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2010 Annual Conference
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Session Descriptions
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On this page, you will find biographies of the speakers as well as descriptions of the sessions that are planned for the 2010 newsletter.
Brain Gym
Biography: Carol Rowell has 30 years experience as a registered nurse in a variety of settings, including a Rehabilitation Hospital, Minor Emergency Clinic, ICU, Home Health, Neonatal Nursery, and Emergency Room. Carol recently completed 1 ½ years as a private duty nurse caring for children with severe disabilities in their homes.
Carol home schooled her 3 children over a period of 16 years, taking many educational workshops along the way. She has administrated and taught children's programs at church, and taught classes in creative writing, reading, sewing, horsemanship, drama, and sign language in a homeschool coop.
Traveling throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas with a team of young adults and another homeschooling mother, Carol co-taught speech and debate clinics to a variety of homeschool groups. A proponent of hands-on-learning, Carol's clinics and classes are always active and fun.
Having completed over 200 hours of training, Carol is a licensed Brain Gym® instructor. She is excited about Brain Gym and all the many people that are being helped by the movements.
Session Description:
What is Brain Gym®?
Brain Gym® is a system that utilizes 26 specific movements to optimize brain activity. The movements are easy to learn, adaptable to all situations and physical abilities, and require no special textbooks, equipment, or software.
How does it work?
The Brain Gym® movements facilitate the growth and development of neural pathways within the brain and throughout the body, resulting in improvements in movement, coordination, behavior, concentration, memory, reading, emotional expression, and relating to peers/teachers/parents.
Brain Gym® calms a person while simultaneously optimizing brain function, both keys to high level learning and performance. The movements release the body's response to stress, thereby enabling the individual to relax, learn, and be creative.
Where is Brain Gym® being used successfully?
(refer to research posted on the Brain Gym® website: www.braingym.org )
Brain Gym® is being used successfully throughout the United States and 80+ other countries. The movements are fun and easy to perform, can be adapted to all levels of abilities, and benefit all ages, from babies to the elderly.
Cleft Clinic Q&A
Biography: Lori Davis, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, is Associate Professor of Communication Disorders at the University of Tulsa and Director of the Cleft Palate Team. She is Editor for Perspectives for ASHA Special Interest Division 13, Dysphagia. She has published in the areas of patient education, dysphagia, aging, quality of life, and dementia.
Kevin S. Smith, DDS is a Clinical Associate Professor and Residency Program Director. Additionally, he is Co-director of The University of Oklahoma J. W. Keys Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic and The University of Tulsa Mary K. Chapman Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic. Dr. Smith also is involved with the craniofacial surgery and works extensively with the pediatric neurosurgeon on cranial, orbital and facial remodeling.
Session Description: Dr. Lori Davis and Dr. Smith will discuss communication disorders common with cleft palates and velopharyngeal insuffiency. Surgical options will also be discussed. Q&A regarding best practices for these children will be offered.
Self-Actualizing Session for Young Adults
Biography: Paul Schaffer has a 28-year background in video games and education. While working at the Franklin Institute Science Museum, Paul wrote educational games for the Science Arcade and taught in the Computer Activities Center. In 1990, Paul was hired by the University of Pennsylvania and became the curator of the ENIAC, the world's first computer. In 2006, Paul was invited to join a group of scholars at the Graduate School of Education who were exploring using video game technology in education. This group evolved into Learning Sandbox and was incorporated in 2008. As CTO of Learning Sandbox, Paul continues to seek out new ways to use advanced technologies such as biofeedback, gesticulation accelerometers, wireless tablets, and GPS to create the next generation of participatory learning systems.
Paul is married to Susan (Suzi) who has 18q-. They met back in 2001, and were married in 2006. They've been attending Chromosome 18 conferences since 2002.
Session Description: Many of us go through life without realizing that we have the power to change our personal situation. We are holding the reigns, but don't even know it! By illustrating how to seize control of their future, my talk will empower the Young Adults to realize their full potential.
The “legal” side to preparing for your child’s financial future
Biography: Dennis Bires is a tax lawyer, whose expertise extends to Estate Planning and Business Planning. As a professor at The University of Tulsa College of Law for more than two decades, Mr. Bires taught and published articles in the fields of Federal Income Tax, Estate and Gift Tax, Corporate Tax, and Trusts and Estates.
Prior to his academic career, Mr. Bires engaged in the private practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and served as a Tax Analyst in the Trust Department at Chase Manhattan Bank, in New York. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.
Outside professional life, Mr. Bires heads the Docent Program at The Nature Conservancy's Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, in Osage County, Oklahoma, where volunteers interpret the restored tallgrass prairie ecosystem for visitors from more than 40 states annually, and as many foreign countries.
Mr. Bires received both his J.D. and the LL.M. Degree in Taxation at New York University School of Law, in Manhattan, where he was a published law journal editor.
