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=Welcome to the King PG&D Day for Peg Dawson=

Background
//Peg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP, received her doctorate in school/child clinical psychology from the University of Virginia. She worked as a school psychologist for 16 years in Maine and New Hampshire, and, for the past 20 years has worked at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she specializes in the assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. She has many years of organizational experience at the state, national, and international level, and served in many capacities, including president, of the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of School Psychologists, and the International School Psychology Association. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on a variety of topics, including retention, ability grouping, reading disorders, attention disorders, the sleep problems of adolescents, the use of interviews in the assessment process, and homework. Along with her colleague, Dr. Richard Guare, she has written several books, including a manual on coaching students with attention disorders as well as books for both parents and professionals on the topic of executive skills, most recently a book for parents entitled Smart but Scattered. Peg is the 2006 recipient of the National Association of School Psychologists’ Lifetime Achievement Award.//

Getting Started

 * **Review** the agenda for the day (below)
 * Download, print, and **complete** the Executive Skills Questionnaire
 * **Participate** in the online backchanel throughout the day
 * optional: download Peg Dawson's presentation (Powerpoint format)
 * optional: download Peg Dawson's presentation (PDF format)

Files

 * 1) [|Executive Skills Questionnaire.doc]
 * 2) [|Peg Dawson Presentation.pptx] (Powerpoint - abridged and not the complete deck)
 * 3) [|Scenarios.pdf] (sorry they are upside down)

Agenda

 * ===8:30=== || ===Faculty reviews previously completed Executive Skills Questionnaire (using key available in MS Commons)=== ||
 * ===8:45=== || ===Keynote with Peg Dawson=== ||
 * ===10:15=== || ===Break=== ||
 * ===10:30=== || ===Morning Breakout Sessions===

*//LS Encore teachers find your name and room number on the Where do I go page//
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 * ===11:45=== || ===Lunch=== ||
 * ===12:45=== || ===Break up into workshop groups===

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 * ===2:00=== || ===Cross-divisional Reflection===

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 * ===2:30=== || ===Wrap-up===

Middle School Commons
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