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K12 Alerts

iep and 504 speaker- jan 16th ridgwood

> ATTENTION PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH IEPS AND 504'S...

> HELP IS ON THE WAY!

>

>

> On Wednesday, January 16th, the Learning Services Home And

> School Association is sponsoring a discussion with Jane M. Healey, PhD, a

> Ridgewood Pediatric Neuropsychologist. She is affiliated with the Mt.

> Sinai

> School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and with

> Farleigh

> Dickinson University (Teaneck Campus) as an Adjunct Professor in the Dept.

> of Psychology Graduate programs. Dr. Healey trained at Columbia

> Presbyterian

> Medical Center and Montefiore Hospital, along with postdoctoral training

> at

> Boston VA Medical Center and BU School of Medicine. She has performed

> neuropsychological and psychoeducational evaluations of children,

> adolescents, and adults with neurodevelopmental, learning, attentional,

> and

> executive functioning difficulties for the past 28 years. She also helps

> families hone in on learning differences where there is spina bifida,

> seizure disorders, extreme prematurity, cerebral palsy, Tourettes, and

> autistic spectrum disorders.

>

> Dr. Healey will discuss the benefits of neuropsychological

> testing

> that help identify underlying reasons why children do not learn or perform

> in certain areas of development at the expected rate. She will speak about

> the structure of a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation and some of

> the tests that are used to assess important learning functions such as

> language processing, retrieval, sequencing, short-term memory,

> organizational skills, attention, and motor coordination. Dr. Healey will

> discuss how to apply this information to assist the teacher in improving

> the

> child's functioning in the classroom and what parents can do to enhance

> improvement as well. Modifications for improvement would normally be set

> forth in a 504 or IEP to achieve best results in all arenas.

>

> This meeting is open to the public.

>

> DATE: Wednesday, January 16, 2008

> TIME: 7:30- 9:00 PM

> PLACE: Ridgewood Board Of Education

> 3rd Floor Conference Room

> 49 Cottage Place

> Ridgewood, NJ

>