Great Beginnings Conference
Each year, since 1996, Criterion has joined with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Center for Language, Speech and Hearing to co-sponsor the “Great Beginnings Conference”. This conference, designed to provide experienced professionals with the opportunity to focus on current research in a specific area relevant to their work, attracts hundreds of early intervention specialists, teachers and pediatric professionals from all over New England. Past conference topics and keynote speakers have included:
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
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Issues in Service Coordination
Efficacy of Early Intervention
Attachment Theory
Genetics
Critical Periods of Development
Child Directed Learning
Routines
Making the Connection
Integrated Developmental Therapies
In Search of Evidence-Based Practice:
Promoting Parental Responsiveness Through Routines-Based Intervention |
Carl Dunst
Craig Ramey
Gary Kramer
Robert Shprintzen
Don Bailey
Todd Risley
Steve Warren
Mark Wolery
Diane Bricker
Kevin Nugent
Juliann Woods |
For more information about this year's 2008 conference CLICK HERE
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