DisAbility Summit
Thompson Policy Institute
Hosted By
Thompson Policy Institute
Musco Center For The Arts
Attallah College of Educational Studies
Featuring Keynote Speaker: Dr. Richard A. Villa
Advocating for Inclusive Education: What can one person do?
Bayridge Consortium, Inc.
Dr. Richard A. Villa is President of Bayridge Consortium, Inc. His primary field of expertise is the development of administrative and instructional support systems for educating all students within general education settings. Dr. Villa is recognized as an educational leader who motivates and works collaboratively with others to implement current and emerging exemplary educational practices. In the school districts where he has worked and consulted, his efforts have resulted in the inclusion of children with intensive cognitive, physical, and emotional challenges as full members of the general education community. Dr. Villa has been a classroom teacher, special education administrator, pupil personnel services director, and director of instructional services, and has authored 25 books and more than 100 articles and chapters. Known for his enthusiastic, humorous style, Dr. Villa has presented at international, national, and state educational conferences and has provided technical assistance to departments of education in the United States, Canada, Vietnam, and Honduras and to university personnel, public school systems, and parent and advocacy organizations.
Continental Breakfast begins at 8:00 a.m.
The Summit will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Dr. Margaret Grogan, Dean of the Donna Ford Attallah College of Educational Studies
Opening Remarks
Dr. Don Cardinal
Excellence in Disability Award
Keynote Address
Advocating for Inclusive Education: What can one person do?
Dr. Richard A. Villa
A Short Intermission
Research Presentation
The State of Inclusion and Exclusion of Students with Disabilities in California School Districts
Dr. Meghan Cosier, Dr. Don Cardinal, Dr. Audri Gomez,
Inclusion in Action
How do we do this? Strategies and structures to educate each, every, and all
Dr. Jessica Tunney
Research Presentation
Making STEM Education Inclusive: Opening Doors to Engage Girls and Women with Disabilities
Dr. Amy Jane Griffiths and Dr. Angel Miles Nash
Closing Remarks
You can contact the event organizer, Margie McCoy at tpi@chapman.edu or (714) 997-6692.
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