The following is an abbreviated list of conferences/seminars where Sandra has been a featured speaker:

[2008] [2007] [2006] [2005] [2004] [2003] [2002] [2001] [2000] [1999] [1998 and before]

2008

• Tackling ADD/ADHD! Sure-Fire Classroom Strategies (1-day seminars sponsored by Staff Development Resources):
  
  - Cleveland, OH           (01/17/08)
  - Cincinnati, OH           (01/18/08)
   
• Roosevelt Union Free School District training/consulting (January 29-31, Roosevelt, N.Y.)
• 1-day workshop on Reaching & Teaching Students with ADHD for Eisenhower Cooperative (February 5, Oak Lawn, IL)
• 1-day workshop/training on "Balanced literacy and Differentiated Instruction" and 1 day training on "Interventions & Supports for At-Risk Students" for Middleton-Cross Plains Area Schools (February 29 and March 1^st,  Middleton, WI)
• California Teaching Assoc. Good Teaching Conference sessions on differentiated instruction and preventing and managing behavior problems in the classroom (March 7-8, Irvine, CA)
• 1-day seminar on ADHD sponsored by California Elementary Education Association (March 12, Anaheim, CA)
• Featured speaker on Differentiating Instruction for Students with Learning, Attention, & Behavioral Challenges sponsored by the American School of Guatemala (Guatemala City, April 1)
• ADHD & LD: How to Help Your Child Succeed in School (Guatemela City, April 1)
• Tackling ADD/ADHD! Sure-Fire Classroom Strategies
  (1-day seminars sponsored by Staff Development Resources):
  
  - Cherry Hill, NJ           (05/13/08)
  - Newark, NJ               (05/14/08)

2007

• Sandra’s seminars for Staff Development Resources (SDR) and California Elementary Education Association (CEEA) on “Tackling ADD/ADHD! Sure-Fire Classroom Strategies”
  
  - Indianapolis, IN (January 18, 2007)
  - Chicago, IL (January 19, 2007)
   
• Monterey County SELPA seminar on Reaching & Teaching Students with AD/HD & LD, February 28, 2007 (Monterey, CA)
• California Teaching Assoc. Good Teaching Conference, March 9-10^th  (Irvine, CA)
• 34^th Annual Conference on Dyslexia and Related Learning Disorders, March 13 (Manhattan, NY)

• Tackling ADD/ADHD seminars for SDR:
  
  - Houston, TX (March 29, 2007)
  - Dallas, TX (March 30, 2007)

• San Diego City Schools – workshop on ADHD, April 26 (San Diego, CA)

• Tackling ADD/ADHD seminars for California Elementary Education Association:
  
  - So. San Francisco (May 2, 2007)
  - Fresno, CA (May 3, 2007)
  - Long Beach, CA (May 8, 2007)
  - Pomona, CA (May 9, 2007)

• Featured speaker on Differentiating Instruction, July 9-10, 2007 New Jersey Department of Education’s Summer Literacy Institute for Administrators (Long Branch, NJ)
• Tackling ADD/ADHD! Sure-Fire Classroom Strategies (1-day seminars sponsored by Staff Development Resources)
  
  - Newark, NY (July 11)
  - Rochester, NY (July 12)
  - McLean, VA (July 18)
  - Philadelphia, PA (July 19)

• 1-day workshop on Reaching & Teaching Diverse Learners (August 1, 2007, San Marcos, CA)
• 1-day workshop on Reaching & Teaching Students with ADHD & LD (August 14, 2007, Bethel Public Schools, Washington)
• 1-day workshop on Reaching & Teaching Students with ADHD & LD (August 23, 2007, Emerson School District, Burbank, CA)
• International: 2-day training on Reaching & Teaching Students with ADHD (September 27-28, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Tackling ADD/ADHD! Sure-Fire Classroom Strategies (1-day seminars sponsored by Staff Development Resources
  
  - Chicago, IL (October 18)
  - St. Louis, MO (October 19)
   
• Keynote speaker and presenter on Managing Students with ADHD for New Jersey Association of Jewish Day Schools, November 6, Livingston, NJ)
• Administrators’ workshop on Differentiated Instruction (November 5, 2007, Union City, New Jersey)
• International: Featured speaker at Adana Foundation International Conference on ADHD (November 17, 2007, Barcelona, Spain)
• Tackling ADD/ADHD! Sure-Fire Classroom Strategies (1-day seminars sponsored by Staff Development Resources):
  
