Hi questions,
I went to a SENG conference once. Most of the fellow attendees were educators or parents of newly identified, very young kids. I Loved the keynote speaker and several talks, but couldn't get there early enough to register for workshops. I suspected that these were the most valuable in terms of talking/interacting with parents/teachers about issues (rather than lecture format of the talks). If I were to go again, I'd register for workshops and have my kids participate in the kid program.
