Keynote Speakers

	NADE 2010: Discovering Success

	34th Annual Conference
	National Association for Developmental Education
March 10 - 13, 2010 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Keynote Speakers

Lilly Calderon-Cavanaugh

Weblink: http://www.ohiohumanities.org/

Lily Calderon-Cavanaugh is a native of Costa Rica and has a passion for promoting understanding and appreciation of peoples around the world. With over fifteen years of experience, Lilly has trained extensively in cross-cultural sensitivity, adjustment, and communications. She has lived and worked in Latin America, Africa, South East Asia, Europe and the United States, and has recently served as the Hispanic Liaison for the Sinclair College Office of Admissions. Her first hand experience informs her presentations, with seek to improve understanding of cultural differences on a local, state and national level.

Cultural Diversity: Understanding Hispanics
Although Hispanics are qualified as one ethnic group, there are many sub-ethnicities that form part of this rich culture. This presentation will help audiences to discover how Latinos think, learn, where they come from, and to understand the values that affect and shape their thinking.

Making the Right Turn for Diversity
Explore why you should care about diversity in the workplace and community. Understand general values that bring people together regardless of race and color. Realizing that we all smile in the same language can help us learn to cope with and appreciate cultural differences.

Perception is Reality—How Americans are Perceived by Foreigners
Learn how people from other countries see Americans. This program will explore some common “American Ways” and will discuss how foreigners interpret them.

The Ohio Humanities Council encourages all Ohioans to explore the human story, to use history, philosophy, and the other humanities as the means to arrive at new insights.

The Ohio Humanities Council is an independent, nonprofit organization funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and private contributions. The OHC awards grants and presents its own cultural programs across the state.

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	Richard Lavoie, M.A., M.Ed.
	Web link: http://www.ricklavoie.com
		Rick Lavoie served as an administrator of residential programs for children with special needs for 30 years. He holds three degrees in Special Education and has served as a visiting lecturer at numerous universities including Syracuse, Harvard,, Manhattanville College, University of Alabama, University of Melbourne and Georgetown. His numerous national television appearances include The TODAY Show, CBS Morning Show, Good Morning America, ABC Evening News, and Walt Disney Presents.
	He has served as a consultant on Learning Disabilities to several agencies and organizations including Public Broadcasting Service, New York Times, National Center for Learning Disabilities, USA Today, Girl Scouts of America, Child Magazine, INSTRUCTOR Magazine and National Public Radio. He has delivered his message to over 500,000 parents and professionals throughout North America, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. He has the distinction of having delivered Keynote Addresses for all three of the major special needs advocacy organizations in the United States (Learning Disabilities Association, Council for Exceptional Children, Children with Attention Deficit Disorder). Rick’s intensive experiences at residential schools provided him with a “living laboratory” in which he developed and refined his methods and philosophies related to the education of children and adolescents with special needs. Rick is the author of the book “It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success (Touchstone/ Simon and Schuster, 2005). The book addresses the direct link between learning disabilities and social skills issues that many children face. Rick provides specific strategies for parents, teachers and caregivers about how to assist the child in making and keeping friends. The Library Journal praised the book as “a breakthrough.” Most parents and professionals know Rick through his videos "How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop", "Last One Picked, First One Picked On: The Social Implications of Learning Disabilities" and “When the Chips are Down: Learning Disabilities and Discipline”. These classic, award-winning films have brought Rick’s sensitive and compelling message to countless thousands throughout the world. After viewing the videos, former First Lady Barbara Bush stated, "You really wowed us! I only wish that every parent and teacher in the United States today could also see your program." His recent videos “Beyond F.A.T. City: A Look Back, A Look Ahead” and “It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success” are among the most widely distributed films in the educational media. His newest book and PBS DVD on student motivation “The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child” (2007) were recently released and were featured in USA Today. Rick Lavoie's books "The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned Out Child" and "It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success" are available at your local book store or at www.amazon.com. Rick's newest video "The Motivation Breakthrough: Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child" is available at www.pbs.org or by calling 800 344 3337. Rick and his wife, Janet have three grown children and live in the shadows of historic Fenway Park in Boston. Rick welcomes visitors to his website www.ricklavoie.com Get this file as a Word document or as a pdf:

	Dr. Byron McClenney
	Web Link: http://www.achievingthedream.org/
		Byron McClenney has enjoyed a 42-year career as an educator, including 32 years as a community college chief executive. He is project director for The University of Texas Austin’s (UT) involvement in Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, a member of the consultant team for the Ford Foundation’s national Community College Bridges to Opportunity Initiative, and an adjunct professor at UT.
	He has served as a consultant to institutions, state higher education systems, state governments, and professional associations in 45 states and internationally. Extensive work in accreditation associations and numerous leadership roles with the American Association of Community Colleges have been at the foundation of Byron’s professional contributions. He was the founding chair of the Colorado Compact and served as National Vice-Chair of Campus Compact. Get this file as a Word document or as a pdf: