12:00 - 12:30 pm

2:00 pm

2:00 - 5:30 pm

3:15 - 3:30 pm

3:30 - 5:30 pm

5:30 pm

Registration and Reception

Introduction - Grande Ballroom
Ron Zapinski, Chairperson
2005 Michigan POHI/SXI Conference

Cell Research and Its Future for Special Needs Children
Dr. K. Sue O’Shea, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Director of the Center for Human Embryonic
Stem Cell Research
University of Michigan Medical School

Enhance your current understanding of cell research as it relates to children with special needs. This presentation will include information on specific areas of research as it may benefit disorders in children and adults.

Break with refreshments

Keynote Speaker Continues

Dinner on your own

OR

See the Activities Table in the Grande Foyer for a dinner option with conference attendees. Menus will be available to assist you in determining the cost of your meal at:
Common Grill, Chelsea, MI

7:30 - 8:15 am

8:15 - 8:30 am

Registration and Continuous
Breakfast Buffet Begins 7:30 - 11:00 am
Grande Foyer

Introduction and Welcome - Grande Ballroom
Ron Zapinski, Chairperson
2005 Michigan POHI/SXI Conference

Welcome
Pam Mish, Director of Special Education
Washtenaw Intermediate School District

Session 1

8:30 - 11:45 am

Session 2
8:30- 9:45 am

Session 3
8:30- 9:45 am

Techniques and Compensatory Strategies in Regards to Swallowing and Dysphasia Disorders in the POHI/SXI Population
Marc Haxer, M.A. CCC-SLP
Clinical Speech and Language Pathology Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery University of Michigan
Janel Cicalo, M.A. CCC-SLP
Eve Marshall, M.A. CCC-SLP
Glen Peters School
Macomb Intermediate School District

Please Note: This session is for the entire morning.
This presentation is in conjunction with Marc Haxer’s discussion on dysphasia. The presenters will discuss oral motor techniques and exercises to help students improve swallowing and reduce drooling.
This workshop is designed to provide an overview of possible oral motor exercises for SLP’s, OT’s and teachers.

Preparing POHI Teachers: Strategies for the Digital Age
Doug Kish, M.A., Coordinator/Teacher
High School Special Services Stevenson High School
Utica Community Schools

Please Note: This session is repeated in the pm.
The future is now! Over the past ten years technology has taken gigantic leaps in education and great strides in helping students with various disabilities. This presentation focuses on the strategies that teachers of POHI students can use to improve the opportunities for learning in the digital age. A look at lesson design along with tools and strategies on how to manage them will be presented. You will be surprised that with a few new strategies many of the things you want to do may not be as difficult as they seem.

Building Social Competence in POHI Students
Judy Coucouvanis, M.A., APRN , BC Clinical Consultant
Developmental Disorders Clinic
University of Michigan

Please Note: This session is repeated in the pm.
This presentation gives concrete techniques to systematically assess and teach pro-social behavior. Students who have severe social deficits can be taught specific, desirable actions for social competence in settings structured for success.

9:45 - 10:15 am

10:15 - 11:45 am

Session 4
10:15-11:45 am

Session 5
10:15-11:45 am

Break & Visit Vendor Displays in the Westminster Ballroom

Session 1 Continues and Sessions 4, 5 or 6 begin their sessions

Puppet Head Shakers
Lenny Schiffman, SCI Teacher
Sandra Swearingen, SCI Teacher
Kingsley Montgomery School
Waterford, MI

Please Note: This session is limited to the first 30 registrants.
It is repeated in the afternoon.
This “make and take” presentation will teach the craft of making puppet heads from plastic pop bottles thus creating “pop art”. Included will be the art of playing: the spoons and the bones to Irish tunes, the three-string strum stick, the squeeze box, and creating rain sticks from household materials. This promises to be an exciting and fun learning experience for anyone who attends this session!

Let’s Start Communicating: Ideas to Encourage Communication and Language
Sue Srebnik, SCI/SXI Teacher
Pied Piper School
Alpena , MI

Please Note: This session is repeated in the afternoon.
This workshop highlights beginning augmentative communication strategies from a teacher’s point of view. Sue’s focus uses toys, books and other activities to promote interactive communication and beginning language learning. Low and high tech materials are incorporated along with structuring both the home and school environments to encourage communication. Participants will explore the use of alternative methods of communication and look at some introductory augmentative communication devices.

Session 6
10:15-11:45 am

Facets of Grief
SandCastles Staff
SandCastles Grief Support Program Hospices of Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI

Please Note: This session is limited to the first 30 registrants and is repeated in the afternoon.
The SandCastles program provides support to families, siblings, classrooms, and professionals throughout the metro Detroit area. This presentation provides an intimate and in-depth discussion of the three adjustment tasks of grief as well as understanding how professionals can help with the grieving process.

11:45 - 1:00 pm

Lunch
Grande Ballroom

Visit Vendor Displays in the Westminster Ballroom

Session 7
1:00 - 4:00 pm

Session 8
1:00 - 2:15 pm

Session 9
1:00 - 2:15 pm

M.O.V.E. - Mobility Opportunities Via Education
Roger Buurma, RPT, MIT
M.O.V.E. International Trainer

Please Note: This session lasts the entire afternoon.
This presentation will provide the rationale, history and background of the M.O.V.E. program to help children of all ages develop physical skills necessary to sit independently, stand, bear weight, and/or take reciprocal walking steps. There will be in-depth instruction on how to use the M.O.V.E. curriculum in school, at home, and in the community using the six steps of M.O.V.E. A video demonstration of how the program could work in the classroom, teaching suggestions, parent ideas to encourage mobility at home, and equipment suggestions will be presented.

