MORNING AGENDA
9:00 – 9:25
CONFERENCE OPENING
Welcome from Sam Lardner, Director of Project Difference.
Opening of conference from Joaquin Serra, Founder of Project Difference, Carme Ortoll from Departament d’Ensenyament of Generalitat de Catalunya and Rafael Homet, Representative of Education of Diputación de Barcelona.
- 9:30 – 10:15
PACBAL a new way of evaluation
Dr. Josep Font: Director of Escola Estel de Vic, creator of PACBAL project, Manager of PACBAL for Departament d’Ensenyament of Generalitat de Catalunya. - 10:20 – 11:05
Training the brain to look after the heart
Montserrat García: Psycologist and Founder of Avesedari Association for the study and treatment of learning differences and creator of Glifing Method for reading training. - 11:10 – 11:45
COFFEE BREAK - 11:45 – 12:30
The best prevention for Learning Differences is early detection
Dr. Miguel Casas: Professor of Psychiatry of Universidad Autónoma of Barcelona and Head of Psychiatry Service in Hospital Vall d’Hebrón. - 12:40 – 14:00
Debate: Experiences in prevention, detection and intervention
Experts: Dr. Josep Font, Dr. Miguel Casas, Montserrat García.
Moderator: Dr. Eric Tridas, International Dyslexia Association and Professor of Clinic Associated in University of South Florida Medical Center (EEUU). - 14:00 – 15:30
LUNCH AT COSMOCAIXA
AFTERNOON AGENDA
Itinerary 1: Confronting changes in the system
- 15:30 – 16:15
Response to intervention: screening and control of the learning progress
Dr. Juan Jiménez: Professor of Education and Developmental Psychology. University La Laguna, Islas Canarias. - 16:30 – 17:15
Dreams are free: The story of 36 schools and an exemplary educator’s dream
Dr. Eric Tridas: International Dyslexia Association and Professor of Clinic Associated in University of South Florida Medical Center (EEUU). - 17:30 – 18:15
The story of “Esperanza” and its impact in the state of Texas
Dra. Elsa Cárdenas Hagan: University of Houston, TX EEUU.
Itinerary 2: Innovative methodologies and strategies
- 15:30 – 16:15
Strategies for differences in the classroom
Dr. Mauro Bolmida: Institute of Advanced Psychology. - 16:30 – 17:15
Multilingual education in early ages
Dr. Henri Castleberry: NClic Vitoria Gasteiz. - 17:30 – 18:15
Picto-writing, a new learning method
Roser Ballesteros: Initiative VoxPrima.