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May 2, 2012 - Preconference
May 3 & 4, 2012 - Conference and Exhibits
Greater Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, WA |
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Featured Presenters
Jackie McReynolds, M.S.
Karen Peterson, Ph.D.
Christine Roberts
Dr. Susan Sandall
Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D
Wendy Stone, PhD
Tweety Yates
Presenters Application
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 Jackie McReynolds, M.S.
Jackie McReynolds, M.S. is a senior instructor of human services in the Department of Human Development at Washington State University Vancouver. Her teaching efforts are in child maltreatment, family resource management, community development, family poverty, and human service delivery and administration. Her research and outreach focus on methamphetamine abuse and the impact of foreclosure on families and children.
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 Karen Peterson, Ph.D.
Karen Peterson, Ph.D. is a professor of early childhood education in the Department of Human Development at Washington State University Vancouver. She is the Director of the campus children’s program and kindergarten. Her teaching efforts are in early childhood education and her research and outreach focus is on development of community collaborative structures in early childhood.
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 Christine Roberts
Christine Roberts is the Founder and President of Nurturing Pathways®, INC; an early childhood creative dance program that used dance to develop the whole child. She presents nationally at NHSA and NAEYC and regionally reaching 1,000 people annually. She shares from her 28 years of experience teaching dance and raising her son with disabilities on the benefits of movement for the developing mind. Christine licenses national and international instructors in Nurturing Pathways® Program annually in Seattle, WA. Meet Christine at www.nurturingpathways.com.
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 Dr. Susan Sandall
Dr. Sandall’s research interests include: a) effective instructional practices for young children with disabilities in natural environments, b) play, interaction, and social-communication of very young children with disabilities, and c) the changing roles of teachers of young children with disabilities, their relationships with other providers, and the implications for personnel preparation. For additional information: http://education.washington.edu/areas/edspe/profiles/sandall.html
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 Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D.
Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., is the Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Graduate School of Education; Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston; and Director of the university-wide Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. He also chairs the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, a multi-university collaboration comprising leading scholars in neuroscience, psychology, pediatrics, and economics, whose mission is to bring credible science to bear on policy affecting young children.
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 Wendy Stone, PhD
Dr. Stone’s primary clinical and research interests focus on early identification and early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders. Her research involves the characterization of early-emerging behavioral features of autism, with the dual goals of understanding the core deficits and mechanisms underlying development of the disorder, and designing targeted interventions to prevent or attenuate the expression of symptoms. Click here for additional information.
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 Tweety Yates
Tweety Yates is a member of the Department of Special Education faculty at the University of Illinois and serves as Co-Project Coordinator of the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundation for Early Learning (CSEFEL). She is also involved in several other early childhood projects that focus on early literacy initiatives and relationship based interventions to support development through parent-child interactions. For additional information: http://education.illinois.edu/frp/y/tyates2
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