Dyslexia and Literacy:
Friday, October, 16th 2020 (Streaming Live)
Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professionals
“Executive Functions – Oral Language Connections to Reading and Writing”
Registration
Registration for our Virtual Fall 2020 conference in Boston is now open. Registration is $50 per person for our 1-day conference. Click the button below to reserve your spot today.
2020 MGH Institute of Health Conference Sessions
Laurie Cutting, Ph. D.
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Special Education; Professor
Vanderbilt University
Vincent P. Culotta, Ph. D., ABN
NeuroBehavioral Associates
Ben Powers, DBA
Bonnie Singer, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Anthony Bashir, Ph.D.
Who is our audience?
This Research to Practice conference is designed for teachers, practitioners, and parents to help them learn to identify, understand, and provide evidence-based instruction for students who have dyslexia and anxiety. The focus of these discussions will be for school-age students.
How can I learn more?
Watch past videos:
View our collection of past conference videos.
Learn about new research
Look through new findings and data from our affiliated researchers on the “New Research” page.
Celebrating 30 Years
OUR MISSION is to promote scientific breakthroughs in the early detection, prevention, and remediation of dyslexia and related reading difficulties. To disseminate new findings and deploy new evidence-based approaches. To prevent the suffering caused by reading failure and unlock the full potential of children and adults with dyslexia so that they may personally succeed and contribute to society.
8:30 am ET - Zoom Registration Opens
8:50 am - 9:00 am ET - Welcome
Joan Mele-McCarthy
9:00 am - 10:00 am ET - Laurie Cutting, Ph. D.
“Neurobiological Foundations of Executive Functions
and Implications for Reading and Writing”
10:00 am - 10:15 am ET - Break
10:15 am - 11:15 am ET - Vince Culotta, Ph.D., ABN
"Assessment of Executive Functions with a focus on implications for academic success in children and adolescents"
11:15 am - 11:30 am ET - Break
11:30 am – 12:15 pm ET - Ben Powers, DBA
“Executive Functions: Lessons learned from COVID-19 and Implications for Designing Remote Teaching and Learning Paradigms”
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm ET - Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET - Anthony Bashir, Ph.D.
“Tangled in a web of words: Oral language and executive functions”
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET - Break
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm ET - Bonnie Singer, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
“When written language gets jumbled: Influence of executive functions on reading and writing”
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm ET - Closing Remarks
Diamond Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
AIM Academy
Atlanta Speech School
The Howard School
The Windward School
Westmark School
Platinum Sponsor
Jemicy School
The Southport School
Silver Sponsors
Brehm Preparatory School
Camperdown Academy
Currey Ingram Academy
Delaware Valley Friends School
Literacy How
The New Community School
The Roig Academy
The Schenck School
Spring Valley School
The Summit School
Bronze Sponsors
The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Paula Tallal, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside