11th Education & Transition Conference

Join more than 400 general and special educators, parents, self-advocates, and other professionals from Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic region to discover how to better educate children and young adults with disabilities.

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Our keynote speaker is Natalie Hale, an award-winning author, an innovative educator, parent of an adult son with Down syndrome, and for 28 years, a national and international speaker on the topic of teaching reading to learners with Down syndrome and other developmental delays.

We are also offering a track just for self-advocates (ages 14+), which will include sessions on teamwork and self-advocacy, vision board creation, and more! Note that the self-advocate ticket offers flexibility - Self-advocates can attend the self-advocate track or attend sessions in the other tracks.

Click here for our conference website, which lists speakers and session titles.

If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at this exciting event, please contact our Director of Development and Events, Rebecca Moss (rmoss@virginiadsa.org).

If you have any general conference questions, please contact our Education Director, Ame Branam (abranam@virginiadsa.org).