What Works and Why

About the Conference | Schedule | Hotels and Lodging | On-line Registration

November 20 & 21, 2008

The Gathering Place
6120 Day Long Lane
Clarksville, Maryland 21029

brought to you by:

IDL of Howard County, MD together with Montgomery County's GT/LD Network, Anne Arundel County's Twice Exceptional Advisory Network, & Prince George's County's PG-TAG's Gifted with Special Learning Needs Committee.

National and local experts, and student panels will explore what works for students perceived as underachieving, unmotivated and unengaged learners at this 2-day conference. Presenters will focus on practical strategies for engaging and energizing ALL students through rich, "hands-on," multi-sensory, real-world profession-oriented, and strength-based instruction, integrating the arts and technology across the curriculum. This interdisciplinary conference will have several sessions that emphasize issues for students who don't fit the 'typical' student mold in a variety of ways, including twice exceptional students and others who learn differently. We welcome teachers, parents, psychologists, students, mentors, administrators and all those who want to learn more about what works (and why) for bright, underachieving students. Our main goal is to help a variety of educational professionals find new ways to "engage, motivate, and raise the self-esteem" of ALL learners to increase their ability to succeed.

• Learn to recognize and address the strengths of exceptional learners
• Focus on abilities rather than disabilities
• Learn to creatively deliver curriculum content and spark students innate love of learning
• Learn strategies to improve social/emotional well-being and motivation
• Integrate instruction by building relationships across disciplines, e.g., arts, technology, science & math
• Connect learning to "real world experiences" and professions

Continuing Education credits for professionals for an additional fee available through PESI. Please indicate your interest on our on-line registration form.

The following credit statements are calculated on a 45 minute learning session. 

Maryland Social Workers:  PESI, LLC, 1030, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), (1-800-225-6880) through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program.  PESI LLC maintains responsibility for the program.  Licensed Social Workers should contact their individual state boards to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. The Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recognizes courses and providers that are approved through the ACE program by the ASWB.  Maryland Social Workers will receive 0.75 continuing  education clock hours in participating in this session.

Maryland Marriage and Family Therapists:  PESI, LLC is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. Provider #:  5896.  The Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists recognizes courses and providers that are approved through the National Board for Certified Counselors.  Maryland Marriage and Family Therapists will receive 0.75 Category A CEUs for full attendance at this session.

Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists:  PESI, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses in full attendance will earn 0.75 contact hours.  No partial contact hours will be issued for partial attendance.

Counselors:  PESI, LLC is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors.  Provider #:  5896.  We adhere to NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines.  This course qualifies for 0.75 contact hours.

Psychologists:  PESI, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  PESI, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  PESI is offering this activity for 0.75 hours of continuing education credit.  Full attendance is required.  No partial credit will be offered for partial attendance. 

Case Managers:  This course has been submitted to the Commission for Case Manager Certification for approval.  Full attendance is required. 

About the Conference | Schedule | Hotels and Lodging | On-line Registration

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