NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release:  April 11, 2012Media Contact:  Alicia Steger516.572.9634Email:  alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

Nassau Community College Conference

Unlocking Potential:  Strategies for Teaching 2e Students

Friday, April 20 – 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Garden City, NY - The Nassau Community College Achilles Project and the Liaison Committee for Students with Disabilities is proud to present the conference Unlocking Potential: Strategies for Teaching 2e Students on Friday, April 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the College Center Building. Conference presenters include Dr. Wendy Eisner, NCC Psychology Department; Dr. Kevin Mattingly, the Dean of Faculty at the Lawrenceville School, who has also long been affiliated with the Klingenstein Center at Columbia University; and Dr. Valerie Lagakis, NCC Achilles Project Coordinator. Among the topics to be discussed are Educational Supports:  Programming, Teaching and Counseling Strategies for 2e Students; Neuroscience and Teaching the 2e Student; and Transitioning Between School Levels.

Twice exceptional (2e) individuals show areas of strength and challenge, and profound discrepancies between the two. Their talents could be in a wide range of areas, such as academics, the visual or performing arts, creative writing or athletics. Their deficit areas might be reflected in a variety of special education classifications or medical diagnoses. Typical ones include: LD (Learning Disabilities), OHI (Other Health Impairments), Asperger's Syndrome (high functioning autism), ADD, ADHD, Tourrette's Syndrome, OCD, bipolar disorder and depression.

Many 2e students remain unidentified because their strengths and weaknesses mask each other. Nassau Community College's Achilles Project uses a holistic educational approach, addressing students' academic and socio-emotional needs, as well as their areas of strength and weakness.

For more information about the Unlocking Potential: Strategies for Teaching 2e Students conference, including the conference fee — which is $40 for non-NCC faculty and staff (made payable to NCC Foundation/Achilles Project) — call Dr. Lagakis at 516.572.9687.

About Nassau Community CollegeNassau Community College, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where almost 24,000 full- and part-time students and nearly 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.

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