Learning For Life Conference:

Mapping Cognitive Training

Registration:  8am to 9am: 

Continental Breakfast

9am: Keynote Speaker: Susan Smalley, Ph.D., geneticist (UCLA)

Re-Thinking Learning and AD/HD in the Genomic Era

9:30 am:  Sandra Zoe Brown, Ph.D., clinical psychologist

New directions in bridging the gap between clinical practice and research in cognitive training:  What do we do with this kid?

9:40am:  Amishi Jha, Ph.D.

Tuning and Training the Attention Organ. 

10:00am: T. Sigi Hale, Ph.D.

Both hemispheres:  How Managing Brain Sates Underlies Our Understanding of Human Learning and Information Processing.

10:30am: Martha Burns, Ph.D., Scientific Learning

Research-based Gains in Learning with Fast Forward.

10:55am:  Billie Thompson, Ph.D.

The Emerging Field of Sound Therapy:  Current Listening Technologies and their Impact on Learning and Attention.

11:20am: Dr. Alan Brodney & Priscilla Kehoe, Ph.D.

Early identification and Remediation of Visual Dysfunctions in Elementary School Children and the Effects on Learning.

Noon:  Luncheon Keynote Speaker on Mindfulness:  Lidia Zylowska, M.D

UCLA Research on Improving Attention.

1:00pm:  Robert Meeker, Ph.D

Concept Curriculum:  Training Intelligence.

1:25pm:  Gary Schummer, Ph.D.

New Research and the Efficacy of Neuro-feedback in Enhancing Attention and Learning.

1:50pm:  Mary Ensign, D.C.

Improved Learning Potential Through Movement:  A Brain Gym Approach

2:30 pm to 4pm: Mapping What We Are Practicing - Panel Discussion

Valerie Maxwell, Ph.D., FLD President and facilitator

Discussions:  Answering the Questions:

What is really new in learning therapy?

Research Application:  For whom does which therapy work the best?

How do we measure the gains in attention, processing and executive functioning?

Are the gains able to be generalized to grades and academic performance?

Do improvements stand the test of time?

Closing:  Dr. John Funnell, Optometrist

Cognitive Assessment and Training Going Forward:  Where do we go next?