SPEAKER SERIES 2011-2012
The free Speaker Series presentations are open to the public and to Carroll families, and will be held at The Carroll School. Please be sure to check if the location is on our Lincoln or Waltham campus.
Friday, 09/16/11- PA Speaker Series: Sarah Entine, Read Me Differently
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 8:45 am (following the PA meeting)
Location: Spaulding Auditorium, Lincoln
Filmmaker Sarah Entine will screen her work, Read Me Differently, and explore how undiagnosed dyslexia and ADHD have impacted three generations in her family.
Friday, 11/04/11- PA Speaker Series: Lindy Recht, The Transition Process
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 8:45 am (following the PA meeting)
Location: Cole Room, Storrow House, Lincoln
Lindy Recht, Carroll’s Director of Transition, will present a general overview of the transition process, including how to know when your child is ready and how Carroll supports families through their transition from Carroll.
Friday, 12/09/11 – PA Speaker Series: Michelle Amato, Special Education Process: The Essentials
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 8:45 am (following the PA meeting)
Location: Great Hall, Waltham
Michelle Amato, a Special Education Advocate and former Carroll parent, will present information focused on navigating the Special Education process.
Friday, 01/06/12 – PA Speaker Series: Dr. Nadine Gaab, The Typical and Atypical Reading Brain
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 8:45 am (following the PA meeting)
Location: Cole Room, Storrow House, Lincoln
Nadine Gaab, PhD, a researcher at Children’s Hospital, Boston working in the Laboratories of
Cognitive Neuroscience, will present an overview of her research which investigates early signs of dyslexia in pre-reading and infants with and without a family history of developmental dyslexia using cognitive, educational and brain-imagining methods.
Friday, 02/10/12 – PA Speaker Series: Dr. John Gabrieli, Investigations in Neuroimaging & Neuroplasticity
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 1:00 pm (part of our Faculty Development E@1 series)
Location: Spaulding Auditorium, Lincoln
Dr. Gabrieli's lab at MIT works with children, adolescents, and adults to understand the brain basis of reading and language by using behavioral tools and neuroimaging tools (fMRI, EEG/ERP, and MEG). Currently it is involved with studies investigating how brain systems for reading compare between skilled readers and readers with developmental dyslexia, predicting reading difficulty in young children and the impact of reading intervention on struggling readers. Other research efforts explore the neural correlates of intelligence, whether fluid intelligence can be enhanced by training, and how the brain changes when training is effective.
Wednesday, 03/14/12—PA Speaker Series: Dr. Maryanne Wolf
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Location: Spaulding Auditorium, Lincoln
Dr. Wolf is director of the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts and a professor of child development. She is the author of “Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain.’’
Friday, 04/13/12 – PA Speaker Series: Heather Wishik & Elizabeth Hall Olszewski, Parenting for Growth: Learning and Mindset
Friday, April 13, 2012 at 8:45 am (following the PA meeting)
Location: Great Hall, Waltham
There is substantial research by Carol Dweck of Stanford University and her colleagues indicating that a child's beliefs and attitudes with regard to learning -their mindset - have a deep impact on how they learn and their ultimate success. Parents who understand and act on these insights are more effective at helping their children learn. Carroll School teachers are working with these approaches in their teaching. This presentation will be the chance to learn more about applications of the latest knowledge about mindset to day-to-day interactions with children in a home environment.
Questions? Please contact Erica Davidson at (781) 259-8342 ext 9738 or edavidson@carrollschool.org.
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