Margaret Kobos joined Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers in 2008. Prior to that time, she was Senior Vice President, Associate Trust Counsel, and Senior Trust Administrator of Bank of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ms. Kobos is experienced in administration and management of estates, probates, investment agencies, revocable and irrevocable trusts, charitable trusts, community and private foundations, real estate, IRAs, guardianships, and closely-held businesses, including oil and gas and franchised business holdings.
She received her J.D. from the University of Tulsa in 1992 where she was on the Dean's Honor Roll. Ms. Kobos was named "Outstanding Member" of the Energy Law Journal in1992. Ms. Kobos received her B.A. in 1986 from Agnes Scott College. She has served as President of Tulsa Title and Probate Lawyers and Chairwoman of the Oklahoma Bar Association Section on Estate Planning, Probate, and Trust Law.
Ms. Kobos is an active member of the Tulsa Opera Board of Director and volunteers for the Tulsa Boys' Home and the Alzheimer's Association.
Session Description: The speakers will address the use of guardianships and trusts to provide long-term security for children, as well as the availability of various government benefits.
How Individuals Manage Change
Biography: Dan Schilly is an Organizational Development Specialist with the U.S. General Services Administration - working with managers, employees and their organizations to help them be more effective. This includes facilitating and implementing change efforts at both the workgroup and regionwide level. Prior to joining the government five years ago, his focus was in management and sales in the private sector. Hobbies include anything sports related, and, first and foremost, his family: his wife, Katie, and children Blake, Remy, Brett and Kayla.
Session Description: This session will focus on the individual, and two different approaches to how individuals work through changes in their lives. A cameo appearance by the poem "Welcome to Holland" will launch a discussion on change. The goal is to gain an understanding of what happens to us personally as we adapt and react to change, and a similar appreciation of how others may be reacting differently at times to the very same changes that we are going through.
Life Coaching
Biography:
Jim Ellwanger
Wellness Life Coach
Awareness-Knowledge-Action
Bachelors Degree from Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA: History & Physical Education
Master's Degree from University of Iowa: Physical Education
38 years teaching experience: 10 years high school; 14 yrs. alternative middle & high school; 14 years college/university
Teaching Wellness Classes at University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio: 1989 to present
Member of National Wellness Institute
Interests: exercise (running); travel; history; antiques; gardening & water gardening; reading
Husband of Gloria for 40 years. Known as Mr. Gloria at Chromosome 18 Annual Conferences
On this page, you will find biographies of the speakers as well as descriptions of the sessions that are planned for the 2010 newsletter.
Brain Gym
Biography: Carol Rowell has 30 years experience as a registered nurse in a variety of settings, including a Rehabilitation Hospital, Minor Emergency Clinic, ICU, Home Health, Neonatal Nursery, and Emergency Room. Carol recently completed 1 ½ years as a private duty nurse caring for children with severe disabilities in their homes.
Carol home schooled her 3 children over a period of 16 years, taking many educational workshops along the way. She has administrated and taught children's programs at church, and taught classes in creative writing, reading, sewing, horsemanship, drama, and sign language in a homeschool coop.
Traveling throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas with a team of young adults and another homeschooling mother, Carol co-taught speech and debate clinics to a variety of homeschool groups. A proponent of hands-on-learning, Carol's clinics and classes are always active and fun.
Having completed over 200 hours of training, Carol is a licensed Brain Gym® instructor. She is excited about Brain Gym and all the many people that are being helped by the movements.
Session Description:
What is Brain Gym®?
Brain Gym® is a system that utilizes 26 specific movements to optimize brain activity. The movements are easy to learn, adaptable to all situations and physical abilities, and require no special textbooks, equipment, or software.
How does it work?
The Brain Gym® movements facilitate the growth and development of neural pathways within the brain and throughout the body, resulting in improvements in movement, coordination, behavior, concentration, memory, reading, emotional expression, and relating to peers/teachers/parents.
Brain Gym® calms a person while simultaneously optimizing brain function, both keys to high level learning and performance. The movements release the body's response to stress, thereby enabling the individual to relax, learn, and be creative.
Where is Brain Gym® being used successfully?
(refer to research posted on the Brain Gym® website: www.braingym.org )
Brain Gym® is being used successfully throughout the United States and 80+ other countries. The movements are fun and easy to perform, can be adapted to all levels of abilities, and benefit all ages, from babies to the elderly.
Cleft Clinic Q&A
Biography: Lori Davis, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, is Associate Professor of Communication Disorders at the University of Tulsa and Director of the Cleft Palate Team. She is Editor for Perspectives for ASHA Special Interest Division 13, Dysphagia. She has published in the areas of patient education, dysphagia, aging, quality of life, and dementia.
