernandez
S22. Collaboratively
managing
challenging behavior
in young children
with ASD
Yes I Can Awards ~ 12-12:30 pm ~ Lafayette B
S15. Examining Technology-Enhanced
SRSD Writing Instruction for Secondary
Students with EBD
11:00-11:50
Camillus
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8:00-8:50
F1. Improving Professional Development
Training for Co-Teachers
Presenter: Kara Faraclas
Strand: Inclusive Education
Focus: Inclusive Education, Elementary &
Adolescence
Location: Camillus
F2. Walking the Walk: Co-teaching at the
College Level in Teacher Education
Practicum Courses
It is crucial for pre-service teachers to learn
about the implications and value of coteaching and to experience it first hand. The
presenters will offer an overview of their
experience co-teaching three practicum
based courses for pre-service educators.
Implications for further teaching approaches
and potential benefits will be discussed.
Presenters: Alyson Martin,
Emily Shamash
Strand: Teacher Education
Focus: All grade levels
Location: Fayetteville
F3. Is My Intervention Working? Progress
Monitoring with Curriculum Based
Assessments
Effective mathematics teachers provide a continuum of systematic and
explicit instructional supports to
help students learn essential mathematical concepts and master new
important skills. This interactive
session will expand your repertoire
of instructional techniques by providing specific strategies and activities for more purposeful, planned,
and targeted fluency
practice.
Presenter: Paul Riccomini
Strand: LD
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Location: Lafayette B
F6. Creating a Culture of
Collaboration
This presentation will provide attendees with insight into the establishment
of a collaborative culture within an
organization. The presenter will discuss the essential elements of collaboration, the challenges organizations
face when trying to implement collaborative teamwork as well as the steps to
overcome these challenges.
Presenter: Stephen Hernandez
Strand: Teacher Education
Focus: All audiences
Location: Skaneateles A
Invited LD Strand
F7. Preventing Litigation
F5. Categorizing Emotions to
Enhance Self-Regulation and
Social Competency
There are many different things you
can do to prevent litigation. This session will highlight common, and some
not so common ways of preventing
Denial of access to requested reinlitigation for students with disabilities
forcers or changes in routine often
so you can focus on providing approevoke problem behavior in individu- priate services. The presenter is a
als with ASD.
former special education due process
This workshop will focus on a cate- hearing officer.
gorization process that teaches individuals how to self-regulate and
Presenter: David Bateman
move on when faced with situations Strand: Policy
where they wanted, expected or
Focus: All audiences
looked forward to something, and it Location: Skaneateles B
did not due to necessary limits or
changes. Videotaped examples will
be provided as well as ways to
incorporate technology to utilize the
system for non-verbal students.
Presenter: Terese Dana
This presentation will share how progress
Strand: Autism
monitoring with sensitive CBAs can be used Focus: Ages 5-21
to monitor effectiveness of interventions
Location: Pompey
conducted by teachers or teacher candidates.
Steps to conduct the progress monitoring will
be covered as well as excellent resources of
free or low-cost curriculum based
assessments.
Presenter: Jennifer Tripp
Maryra Grande
Strand: Teacher Education
Focus: Elementary
Location: Lafayette A
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Visit the
Poster Sessions
8:30 – 10:20
Dewitt
FRIDAY AM
Findings will be presented from a study that
examined the effect of research-based professional development training on the coteaching performance of regular and special
education teachers. Elements of the training
model, opportunities for active learning,
practice, observation and feedback, and
strategies for effective collaboration and
differentiated instruction will be reviewed.
Invited LD Strand
F4. Facilitating Fluency in the
CCSS-M through Purposeful,
Planned, and Targeted Practice
Activities
FRIDAY AM
POSTERS
8:30-10:20 PM in Dewitt
PF1. Using Function Wheels to Manage Aberrant Behaviors
Presenter: Keith Amerson
This poster will describe the use of Function Treatment Wheels, is a quick and easy way to determine the function of problematic behavior of individuals. This tool also promotes consistency with intervention and promotes
treatment reliability between staff. Autism Strand
PF2. Publishing In Exceptional Individuals, the journal of the NYS CEC
Presenter: Kristie Asaro-Saddler
The purpose of this poster is to provide NYS CEC membership with explicit information on the different avenues available to enable them to publish their work in Exceptional Individuals.
PF3. Using Assistive Technology to Enhance Learning in the Common Core for Students with Disabilities
Presenter: Amanda Fenlon
This poster will highlight how technology tools such as SOLO6, Classroom Suite, IPads, digital books and
adaptive keyboards can increase accessibility to common core and general education curriculum and scaffold
learning for students with disabilities.
PF4. Improving Social Interactions Among Preschoolers with and without ASDs: Role of Play
Presenter: Poonam Dev and Jessica L. Walrath
This pilot project was designed to investigate the effect of play on social interactions of children with ASD. Preschoolers with ASDs were observed, parents were surveyed and teachers interviewed to determine the relationship between type of play and social interactions between children with ASDs and their peers. Autism
Strand
PF5. Retrospectives on Factors Influencing Inclusive Opportunities for College Students with
Multiple Disabilities
Presenter: Megan Foster
Researchers interviewed two college students with multiple disabilities and their caregivers to elicit information
about educational factors that contributed to the participants’ eventual enrollment in postsecondary institutions.
Major themes related to advocacy and to factors that influenced inclusive opportunities will be presented.
PF6. Picture This: Award wining children’s picture books and inclusion - progress yet?
Presenters: Anne Perrault and Gliset Colon
This study examines the representation of characters with disabilities in Caldecott Medal and Honor Books. The
study replicates and extends a 2006 study conducted by Dyches, Prater and Jenson. Results as well as implications for practitioners and research will be shared.
PF7. Successful Implementation of Assistive Technology Programs
Presenter: Amy Ranalli
The implementation of AT into the classroom can help support children with disabilities to access a higher education. With the ever growing push for AT to be present in the classroom, teachers and parents need to become informed of the benefits. Participants will gain a conceptual understanding of successful AT programs.
