From Laboratory to Classroom to Benefit Students and Families: Partnership between the UCSF Dyslexia Center and a School for Children Who Learn Differently

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This presentation describes how a school for children with learning differences and a nearby academic medical center built a productive relationship to benefit students and parents and how they shared what they learned in the process.

Educators want immediate access to relevant research results that can help them immediately to improve their classroom teaching. Researchers look at time differently – if the necessary funding is available, the greater depth and quantity the researcher can test and gather results, the better. Parents and students want directly useful information that does not take too much of their scarce time.

We describe the translational research collaboration of developmental neuroscience clinician/researchers and teachers, administrators, and parents in the classroom for students at a school for children with learning differences. The research is focused on identifying the different types of dyslexia to understand more precisely the individual areas of challenge for each student and to identify the strengths of dyslexia, and how to strengthen those strengths. These successful collaborations are rare and the reasons and potential solutions for this will be described in this presentation.

The conclusion will involve a general discussion regarding Structured Literacy and ideas for its use virtually, led by Andrew Stetkevich.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES -PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

1. Describe how the research relationship between Charles Armstrong School and the University of California, San Francisco developed and how funding was located.
2. Identify obstacles and challenges to the collaboration have been and are being resolved.
3. Describe several collaborative projects that have been completed and are in process.
4. Use information discussed in the presentation to better address the challenges and strengths of your students with dyslexia at both home and at school.

BIOS OF OUR SPEAKERS:

DR. ROBERT HENDREN is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of California, San Francisco with many years of working with children with learning differences, neurodevelopmental disorders, anxiety and ADHD. He has a special interest and appreciation for collaborating with schools. Dr. Hendren is co-director of the UCSF Dyslexia Center, now in its 10th year and Director, Program for Research On Neurodevelopmental and Translational Outcomes (PRONTO).

KAREN KRUGER is the former Director of Research and Education for the Charles Armstrong School in Belmont, California. For the past seven years, she has overseen Armstrong's partnership with the UCSF Dyslexia Center and prior to that position, she was the Director of Education for the Hidden Sparks Foundation in New York City. Karen has spent many years delivering professional development to both public and private school faculties in the tri-state area and is a former classroom teacher for grades K -- 8th.

ANDREW STETKEVICH has over 37 years of experience as a K-12 educator in the field of literacy and recently retired as a Staff Development Specialist for RUSD. He is a nationally endorsed Project Read consultant and an active member of the IDA. He has spoken at numerous national and international conferences in the field of literacy, including Britain, Austria, and Dubai. He is published in the British Journal, Dyslexia Review. He has taught graduate level courses at CBU and UCR Extension.

FEES:

Early Bird prices - now through October 3rd (11:45 pm). $35 to $50

General admission - October 4th through October 16th at 3:00 pm. - $50 to $65

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