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CEC 2008 DIVISION SHOWCASE SESSIONS

CEC 2008 DIVISION SHOWCASE SESSIONS

Division showcase sessions are planned and selected by CEC’s Divisions and address critical issues and substantive trends related to the mission of each division. Divisions are organizations within the Council whose members are interested in a particular aspect of special education.

1. Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), Forecasting Legal Implications of IDEA (#3877)
   Leader(s): Teri Engler, Sraga, Engler and Boyle Attorneys at Law, Oak Brook, IL
   Thursday, April 3, 2008 ♦ 1:15-3:15 p.m.
    
2. Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD), Measuring Response to Intervention in the Social Domain for Students at risk of Behavior Disorders (#3678)
   Leader(s): Douglas Cheney, University of Washington, Seattle
   Thursday, April 3, 2008 ♦ 1:15-2:15 p.m.
    
3. Division for Research (CEC-DR), Designing Effective Professional Development in Mathematics: Research to Practice (#2563)
   Leader(s): Leanne Ketterlin-Geller, University of Oregon, Eugene
   Thursday, April 3, 2008 ♦ 9:45-10:45 a.m.
    
4. CEC Pioneers Division (CEC-PD), Dr. Pam Gillet, “On the Road Again” (#3864)
   Leader(s):  Diane Johnson, Past President, Tallahassee, FL and Robert Abbott, Retired, Waukegan, IL
   Friday, April 4, 2008 ♦ 9:45-11:45 a.m.
    
5. Council for Educational Diagnostic Services (CEDS), Implementing RTI to Provide a Multi-Tiered Approach to Positive Behavioral Supports (#2927)
   Leader(s): Cassandra Allen, Northwest Georgia Learning Resources System,
   Thursday, April 3, 2008 ♦ 1:15-2:15 p.m.
    
6. Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness (DCDD), Vocabulary Interventions in Collaborative Settings (#3844)
   Leader(s): Judy Montgomery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
   Thursday, April 3, 2008, ♦ 1:15-2:15 p.m.
    
7. Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT), Statewide Transition Assessment Model—Information to Plan for Living, Learning, and Working (#2706)
   Leader(s): Patricia Sitlington, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
   Friday, April 4, 2008, u 8:30-9:30 a.m.
    
8. Division on Developmental Disabilities (DDD), Addressing Critical Issues for Teachers of Students with Developmental Disabilities and Autism (#3835)
   Leader(s): Robert Stodden, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu
   Thursday, April 3, 2008 ♦ 9:45-10:45 a.m
    
9. Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners (DDEL), Reducing Reading / Special Education Risk for Diverse Low-Income Urban Learners: A Longitudinal Follow-Up (#2790)
   Leader(s): Gwendolyn Cartledge, Ohio State University, Columbus
   Thursday, April 3, 2008 ♦ 2:30-3:30 p.m.
    
10. Division for Early Childhood (DEC), Infusing Diversity in Early Childhood Preservice Education: One Way to Address Disproportionality (#3843)
    Leader(s): Susan Maude, Iowa State University, Ames
    Saturday, April 5, 2008 ♦ 8:30-9:30 a.m.
     
11. Division of International Special Education and Services (DISES), Comparative Special Education: What Can We Learn by Looking Beyond our Borders?
    Leader(s): Margret Winzer, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada and Jennifer Norins Bardon, University of Massachusetts, Boston
    Thursday, April 3, 2008 ♦ 8:30-9:30 a.m.
     
12. Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD), DLD: Past-Presidents’ Showcase (#3837)
    Leader(s): Karen Rooney, Educational Enterprises, Inc., Richmond, VA
    Thursday, April 3, 2008 ♦ 1:15-3:15 p.m.
     
13. Division for Physical and Health Disabilities (DPHD), AAC: Augmenting Art Class (#3110)
    Leader(s): Carol Goossens, The Henry Viscardi School, Albertson, NY
    Thursday, April 3, 2008 ♦ 9:45-10:45 a.m.
     
14. Division on Visual Impairments (DVI), Vision Therapy and Teachers of Students With Visual Impairment: Roles and Controversies (#3642)
    Leader(s): Audrey Smith, Pennsylvania Health and Science University
    Thursday, April 3, 2008 ♦ 11:00 a.m.-Noon
     
15. The Association for the Gifted (TAG), Role of Middle School Administrators in Supporting Differentiation (#3363)
    Leader(s): James Curry, University of Southern Maine
    Friday, April 4, 2008 ♦ 8:30-9:30 a.m.
     
16. Technology and Media Division (TAM), AIM High for Student Achievement!: Making Instructional Materials Accessible with NIMAS and Beyond (#3836)
    Leader(s): Joy Smiley Zabala, Assistive Technology and Leadership, Lake Jackson, TX
    Thursday, April 3, 2008  ♦ 11:00 a.m.-Noon
     
17. Teacher Education Division (TED), Virtual Environments and Advanced Technologies in Teacher Education and Special Education (#3839)
    Leader(s): Lisa Dieker, University of Central Florida, Orlando; Sean Smith, University of Kansas, Lawrence
    Friday, April 4, 2008, u 9:45-11:45 a.m.