PF8. Mathematics Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners
Presenter: Frank Thornton
This poster suggest methods and practices to enable teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional children to engage in culturally responsive math instruction. Strategies include: Building trust with students, becoming culturally literate, using culturally responsive questioning techniques, providing responsive
feedback, and analyzing content for bias.
PF9. Adapting Grade Appropriate Text for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Presenter: Katherine Trela, Kaitlyn Murphy, Kelly Stein, Kimberly McVetty and Gabriella Gilmartin
This poster describes a research-based method of adapting text appropriate for upper elementary and middle
school students with significant cognitive disabilities designed to promote participation in grade appropriate
language arts, math, and science lessons. Adapted texts support NYS Common Core English Language Arts,
Math, and Science instruction.
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9:00-10:20
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9:30-10:45
F8. Livescribe Pen: A Powerful Assistive
Technology for Readers with Dyslexia
F11. Perspectives and Attitudes of
Special Education Teachers Toward
the Common Core State Standards
Invited EBD Strand
Presenters: Kristen Kurtzworth-Keen,
Christina Dressler, Hillary
Wassel, Laura Bannister
Strand: Technology
Focus: All audiences
Location: Camillus
9:00-9:50
F9. Creating Social Stories Using iPad
APPS for Children with
Intellectual Disabilities
Teacher candidates created Social Stories
as part of the practica requirements in a
methods course for students with ID and
ASD. Road blocks and challenges as well
as successes were documented in both the
development and implementation stages.
Insights from the experience will be
shared.
Presenters: Michele Marable, Katy Rustowicz, Katelyn Rubach, Hannah Moreli
Strand: Technology
Focus: Students with Autism or ID
Location: Fayetteville
This presentation will discuss the
thoughts of three special education
teachers about the standards, how they
are being implemented, and impact on
teachers and their students.
F14. Overview and Introduction to
Positive Behavior Interventions and
Supports: The potential of PBIS Across
Various Settings
The goal of this strand is to provide an
overview of Positive Behavior
Presenter: Damien LaRock,
Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and
Ronda Rufsvold
to offer specific academic strategies and
Strand: Policy
procedures that encourage positive
Focus: All audiences
behavior in students with emotional and
Location: Lafayette B
behavioral disorders. This session will
discuss the potential of the PBIS frameF12. Mindfulness. What is it and How work across various settings. These
Does it Apply to Teaching Practices? settings will include: Alternative
Educational Settings, Large Urban
Mindfulness is a clinical technique that Districts, and Statewide Initiatives.
has been found useful for increasing
psychological well-being and cognitive Presenters: Michael Rozalski
performance and reducing anxiety and
Candace Mulcahy,
rumination. Through the use of selfMeagan Lovelace
regulatory skills, students and teachers
Strand: Council for Children with
can learn to become more mindful in the
Behavioral Disorders
classroom setting with the goal of imFocus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
proving attention and learning.
Location: Skaneateles B
Presenter: Micheline Malow
Strand: Best Practices
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Location: Pompey
Invited LD Strand
10:00-10:50
F15. Transitions in Rural Education:
Enhancing School-University
Partnerships
SUNY Fredonia’s Project RAISE-UP
investigators surveyed university faculty
F13. The Failure of Educational
and staff and rural school partners to
Reforms to Improve Student Learning:
determine how to sustain our collabora9:30-10:45
A New Direction
tive relationships. Participants will
F10. Effects of (PECS) On Maladaptive
learn, (a) How school-university partStructural educational reforms have
Behavior In Children With ASD:
nerships enhance on-campus education
failed to improve student learning. They
A Literature Review
classes and (b) How university faculty
failed primarily because they have not
and rural school personnel can improve
impacted the most relevant instructional
This presentation will provide an overview
work collaboratively to enhance student
variable, teaching practice. This session
of the literature investigating the use of
learning outcomes.
describes an alternative approach for
PECS with individuals with ASD. The
improving practice and pupil learning.
functional relationship between the use of
Presenter: Kathleen Magiera, Rhea
the Picture Exchange Communication
Simmons, Christine Givner
Presenter: Lawrence Maheady
System (PECS) and maladaptive behavior
Focus: Teacher Education
Strand: Policy
in individuals with ASD as it has been
Location: Fayetteville
Focus: All audiences
shown in the single-subject research literaLocation: Skaneateles A
ture will be discussed.
Presenter: Mary E. McDonald
Strand: Autism
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Location: Lafayette A
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FRIDAY AM
This presentation will describe the academic applications of LiveScribe Pens
with students with Learning Disabilities.
Outcomes and parent perspectives
regarding the pen’s use will be shared.
10:30-11:50
FRIDAY AM
NYS CEC Mini Grant Winners
F16. Bypassing Barriers and Securing
Solutions: A Paradigm Shift in Mobile
Technology Implementation
11:00-11:50
ROUND TABLE
PRESENTATONS
Dewitt
F17a. College Students’ Perspectives on
Peers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
As teachers begin to make room for
in Residence Halls
mobile technology, they often face a
This presentation will explore the unique
variety of barriers. Rather than
characteristics of college
abandoning technology and accepting
students with ASD in the residence halls
defeat, we propose educators secure
through a survey from their peers’ point
solutions to work around them, providing of view, and investigate effective ways to
students the opportunity to benefit from
foster peers’ support.
the rich experiences afforded by mobile
Presenters: Rebekah Feller, Jie Zhang
technology. This presentation will guide Strand: Autism
teachers and administrators toward
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
focusing on solutions. Participants will
be presented with some best practice uses F17b. Unveiling Educators Perceptions
for mobile technology, and have an
of Inclusive Practices: Study Results and
opportunity for hands-on brainstorming.
