Access, Quality, and Relevance: Critical Considerations for Children with Special Needs

The Special Education Project of the Ministry of Education's Education System Transformation programme will be hosting a conference for individuals working in the area of special education. The conference will be held at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort, Spa & Conference Center. In addition to the stimulating discussion expected over the two days of the conference, attendees will also receive valuable conference/reference materials. You are being invited to listen to presentations and engage in workshops conducted by local and international experts who include Dr. Avril Z. Daley, Professor Charlie Hughes, Dr. Lauren Lindstrom, Dr. Roxanne Melbourne Chambers, and Mrs. Joan Spencer-Ernandez. Areas of concentration include: 

• Administration, policy and management
• Combating Behaviour Challenges
• Understanding Cognitive Challenges
• Health Impairments: Challenges to learning
• Curriculum Adaptation and Assessment
• School - to - Work Transition: Cultivating Life Long Competence
• Home/School Collaboration: Cultivating Educational Success
• Developmental Disabilities

Early registration ends January 14, 2011. For more details on the conference, including registration and schedule, call (876) 612-5886; 612-5888; 612-5890, or visit the conference site.