Community Education Series

The Community Education Series is a live virtual program designed to engage and educate the community about topics related to learning and attention challenges by providing practical resources and information that is grounded in research. All events take place online via a Zoom Webinar where opportunities for submitting questions to be answered live will be available. Ideal for parents, educators, and professionals, these programs are open to anyone and are free of charge.

Past Events

• Dr. Andrew Preston and Margaret Maternowski, M.S.E.d.: “Navigating the Evaluation and Exceptional Children’s Referral Process” – November 17, 2021
• Dr. David Riddle: “Is This Normal Behavior or ADHD?” – October 13, 2021
• Geraldine Pesacreta: “Top Ten Study Skills You’ll Actually Use This Year” – September 22, 2021
• Amanda Morin: “Recognizing, Teaching and Celebrating Resilience to Reduce Anxiety“, view slides and additional resources – April 14, 2021
• Glynis Hill-Chandler and Christina Steger: Watch “Working Together To Help Anxious Students” and view slide deck – January 20, 2021
• Geraldine Pesacreta: “Strategy for Success: Creating a Study Plan” – November 19, 2020
• Geraldine Pesacreta: “Eight Strategies to Process New Information” – October 15, 2020
• Geraldine Pesacreta: “Executive Function Skills for Remote Learning” – September 15, 2020
• Dr. Cheryl Chase: “Anxiety and Social-Emotional Implications of Returning to School” – August 11, 2020
• Dr. Cheryl Chase: “Attention Disorders: Skills not just pills” – February 10, 2020
• Dr. Katie Baker: “Unpacking Productive Struggle in Math” – January 28, 2020
• LeDerick Horne: “Beyond Classification” – December 3, 2019
• Film Screening of The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia – October 17, 2019
• 2019 Day of Dyslexia – October 12, 2019
• Dr. Theresa Maitland: “Ready for Take-Off: Preparing ADHD/LD Teens for College” – October 2, 2019
• Geraldine Pesacreta: “Tips for Improving Executive Functions at Home and School” – September 12, 2019
• Duke ADHD Clinic: “ADHD: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children & Adolescents” – April 10, 2019
• Dr. Patricia Quinn: “Gender Differences in ADHD and How They Affect Learning” – February 27, 2019
• Debbie Reber: “Accepting our child for who they are” – February 21, 2019
• Marilyn Zecher: “Multisensory Math” – January 31, 2019
• Nancy Hennessy: “Weaving the Rope: The Strands of Skilled Reading” – November 29, 2018
• Geraldine Pesacreta: “Executive Function and ADHD” – September 26, 2018