Young Child Expo & Conference

Dr. Shelia Evans-Tranumn - Former Associate Commissioner of Education in NYS and National and International Consultant. Ms. Evans-Tranumn is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Reliance Award for Excellence in Education, the Administrative Women in Education Trailblazer Award, and the Albany NAACP Freedom Award and the New York State NAACP “Measure of a Woman” Award in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Cecelia McCarton, MD – Executive Director of The McCarton Foundation /McCarton School

With over 30 years of experience as a pediatrician, researcher, and lecturer, Dr. Cecelia McCarton is among the nation’s leading experts in diagnosing and treating children with developmental disorders. In 1998, Dr. McCarton founded The McCarton Center for Developmental Pediatrics, a diagnostic and treatment center dedicated to childhood developmental disorders. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of The McCarton School, serving children with autism and autistic spectrum disorders which opened in September, 2002. It offers a dynamic and broad-based approach integrating scientifically supported best practices from a number of disciplines in the treatment of autism.

Harold S. Koplewicz, MD  - President of the Child Mind Institute

Dr. Koplewicz is one of the nation’s leading child and adolescent psychiatrists and president of the Child Mind Institute, an organization dedicated to transorming mental health care for the world’s children. Dr. Kolewicz founded the NYU Child Study Center in 1997, and was director of the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research from 2006-2011. Dr. Koplewicz has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Oprah, and NPR, adn his writing has been featured in the New York Times, the Huffington Post, and other national publications.

John Archambault - author of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Mr. Archambault has also authored and co-authored over 20 books. Several have won awards including Parent’s Choice, ALA Notable Children’s book, Kentucky Blue Grass, and the American Library Association awards. Mr. Archambault’s works have appeared as featured seclections on the PBS shows “Reading Rainbow” and “Storytime.”

Bob McGrath - Original Cast member & music teacher of Sesame Street, author, recording artist, and concert performer.

Mr. McGrath has authored eight books including Uh-Oh Gotta Go (on potty training) and Oops, Excuse Me Please (on manners). He was honored with a lifetime membership to the Variety Children’s Charity of British Columbia, inducted into the Silver Circle of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 2002, and received the Medal of Honot at the 60th Anniversary of the Midwest Clinic, the International Band and Orchestra Conference.

Maria Hinojosa - President of the Futuro Media Group, Managing editor and Anchor of NPR’s Latino USA, and host of Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One.

Previously, a Senior Correspondent for Now on PBS, and currently a contributing Correspondent for Need to Know, Ms. Hinojosa has reported hundreds of important stories —from the immigrant work camps in NOLA after Hurricane Katrina, to teen girl victims of sexual harassment on the job, to Emmy award winning stories of the poor in Alabama. In 2009, Hinojosa was honored with an AWRT Gracie Award for Individual Achievement as Best TV correspondent. In 2010 she was awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Human Letters, by DePaul University in Chicago, as well as the Sidney Hillman Prize honoring her social and economic justice reporting.

• 30 Conference Sessions
• Certificates of Attendance

• Full and Half-Day Workshops
• Excellent Value

• Exhibition Hall
• ASHA CEUs

• Autism Assessment
• Autism Treatment Approaches
• Cognitive Assessment
• Developmental Discipline
• Divorce Impact & Legal
• Early Diagnosis
• Early Literacy
• Educational Policy
• Embedded Coaching
• Emotional Intelligence
• Emotional Literacy

• Motor Development
• Multicultural Issues
• Music & Learning
• Parent Professional Partnerships
• Resiliency Development
• Selective Mutism
• Sensory Integration
• Sleep Issues
• Social Skills Development
• Speech/Language Issues
• Technology Innovations

• Teachers
• Social Workers
• Occupational Therapists
• Physicians
• Administrators
• Case Managers
• Parents, Grandparents, Caretakers

   

• Psychologists
• Speech Therapists
• Physical Therapists
• Nurses
• Service Coordinators
• Foster Care Providers
• Students