Speakers and Presenters
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Presents
Conference 2011
Empowering
Learning
March 25 & 26
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Seminar Information
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Session II F-____
Session III F-____
Session IV S-____
Session V
Session VI S-____
Session VII S-____
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Knox Christian School
410 North Scugog Court,
Bowmanville, ON
Special Friday Night Feature:
Benefit Concert
featuring “Change of Scene”
A Gaither Vocal Band Tribute
Check online for flyer with pricing and details!
Of interest to Educators - Resource
teachers, Classroom teachers,
Administrators, Homeschoolers and
Parents
NILD Canada™ extends a warm
welcome to all educators,
parents, and friends to our
annual conference. Please join
us as together we explore quality
learning solutions to help
students with ADHD, Dyslexia,
and other learning disorders.
NILD Canada™ trains educators in
a model of intervention utilizing a
variety of techniques designed to
stimulate cognitive and perceptual
functioning. The goal of NILD
Educational Therapy™ is to equip
individuals with learning disorders
to succeed as independent
learners.
Allison Mulinax, B.S., M.A.
Allison is the Assistant Principal of Park Place
School, an intervention elementary school
program for struggling learners in Norfolk, VA.
She also currently serves as a classroom teacher
and NILD Educational Therapist.
During her twelve years as an educator, she has
served as a classroom teacher, administrator,
Level III NILD trained educational therapist and a
leadership team member for Discovery Program,
Inc. She is committed to impacting the lives of
young learners as she seeks to implement NILD
methodology at Park Place School as well as train
educators. Allison is a trainer for NILD as she
conducts courses and presents seminars and
workshops nationally and internationally.
Dr. Ronn Young, Ph.D.
Dr. Ronn Young has 28 years of counselling
experience and for the past six years has worked
as a psychotherapist at TSR Clinics in Oshawa.
Ronn holds a certified membership with the
OACCPP and is an adjunct professor at the
University of Ontario Institute of Technoogy.
Ronn persuasively argues that people are
dramatically more effective, fulfilled and
successful when they are able to focus on the best
of themselves. He and his wife are also the proud
parents of an NILD student!.
Rob Vivian
Trained Educational Therapists are
available throughout Canada to
meet the needs of students and
adults with learning disorders
through an individualized program
of educational therapy.
Prospective Therapists can view a
list of current training opportunities
at www.nildcanada.org.
Rob, the president of Rob Vivian Coaching, is a
successful business coach with16 years of
coaching and training experience and over
40,000 coaching calls. He is an international
speaker and trainer whose clients achieve ten
times the average in production. Coaching,
guiding people to their goals, and playing a roll
in assisting an individual in achieving something
significant are all some of the things Rob is most
passionate about.
Sharol Cordner
Sharol has a Bachelor’s Degree in Adapted
Physical Education, is a Registered Polarity
Practitioner and Educator, and a Brain Gym®
Consultant. She teaches with Realizing Your
Potential, a school offering courses in Brain Gym®
and Polarity Therapy, and works with Canadian
Paraplegic Association Ontario. Sharol has worked
for several years with people with disabilities and
acquired brain injury. She has also taught exercise
classes and ballroom dance, subtly incorporating
Brain Gym® movements.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Registration Costs
Friday, March 25
Saturday, March 26
2:45-4:00
11:30-12:00
Registration
LUNCH
9:00-9:30
9:30 - 10:45
S-6
12:00-1:00
What’s New for NILD Canada?
1:00-2:15
OPENING SESSION
Strategies for Success in Learning and
Life - Dr. Ronn Young
The emotional and social side of learning difficulties is something that all who work with the LD
need to comprehend. Join us in discovering some
new paths and in opening the roadmap to
successful learning!
2:15-2:30
2:30-3:45
SESSION II
Plumbing the Depths of Comprehension
Allison Mullinax
What are best practices in reading comprehension
instruction and how can an educational therapist
utilize them? This workshop will review the therapy
techniques that strengthen comprehension and
highlight the connection between current reading
research and NILD Educational Therapy.
