Fourth Annual National Ted and Roberta Mann Foundation Symposium about Children & Young Adults with Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Additional Documents

• SYMPOSIUM FLYER
• SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
• SYMPOSIUM PRESENTERS
• SYMPOSIUM MAP
• 2008 SYMPOSIUM OUTCOMES

Audience

Outstanding learning opportunity for general education teachers, administrators and parents interested in understanding more about mental health and learning disabilities in children and young adults.

Date | Time

Wednesday, August 12, 2009
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Location | Map

Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Minneapolis South
7800 Normandale Blvd
Minneapolis, MN 55439

Clock Hours

The 6 clock hours offered are designed to meet the requirement for Minnesota teachers renewing their teaching license in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents. Local re-licensure committees, however, have final approval.

Goal of the Symposium

The symposium is designed to enhance awareness and identify strategies for responding to mental health and learning disabilities in children and young adults from the perspective of teachers and parents.

The symposium will provide high quality professional and parent development for Minnesota educators and parents regarding:

• children's mental health and learning disabilities
• effective treatment planning
• proactive, positive teaching strategies and interventions

Symposium Topics

• ADHD
• Anxiety
• Behavioral Management Strategies
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Learning Disabilities
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  (Speaker to be announced)
• Tourette Syndrome

Interactive Breakout Sessions

Morning and afternoon breakout sessions facilitated by experienced child psychiatrists, practitioners and education professionals.

Breakout Session Presenters Include

Read Sulik, M.D. - Topic: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tourette Syndrome
Barry Garfinkel, M.D. - Topic: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tourette Syndrome
Susan Jenkins, M.D. - Topic: Anxiety
Paula Tallal, Ph.D. - Topic: Learning Disabilities
Jonathan Jensen, M.D. - Topic: Depression
Marya Hornbacher - Topic: Bipolar Disorder
Judy Bandy, R.N. - Topic: ADHD
Holly West Jones, M.A. - Topic: ADHD

2009 National Speakers

Roberto Rivera

An artist and educator, Roberto Rivera transformed himself from a disengaged youth in special education classes to an honors graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The former teenage runaway is now a successful businessman who uses his story and award-winning skills as a film producer, poet, and actor as he speaks about engaging youth.

Russell Barkley

Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., an internationally recognized authority on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adults, has specialized in ADHD for more than 30 years and is a research professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York.

Rick Lavoie

Rick Lavoie is a popular author and national speaker with more than 30 years' experience in special education. Widely known for a popular PBS video and practical workshops, Lavoie aims to provide information and inspiration to parents and teachers of children with learning disabilities.
*keynote and breakout speaker

Youth Advisory Board

Join the PACER Center Youth Advisory Board for this unique presentation of a teen’s journey through the school and community as a person with a mental health disability. These articulate and talented youth will share their personal stories and inspire confidence that people with mental health disabilities have much to offer society.