  - Baltimore, MD (December 4)
  - Boston, MA (December 5)

2006

• Roosevelt Union Free School District instructional/behavioral strategy training and district consulting, January 24-26, 2006 (Roosevelt, New York)
• Roosevelt Union Free School District parent training/workshop, January 25, 2006  (Roosevelt,  NY)
• Turnaround for Children training and consulting at PS32, PS42, and PS132, January 30-February 1, 2006 (Bronx, NY)
• Featured speaker at California Association of Resource Specialists + Annual Convention, Feb. 17-18, 2006 ( Los Angeles, CA)
• Seminars for California Elementary Education Association (CEEA) on “Tackling ADD/ADHD! Surefire Classroom Strategies (K-8)          

-         Sacramento, CA, San Francisco, CA (March 2-3, 2006)

-         Anaheim, CA, Ontario, CA (March 23-24, 2006)

• Featured speaker at California Teacher Association (CTA) Good Teaching Conference at the Renaissance Hotel, March 10, 2006   (Hollywood, CA)
• Seminars for Staff Development Resources on “Tackling ADD/ADHD! Surefire Classroom Strategies (K-8)

-          Milwaukee, WI; Chicago, IL (April 6-7, 2006)

• Roosevelt Union Free School District training/consulting, April 25-26, 2006  (Roosevelt,  NY)
• Turnaround for Children training and consulting at PS132, MS339, PS42, PS32,  MS390, April 27-29, 2006 (Bronx, NY)
• Teacher workshop/training on ADHD for San Marcos Unified School District,   August 4, 2006  (San Marcos, CA)
•  Featured speaker at the Summer Literacy Conference - The New Jersey Department of Education Fourth Annual Literacy Conference, Aug. 8, 2006 (Atlantic City, NJ)
• Teacher workshop/training for Edison School District, Aug. 15, 2006 (Bakersfield, CA)
• Teacher workshop/training for Lawndale School District, Aug. 25, 2006 (Lawndale, CA)
• Turnaround for Children Summer Institute Training, August 28-31, 2006 (New York City)
• Featured speaker at South African Association of Learning and Educational Difficulties (SAALED) national conference on “Reading for All”, September 27-29, 2006. (Nelspruit, South Africa)
• Featured speaker at Fifteenth Arizona Annual AD/HD Update Conference sponsored by Melmed Center, October 5, 2006 (Scottsdale, AZ)
• Speaker/trainer for Richland Two School District, October 13, 2006  (Columbia, South Carolina)
• Featured speaker at the  18^th Annual CHADD International Conference on topic of strategies and interventions for struggling and reluctant readers/writers, October 26-28, 2006 (Chicago, IL)
• Turnaround for Children training and consulting at PS132 & PS 23o, December 14-15, 2006 (Bronx  & Washington Heights, NYC)
• Roosevelt Union Free School District training/consulting, December 15, 2006  (Roosevelt,  NY)

2005

• San Diego City Schools and Project for Attention Related Disorders workshop, January 6, 2005 (San Diego, California)
• Inclusion Works Conference, The Arc of Texas, Feb.  9-12, 2005  (Renaissance Hotel, Austin Texas)
• Training on inclusive and differentiated strategies,  West Aurora School District  February 24-25, 2005   (Aurora , Illinois)
• California Teacher Association (CTA) Good Teaching Conference at the Renaissance Hotel, March 11-12, 2005   (Hollywood, CA)
• Turnaround for Children middle school workshop at MS 339  March 15-16, 2005 (Bronx, NY)
• Washington Heights, PS 115 instructional and behavioral training, March 17, 2005  (NYC)
• Lehman College featured speaker on “Differentiating Instruction to Address the Needs of  Diverse Learners”, March 16, 2005  (Bronx, NY)
• Roosevelt Union Free School District Instructional Support Team training, March 17, 2005 (Massapequa Park, Long Island)
• Roosevelt Union Free School District parent training/workshop, March 17, 2005  (Roosevelt,  NY)
• Council for Exceptional Children 2- day workshop, April 28-29, 2005  (Casper,  WY)
• Turnaround for Children workshops at MS 145 & PS 9  May 16-17, 2005 (Bronx, NY)
• Roosevelt Union Free School District consulting and training, May 18-20, 2005  (Roosevelt,  NY)
• Pittsburgh Public Schools Summer Institute, June 23, 2005 (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 1-day seminar “How to Reach & Teach Students with ADHD/LD”, June 30, 2005 (San Diego, CA)
•  Featured speaker at the Summer Literacy Conference in  Atlantic City, New Jersey (August 9-11, 2005).  The New Jersey Department of Education Third Annual Literacy Conference, “Maximizing Achievement Across the Curriculum”
•  Featured speaker at The T.E.A.M. Approach to ADHD 1-day conferences in the following cities:

