Speaker meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of each month
EXCEPT school holidays.)

at the Twinbrook Library
202 Meadow Hall Drive
Rockville, MD

Time:

7:30 Speaker program
followed by discussion and Q&A

Always check the calendar for meeting dates and locations of this group.

Date: December 1, 2010

Chaos, Clarity, and Navigation: Making the IEP Process Work

Speaker: Sally Fite Stanfield, Esq.

Details:

7:15 – 8:45 pm
Loyola College Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, Maryland 21093

About the program:

Managing the stresses and challenges of your child’s school experience is complex at best and a terrible struggle at worst. Effective navigation intensifies when your child has a disability.

The following may sound familiar: You and/or your child’s teachers note difficulties or learning delays, you begin to ask what should we do and when should we do it. Your questions continue and perhaps multiply.

• Does my child have a disability?
• Does the disability have a name?
• What is the impact on my child’s ability to learn?

More questions emerge:

• Does my child need special education services?
• How do I secure those services?
• What do I do if the school disagrees with me about what my child needs?

These questions and many more frame the discussion of how to navigate and use the IEP process to ensure that your child receives appropriate instruction, services, and support.

Stated differently: The focus of the IEP process is to determine what kind of instruction and classroom modifications and accommodations are needed to ensure that your son or daughter is “available to learn” and is prepared for life after high school. Federal and state laws and regulations define the process.

Your challenge: how to use the law for your child’s educational benefit and how to foster a productive working relationship with the school system. Ms. Stanfield’s presentation provides information and answers questions about ways in which parents can meet that challenge.

About the speaker:

Sally Stanfield grew up on a still-working family farm in Baltimore County, attended McDaniel College for her undergraduate degree, and earned her J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law. Prior to joining the law firm of Callegary & Steedman in March, 2004, Sally practiced as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and private practitioner in Washington state and then taught in a Title I physical education program for pre-kindergarten students in Baltimore County Public Schools and coached high school girls’ lacrosse and officiated high school field hockey.

Sally currently represents children with disabilities who need special education supports and services as well as students with IEPs who violate school discipline policies. Beyond her practice, Sally works very closely w ith the Alumni Association at McDaniel College and with several volunteer organizations that serve the autism community. She stil misses her Arabian show horses.

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Date: November 3, 2010

Speaker: Maureen Martindale, M.A.

Details:

7:15 – 8:45 pm
Loyola College Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, Maryland 21093

Reading, Writing, Attention, and Executive Function

We now know that 25-40% of individuals with a reading disorder also have an attention and/or executive function disorder.

The more we learn about the brain, the clearer it becomes that in many individuals it may be necessary to treat both language (reading and writing) and attention issues. But how do we do that?

This presentation examines the teaching methods that have shown measurable success over time with students who have reading, writing, attention and executive function issues. It also examines how methods and accommodations change in elementary, middle, and high school, and emphases the issues associated with girls and attention disorders.

About the speaker: Maureen Martindale holds a masters’ degree in Writing from the University of Baltimore. She was full-time English faculty at Baltimore City Community College and a tutor in the remedial reading and writing labs there from 1987-1990. She has also worked as a counselor with at-risk families and youth. She is a member of CHADD, the International Dyslexia Association and the Maryland Writers’ Association. Her articles have appeared in The Maryland Psychologist and The National Student Assistance Journal. Since 1994 she has maintained a full-time private practice, specializing in students aged 6 to 18 who have both language and attention issues.

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Date: October 6, 2010

Behavior Therapy for Children Diagnosed with ADHD

Speaker: Caroline DuCoin, PsyD
Child & Family Therapy Clinic, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Details:

7:15 – 8:45 pm
Loyola College Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, Maryland 21093

About the program: Dr. DuCoin will address assessment and diagnosis of ADHD, the associated factors of ADHD, understanding the presence of ADHD, and how these concepts are integrated to guide the course of therapy. She will specifically be focusing on the effectiveness of behavior therapy for children with ADHD.

About the speaker: Dr. DuCoin has a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University with an emphasis on child and family psychology. While at Nova, she taught psychology and interpersonal communication courses and served as the founding clinical coordinator for the Anxiety Treatment and Research Center. Dr. DuCoin is currently at Kennedy Krieger Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she has a postdoctoral fellowship appointment in the Child and Family Therapy Clinic.

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Sex, money, child raising—every couple has a lot to argue about.

Couples where one (or both!) partners have ADHD probably have more to argue about—but hopefully lots to laugh about, too. In this lively presentation, psychologist Dr. Ari Tuckman will treat these serious topics with a good dose of humor.

By seeing the humor in these common relationship pitfalls, you and your partner will be less defensive and better able to communicate and come up with solutions where you’re both happy.

CHADD of Greater Baltimore

happily presents an evening with

Ari Tuckman

author of

More Attention, Less Deficit
Success Strategies for Adults with ADHD

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