JoAnn Posted this on another thread and I wanted to make sure it didn't get missed.

The title of her talk grabs me!

"If Our Child is So Smart, Why Aren't Our Lives Easier?,"

We'll go........can't pass it up. Although, I'm very interested in her talk about vs learners for teachers/parents in the morning. Too far away in distance to go to the morning and evening session........having a hard time deciding.

Any recommendations?

Oooh...That is a hard choice! Sure you can't do both?

I mean, she is the expert on VS learners! Maybe find out if she'd going beyond the books? If she's covering ground that she covers in her books about VS learners, then go to the other session.

At least that's what I'd do if there's any way to find out.

Dh and I are already registered! We're only able to go to the evening session. I'm excited, should be interesting. And what a bargain.

I also like the title -- that about sums it up!

Oh!!! I'm so very jealous of you 'Neato. I would love to be able to hear her speak. I have been trying to find a copy of her book, 'Upside-Down Brilliance' for sale somewhere. However, since it is out of print, the current cost is over $100 on the internet. Yikes! I bought the book 'Visual-Spatial Learners' by Alexandra Shires Golon and was a little disappointed. I was hoping for more detailed information. Does anyone know how the two books compare? If UDB is very similar to VSL, then I won't bother hunting the internet for a used copy.

'Neato, could you report back about what you learn from either session. Enquiring minds want to know! How does a school district go about getting someone like Linda Silverman to come and speak there? I am in awe! My school district has probably never heard of her and/or would not care enough to invest in bring her here. I am seriously DOK!!!

Mia: We cross-posted. I would love to hear your thoughts on the talk too. My son is the poster child for Visual-Spatial Learners. But I agree with Dottie and others. The title of the other session is very enticing!

I am happy regarding all the interest about Linda Silverman coming to our school. The way i understand it to be is the evening is the option open to the public and the morning is teachers. I am not sure to be honest. She will be talking about why is life not easier and will touch on VSL and 2E I am sure and will take questions.

She assessed my kid and even though many of us are well schooled on her topics, it is always something to hear the "best in thier field" on any topic I feel.

Any advice on an advocate referral I really need to help at an upcoming meeting I have regarding my 2E kid and the school making her take the screeners to stay in the gifted program even tough I have full WISC and Stanford V and Linda Silverman pronouncing her highly gifted and LD? We have a 504 but need to "encourage" the school to use existing data and not make her take the screeners that made her through up and score in the bottom 25% when the same subtests on the WISC showed 99.9%. We are desperate.
JoAnn

Irony is not how I see it since it is my kid. Since this is a family site, I'll not let you know what i really think of it.

I will be asking to say something but they have already read her report and they have already said she still needs to go through their screeners. They screened her out two years ago... due to her Ld issues that we had no idea were there atthe time and we had Linda assess her after they said hit the road. Now, two years later she is coming, they again want to subject her to the screeners that are not for 2E kids, HG 2E but this is where I am. You would think they would be embarrased at their point of view given her following but no, they are still saying our way of the highway. My daughter threw up during the CoGAt but they still want to resubmit it to her.

She will say something but it is out of the hands of the teachers that will be at her presentation but atthe Super Intendent level. He will not be there I am sure.

Irony? Unbelievable. I think the admin. did not know the history when they agreed to bring her here.

How frustrating!
I don't have any advice but did you see this part on the Wrightslaw web site?

http://www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/dis.orgs.htm

I will try one of those. Some one a day or two ago offered to refer me to an advocate and I cannot find that thread. I will keep at it.
You all are great, and it will be Ok ... it is so obvious that this is a personal retribution situation that I know eventually someone who still cares about doing the right thing for the kid will get involved.

I wanted to clarify that the upcoming Linda Silverman presentations are both available to the public. I was not sure.

date January 21st,
location Lake Forest Deerpath Middle School
information www.lfelem.lfc.edu/district/programs/gifted_services.html.

Laura Paull is the director of this program

Ebeth, I have both visual spatial books and the Silverman book is much more engaging and eye-opening. The other title is fairly dry and doesn't seem to pack the same punch.

I'm still a little sore at Linda for throwing me out of a conference session a couple years ago, but I have to admit that she does know her stuff.

You don't *have* to share what happened, but I am curious!

Thanks for sharing re: the visual spatial books.

Ok, I was being overly dramatic. She and I sat at the back of a session where another presenter was giving a talk. My one and a half year old was sitting on the floor between us, very quietly reading aloud. LS leaned over and told me that my child was distracting and it *felt* like I was being kicked out. For the record, I am very sensitive to children being loud or distracting and I am usually very quick to depart if there appears to be a problem. In this case, I honestly don't think my dd was bothering anyone. I left with my tail between my legs and my cheeks burning.

She couldn't have just moved to another seat?

Just curious, did anyone go to this? Anything to pass along for those of us that couldn't be there?

I went -- I'll give an update later tonight, um on my phone right now. It wasn't particularly informative for us old lags, but still interesting.