Seventh Annual National Ted and Dr. Roberta Mann Foundation Symposium about Children & Young Adults with Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Audience

Outstanding learning opportunity for general education teachers, administrators and parents interested in understanding more about mental health and learning disabilities in children and young adults.

Date | Time

Monday, August 6, 2012
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Doubletree by Hilton Bloomington – Minneapolis South
7800 Normandale Boulevard
 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Registration

Registration Fee: $20.00
Lunch will be provided.

Registration is limited to the FIRST 1,100 reservations received.

Clock Hours

The 6 clock hours offered are designed to meet the requirement for Minnesota teachers renewing their teaching license in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents. Local re-licensure committees, however, have final approval.

Past Mann Symposium Resources

• 2011 Resources
• 2010 Resources
• 2009 Resources

Goal of the Symposium

The symposium is designed to enhance awareness and identify strategies for responding to mental health and learning disabilities in children and young adults from the perspective of teachers and parents.

The symposium will provide high quality professional and parent development for Minnesota educators and parents regarding:

• children's mental health and learning disabilities
• effective treatment planning
• proactive, positive teaching strategies and interventions

Keynote Speakers:

• Dan Habib (Filmmaker in Residence at the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire, producer of “Including Samuel”)
• Bryce Mackie (Mental health counselor who created a film while in high school, about his own experience with depression, titled “Eternal High.”)
• Michael Maddaus, M. D. (Chief, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Minnesota, will share his story “My Transformation from High School Drop Out to Surgeon”, featured on the PBS series ‘This Emotional Life.’)

Breakout Topics Include:

• Gifted Kids, ADHD and Autism
• Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Challenging Behaviors
• If I Knew Then What I Know Now…

Others yet to come!