 Dr. Patrick Schwarz is a dynamic and engaging professor, author, motivational speaker and leader in Education (Inclusive Education, Special Education, General Education, Educational Leadership) and Human Services. He will be the keynote speaker on Tuesday. Patrick is a professor at National-Louis University, Chicago. He is the author of From Disability to Possibility, You’re Welcome, Just Give Him the Whale (with Paula Kluth) and the upcoming Pedro’s Whale (with Paula Kluth).
Patrick will be presenting From Disability to Possibility. Patrick will provide a new look at curriculum by providing practical tips for the classroom. In a follow-up forum, Patrick will focus on Universal Design, Accommodations, and Differentiation for curriculum planning and instructional delivery. In this forum, planning processes and examples will be provided and applied to participants’ classroom, teaching, and learning situations. In another forum, Addressing Adventursome Behavior While Keeping the Dignity of All Intact, Patrick will focus on how to address the challenging behaviors of our students. He will explain a person-centered, authentic, functional approach to assess behavior and a problem-solving process that will be applied to combine components of the very best user-proven behavioral support strategies. This approach will be illustrated and then applied to real-life classroom and learning situations identified by participants. For more information on Dr. Patrick Schwarz, visit his website at: http://www.patrickschwarz.com. |
 During the past thirty-five years, Chris Dendy has been an author and speaker, classroom teacher, school psychologist, mental health counselor, local and state level mental health administrator, lobbyist and executive director of a statewide mental health advocacy organization, and national mental health consultant on children's issues. Perhaps, more importantly, she is also the mother of two grown sons and a daughter with ADHD. Chris will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday. Chris was inducted into CHADD’s Hall of Fame for her contributions to the field of AD/HD and is co-founder of CHADD's Teacher to Teacher training program. Her first of four books, Teenagers with ADD (TWA), has sold over 100,000 copies. A 350 page book packed with strategies for ensuring school success was released in 2000 as a companion guide to TWA. Teaching Teenagers with ADD and ADHD, deals exclusively with educational issues which challenge our children. Chris' book, A Bird's-Eye View of Life with ADD and ADHD, a survival guide written exclusively for teens, preteens, and young adults by other teenagers was released in October 2003. Chris also produced three videotapes including Teen to Teen: the ADD Experience, and Father to Father: the ADD Experience. Chris provides training both nationally and internationally. Chris and her husband have three grown children and four grandchildren. All three of their children and two of their grandchildren have been diagnosed with either ADD or ADHD. In addition, their fathers, a sister and brother, and a few aunts and uncles also have attention deficits. Since attention deficits run in both of their families, it has always been an accepted part of their lives. Their relatives with ADD or ADHD have been successful in their chosen careers. As a result, Chris and her husband have a more optimistic view than many people do of what it means to grow up with an attention deficit. In a small group forum, Chris will address the impact of executive function disorder on learning and behavior. She will offer strategies to address organizational skills, memory, written expression, complex math, homework, and long-term projects. Chris will also facilitate a Round Table Discussion where participants are encouraged to ask individual questions and share effective strategies and resources with one another. For more information on Chris Zeigler Dendy, visit her website at: http://www.chrisdendy.com.
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