2020 MGH Institute of Health Conference Sessions
Presented on Friday, October 16th, 2020 from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professionals in Boston, MA.

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.
2020 UCLA Medical School Conference Sessions
“Understanding Anxiety and the Struggling Reader” presented on Friday, February 14th, 2020, at the UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center.
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.

Amy Margolis, Ph. D.

Vincent P. Culotta, Ph. D., ABN
NeuroBehavioral Associates

Amie Grills, Ph.D.

Sharon Vaughn, Ph.D.
2019 Harvard Medical School Conference Videos

Ken Pugh, Ph.D.
Haskins Laboratory
The Neuroscience of Orthographic Processions and Spelling

Kate Nation, Ph.D.
Oxford University
New Frontier in Orthographic Processing and Spelling Theory

Kenn Apel, Ph.D.
University of South Carolina
Contributions of Morphological Awareness to Reading and Writing

Louisa Moats, Ph.D.
2019 UCLA Medical School Conference Videos
Laurie Cutting, Ph.D
Vanderbilt University
Neurobiological Underpinnings for Executive Functions
Erik Willcutt, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Boulder
Executive Functions: Genetic, Behavioral, and Assessment Considerations
Bonnie Singer, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Architects For Learning
Oral Language, Working Memory, and Executive Functions
Kelly Cartwright, Ph.D.
Christopher Newport University
Classroom Strategies that Facilitate Executive Functions
2018 Harvard Medical School Conference Videos

Nadine Gaab, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital
The Developing Brain, Language, Reading, Heredity

Anthony Bashir, Ph.D.

Tiffany Hogan, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
MGH Institutes of Health, Boston, MA
Assessing children who struggle with dyslexia and literacy: Connecting Oral Language and Reading

Sharon Plante, M.ED.
The Southport School
Intervention: Integrating Technology, Oral Language and Reading
Dyslexia and Literacy Conference Archives
– University of California Los Angeles – 2018
The Dyslexia Foundation’s conference Dyslexia and Literacy: Differences within Differences; was held at UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on February 15th, 2018. Previews of the sessions from the October 2017 conference can be viewed below. Full session recordings will be available soon.
Laurie Cutting, Ph.D.
Introduction to: Neurological Differences in Dyslexia and Literacy
Penelope Collins, Ph.D.
Introduction to: Dyslexia and English Language Learners: The Variations among Different Learners
Nicole Patton-Terry, Ph.D.
Introduction to: Issue Differences Among African-American Students
Barbara Wilson, M.Ed.
Introduction to: Foundation of Reading Acquisition and Dyslexia: Implications for Early Interventions
Dyslexia and Literacy Conference Archives – Harvard Medical School 2017
The Dyslexia Foundation’s conference Dyslexia and Literacy: Differences within Differences; was held at The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School on October 13th, 2017. Previews of the sessions from the October 2017 conference can be viewed below. Full session recordings will be available soon.
Ola Ozernov-Palchik, MS – Neurological Differences in Dyslexia and Literacy
Julie Washington, Ph.D. –Issue Differences Among African-American Students
Michael Coyne, Ph.D. – Foundation of Reading Acquisition and Dyslexia: Implications for Early Intervention
Esther Geva, Ph.D. – Dyslexia and English Language Learners: The Variations among Different Learners