Implications for Practice
Participants are strongly encouraged to
This presentation aims to unveil general
bring an iPad.
and special educators’ as well as teacher’s
assistants’ perceptions of inclusion. Two
Presenter: Dane Marco Di Cesare,
questionnaires measured knowledge and
Tara Kaczorowski
skill of inclusion, attitudes toward incluFocus: All levels
sion, and perceived resources to successLocation: Camillus
fully implement inclusive practices.
Presenter: Stephanie Johnson
Strand: Higher Education
F18. Collaborative writing for children Focus: Adult Learners
with ASD: Using strategy instruction
with peer support
F17c. College-School Partnership:
Supporting Progress in General
The results of a study utilizing peer sup- Curriculum for Students with
port to help children with autism
Significant Disabilities
spectrum disorders (ASD) improve their This presentation describes a collaborawriting will be discussed.
tive literacy project between teacher candidates in a dual certification program and
Presenters: Kristie Asaro-Saddler
teachers of students with significant disKathy Costello
abilities in a neighboring school district.
Strand: ASD
Anecdotal evidence on the impact of this
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
project for each setting will be shared.
Location: Fayetteville
Presenters: Katherine Trela,
Norah Merritt, Leah Raftis
Focus: Teacher Education
F19. Managing IEP Responsibilities
without Sacrificing the Quality of IEPs Location: Dewitt
New special education teachers need
support to manage their caseloads and
write quality IEPs. Discussion of these
topics needs to continue throughout the
school year and careers. Participants will
work on caseload organizers, time management techniques and outlines of
quality IEPs to facilitate their success in
managing their own IEP caseloads.
Presenter: LeeAnn Snyder-Concepcion
Focus: Teacher Education
Location: Lafayette A
10:30-11:50
INVITED PANEL
F20. Varied Perspectives: Timely Topics
in the Field of Special Education
A panel of distinguished guests will review federal and state policy. Audience
members are encouraged to presubmit
questions and engage in productive
dialogue with the panelists. Questions
from the audience will be taken as time
allows.
Presenters:
Mr. James DeLorenzo, NYSED Assistant
Commissioner for Special Education
Dr. Anjoo Sikka, Professor and Dean of
the Ella Cline Shear School of Education at SUNY Geneseo
Dr. Kevin Miller, Professor and Chair,
Exceptional Education Department
Buffalo State College, CAN Coordinator for NYS CEC
Dr. David Bateman, Professor Shippensburg University, DLD Political Action
Committee
Mr. Lawrence Waite, NYSUT Manager
of Educational Services
Moderator: Dr. Michael Glover
Strand: Policy
Focus: All levels
Location: Lafayette B
10:30-11:20
F21. Special Education Teacher
Resiliency: What Keeps Teachers
in the Field?
This presentation will share suggestions
for how schools can build special
educator resiliency and promote special
educator retention. This presentation
will highlight the findings of the Special
Education Teacher Resiliency Study
F17d. Exploring Adaptive Physical
enabling participants to: (a) Gain an
Education
The field of adapted physical education is understanding of teacher resiliency, (b)
become aware of resiliency building
not a new; yet many are unaware of the
factors, and (c) learn how to foster
services provided, as well as the many
roles of the adapted PE teacher. This pres- educational environments that build/
entation will provide insight to the profes- promote special educator resiliency and
retention.
sion and its relation to special education,
strategies for inclusion, how physical
Presenter: Erica Vernold Miller
activity contributes to academic success,
Focus: Teacher Education
and ways to incorporate it into the classLocation: Pompey
room.
Presenter: Kelly Farrell
Strand: NYS CEC Student
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FRIDAY AM
12:00-12:45pm Luncheon
in the
Main Hotel
Top Floor
Horizons
1:00 - 2:00
Awards and Keynote
Presentation
Lafayette Room
Be sure to stop by
one of the many
vendor
tables at this
year’s conference.
Remember to get
your card punched
to enter a drawing
for a KINDLE!
10:30-11:50
10:55-12:00
F22. Conducting collaborative
assessments between speech pathologists
and school psychologists
F23. Using the Self-Regulated Strategy
Development Framework to Address
Academic and Behavioral Needs
This presentation will advocate for school
psychologists and speech pathologists to
adopt the CHC cross battery framework so
they may produce a more comprehensive
understanding of a child’s learning needs,
while reducing evaluation time by 45 minutes per child. Cognitive constructs
of major test batteries will be reviewed.
Presenter: Andrew Shanock
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Location: Skaneateles A
The evidence base for SRSD-based interventions for students with EBD is growing.
We propose that the framework can be
adapted to address both academic performance and social behavior, to address the
academic and behavioral needs of students
with EBD. Participants will identify the
features of SRSD for writing and reading
interventions across content areas and educational settings and then discuss how
practitioners can adapt the framework to
their students’ specific behavioral needs.
Presenters: Candace Mulcahy,
Erin Washburn
Strand: CCBD
Focus: Adolescence
Location: Skaneateles B
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FRIDAY PM
F24. Secondary Content Area
Teachers’ Supports for Students with
Disabilities in Inclusive Classes
Despite the widespread practice of
inclusion, little is known about how
teachers provide support to included
students with disabilities, particularly
in secondary content areas. In this
study, 60 secondary content area teachers described how they learned about
and implemented support for included
students. Practices secondary content
area teachers used to support students
with disabilities and influences on
teachers’ choices for providing support
will be shared.
Presenter: Mary Theresa Kiely
Focus: Secondary
Location: Camillus
2:00-3:15
F25. The impact of educational policy
has on the inclusion of students with
disabilities
This case study explored how recently
implemented policy affected the inclusion of students with disabilities in two
contrasting school districts. The study
examined the impact performance-based
pay and the Common Core State Standards had on students with disabilities.
Recommendations for administrators,
and teachers will be provided.
Presenter: Megan Foster
Focus: All audiences
Location: Dewitt
2:30-3:45
F27. Using Implementation Stages
Framework to Design Interventions for
Challenging Adolescents
This session describes how teachers can
use the implementation stages framework
to implement research-based practices.
Two examples for high school students
will be described: a social narrative to
improve work-appropriate behaviors, and
POW+TREE to improve the persuasive
writing skills.
Presenters: Loretta Mason-Williams,
Stephanie Berkowitz,
Jamie Hillegas
Focus: Adolescence
Location: Lafayette A
2:10-3:00
ROUND TABLE
PRESENTATONS
Fayetteville
Moderator: Stephen Hernandez
F26a. Responsibility of Daycare
Centers to Identify Atypical Behaviors
and Effectively Communicate with
Parents
Currently, most daycare facilities are
not qualified to identify atypical
behaviors. Daycare centers struggle
with what to do and how to inform
parents. Parents may be in denial, unable to accept the issue(s), unaware of
the severity, fear the stigma. Regrettably, the child loses precious time and
the problems remain unacknowledged.
Presenter: Elaine Feigenbaum
Strand: Early Childhood
Focus: Daycare Providers
F26b. Using FBA and PBS in
Reducing Bruxism for an
Intellectually Disabled Child
This presentation will discuss how an
FBA and PBS were used to develop a
highly specialize intervention plan, for
an 8 year old child with Intellectual
Disabilities which resulted in a
reduction of bruxist behavior while the
child’s tolerance to learning improved.
Presenter: Patricia Isaac
Strand: ASD
F26c. Embracing Comprehensive
Educational Approaches for Children
with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Proponents of Applied Behavior
Analysis as the most effective approach in ASD have recently gained a
powerful voice. However, such claims
may be premature and inaccurate. This
presentation will offer evidence for
comprehensive approaches, including
Applied Behavior Analysis, as well as
methods of relationship-based, sensory
-based, and socioemotional communication based approaches.
Presenter: Eric Shyman
Strand: ASD
Focus: All levels
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2:30-3:45
F28. Champion the Inclusive
Classroom: Strategies to
Make the Ideal a Reality
Students in inclusive preschool and K-12
classrooms compose a diverse group of
learners. All students can learn; however
some students process things differently.
Recognize the obstacles students present
with proactive responsive instruction that
differentiates the methods, materials, and
classroom designs to turn the inclusion
challenges into success.
Presenter: Toby Karten
Focus: All levels
Location: Lafayette B
2:00-3:15
F29. Promoting Understanding and
Inclusion: Using Children’s Literature
with Characters with Disabilities
This session presents examples of children’s literature depicting characters with
disabilities. The various influences literature can have on both individuals with
disabilities and their peers without disabilities will be discussed. Tips will be
provided for selecting appropriate literature in which the characters with disabilities are not marginalized.
Presenters: Cindy Chatoo, Marilyn Yang,
Angela Curto,
Courtney Denmar
Session Type: Best Practices
Strand: Inclusive Education
Focus: Early Childhood, Elementary
Location: Pompey
F30. Current Education Policy Issues
and Students with Disabilities
This session will provide information on
current topics affecting students with
disabilities, particularly the impact of the
Regents Reform Agenda that includes
college and career readiness, exiting
credentials, and the "Safety Net"; the
Alternate Assessment for students with
severe disabilities, any recent changes to
law or regulation; and other issues.
Presenter: David Rothfuss
Strand: Policy
Focus: All levels
Location: Skaneateles A
F37. Increasing Phonological
Awareness Skills in Pre-Kindergarten
Students At-Risk for Reading Failure
Presenter: Peter Gerhardt
Helen Bloomer
Session Type: Paper
In this best practices workshop, practical, Strand: Autism Strand
Focus: Adolescence
research-based strategies for improving
Location: Fayetteville
mathematics engagement and performance of secondary students with EBD
will be shared. A discussion of the exist4:00-5:00
ing challenges faced by secondary
mathematics teachers of students with
F35. Establishing Explicit Contracts to
EBD, followed by strategies to address
Reinforce Executive Functioning with
those challenges will be provided.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Students at-risk for reading disabilities
often display signs of deficits in phonological awareness skills. We will share
the results of our study examining the
effects of an early reading intervention,
Magic Penny Reading.
F31. Teaching Mathematics to
Secondary Students with EBD:
Challenges and Practical Suggestions
for Teachers
Presenter: Candace Mulcahy
Strand: CCBD
Focus: Adolescence
Location: Skaneateles B
The purpose of this presentation is to
give professionals who work with students with ASD a practice to implement
when school and classroom rules are not
enough for learning to occur. Implementing this style of contracts provides all
3:15-4:30
involved with common language and
expectations. Participants will have the
F32. School is for SELF: Safety materials needed to begin establishing
Emotions -Learning -Family
explicit contracts and will have examples
to reference, and a foundational underSchool climate must be viewed in the
context of students' families and commu- standing of how, to collaborate with the
student, parents, and other professionals.
nity experiences In this presentation,
participants will explore the role trauPresenter: Melissa Ciaravino
matic and toxic stress may play in stuSession Type: Workshop
dents' lives and effective strategies for
supporting their healing process using the Strand: Best Practices
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
School is for SELF: Safety-EmotionsLocation: Lafayette A
Learning-Family model.
Presenter: Elizabeth Anderson
Strand: Inclusive Education
Focus: All levels
Location: Camillus
F36. Who Cares About Kelsey? A
documentary by Dan Habib
Dan Habib, director of Including Samuel,
has produced a new film project Who
3:45-4:35
Cares About Kelsey? This film documents the lives of students with emoF33. Learning from a master differenti- tional /behavioral challenges, and shows
ator in an inclusive setting
innovative educational approaches that
help these students to succeed – while
The presentation concerns a year-long
improving the overall school culture and
study of the differentiation practices of a climate.
master teacher in an inclusion setting.
Factors and practices that underlie the
Moderated by Dr. Amanda Fenlon
teacher’s excellence in meeting the diStrand: NYS CEC Student
verse needs of her students are presented. Time: 4:00-5:00pm
The findings include suggestions for
Location: Dewitt
teacher education and professional development.
