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Virtual Study Group

Join the Virtual Study Group for practical cutting-edge information to benefit you and your clients!  Earn AET continuing education credit. The Virtual Study Group meets as a telephone conference call.  There is no cost to you, other than your regular charges for a domestic long distance call. The calls will be for one hour total, and a question and answer period will follow the speakers’ presentations.  Please join us!

VSG Co-Leaders ~ Barbara Foran and Terry Regan

VSG is on hiatus until Fall 2010. AET members are able to access all previous sessions from 2009 and 2010 via your member profile (see instructions below).

How to participate:

1. Contact Barbara Foran to reserve your space and register attendance.

2. Prior to the call, download and review the presentation materials from this webpage (if applicable).

3. On the scheduled date, please call:  (218) 339-2500.  The access code is 309678#. Calls take place at 9:00 AM PST (unless otherwise stated).

4.  During the presentation, the audience is muted. At the end, the floor is opened for questions.

Miss a Virtual Study Group?

For one month, you may listen to a playback of the most recent meeting by dialing (218) 339-2599 - Access Code: 309678#

AET Members can hear all past 2009-2010 VSGs! Simply log-in to your Online Member Profile to access the "Past Virtual Study Group" folder in the Member's Area. You can download the recording and any corresponding handouts.

2010 MEETINGS

Date and Time

Presenter

Topic

Description

Wednesday, January 20 - 9:00 AM PST

Dorothy Ungerleider, Ellen Opell, Susan Fogelson, and Beverly Borine

The Oracles Speak: Reflections on Educational Therapy, circa 2010

AET's founding members will reflect on the past, present and future of educational therapy.

Wednesday, February 17 - 9:00 AM PST

Barbara Foran and Li Moon

What Are the Implications of RTI for Educational Therapists?

Expert practitioners of RTI will discuss this significant assessment trend, its management and the implications for educational therapists, especially for those in private practice.

Wednesday, March 17 - 9:00 AM PST

Pamm Scribner and TBD

Diagnostic Skills for Educational Therapists

An expert panel will discuss the diagnostic skills do’s and don’ts and the pitfalls inherent to conducting psycho-educational assessments. If you are new to assessment, this is a must. The panel will consist of ETs from around the country.

Wednesday, April 14 - 9:00 AM PST

Myrna Gordon

Learned Helplessness

Discussion regarding a huge self esteem issue: learned helplessness --what it is, how it develops and how it can be managed.

Wednesday, May 19 - 9:00 AM PST

Kathleen Bellanca

Feuerstein Dynamic Assessment - The LPAD Instruments

Discussion about dynamic assessments as developed by Reuven Feuerstein. A continued discussion about the Mediated Learning Experience.

Monday, June 21 - 4:00 PM PST

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Maxine Ficksman & Jane Adelizzi

The book, the profession, the future!

An interview of various authors from the new ET text book The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapy: A Teaching Model, edited by Maxine Ficksman, MA, and Jane Utley Adelizzi, PhD, which provides a rationale for the significance of educational therapy in a diagnosis-driven society.

 

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