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PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS
FALL CONFERENCE 2011
Saturday October 22
Speaker: Dr. Garth Smith
By the end of this talk, participants should appreciate:
Medical Director, Child Development Centre, Hotel Dieu Hospital,
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Queen’s University
Topic: “Meeting at the Crossroads”…
The overlap between Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, Asperger Syndrome, & ADHD
- The basic features of NLD’s, Asperger Syndrome, and ADHD
- The similarities and differences between the 3
- The concept of “tapestry” as it relates to developmental disorders
- A basic approach to managementThis workshop targets both elementary and high school age students.
Handout "Meeting at the Crossroads 2011" (Powerpoint) 3.8 MB
FALL CONFERENCE 2010
Saturday October 23
Speaker: Dr. Judy Van Stralen, Consulting Pediatrician
Topic: “My Child/Teenager Has Been Diagnosed with ADHD-Now What? Management principles in and out of the classroom.”
This session briefly discussed what ADHD is and how it is diagnosed. The focus was on managing this condition and common co-morbidities -- oppositional defiant disorder, anxiety disorder, and learning disabilities, inside the classroom and beyond. It included behavioural strategies as well as a review of medications.
Handout (Powerpoint) 2.7 MB
Assistive Technology Demonstration
Speaker: Pat Dudley, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University and LDAK Board Member, demonstrated some of the assistive software and hardware that LDAK has available in its resource centre.
Software includes writing predictors, text-to-speech, talking word processors, mind mapping software and others.
Hardware includes easy-to-use video recorder, digital scanning, audio recording pens, portable spell checkers and light weight portable (speaking) recording keyboards. (e.g. Dane Elec Zpen, Alphasmart and Writer Fusion keyboards, Livescribe Pulse Digital Smartpen)
FALL CONFERENCE October 2009
Pediatric Anxiety and How It Interacts with ADHD and Learning Disabilities
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Nugent
In this presentation, Dr. Nugent, an experienced consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, will review the main types of anxiety conditions and how they present in the pediatric age group. Significant anxiety symptoms are quite common in children and adolescents. He will also look at the interplay between anxiety symptoms and ADHD as well as other learning problems. There will also be some review of treatment options, including medications and cognitive-behavioural strategies. This topic is relevant for both elementary and high school age students.
Keeping Cool About Your Anxious Child (Powerpoint presentation)
LDAK PRESENTATION - January 2009
MORE Kitchen Table Math
Speaker: Dr. Lynda Colgan
Dr. Colgan is celebrating her 31st year as an educator. A winner of a number of professional awards, including OSSTF’s Excellence in Education Award for outstanding classroom teaching and the first Marshall McLuhan Award for visionary use of technology with students. Lynda is actively involved in research, writing and community service. Watch for Dr. Colgan’s math section in the Kingston Whig Standard.Handout available from Lynda Colgan's January workshop
Kitchen Table Math
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