o        Hilton Atlanta, GA.  (September 10, 2005)

o        Renaissance Washington DC. (September 24, 2005)

o        Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas TX. (October 1, 2005)

o        Hilton America’s, Houston TX. (October 8, 2005)

o        Sheraton Boston, MA. (October 22, 2005)

o        Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.   (October 29, 2005)

o        Philadelphia, PA. (November 5, 2005)

o        San Francisco, CA. (November 19, 2005)

• Keynote speaker and presenter for Life Management Center, 10th Annual Southeastern ADHD Conference, Oct. 11, 2005  (Charleston, SC)
• ADHD: Strategies for School Success (k-8) One day workshop for The Council of Special Services, Sept. 24, 2004 (St. John's, Newfoundland Canada)

·     Keynote speaker and presenter for the Learning Disabilities Association of Oklahoma state annual conference, November 7-8, 2005 (Tulsa, OK)

• One Day Workshop at the San Diego Jewish Academy, Dec. 1, 2005 (San Diego, CA)

2004

• One Day Workshop for Elementary School Staff at NYC Region 10 – P.S. 115
  (Washington Heights, NYC)
• Instructional Support Team Training for Region 1, LIS network
  (Fordham University, Bronx, New York)
• One Day Workshop for Middle School Staff at CIS 339/313
  (Bronx, New York)
• Region I - Instructional Support Team training
  (New York City, NY)
• L.A. Unified School District - Reaching & Teaching Students with ADHD & LD
  (Los Angeles, CA)
• How to Help Your Child Succeed in School  parent workshop
  (Farmington, UT)
• Davis School District AD/HD Educators' Training
  (Farmington, UT)
• Reaching & Teaching Children with AD/HD - July, 2004
  (Tel Aviv, Israel)
• 1st International ADHD Conference - October, 2004
  (Manila, Philippines)
• Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV Training Seminars "Reaching & Teaching Students with AD/HD"
  (Grove City, PA)
• Pitt County Schools - Reaching & Teaching Students with AD/HD (teacher training workshop) How to Help Your Child Succeed in School (parent training)
  (Greenville, NC)
• Guadalupe Union School District "Reaching & Teaching Students with AD/HD" How to Help Your Child Succeed in School (parent training)  (Guadalupe, CA)
• Roosevelt Union School District   - teacher seminar
  (Roosevelt, NY)
• Allegheny Valley Institute for the Development of Learning - seminar for educators and parents
  (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 2-days of seminars on Reaching & Teaching Children with ADHD - sponsored by OUHSC Child Study Center in collaboration with University Center for Excellence, Oklahoma Dept. of Education, and Center for Disease Control & Prevention
  (Oklahoma City, OK)
• 1 day seminar for educators and parents/guardians sponsored by Foster & Kinship Care Education
  (Redding, CA)
• Two Pre-conference Institutes at CHADD's 16th Annual International Conference in Nashville, TN  (Oct. 2004)  and one other breakout session on topics:
  - Proactive Strategies for Preventing & Managing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom
  - AD/HD: Is it a School or Medical Problem? Communication Between Physicians and Schools (co-presented with Mark Wolraich, M.D. and Marc Atkins, Ph.D.) 
  - Instructional Strategies & Accommodations to Motivate and Boost Academic Performance of Students with AD/HD
• Keynote speaker and workshop presenter at Iowa State LDA Conference in Des Moines, IA (October 2004) on topics:
  - Differentiated Instructional Practices for Students with LD and/or ADHD
  - Strategies and Interventions for Preventing and Managing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom
• Featured plenary speaker at 1st International Conference on ADHD (October 2004)
  (Manila, Philippines)
   

