2005-2006 Child Study Center Speaker Series

April 26 , 2007
STOLL Lecture Series
Dr. Sally Shaywitz
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and Co-Director, Center for the Study of Learning & Attention, Yale University School of Medicine
Dr. Bennett Shaywitz
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and Chief Pediatric Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine
Title: The Science of Reading and Dyslexia: Translating Research into Practice
January 18, 2007
STOLL Lecture Series
Dr. Ed Kame'enui
Commissioner, The National Center for Special Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Title: The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the Translation of Research to Practice in a Flat World: Ode to Block, Friedman, & Miss Piggy

November 2, 2006
STOLL Lecture Series
Dr. Barbara Foorman

Title: "Evidence-based Instructional Practives and early Intervention Techniques in Reading"
October 11, 2006
Dr. Mary Ann Pentz
Director, Center for Prevention Policy Research and Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of Southern California
Title: Pathways to Child Competence"

Sponsored by the Child Study Center
and the Prevention Research Center
September 21, 2006
Child Study Center 2006 Lois Bloom Lecture
Dr. Richard Davidson
Professor of Psychology,
University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center
Title: "Order and Disorder in the Emotional Brain." View Abstract

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