1997 ICEC 48th Annual Convention

November 6, 7, 8, 1997

Arlington Park Hilton - Arlington Heights, Illinois

Conference Highlights and Events

Thursday, November 6, 1997

• VERY SPECIAL THURSDAY WELCOME

"A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO EDUCATION"

Mr. David Braukman, Lecturer and Adjunct Professor for universities in

Ohio, Wisconsin, and Kentucky

• STRAND I - INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES - David J. Braukman

"MAKING LEARNING COME ALIVE"

"MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: HELPING STUDENTS TAKE CONTROL

 OF THEIR LEARNING"

• STRAND II - TECHNOLOGY AND SPECIAL EDUCATION - Donna Archibald, Judi Stiles, Mark Sierra and Allen Feuerstein

"TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR LEARNING"

"OPENING DOORS WITH MULTIMEDIA"

• STRAND III - LEGISLATION - Dr. Christy Chambers, Jon Crawford, Jamie Basham, and Joe Ballard

"WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON"

"WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ILLINOIS"

• STRAND IV - BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS - Beverley H. Johns

"REACHING THEM THROUGH TEACHING THEM: EFFECTIVE CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL/BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS"

"IMPLEMENTING THE NEW DISCIPLINE PROVISIONS OF IDEA: ALTERNATIVES TO SUSPENSION"

• STRAND V - BILINGUAL-LEARNING DISABILITIES - Joan Caton, Barbara Hudgens and Barbara Leys

"A PARADIGM SHIFT IN SERVICING LD/BILINGUAL STUDENTS

- PART I AND PART II"

• TALKBACK - Facilitator: Robert E. Abbott

Plus POSTER SESSIONS throughout the day on Thursday and Friday.

Friday, November 7, 1997

• OPENING GENERAL SESSION

"WE NEED TO BE THE CHANGE WE WANT"

Dr. Mary Montle Bacon, Consultant in education and industry

FANTASTIC FRIDAY PROGRAM SESSIONS

• The Preschool Project - An Inclusionary Education For Preschoolers
• Classroom Management Strategies That Help Everyday
• Fifty Minutes of Fun
• Giving Students Power to Write: Improving Written Products
• Survival Skills for the First Year Special Education Teacher
• Increasing the Involvement of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Parents
• Strategies Which Promote Social Skills in Inclusive Settings
• Focus on Outcomes: A Model for Community Inclusion After Graduation
• Interview Strategies for First Job Success
• A Conversation with Dr. Bacon
• Being "Bat"ty Is Good - 50 Strategies to Improve Student Behavior
• Village Teaching
• Jeff Tech: Integration + Inclusion = Achievement
• Academics + Sports = Winners All Around
• Developing IEPs and IFSPs for Bilingual Students: A Practical Workshop
• Skills for Adulthood: The Transition Process and Development of Functional Communication
• The Classroom Community: Teaching Discipline - Gaining Control
• Write On! CBM/Progress Monitoring to Increase Writing Skills
• Creating Learning Aids - A Make and Take Workshop
• READ: Reasonable Adaptation for Effective Inclusion
• Never Too Young to Start a CEC Club
• Structuring a Classroom for Difficult Students
• Teaching and Managing the ADHD Child in the Classroom
• Working with Drug-Exposed Children in the Classroom

Saturday, November 8, 1997

SUPER SATURDAY PROGRAM SESSIONS

• Special Education As Viewed Through the Multicultural Perspective
• Assessment-Based Approach to Meaningful Curriculum Design for Students with Multiple Disabilities
• Creating a Cohesive Classroom Community
• I.P.A.S.S. Improving Personal Affective and Social Skills
• Culturally Responsive Teachers - Who Are They and What Makes Them "Special"?
• Precipice of Possibility or Brink of Disaster
• Understanding the Child with Ausperger's Disorder
• Let's Play: An Adaptive Toy Library
• Castles, Kings and Queens: Inclusion Across the Curriculum
• Neurologically Integrated Methodology Promotes Phonemic Awareness, Sound-Symbol Correspondence and Legibility
• The Green Thumbs: Horticulture for Severe and Profoundly Challenged Students
• Comprehension of Expository Text: Different Strategies for Different Text
• Programming for Success in an Alternative BD High School

• CLOSING SESSION

"MUCH MORE THAN METAL DETECTORS: TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING A SAFE SCHOOL"

Beverley Johns, Program Supervisor Garrison School

John Keenan, Assistant Chief of Police, Jacksonville, Illinois