2003

• Presenter at ADHD Educational Campaign - McNeil Conference
  (Atlanta, GA)
• Teacher training at John Muir Alternative School
  (San Diego, CA)
• Keynote presenter: ADHD in the Classroom: Empowering Educators & Students - Kaiser Permanente of Northern California & ADHD Best Practices Committee Conference
  (Berkeley, CA)
• Presenter at Northwest CHADD Conference
  (Seattle, WA)
• ADHD Protocol Training: Community School District 10
  (Bronx, NY)
• Workshop on Reaching and Teaching Students with AD/HD at Lehman College
  (Bronx, NY)
• Workshop/training at ADHD 12th Annual ADHD Update Conference
  (Phoenix, AZ)
• Speaker / trainer at Saint John's Child & Family Development Center
  (Santa Monica, CA)
• Speaker / trainer for Northeast Service Cooperative ADHD Summer Institute
  (Minneapolis, MN)
• Summer Institute Training for PS132 and PS153
  (New York, NY)
• Professional development 1-day workshop for Chicago Public Schools
  (Chicago, IL)
• Presenter at Chicago Public School All-City Conference on "Helping All Students Achieve Through Differentiated Instruction"
  (Chicago, IL)
• Presenter at Preconference Institute, CHADD's 15th Annual International
  Conference
  (Denver, CO)
• Presented 1-day seminar/training on ADHD Strategies for Success
  (Toronto, Canada)
• Featured speaker at the 3rd International Conference on ADHD
  (Curitiba, Brazil)
  
  
  2002

• Workshop / Training at American School of Barcelona
  (Barcelona, Spain)
• Faculty member / presenter at NICHQ - Learning Session II on Improving Care of Children with ADHD
  (Durham, NC)
• Faculty member / presenter at NICHQ - Learning Session III on Improving Care of Children with ADHD
  (Durham, NC)
• Professional development workshop for Cooperative Council for Oklahoma
  School Administration
  (Oklahoma City, OK)
• Workshop / Training for McFarland Unified & Tulare County School Districts
  (Visalia, CA)
• 2-day Workshop / Training for Region IV Educational Service Center
  (Houston, TX)
• Presenter at NICHQ's 1st International Summit on Improving Care for Children with ADHD
  (Orlando, FL)
• Workshops / Training for Los Altos School District and Palo Altos School
  Districts
  (Palo Alto, CA)
• Pre-conference Institute and Presenter at CHADD's 14th Annual International
  Conference
  (Miami Beach, FL)
• Training / Workshop on Strategies and Interventions in Early Childhood - CES 170, Community School District 9
  (Bronx, NY)
• Training / Consulting for Community School District Ten
  (Bronx, NY)

2001

• Community School District Ten ­ Instructional Support Team Trainings
  (Bronx, NY)
• Community School District Nine ­ Strategies for Making Inclusion Work
  (Bronx, NY)
• Workshop for the Schwab Foundation for Learning & Resource Collection for Learning Differences
  (San Francisco, CA)
• 10th Annual Arizona AD/HD Conference
  (Phoenix, AZ)
• Community School District Ten - consultation and trainings
  (Bronx, NY)
• BER  (Bureau of Education & Research) Seminars
  (Fresno, CA, Sacramento, CA, Anaheim, CA)
• Community School District Ten - consultation & trainings
  (Bronx, NY)
• Community School District 8 Special Education Annual Conference
  (Tarrytown, NY)
• Community School District 20 trainings on: Adapting & Modifying the Learning Environment & Collaborative Teaching Strategies
  (Brooklyn, NY)
• Chesapeake Bay Summer Institute - Managing Kids At-Risk
  (Virginia Beach, VA)
• Community School District 20 Summer Institute - Creating Inclusive Classrooms
  (Brooklyn, NY)
• Participant / faculty member of AD/HD Clinical Roundtable
  (Newport Beach, CA)
• Featured speaker at the 2nd Annual International Conference on ADHD
  (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
• Community School District Ten ­ consultation and workshops / trainings
  (Bronx, NY)
• Workshop ­ Reaching & Teaching Children with AD/HD
  (Sacramento, CA)
• Parent Workshop ­ Helping Your AD/HD Child Succeed in School
  (Bakersfield, CA)
• Teacher Workshop ­ Reaching & Teaching Students with AD/HD
  (Bakersfield, CA)
• Presenter at CHADD¹s 13th Annual International Conference
  (Anaheim, CA)
• Featured teleconference presenter on ADHD: The Proactive Approach - Positive Behavioral Strategies, Supports & Interventions
  (Atlanta, GA)
• Community School District Ten ­ consultation, trainings / workshops on strategies for reaching and teaching at-risk students; an effective and proactive IST process
  (Bronx, NY)
• Featured speaker at Community School District Nine - LRE Conference - "An
  Inclusive District Working and Learning Together"
  (Bronx, NY)
• Featured speaker at Central Islip Union Free School District - "Making Us
  One" Conference
  (Huntington Station, NY)

