Program on
Friday, February 29, 2008 ACADEMIC
DEVELOPMENT
8:30 am
- 9:00 am Sign-in
9:00
am - 11:00 am Presentation
School
Issues of Internationally Adopted Children
- The nature and roots of
possible academic issues of international adoptees.
- Academic readiness of international
adoptees.
- Cumulative Cognitive Deficit
in international adoptees: how to prevent and compensate.
- The symptoms of Cumulative
Cognitive Deficit (CCD)
- Chronic mismatch between
the child's learning capacity and academic placement, teaching
style and level of instruction
- Remediation of Cumulative
Cognitive Deficit
11:00 am
- 11:30 am Questions
and Answers
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm Lunch
12:30 pm
- 1:30 pm Presentation School
placement and the role of psycho-educational evaluation of internationally
adopted children
1:30 pm
- 2:30 pm Questions
and Answers
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Program on Saturday, March 01, 2008 SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
8:30 am
- 9:00 am Sign-in
9:00
am - 11:00 am Presentation
Post-Institutional
Behavior in Internationally Adopted Children
- The major causes of behavior
problems in post-institutional children
o
Life before institution: impact of trauma o Life in institution:
survival skills
- What is "Post-Institutionalized
Behavior Syndrome"?
- What are the strategies
to deal with behavior issues in post-institutional children?
Presentation Language
Lost - Language Found Experience in Children Adopted Internationally
- How do language disorders
or delays differ from passing difficulties of second language learning
in internationally adopted children?
- The causes of rapid loss
of the native language by an international adoptee.
- The therapeutic value and
negative consequences of a rapid loss of the first language by an
international adoptee.
11:00
am - 11:30 am Questions
and Answers
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm Lunch
12:30
am - 2:30 pm Panel
Discussion with Questions and Answers
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