ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Dr. Robert Brooks: “The Power of Mindsets - Nurturing Motivation and Resilience
in Students”

Dr. Robert Brooks, a psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, has lectured nationally and internationally and written extensively about the themes of motivation, resilience, school climate, family relationships, and balancing our personal and professional lives.  He has a special interest in students confronted with learning and language difficulties.  He is the author or co-author of 13 books including: The Self-Esteem Teacher; Raising Resilient Children; The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life; Handbook of Resilience in Children; Understanding and Managing Children’s Classroom Behavior: Creating Sustainable, Resilient Classrooms; and Raising a Self-Disciplined Child.

Dr. Virginia Berninger: “Relevance of knowledge of the brain to teaching children with dysgraphia, dyslexia, and oral and written language learning disability (OWL LD)”

Virginia Wise Berninger (Ginger) was a general education and special education teacher and reading specialist before she trained as an experimental psychologist (Ph.D., Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, 1981) and clinical psychologist (Boston’s Children’s Hospital). After six years experience in hospital settings in Boston, where she specialized in learning and developmental disabilities, she moved to Seattle, WA, in 1986 and is a licensed psychologist and Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Washington. She is the former Director of School Psychology and of Internship Training. She is Director of the Multidisciplinary Learning Disability Center and Literacy Trek Project. She is co-author of Brain Literacy for Educators and Psychologist, as well as author of PAL II, Process Assessment of the Learner Reading, Writing, and Math Diagnostic and Reading and Writing Lessons.

Dr. Margaret G. McKeown: “Instigating Rich Robust Vocabulary”