International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities

Padua, Italy
University of Padua (Palazzo del Bo)
June 7 - 9, 2012
 
Thursday, June 7, 2012
9:00 am - 12:00 am   Optional City of Padua Tour
1:30 pm - 2.00 pm     Registration
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm     Opening Remarks and Greetings      Judith Wiener, President
2:15 pm - 4:15 pm     Aula Magna                 Symposia: Instruction and Intervention
1. Metacognition, Strategy Use, and Achievement in Students with Learning Difficulties: The Impact of Peer Support Programs
Chair: Lynn Meltzer
Discussant: Lynne Feagans
2. Literacy acquisition problems amongst bilingual learners
Chair: John Everatt
Discussant: Dina Joana S. Ocampo
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm   Refreshment Break
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm   Roundtables

A)    Aula Magna    DSM-V e Learning Disabilities
         Coordinator: Rosemary Tannock

B)    Aula Nievo      Disciplinary Literacy: Implications for Students with Learning Disabilities
         Coordinator: Barbara J. Ehren

C)    Aula Canova   Coping resources of children with LD and their families
         Coordinator: Michal Al-Yagon

D)    Archivio Antico Issues in Learning Disabilities in L2 Learners: A Cross-National Perspective
         Coordinator: Esther Geva

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm     Executive Board Meeting
 
 
Friday, June 8, 2012
8:30 am - 9:00 am      Registration
9:00 am - 10:30 am   Aula Magna

Symposium The accuracy of academic and behavioral self-perceptions of individuals with LD: The effects of age and intervention
Chair: Michal Shany and Tami Katzir
Discussant: James Chapman

10:30 am - 10:45 am              Refreshment Break
10:45 am - 1:00 pm   Aula Magna     Symposia: Mathematics and Calculation
1.      Mathematics Disabilities: From Cognition to Performance
Chair: Linda Siegel
Discussant: Maria Chiara Passolunghi
2.      Why identifying children with dyscalculia is so intricate? The importance of cognitive features underlying different clinical profiles.
Chair: Daniela Lucangeli
Discussant: Marie Pascale Noël

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm      Lunch
2.30 pm - 5.00 pm   Aula Magna      
Symposium on NLD in memory of B. RourkeIs it the diagnosis of NVLD still useful? Implications for diagnosis and intervention on children with NVLD
Chair: Irene C. Mammarella
Discussant: Cesare Cornoldi

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm     Break/Poster Set-up
5:15 pm - 7:00 pm     Poster Session (Wine & Cheese)
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm   Banquet Dinner (Ticketed - Limited seating)
 
 
Saturday, June 9, 2012
9:00 am - 11:15 am    Aula Magna                Symposia: Reading and Comprehension
1.      Supporting Individualized Early Literacy Instruction and Intervention: Innovations in Professional Development of Classroom Teachers
Chair: Stephanie Al Otaiba
Discussant: Karen R. Harris  

2.      Comprehensive reading: assessment and intervention
Chair: Annemie Desoete
Discussant: Ruth Vanderswalmen
11:15 am - 11:30 am              Refreshment Break
11:30 am - 12: 30 am             Aula Magna    Cruickshank Memorial Lecture - Prof. Tom Scruggs
12:30 am - 1:00 pm                Think Tank/Business Meeting