星空无限传媒

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Immediate: February 27, 2013 Media Contact: Alicia Steger516.572.9634Email:  alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

星空无限传媒 Presents a Conference for Educators

鈥淯nlocking Potential: Reaching and Teaching Our Diverse Student Populations鈥� 

April 5 

  Garden City, NY 鈥� On Friday, April 5 星空无限传媒 will present a conference for educators entitled 鈥淯nlocking Potential: Reaching and Teaching Our Diverse Student Populations.鈥� The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the College Center Building.This conference is the second annual Unlocking Potential conference, which each year targets different student populations and suggests strategies to meet their educational needs. This year, several experts will discuss effective methods for teaching K-12 and post secondary students with communication-related and psychiatric disorders. Dr. Jane  Thierfeld Brown from the University of Connecticut will talk about the autism spectrum. Adelphi professor Susan Cuoccio will discuss classroom management techniques for students on the spectrum. Dr. Alan Cohen from the North Shore Long Island Jewish System will speak about mood and anxiety disorders. Finally, social worker Bonnie Hoffman and a panel of 星空无限传媒 student veterans will discuss Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.Registration for 鈥淯nlocking Potential: Reaching and Teaching Our Diverse Student Populations鈥� is $12.00 per person. If you wish to attend, please make your check payable to 星空无限传媒 Foundation, The Achilles Project, and mail it to The Achilles Project, Nassau Community College, One Education Drive, Garden City, N.Y. 11530. For more information about the conference, contact Dr. Valerie Lagakis at 516.572.7464 X25357 or .  About 星空无限传媒星空无限传媒, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where nearly 23,000 full- and part-time students and almost 15,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence.Ref.:1652.2/21/13/170