2000

• Northwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center
  (Perrysburg, OH)
• Oceanside School District
  (Oceanside, CA)
• Bureau of Education & Research seminars
  (Raleigh, NC; Cleveland, OH; Long Island, NY)
• Conference for West Nyack BOCES-SETRC
  (Rockland County, New York)
• Community School District 8 LRE Conference for School Leadership Teams
  (Bronx, NY)
• Community School District 10 - Staff Developer Conference
  (Fordham University, Bronx, NY)
• Community School District 9 Parents Day Conference
  (Lehman College, Bronx, NY)
• Community School District 9 Conference on LRE - Restructuring Schools & Creating an Inclusive Environment
  (Tarrytown, NY)
• BER Seminars
  (Sioux Falls, Omaha, Albuquerque, Phoenix)
• Community School District 8 LRE Conference - The Power to Create A Win-Win Classroom for All Students
  (Westchester, NY)
• Community School District Ten - New teacher training
  (Bronx, NY)
• SAALED First International Conference on ADHD
  (Cape Town University, South Africa)
• Rockland County BOCES Inclusion Teacher Training
  (West Nyack, NY)
• BER Seminars (Bureau of Education and Research)
  (Des Moines, Kansas City, St. Louis)
• Dominican Sisters Inner-City Elementary Schools
  (East Los Angeles, CA)
• Nanuet and Ramapo School Districts
  (New York)
• Community School District Ten
  (Bronx, NY)
• Conference for 21st Century Schools & Rockland BOCES / SETRC
  (W. Nyack, New York)
• BER Seminars (Bureau of Education & Research)
  (Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, PA)
• Community School District Ten
  (Lehman College, Bronx, NY)
• Expanding Horizons ­ State Conference Keynote Speaker
  (Waterbury, Conn.)
• Community School District Nine ­ New continuum training II
  (Bronx, NY)

1999

• Seminario Gradas
  (Medellin, Colombia)
• Calgary Learning Centre
  (Calgary, Alberta)
• Elk Island Catholic Schools and N. Alberta's CEC
  (Edmonton, Alberta)
• University of Oklahoma College of Education & College of Continuing Education
  (Norman, OK)
• Community School Districts 10 Principals' Conference and several workshops
  (Bronx, NY)
• Community School Districts 9 and 12
  (Bronx, NY)
• North Coastal Consortium for Special Education
  (Vista, CA)
• 2nd International Conference on ADHD
  (Tel Aviv, Israel)
• Parent support group organizations of Israel
  (Ramat Hasharon, Israel)
• Fundacion DA
  (San Jose, Costa Rica)
• Institute for Educational Development
  (Salt Lake City, UT; Portland, OR; Nashville, TN; Dallas, TX)
• Alabama State Dept. of Education Summer Mega Conference
  (Mobile, AL)
• Wyoming School Psychologist Assn. Summer Conference
  (Jackson Hole, WY)

1998 and earlier

• CA Dept. of Education Special Education Fall Conference
  (Sacramento, CA)
• East Grand Rapids Public Schools
  (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Archdiocese of Louisville
  (Louisville, KY)
• Lehigh University ADHD Institute
  (Bethlehem, PA)
• Clovis Unified School District
  (Fresno County, CA)
• Los Angeles Assn. of School Psychologists
  (Los Angeles, CA)
• Visalia Unified School District
  (Visalia, CA)
• San Mateo Foster City Schools
  (San Mateo, CA)
• 1st International Conference on ADHD
  (Jerusalem, Israel)
• Kentucky Dept. of Education Summer Behavioral Institute
  (Louisville, KY)
• Oakland Summer Professional Development Conference
  (Oakland, MI)
• Interactive Television Network (ITN) Teleconference (U. of Georgia)
  (Athens, GA)
• California Assn. of Resource Specialists State Conferences
  (San Francisco, CA)
• 1st Annual EBSCO Educational Conference
  (Birmingham, AL)
• The Teacher's Workshop Summer Institute
  (Virginia Beach, VA)
• Cooperating School Districts Institute for Inclusive Education [keynote]
  (St. Louis, MO)
• Region III-Educational Service Center
  (Victoria, TX)
• Anchorage School District
  (Anchorage, AK)
• Kings County Office of Education
  (Kings County, CA)
• CHADD International Conference on ADHD
  (San Antonio, Texas)

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