Presenter: Peter Martin
Strand: CCBD
Focus: Childhood
Location: Dewitt
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Presenters: Corrine Stadler, Kimberly
Farr, Liane Schaub, Jessica
Washington
Strand: Inclusive Education
Focus: Early Childhood
Location: Pompey
3:45-5:00
F38. Beyond the classroom door:
Effective Practices for Successful
Community Interaction for Individuals
with ASD
This session will provide strategies on
how to teach others to: recognize,
understand and effectively interact with
individuals with ASD within the community; provide skills for responding appropriately to “stereotypical” behaviors and
socially “awkward” communication; and
de-construct commonly-held beliefs.
Presenters: Diana Abbott
Marianne Blanda
Strand: Autism Strand
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Location: Skaneateles A
F39. Using Co-Teaching for Students
with Emotional Behavioral Disorder
This workshop will report on the research-based practice of co-teaching and
how it can be effectively used for students with Emotional Behavioral Disorder. Six models of co-teaching and how
each can be effective for students with
EBD will be discussed.
Sample lessons and activities will be
shared.
Presenter: Matthew Halfond
Strand: ASD
Focus: Adolescence
Location: Skaneateles B
FRIDAY PM
F34. Adaptive behavior, resilience and
community inclusion in transition to
adulthood for individuals with ASD
2:00-3:15
FRIDAY PM
5:00-6:30 PM in Horizons
PF10. Going to ‘College’: Post-Secondary Possibilities for Students with Disabilities
Presenter: Jennifer Benamati
This poster will identify different options for students with disabilities that provide adapted college experiences for students
with disabilities in NY.
PF11. Sharpening Teaching Skills by Incorporating Music in the Classroom
Presenter: Morgan Herbst, Sofia DeLouisa
Music is a valuable method to encourage learning and reinforcing positive student participation and behaviors. The poster
will explore a variety of musical activities that can be used in the classroom to provide academic and behavioral support.
PF12. Current Disability Models and the Success of Students with Special Needs
Presenter: Amanda Kibbler
The current models of disability will be explained. By analyzing the alignment of each model with evidence-based practices, a preferred model or combination, which may optimize success rates for students with special needs will be presented.
PF13. Using Social Stories to Increase Positive Behavior in the Classroom
Presenters: Courtney Kurtz, Hope Miller, Megan Gigandet, and Nicole O'Brien
This poster session will discuss ways to integrate the use of social stories as part of the students’ behavior support plan.
Various examples of social stories, which disability categories have responded best to social stories interventions, and the
effectiveness in using social stories will be shared.
PF14. Improving Scores for Students with Disabilities Using Evidence Based Test Taking Strategies
Presenters: Kayla Leader, Meghan O'Connor, and Alyssa Horton
Test anxiety and low test scores are common for student with disabilities, but with research proven test taking strategies
those scores and anxiety levels can improve. Not all strategies are “one size fits all”, this poster will recommend which
strategies are best for different disabilities.
PF15. Supplementing text with graphics to promote vocabulary acquisition in CLDELs
Presenters: Kristen Mueller and Katherine Trela
A software program, SymWriter, that creates graphics-supplemented text was used to teach new vocabulary to a student
who is an English learner and who also has a language disorder. Data revealed SymWriter can be effective in promoting
vocabulary acquisition.
PF16. What about Cameron?
Presenters: Alyssa Plows and Marua Iorio
This poster investigates the impact Common Core Learning Standards have had on students with profound cognitive disabilities. While higher expectations for all learners and increased teacher accountability are positive goals of NYS CCLS,
we need to explore the reality of the challenges they present to the world of special education.
PF17. Views of Minority Faiths Towards Inclusion of People with Disability
Presenters: Toby Ring and Stephanie Berkowitz
Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam all contain explicit references to inclusion of people with special needs in their sacred texts.
This poster explores text based references to people with disability in the minority religions of the US, and looks at how
these groups implement the practices of inclusion.
PF18. Military, Firefighter, Police, and Special Forces treatment of people with disabilities
Presenter: Julia Russell
Military, Firefighters, Police and other Special Forces are respectable people in society and looked upon as a high official in
society. This poster examines the treatment of disabilities in each of these forces and if there are certain rules/guidelines in
order to enforce the equal treatment of all.
Co-sponsored by
NYS CEC & SUNY GENESO
Complimentary hors d'oeuvres!
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8:00-9:15
Invited LD Srand
S7. National Work Readiness
Credential: A Nationally Recognized
Credential focusing on Entry Level
Employment Skills
Presenter: Lisa Rafferty
Strand: LD
Focus: Pre-service Teachers
Location: Camillus
8:30-8:50
Presenter: Lawrence Maheady
Strand: LD
Focus: Adolescence
Location: Lafayette B
S5. Specially Designed Instruction for
SWD in the Common Core Era
This workshop will focus on the delivery of effective specially designed instruction for students with disabilities.
Presenters will model and engage participants in a lesson planning process
With a rigorously inclusive mission to better that will enable educators to embed
specially designed instruction within
prepare teachers to teach all children,
SUNY Cortland faculty are collaborating to Common Core-aligned lesson plans to
enhance new and existing syllabi with evi- meet individual student needs.
dence-based pedagogical practices. We'll
share what we've learned: Process, problem- Presenters: Kim Mackay
Pam Roberge
solving, and progress.
Strand: Best Practices
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Presenters: Judy Bentley
Location: Pompey
Kimberly Rombach
Strand: Teacher Education
S6. One for All or Just for One:
Focus: Higher Education
Effective Reading Comprehension
Location: Fayetteville
Strategies
S2. Evidence of Evidence-Based Practice:
Preparing
Pre-Service Teachers to
Teach All Children
Invited LD Strand
S3. Evidence Based Practices
Presenter: John Tomasetti
Strand: Transition
Focus: Secondary
Location: Skaneateles B
The presenters will demonstrate practical applications for classroom use of
comprehension strategies for students
with ASD. A comparison of general and
disability-specific strategies will be
given to assist teachers planning instructional supports in different classroom
settings.