F-2
LIVE Educational Therapy Demo
An experienced Educational Therapist and her
student present a typical therapy session. Come
and witness what we like to call “Discovery!”
SESSION III
F-3
Handwriting: The Case for Instruction
Allison Mullinax
This workshop will develop a rationale for teaching
correct handwriting in the early grades and
expecting cursive writing throughout the grades.
Research and rationale for this important skill and
its relationship to success in all the language arts
will be presented. Attendees will be challenged to
go beyond the idea that cursive writing is a skill of
the past which is not useful in today's culture.
F-4
S-1
The Missing Language Strand
Allison Mullinax
Have you worked with a student that struggled to
establish positive social relationships and seemed
isolated and alone? This workshop will discuss
current research highlighting the symptoms of
dyssemia, a term used for nonverbal communication
difficult ties. We will discuss how dyssemia might be
impacting your student in therapy as well as the
school setting and we will unpack ways to mediate
this critical component of language.
Break
F-1
3:45-5:00
Registration
SESSION IV
Richard LaVoie: The Motivation Breakthrough (DVD) 2007
Motivation is the key to learning. But very few
parents and teachers have an effective arsenal of
techniques at their disposal. With empathy and
understanding, backed by decades of experience in
the classroom, Rick Lavoie gives parents and
teachers the key to unlock any child's enthusiasm
and responsiveness. The Motivation Breakthrough
will revolutionize the way parents, teachers, and
professionals reach out to and motivate all
children.
S-2
What is NILD Educational Therapy™?
This session complements the LIVE therapy
demonstration (F-2). Discussion will include the
rationale of therapy techniques, as well as an overview of what makes NILD Educational Therapy
distinctive.
10:45-11:00
Break
11:00-12:15
SESSION V
SESSION VII
ALL Things Are Possible...Recipes for
Success - Allison Mullinax
How can we move our students beyond memorizing
the "data dump" that they experience daily in school?
This workshop will focus on using mediated learning
to develop cognitive functions which empower
student acquisition of learning and result in
permanent changes.
“It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend”
Richard LaVoie (DVD)
What are the causes and consequences of ‘social
incompetence’? Drawing on current research and
thirty years of experience in residential schools, Rick
LaVoie provides powerful strategies for teaching
friendship skills in the classroom, home and
community. The DVD includes special features on
bullying and boys, girls and friendships—how they
differ.
Conference Location Map and Directions
1:15-2:30
SESSION VI
S-5
Introduction to Brain Gym®
Sharol Cordner
Learn the basic principles of Brain Gym® and how
to use simple exercises designed to integrate the
two hemispheres of the brain and enhance
learning.
2:30-2:45
Break
Registered
Therapists/
Associates
$160.00
$140.00
All Others
$185.00
$165.00
One Day Rates
Registered
Therapists/
Associates
$90.00
All Others
$115.00
$_____________
Please register before Feb. 25,
2011 to obtain Early Bird Rate..
Richard LaVoie: The Motivation Break
through (DVD) 2007 See F-4
LUNCH
EARLY BIRD
(Feb 25)
TOTAL ENCLOSED
Working and Growing your Business
Rob Vivian
More than a ministry...this session will delve into
ways Educational Therapists can market and grow
their businesses. Although generally we like to think
of our business as a ministry, we all know that a
consistent revenue stream is essential to sustain the
value and growth that we desire.
12:15-1:15
RATES
S-7
S-3
S-4
(includes delicious lunches and snacks)
Downloadable brochure and online
payment options available at
nildcanada.org
401 to Bowmanville, east of Oshawa, Take Exit 431 at
Waverly Road (RR-57) Go north (becomes Martin Rd)
approx. 4km. Turn right onto North Scugog Court.
Convenient new hotel nearby:
North on Waverly, West on Baseline, South on Spicer
Square. Hotel is visible from Hwy 401
Make cheques payable to:
NILD Canada
700 Glen Forrest Blvd
Waterloo, ON N2L 4K6
Telephone: 519-886-8633
Email: info@nildcanada.org