Education Conference

THEME: Excellence in Education for ALL Children:Stimulation, Identification, Intervention and InstructionThe Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre of the Mico University College will be hosting an education conference on October 4 and 5 2012, at the Jamaica Conference Centre.World renowned presenters include:

• Debra Mayer, Education Consultant to the Government of Manitoba, Canada
• Mrs. Joan Spencer-Ernandez - Education consultant and special education Lecturer, University of the West Indies
• Prof. Errol Miller - Education Consultant, Caribbean
• Rebecca Kelly - Programme Coordinator, Bow Vally College, Canada
• Prof. Lance Gentile - National Consultant, Teacher and Clinical education, USA

Special features include concurrent workshops and practical demonstrations.Interactive sessions will focus on:

• Is it a Gender Thing? Promoting Social and Emotional Competence in Children
• Explicit Instruction and its Importance for Struggling Learners
• Linking Language, Literacy and Learning Behaviour in the Intervention Process
• Stress Responses to Teaching and Learning: What Really Matters
• The Role of Play in Promoting Intellectual and Social Development in the EaRly Years
• Teachers as Leaders in the Eraly Identification and Intervention of Children with Special Needs

Registration is JMD$6000.00. For more information contact the organizers at 929-7720-2 or email care_centre@cwjamaica.com