This session will discuss the who, what,
why and how of Evidence Based Practices.
Specifically this presentation will identify
the reasoning and mandates behind EBPs,
how one can discern whether a practice has
a sufficient evidence-base, the occasional
Presenters: Amanda Mazin
divide between ‘best practices’ and
Elizabeth Finnegan,
‘evidence based practices’, and how to look
Vincent Marinelli
for the most ‘powerful’ EBP interventions.
Strand: ASD
Focus: Childhood
Presenter: Dawn Hamlin
Location: Skaneateles A
Strand: Best Practices
Focus: All levels
Location: Lafayette A
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S8. Error Self-Correction: Increasing
Students’ Spelling Accuracy
Performance
This presentation will focus on discussing effective versus ineffective
instructional practices for teaching
spelling skills to students, especially
those with disabilities. Attendees will
learn about the error self-correction
procedure, which is an evidence-based
practice that can be used to meet students’ individual needs when teaching
spelling.
Presenter: Lisa Rafferty
Strand: Best Practices
Focus: Elementary
Location: Camillus
SATURDAY AM
S4. The Effects of the Three Jars Game
on the Math Homework
Completion and Accuracy of a 7th
The National Work Readiness CredenGrade Inclusion Class
In this session, participants will learn about
tial is a certification of an individual’s
what self-monitoring is and the benefits of
This session describes the effects of the readiness for entry-level work as defostering self-regulated performance in their Three Jars Game, an intervention com- fined by employers. It is the first asstudents. Additionally, steps to follow to
prised of interdependent and dependent sessment for entry-level workers to
create and implement self-monitoring with a group contingencies with randomized
provide a universal, transferable, nadiverse range of students to remediate social components on the math homework
tional standard for work readiness. The
and/or academic behaviors will be decompletion and accuracy rates of twenty workshop will address how the certifiscribed. Sample self-monitoring sheets, and 7th grade students, including 12 with
cation of work readiness can be implemany suggestions for places to obtain addi- IEPs.
mented to special needs programs.
tional resources will be shared.
Invited LD Strand
S1. Self-Monitoring: Eyes on Me
SATURDAY AM
8:00-10:15 AM in the Dewitt
PS1. Amelioration of Students with Autism’s Writing: The Usage of Electronic Journals
Presenter: Huda Almumen
This poster will share a review of the literature that identifies pedagogical practices and empirically based strategies to ensure success of students with autism by developing their
learning skills such as writing. Autism Strand
PS2. Making Sense of Multisensory Instruction: Literacy Strategies for Students with
Dyslexia
Presenter: Joseph Gilson
This literature review summarizes the effects of multisensory instruction upon the academic
achievement of students with dyslexia in literacy (reading and writing). The study examined 12
current peer-reviewed studies for student’s ages 5-18.
PS3. Repeated Reading & Oral Reading Fluency for African American Males with EBD
Presenter: Toni Mixon
Although researchers continue to have discourse regarding behavioral interventions for children with EBD, few conversations center on academic interventions. This poster session will
highlight the results of a study that used repeated reading and a digital application, as an
effective strategy to improve oral reading fluency of African American males with emotional
and behavioral disorders.
PS4. Encourage Family Involvement to Improve Learning for Children with Diversity
Presenter: Carrrie Pellegrino
This poster will present best practices to encourage family involvement to improve learning
for children with diversity, including children with disabilities. Established teaching methods
used by educators to collaborate with culturally and/or linguistically diverse families will be
shared.
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9:30-10:20
10:00-10:50
S9. Improving student teaching supervision through collaboration
ROUND TABLE
PRESENTATONS
Lafayette A
Presenter: Daqi Li, Frank Thornton
Strand: Teacher Education
Focus: Higher Education
Location: Fayetteville
9:20-10:35
S11. Promoting Engagement for Students
with Disabilities Using the Kagan
Cooperative Learning Structures
Cooperative learning practices in inclusive
classrooms will be examined to determine
best practices for students with disabilities.
Attendees will participate in Kagan
structure demonstrations and discuss
research associated with evidence-based
practices. All attending will leave with a
packet of activities and teacher-tools.
Presenter: Timothy Zgliczynski
Strand: Inclusive Education
Focus: Elementary
Location: Lafayette B
S12. Senses and sensibilities: An inside
view on recognition and addressing
sensory issues
The variation in perception of sensory
stimuli for many with autism often causes
great discomfort. The aim of this presentation is to enable susceptible individuals
and those close to them to avoid and
minimize the effect of sensory overload
through easy to implement solutions,
thereby enabling those with sensory issues
to lead fulfilling and productive lives.
Presenter: Stephen Shore
Strand: Autism
Focus: All levels
Location: Pompey
S10a. Service Learning: Creating Meaningful Opportunities for
Community Collaboration and Course Connections
The presenter will discuss experiences initiating a service learning project in
an introductory level special education course at The College at Brockport.
Workshop. Participants will receive a step-by-step description of the program
that includes the planning, organization and collaboration necessary to implement meaningful activities at other college campuses.
Presenter: Jennifer Ashton
Strand: Teacher Education
Focus: Higher Education
S10b. Supporting Students with Disabilities Transitioning to College:
Mentoring Benefits Students and Future Teachers
Learn about and discuss a unique university-based mentoring program in
which future special education teachers mentor undergraduate students with
disabilities, supporting those students while gaining insights that will guide
their future transition work with high school students.
Presenters: V. Sue Atkinson,
Jacob Hammond
Strand: Teacher Education
Focus: Secondary
S10c. Dance Movement Therapy: Benefits for Children with
Cerebral Palsy ages 5-10
Recent movement benefits have been seen through Dance Movement Therapy
for children faced with Cerebral Palsy focusing on children ages 5-10. The
three areas of study considered in this research include: fine and gross motor
movement, current, maintained and improved motor access, and methods of
implementation.
