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Welcome to the Charting the Cs 2012: Cross-Categorical Conference Information Center

 

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          Charting the Cs: 2012
LCSC and the Statewide Multi Network Planning Committee announces our         

                                 4th Annual Cross Categorical Conference

                                              A Statewide Conference for those who serve on IEP teams with multiple service providers

                            “Strengthening IEP Teams through member Collaboration, Communication, Cooperation”

                                        April 22-24, 2012 at the Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center, Alexandria, MN
                                       Our primary theme/focus will be on Universal Design for Learning strategies and tools to increase 
                                                                literacy skills for those students with the most challenging barriers. 

                                   

SAVE the DATE and Professional Leave Planning/Cost Information On-Line Registration opens February 13, 2012 www.lcsc.org

Pre-Conference                  Sunday, April 22, 2012        Starts at 1:00 PM                            Registration: $49.00* 

Main Conference               Monday-Tuesday, April 23-24, 2012  8:00 AM                          Registration: $99.00* 

Lodging                                $84.00 + Tax Single/Double. Reservations must be completed using a Conference Lodging Form that will be available on our Charting the Cs Information Center website at:  www.lcsc.org

*Please note: some sessions (Make-N-Take in nature) will have a materials fee in addition to the Pre and Main Conference Registration Fees.

 

About Our Presenters: As in the past, this is a practitioners conference and we have 76 presenters who are Minnesota Schools Practitioners or National Presenters.  We have 42 separate session titles, most offered by your Minnesota colleagues who share their ‘real’ experience with the ‘research based strategies and tools’. In addition to our classroom practitioners and our keynote featured below, we will have national level expertise from specialists in the areas of Universal Design for Learning, Accessible Instructional Materials, accommodations and quality indicators of assistive technology in our classrooms.

Funding for this event is made possible with a grant from the MN Department of Education. The funding source is federal award Special Education-Program to States, CFDA 84.027A

 

Our Keynote will present at the Sunday Pre-Conference and Monday Keynote plus breakouts.

                                                                                                       Karen Erickson
 
Karen Erickson, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, a Professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, and the Yoder Distinguished Professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Her research addresses literacy assessment and instruction for struggling readers of all ages including those with significant disabilities. Karen is co-developer of the Tar Heel Reader online library of accessible books for beginning readers, as well as several other assistive and learning technologies. She is a former teacher of children with significant disabilities.
 

 

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For more information:
Denny Ceminski, 218-838-0623 or dceminski@lcsc.org
Jolene King, 218-739-3273 or jking@lcsc.org