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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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CONFERENCE |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
1997
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Issues in Service Coordination |
Carl Dunst |
1998 |
Efficacy of Early Intervention |
Craig Ramey
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1999 |
Attachment Theory |
Gary Kramer |
2000 |
Genetics |
Robert Shprintzen
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2001 |
Critical Periods of Development |
Don Bailey
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2002 |
Child Directed Learning |
Todd Risley |
2003 |
Routines |
Steve Warren |
2004 |
Making the Connection
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Mark Wolery
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2005 |
Integrated Developmental Therapies |
Diane Bricker |
2006 |
In Search of Evidence-Based Practice |
Kevin Nugent
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2007 |
Promoting Parental Responsiveness Through Routines-Based Intervention |
Juliann Woods |
2008 |
The Developing Brain: The Impact of Early Experience on Learning |
James E Black |
2009 |
Assessment in Context: What Early Educators Need to Know |
Samuel J. Meisels |
For more information about this year's 2010 conference CLICK HERE
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