Presenter: Audra Surman
Strand: Inclusive Education
Focus: Elementary
S10d. Motivation and Resiliency: Key Factors in Successful
Student Outcomes
Presenters will identify key factors that may help teachers increase their students’ motivation and resiliency at the individual, task, and classroom levels.
Strategies to build resiliency and task persistence for academic, behavioral,
and social goals will also be identified.
Presenter: Dawn Hamlin
Sara Fulmer
Strand: Teacher Education
Focus: All audiences
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SATURDAY AM
This presentation discusses a study that
explored ways to improve student teaching
supervision by surveying school cooperating teachers. Their responses and implications will be discussed. Findings provide
meaningful information for improving our
student teaching practices.
9:30-10:45
SATURDAY AM
S13. The effects of a summarization
strategy on struggling writers’
written summaries
11:00-11:50
S15. Examining Technology-Enhanced
SRSD Writing Instruction for Secondary Students with EBD
A multiple-probe multiple baseline
Summarizing is a critical element of writacross participants design was used to
ing. Despite its value, many students with
explore the effect of a technologydisabilities have difficulty creating written
enhanced self-regulated strategy develsummaries. We investigated the effects of
opment (SRSD) instructional method for
a summarization strategy on the ability of
teaching persuasive writing to secondary
young writers with disabilities to produce
students with EBD. Findings and impliwritten summaries after reading. Our intercations for technology-based writing
vention improved participants’ main ideas,
instruction for secondary students with
length, and quality.
EBD will be shared.
Presenters: Kristie Asaro-Saddler
Session Type: Paper
Strand: Best Practices
Location: Skaneateles A
9:00-9:50
S14a. Hearing Impairments
Educators will gain a more personal
perspective on learning in a classroom as a
student with a hearing impairment. Learn
basic signs from American Sign Language
and become more familiar with different
assistive technologies for students with
hearing impairments. The sky is the limit
for all students with disabilities including
students with hearing impairments and it is
our job as educators to get them there.
Presenter: Mary Lelonek
Strand: NYS CEC Student
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Location: Lafayette A
9:00-10:15
Presenter: Andrew Hashey
Focus: Technology/Secondary
Location: Fayetteville
10:30-11:45
S16. A 5-Step PBIS Model to Build
Effective Behavior Support Classroom
and Plans
This workshop provides participants
exposure to a 5-step competing schedules model of PBIS to guide the planning, development and application of
evidence-based practices at a program,
classroom and/or individual student
level. This model facilitates the shift
from reactive coercive-based interventions to evidence-based
practices including preventative nonpunitive responses to troubling behavior.
Presenter: Ben Smith
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Location: Dewitt
11:00-11:50
Invited Presentation
S18. Educating Students with
Tourette Syndrome and Associated
Disorders
This presentation will help foster an
understanding of how Tourette
Syndrome and co-occurring conditions
like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder, Executive Dysfunction, and
Learning Disabilities impact learning
and functioning in the classroom. It will
also cover recognition and management
of symptoms of TS as well as accommodations and specific classroom strategies
in order to create the best possible
educational environment for students
with TS, their classmates, and teachers.
Presenter: Kathy Giordano
Strand: Best Practices
Focus: All audiences
Location: Lafayette A
10:45-12:00
S19. A rose by any other name: The
development of language concepts in
children with ASD
This workshop will explores the importance of concept development, rather
than through rote learning , for the
acquisition of functional communication
language in children with ASD.
Presenter: Kristine Loccisano
Strand: Teacher Education
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Location: Lafayette B
S20. Embedding Close Reading
Strategies in teaching social studies
and science in middle/
Secondary classrooms
This session describes essential strateS17. Reading Comprehension Strategies gies for close reading-- knowledge of
text features and informational text
for Students with Autism Spectrum
structure, determining central ideas of a
Disorders: What Works?
In the context of a K-12 classroom, UDL
text including its relationship to supportIn this session evidence-based reading
can provide strategies for addressing the
ing ideas, identifying what is important
comprehension strategies for students
learner variability of the inclusive classand summarizing text. Strategies to
room setting. This session offers educators with ASD will be demonstrated across
build academic vocabulary and engage
tangible ways to apply UDL principles to the content areas. Presenters will also
students in rich conversation dependent
their planning, instruction, and assessment provide updates on studies they are con- on the text will be discussed. Instrucducting in the area of reading.
efforts.
tional procedures for embedding literacy
strategies within content area classes
Presenters: Sarah Howorth,
Presenter: Vicki Caruana
will be modeled.
Elizabeth Finnegan, Shirley Charles,
Session Type: UDL
Amanda Mazin
Presenters: Meenaksh Garija, Regine
Strand: Best Practices
Strand: Autism
Rossi, Joseph Gilson
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Focus:
Adolescence
Location: Skaneateles B
Location: Fayetteville
Location: Pompey
Invited LD Presentation
S14b. Universal Design for Learning
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11:00-11:50
SATURDAY PM
S21. Paraeducator Role Conflict, Role
Ambiguity, Job Satisfaction - Assessment
and Recommendations
This workshop will present findings from
419 paraeducators working in 12 private
special education schools in NYS, will
include recommendations to address this
situation, and will encourage participants’
exchange of ideas.
Presenter: Diane Berger
Strand: Teacher Preparation
Focus: Higher Education
Location: Skaneateles A
S22. Collaboratively managing
challenging behavior in young children
with ASD
12:00-12:30
Held in Lafayette B
This presentation will discuss challenging
behavior in young children with Autism
Spectrum Disorders and the research and
evidence based strategies and techniques
that teachers and others can use to collaboratively manage these behaviors.
Reception to Follow
Presenter: Stephen Hernandez
Session Type: Paper
Strand: Autism
Focus: Students with ASD/EBD/LD
Location: Skaneateles B
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Shift in Mobile Technology Implementation
The eWorkbook is a researcher-developed interactive iPad-based
workbook that includes embedded supports. Dane and Tara will
present their work with mobile technology for students with disabilities
in session F.16.
