Thursday, April 7, 2005

8:15 a.m. Registration (continental breakfast)

• Understanding Neurodevelopmental Foundation and Variation

9:00 Part I

• Key areas of brain function and how these areas are expected to operate to foster optimal learning and productivity in school

10:20 Break (Coffee & Tea)

10:35 Part II

• The Attention Controls

Noon Lunch (on your own)

1:30 Part III

• The Ordering Systems and Memory

2:45 Break (soda, snack, coffee, & tea)

3:00 Part IV

• Language
• Motor Functions
• Higher Order Cognition

4:30 Adjournment (pick up one-day certificates)

Friday, April 8, 2005

8:15 a.m. Registration (continental breakfast)

9:00 Questions From the Previous Day

9:30 Social Cognition and Behavior

10:20 Break (Coffee & Tea)

10:35 Assessment Issues

Noon Lunch (on your own)

1:15 Managing Children with Differences In Learning

• A framework for enhancing children’s understanding and productivity during their years in school
• Helping students by enabling them to understand clearly the nature of their weaknesses
• Practical management suggestions for parents & teachers

2:30 Break (soda, snack, coffee, & tea)

2:45 Discussion of Case Study in Handouts

4:00 Questions and Discussion

4:15 Adjournment (pick up certificates)

• This program is sponsored by J&K Seminars, LLC which is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The APA approved sponsor maintains the responsibility for the program - 12 hours
• J&K Seminars, LLC is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to NBCC continuing education guidelines. Provider #5599 - 12 hours
• J&K Seminars, LLC is a provider approved by the PSNA, an accredited approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. - 13.2 hrs.
• J&K Seminars, LLC is an Act 48 PA Dept. of Education approved CE provider for school personnel (11 hours)
• J&K Seminars, LLC is a registered New Jersey professional development provider for the NJ Dept. of Ed.- #1555 – 12 hours
• J&K Seminars, LLC has received pre-approval to offer continuing education from:
  • Pennsylvania (SWCE_Pending) AND New Jersey AND Maryland State Boards of Social Work Examiners - 12 hours
  • Delaware State Board of Social Work Examiners - 11 hours
  • Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB approved education - 11 hours)

Each professional attendee will receive a certificate of attendance. One-day attendees receive certificates for half the two-day credits. Persons who arrive late or leave early will not receive CE certificates of full attendance.

Refund Policy: Full refunds will be provided before March 3, 2005 A $10 administrative charge will be deducted from refunds requested after March 3, 2005. No refunds will be given after April 5 or for “no-shows.” If the program is cancelled for any reason, the liability of J&K Seminars, LLC shall be limited to a full refund of registration fees.

We accommodate persons with disabilities. Please let us know of any disability which will require special assistance.
For more information, phone (800) 801-5415 (In Lancaster County please phone 393-0707) email - JK@jkseminars.com

Registrants who desire overnight accommodations must make their own reservations. A block of rooms at the Lancaster Host Hotel has been reserved at the reduced rate of $87 per double room plus tax. Phone the Host for reservations at 800-233-0121 or Fax (717) 295-5112. You must mention that you are attending a J&K Seminars program to receive the reduced rate. We encourage reservations by March 3.

Phone J&K Seminars, LLC for information about other hotelsA detailed map, directions, nametag and receipt will be sent to pre-registrants the week of March 3.

Dr. Mel Levine is a Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning at the University of North Carolina Medical School. He is the founder and co-chairman (with Mr. Charles Schwab) of the board of All Kinds of Minds, a non-profit institute for the understanding of differences in learning.

He graduated summa cum laude from Brown University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford in England. He later graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his pediatric training at the Children's Hospital in Boston. Following his service in the USAF Medical Corps, Dr. Levine served as Chief of the Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Boston. During this period he was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Levine was the Medical Director of the Brookline Early Education Project and the Principal Investigator in the Middle Childhood Project. He initiated and is currently collaborating in SCHOOLS ATTUNED, a national project designed to enhance the abilities of teachers to deal with children and adolescents having academic difficulties. He also has been instrumental in establishing diagnostic and follow-up programs, called Student Success Centers, designed to offer precise assessment and management plans for students with learning difficulties.

Dr. Levine has written numerous books, including A Mind at a Time, The Myth of Laziness, A Pediatric Approach to Learning Disorders, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Educational Care, and Developmental Variation and Learning Disorders. He has also written three books for children who have learning disorders, titled Keeping a Head in School, All Kinds of Minds, and Jarvis Clutch—Social Spy. His latest book is Ready or Not, Here Life Comes.
Dr. Levine's major research interests are focused on learning processes and the specific dysfunctions that impede the education of many children and adolescents.