The Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children scheduled a cluster of online sessions called “Learning Disabilities Strategy Summit” for 16 October 2025. The program features leaders in special education for students with learning disabilities presenting, including many of the most widely recognized presenters and scholars in LD and related fields.
The list of presenters reads like a who’s who of advocates for evidence-based instruction. Speakers are David Bateman, Shawn Datchuk, Michael Faggella-Luby, Holly Lane, Erica Lembke, Jonte Myers, Breda O’Keeffe, Sarah Powell, Jessica Toste, Margaret (Peggy) Weiss, and Bradley Witzel.
Sessions are one hour in duration. Registrants get to attend an opening (Michael Fagella-Luby) and closing (David Bateman) keynote and may pick three from an array of nine other sessions. Because I know almost every one of the scholars personally and because of the brevity of each session, I doubt any one attending the program is going to spend much time listening to some blow hard; I expect each session is going to get down to evidence-based and very practical recommendations very quickly.
"Our intention is that each session offers high-quality information and free resources,” explained Elizabeth Murphy Hughes, DLD’s president elect, and a member of the faculty at The Pennsylvania State University. She continued, "I always think about utility and ease when sharing anything with educators and those themes anchored how DLD approached this summit. We want to connect DLD and CEC members to really good and practical practices that help teachers to support students with learning disabilities.”
Here’s the click-and-copy facts and figures:
For Whom: Teachers, instructional coaches, program developers, curriculum planners, consultants, building leaders, local and state agency administrators, psychologists.
By Whom: Presenters with outstanding credentials in literacy (beginning and advanced), writing, arithmetic and mathematics, content area learning, individual education plans, CBM. eligibility, co-teaching, law….
What: Opening and closing keynote presentations and nine breakout sessions by informed and informative presenters.
When: From 11:00 to 5:00 (US eastern time) on 16 October 2025
Where: On line!
Registration: Learning Disabilities Strategy Summit. Cost depends on CEC membership, size of group registering, and professional positions.