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2014-2015 NYS CEC Board Members
President
Annmarie Urso
[email protected]
SUNY at Geneseo
1 College Circle
South Hall 220D
Geneseo, NY 14454
585-245-5468
President-Elect
Peter Rice
[email protected]
71 Liberty Ave
New Babylon, NY 11703
(631) 943-4329
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Angela Patti
[email protected]
Buffalo State College
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Ketchum Hall #215
Buffalo, NY 14222
716-878-5317
Syracuse Rep
Frank Thornton
[email protected]
363 Fitzelle Hall
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, N.Y. 13820
(607)436.289
Long Island Rep
Student Advisor
Mike Kelly
[email protected]
Mary McDonald
[email protected]
86 Stanton Street
Northport NY 11768
631-559-1211
Albany Rep
Amy Ranalli
[email protected]
Vice President
New York 1 Rep
Rae Lynn McCarthy
Stephen Hernandez
[email protected]
5367 Horseshoe Lake Road
Batavia, NY 14020
585-344-7543 (w)
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New York 2 Rep
YoungSeh Bae
[email protected]
Dominican College
Dominican College
Division of Teacher Ed.
470 Western Highway
Orangeburg, NY 10962
845-359-7802 (fax)
845-848-4090
NYS CEC Student President
Jonathan Pollino
[email protected]
150 Orchard Street
Plainview New York, 11803
Secretary
Megan Foster
[email protected]
Utica College
Library Concourse C128B
1600 Burrstone Road
Utica, NY 13502
New York 3 Rep
Elizabeth Finnegan
[email protected]
St. Thomas Aquinas College
125 Route 340
Sparkill, NY 10976-1050
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Historian
Lisa Rafferty
[email protected]
Buffalo State College
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Ketchum Hall #215
Buffalo, NY 14222
Treasurer Elect
Dawn Hamlin (1/1/15)
[email protected]
SUNY Oneonta
500 Fitzelle Hall
Oneonta NY 13820
607-436-3526
Treasurer
Sharon Raimondi
[email protected]
Rochester Rep
Elizabeth (Liz) Hall
[email protected]
University at Buffalo
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Buffalo, NY 14260-1000
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Geneseo, NY 14454
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Exceptional Individual Editors
Kristie Asaro-Saddler
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Elfreda Blue
ElfredaBlue@hofstra .edu
CAN Coordinator
Kevin Miller
Ketchum Hall 202
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Buffalo State College
Buffalo, NY 14222
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Past President
Elfreda Blue
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216 Hagedron Hall
Hofstra University
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Year
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Janet Jacobs
1980-1981
Elfreda Blue
2013-2014
Richard Lee
1979-1980
Dee Berlinghoff
2012-2013
Mary Liane Dempsey
1978-1979
Dawn Hamlin
2011-2012
Barry Glick
1977-1978
Shannon Budin
2010-2011
Barry Glick
1976-1977
Satasha Green-Stephen
2009-2010
Allan Schulps
1975-1976
Sharon Raimondi
2008-2009
Herbert Foster
1974-1975
Laurie DuBos
2007-2008
Thomas Goodman
1973-1974
Margaret McLane
2006-2007
Raphel Simches
1972-1973
John F. Szolnoki
2005-2006
Eileen Corcoran
1971-1972
Elizabeth Hall
2004-2005
Jayne Rychech
1970-1971
Alan Shear
2003-2004
Bernice Kipfer
1969-1970
Timothy Lackaye
2002-2003
Barbara Lake
1968-1969
Jed Luchow
2001-2002
William Younie
1967-1968
Lynn Zubov
2000-2001
Calvin Lauder
1966-1967
Craig Michaels
1999-2000
Emil Lombardi
1965-1966
Michaelene Meger
1998-1999
Murray Bloustein
1964-1965
Marsha Lupi
1997-1998
Marion Wiles
1963-1964
Tom Kelsh
1996-1997
Gladys Rhodes
1962-1963
Michaelene Meger
1995-1996
Wendell Andrews
1961-1962
Deborah Shanley
1994-1995
Marry Harnett
1960-1961
Sharon Cramer
1993-1994
Joseph Fenton
1959-1960
Michael Glover
1992-1993
Kathleen Coogan
1958-1959
Dianne Berkell
1991-1992
Anna Smerka
1957-1958
Horace Mann
1990-1991
Frances Koenig
1956-1957
Barbara Mallette
1989-1990
Charles Gambert
1955-1956
Lyle Lehman
1988-1989
Maurice Fouracre
1954-1955
Tom Assinza
1987-1988
Herman Goldberg
1953-1954
Jed Luchow
1986-1987
Bertha Perez
1985-1986
Sally Quinby
1984-1985
Judith Bondurant-Utz
1983-1984
Alax Tureaud
1982-1983
Gary Carman
1981-1982
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Awards Committees
Professional Awards
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Dee Berlinghoff
Dawn Hamlin
Sharon Raimondi
Yes I Can Awards!
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Patricia Barber
Susan Salmon
Donald Marozas
A special thank you to the presenters, the invited
panelists, the entire boards of the student and state
CEC chapters, and our web guru, Ed Teall for their
contributions of time and energy in making the
61st annual NYS CEC convention a success!
With gratitude,
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President of NYS CEC
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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Thursday, October 30
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Early Check-in
Friday, October 31
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
8:00 AM - 12:00PM
Check-in
Continental Breakfast - Manlius Room
Morning Sessions
12:00PM- 12:45PM
Luncheon Horizons Room - Main Hotel
1:00PM-2:00PM
General Session/Keynote Address
Lafayette Rooms
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Afternoon Sessions
5:00PM - 7:00 PM
Reception & Poster Session– Horizons
8:00PM-11:00PM
Halloween Party - Lafayette Rooms
Saturday, November 1
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Check-in
Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 12:00PM
Sessions
12:00PM-12:30PM
Yes I Can! Awards
12:30PM-1:30PM
Grab n’ Go Snacks
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