4^th Annual Reading Symposium

Focus:

Research, Parental Support and Learning Disabilities

Friday, September 22, 2000

Overview of the National Reading Panel Report

Region I Instructional Leaders & Texas University Schools of Education   

Presenter: Dr. Tim Shanahan, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 

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Wednesday, September 27, 2000

Public and Private School Principals' Luncheon

Announcement of the 2001-2002 Brownsville READS Campus Reading Award Program

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Thursday, September 28, 2000

  Parent Workshops:

  Early Childhood-Pre-K Strategies in Learning to Read and Write

Presenter:  Nell Carvell & Connie Peters, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

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  Finding the Balance between Advocacy and Excuses: Helping your child with a Learning Disability

Presetner: Ann B. Welch, M.A., M.Ed., Educational Consultant, Earlysville, West Virginia

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Thursday, September 28, 2000

  Fund Raising Dinner-Performance by the “Dream Collectors”, Dallas, Texas

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Friday, September 29, 2000

"Dream Collectors” Performances for Elementary School Students

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