Kevin S. Smith, DDS is a Clinical Associate Professor and Residency Program Director. Additionally, he is Co-director of The University of Oklahoma J. W. Keys Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic and The University of Tulsa Mary K. Chapman Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic. Dr. Smith also is involved with the craniofacial surgery and works extensively with the pediatric neurosurgeon on cranial, orbital and facial remodeling.
Session Description: Dr. Lori Davis and Dr. Smith will discuss communication disorders common with cleft palates and velopharyngeal insuffiency. Surgical options will also be discussed. Q&A regarding best practices for these children will be offered.
Self-Actualizing Session for Young Adults
Biography: Paul Schaffer has a 28-year background in video games and education. While working at the Franklin Institute Science Museum, Paul wrote educational games for the Science Arcade and taught in the Computer Activities Center. In 1990, Paul was hired by the University of Pennsylvania and became the curator of the ENIAC, the world's first computer. In 2006, Paul was invited to join a group of scholars at the Graduate School of Education who were exploring using video game technology in education. This group evolved into Learning Sandbox and was incorporated in 2008. As CTO of Learning Sandbox, Paul continues to seek out new ways to use advanced technologies such as biofeedback, gesticulation accelerometers, wireless tablets, and GPS to create the next generation of participatory learning systems.
Paul is married to Susan (Suzi) who has 18q-. They met back in 2001, and were married in 2006. They've been attending Chromosome 18 conferences since 2002.
Session Description: Many of us go through life without realizing that we have the power to change our personal situation. We are holding the reigns, but don't even know it! By illustrating how to seize control of their future, my talk will empower the Young Adults to realize their full potential.
The “legal” side to preparing for your child’s financial future
Biography: Dennis Bires is a tax lawyer, whose expertise extends to Estate Planning and Business Planning. As a professor at The University of Tulsa College of Law for more than two decades, Mr. Bires taught and published articles in the fields of Federal Income Tax, Estate and Gift Tax, Corporate Tax, and Trusts and Estates.
Prior to his academic career, Mr. Bires engaged in the private practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and served as a Tax Analyst in the Trust Department at Chase Manhattan Bank, in New York. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.
Outside professional life, Mr. Bires heads the Docent Program at The Nature Conservancy's Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, in Osage County, Oklahoma, where volunteers interpret the restored tallgrass prairie ecosystem for visitors from more than 40 states annually, and as many foreign countries.
Mr. Bires received both his J.D. and the LL.M. Degree in Taxation at New York University School of Law, in Manhattan, where he was a published law journal editor.
Margaret Kobos joined Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers in 2008. Prior to that time, she was Senior Vice President, Associate Trust Counsel, and Senior Trust Administrator of Bank of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ms. Kobos is experienced in administration and management of estates, probates, investment agencies, revocable and irrevocable trusts, charitable trusts, community and private foundations, real estate, IRAs, guardianships, and closely-held businesses, including oil and gas and franchised business holdings.
She received her J.D. from the University of Tulsa in 1992 where she was on the Dean's Honor Roll. Ms. Kobos was named "Outstanding Member" of the Energy Law Journal in1992. Ms. Kobos received her B.A. in 1986 from Agnes Scott College. She has served as President of Tulsa Title and Probate Lawyers and Chairwoman of the Oklahoma Bar Association Section on Estate Planning, Probate, and Trust Law.
Ms. Kobos is an active member of the Tulsa Opera Board of Director and volunteers for the Tulsa Boys' Home and the Alzheimer's Association.
Session Description: The speakers will address the use of guardianships and trusts to provide long-term security for children, as well as the availability of various government benefits.
How Individuals Manage Change
Biography: Dan Schilly is an Organizational Development Specialist with the U.S. General Services Administration - working with managers, employees and their organizations to help them be more effective. This includes facilitating and implementing change efforts at both the workgroup and regionwide level. Prior to joining the government five years ago, his focus was in management and sales in the private sector. Hobbies include anything sports related, and, first and foremost, his family: his wife, Katie, and children Blake, Remy, Brett and Kayla.
Session Description: This session will focus on the individual, and two different approaches to how individuals work through changes in their lives. A cameo appearance by the poem "Welcome to Holland" will launch a discussion on change. The goal is to gain an understanding of what happens to us personally as we adapt and react to change, and a similar appreciation of how others may be reacting differently at times to the very same changes that we are going through.
Life Coaching
Biography:
Jim Ellwanger
Wellness Life Coach
Awareness-Knowledge-Action
Bachelors Degree from Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA: History & Physical Education
Master's Degree from University of Iowa: Physical Education
38 years teaching experience: 10 years high school; 14 yrs. alternative middle & high school; 14 years college/university
Teaching Wellness Classes at University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio: 1989 to present
Member of National Wellness Institute
Interests: exercise (running); travel; history; antiques; gardening & water gardening; reading
Husband of Gloria for 40 years. Known as Mr. Gloria at Chromosome 18 Annual Conferences
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