2015 IDA Southern Regional Conference

2015 IDA Southern Regional Conference

The IDA Southern Regional Conference brought to you by the Southern IDA Branches: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina & Tennessee

April 17-18, 2015 in Brentwood, Tennessee (just a little over 10 miles from Nashville). We devoted one or two days to learning from experts in the field.

Speakers

Elephant in the Room: What We Overlook Regarding Dyslexia
Nancy Mather, Ph.D.
Professor of Special Education, Department of Disability Psychoeducational Studies
University of Arizona, Tucson

Lessons from an Evolving Reading Brain for Dyslexia, Intervention, and Global Literacy
Maryanne Wolf, Ed.D.
Director, Center for Reading Language Research and Professor of Child Development
Tufts University, Medford, MA

A New Look at Learning Disabilities
G. Emerson Dickman, III, Esq.
Past President of the International Dyslexia Association and Attorney, Law Offices of G. Emerson Dickman, III
Maywood, NJ