Facets of Grief
SandCastles Staff
SandCastles Grief Support Program Hospices of Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI

Please Note: This session is limited to the first 30 registrants and is a repeat of the morning session.
The SandCastles program provides support to families, siblings, classrooms, and professionals throughout the metro Detroit area. This presentation provides an intimate and in-depth discussion of the three adjustment tasks of grief as well as understanding how professionals can help with the grieving process.

Let’s Start Communicating: Ideas to Encourage Communication and Language
Sue Srebnik, SCI/SXI Teacher
Pied Piper School
Alpena , MI

Please Note: This session is a repeat of the morning session.
This workshop highlights beginning augmentative communication strategies from a teacher’s point of view. Sue’s focus uses toys, books and other activities to promote interactive communication and beginning language learning. Low and high tech materials are incorporated along with structuring both the home and school environments to encourage communication. Participants will explore the use of alternative methods of communication and look at some introductory augmentative communication devices.

Session 10
1:00 - 2:15 pm

2:15 - 2:45 pm

2:45- 4:00 pm

Toilet Training Strategies for Children with Severe Impairments
Judy Coucouvanis, M.A., APRN , BC
Clinical Consultant Developmental Disorders Clinic
University of Michigan

Using multiple case examples, this presentation shows teachers how to collect necessary data, establish a successful toileting routine, manage accidents, and follow a proven plan to help students master this essential skill.

Break & Visit Vendor Displays in the Westminster Ballroom

Session 7 Continues and Sessions 11, 12 or 13 begin.

Session 11
2:45 - 4:00 pm

Session 12
2:45 - 4:00 pm

Session 13
2:45 - 4:00 pm

4:00 - 5:30 pm

5:30 pm

Puppet Head Shakers
Lenny Schiffman, SCI Teacher
Sandra Swearingen, SCI Teacher
Kingsley Montgomery School
Waterford, MI

Please Note: This session is limited to the first 30 registrants.
It is a repeat of the morning session.
This “make and take” presentation will teach the craft of making puppet heads from plastic pop bottles thus creating “pop art”. Included will be the art of playing: the spoons and the bones to Irish tunes, the three-string strum stick, the squeeze box, and creating rain sticks from household materials. This promises to be an exciting and fun learning experience for anyone who attends this session!

Preparing POHI Teachers: Strategies for the Digital Age
Doug Kish, M.A., Coordinator/Teacher
High School Special Services Stevenson High School
Utica Community Schools

Please Note: This session is a repeat of the morning session.
The future is now! Over the past ten years technology has taken gigantic leaps in education and great strides in helping students with various disabilities. This presentation focuses on the strategies that teachers of POHI students can use to improve the opportunities for learning in the digital age. A look at lesson design along with tools and strategies on how to manage them will be presented. You will be surprised that with a few new strategies many of the things you want to do may not be as difficult as they seem.

Building Social Competence in POHI Students
Judy Coucouvanis, M.A., APRN , BC Clinical Consultant
Developmental Disorders Clinic
University of Michigan

Please Note: This session is a repeat of the morning session.
This presentation gives concrete techniques to systematically assess and teach pro-social behavior. Students who have severe social deficits can be taught specific, desirable actions for social competence in settings structured for success.

Visit Vendor Displays in the Westminster Ballroom

Dinner on your own

OR

See the Activities Table in the Grande Foyer for a dinner option with conference attendees. Menus will be available to assist you in determining the cost of your meal at:
Zingerman’s Road House, Ann Arbor, MI

7:45 - 8:15 am

8:15 - 8:30 am

8:30 - 11:00 am

9:30 - 9:45 am

9:45 - 11:00 am

11:00-12:15 pm

Continuous Breakfast Buffet Begins
7:30 - 11:00 am
Grande Foyer
Hotel Checkout

Introduction and Welcome - Grande Ballroom
Ron Zapinski, Chairperson
2005 Michigan POHI/SXI Conference

What’s New with IDEA 2004, plus, Tips on Avoiding and Addressing Common Disputes
Lyn Beekman
Special Education Solutions
Okemos , MI

Lyn will highlight new provisions of IDEA 2004 that impact us the most. Plus, he will provide some insight on how to address several of the problems we typically confront in special education.

Break

Keynote Speaker Continues

Lunch on your own
Site Presentations

11:00 - 2:30 pm

Site Presentations: All site presentation times as noted.

1) High Point School
Washtenaw Intermediate School District
Neal Elyakin, Principal
SXI Program
Presentation times: 11:00 - 12:30 pm and 1:00 - 2:30 pm

2) Mott Children’s Hospital
Child Life Department
Carol Fanning, Hospital Teacher
Classroom, Art and Music Therapists will tie in pediatric rehabilitation. Presentation time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Please Note: This site visitation is limited to the first 16 registrants per facility limitations.

3) Haisley Elementary School
Ann Arbor Public Schools
Angela Christiansen, PI/SXI Teacher Courtney Crowley, PI/SXI Teacher K-2 and 3-5 PI/SXI Classrooms
Presentation time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm

Have a safe trip home.