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May 2, 2012 - Preconference
May 3 & 4, 2012 - Conference and Exhibits
Greater Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, WA |
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Featured Presenters
Jackie McReynolds, M.S.
Guila Muir
Karen Peterson, Ph.D.
Christine Roberts
Dr. Susan Sandall
Wendy Stone, PhD
Tweety Yates
Presenters Application
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 Jackie McReynolds, M.S.
Jackie McReynolds, M.S. is a senior instructor of human services in the Department of Human Development at Washington State University Vancouver. Her teaching efforts are in child maltreatment, family resource management, community development, family poverty, and human service delivery and administration. Her research and outreach focus on methamphetamine abuse and the impact of foreclosure on families and children.
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 Guila Muir
Guila Muir is principal of Guila Muir & Associates, a Seattle-based firm specializing in developing people’s facilitation, presentation and training skills. Since 1983, Guila has trained thousands of people on an international level. Her clients include King County Childcare Program, Head Start, Microsoft, and Amazon. She has worked with many public health, emergency-preparedness programs, and medical institutions. Guila is an adjunct professor at Seattle University’s Graduate School of Education. She learned to swim as an adult and made her sixth Alcatraz crossing 2011, without a wetsuit.
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 Karen Peterson, Ph.D.
Karen Peterson, Ph.D. is a professor of early childhood education in the Department of Human Development at Washington State University Vancouver. She is the Director of the campus children’s program and kindergarten. Her teaching efforts are in early childhood education and her research and outreach focus is on development of community collaborative structures in early childhood.
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 Christine Roberts
Christine Roberts is the Founder and President of Nurturing Pathways®, INC; an early childhood creative dance program that used dance to develop the whole child. She presents nationally at NHSA and NAEYC and regionally reaching 1,000 people annually. She shares from her 28 years of experience teaching dance and raising her son with disabilities on the benefits of movement for the developing mind. Christine licenses national and international instructors in Nurturing Pathways® Program annually in Seattle, WA. Meet Christine at www.nurturingpathways.com.
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 Dr. Susan Sandall
Dr. Sandall’s research interests include: a) effective instructional practices for young children with disabilities in natural environments, b) play, interaction, and social-communication of very young children with disabilities, and c) the changing roles of teachers of young children with disabilities, their relationships with other providers, and the implications for personnel preparation. For additional information: http://education.washington.edu/areas/edspe/profiles/sandall.html
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 Wendy Stone, PhD
Dr. Stone’s primary clinical and research interests focus on early identification and early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders. Her research involves the characterization of early-emerging behavioral features of autism, with the dual goals of understanding the core deficits and mechanisms underlying development of the disorder, and designing targeted interventions to prevent or attenuate the expression of symptoms. Click here for additional information.
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 Tweety Yates
Tweety Yates is a member of the Department of Special Education faculty at the University of Illinois and serves as Co-Project Coordinator of the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundation for Early Learning (CSEFEL). She is also involved in several other early childhood projects that focus on early literacy initiatives and relationship based interventions to support development through parent-child interactions. For additional information: http://education.illinois.edu/frp/y/tyates2
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