| Rick Lavoie
Expert in special education
Author of
the Book "It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend"
Biography
Rick Lavoie has served as an administrator
of residential programs for children with special needs since 1972. He holds
three degrees in Special Education and has served as an adjunct professor or
visiting lecturer at numerous universities including Syracuse, Harvard,
Gallaudet, Manhattanville College, University of Alabama and Georgetown. His
numerous national television appearances include CBS Morning Show, Good Morning
Amedca, ABC Evening News and Disney Channel Presents.
Rick serves as a consultant on Learning Disabilities to several agencies and
organizations including Public Broadcasting Service, New York Times, National
Center for Learning Disabilities, Girl Scouts of America, Child Magazine and
WETA. He is a member of the Professional Advisor Board of the Learning
Disabilities Association.
Rick has delivered his message to over 500,000 parents and professionals
throughout North America. He has the distinction of having delivered Keynote
Addresses for all three of the major special needs advocacy organizations in the
United States (Learning Disabilities Association, Council for Exceptional
Children, Children with Attention Deficit Disorder).
Rick has held administrative positions at residential programs for thirty
years. These experiences at residential school have provided Rick with a "living
laboratory" in which he developed and refineed his methods and philosophies
related to the education of adolescents with special needs.
Rick is probably best known for his videos "How Difficult Can This Be?: The
F.A.T. City Workshop" and "Last One Picked, First One Picked On: The Social
Implications of Learning Disabilities". These award-winning films have brought
Rick's sensitive and compelling message to countless thousands throughout the
world. After viewing the videos, former First Lady Barbara Bush stated, "You
really wowed us! I only wish that every parent and teacher in the United States
today could also see your program." His new video on behavior management is
entitled "When the Chips are Down ..." is now available through LD OnLine.
Rick lives on Cape Cod with his wife.
Speaker Topics
- The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child
- It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning
Disabilities Find Social Success
- “These kids are with me”: The Administrator’s Role in Special Education
- Developing a Philosophy of Mainstreaming: If you don't stand UP for
something, you'll FALL for almost anything.
- Competition: Can kids live without it?
- Roots and Wings: Parenting the Learning Disabled Child
- Fairness: The Key to Effective Behavior Management
- The Administrator's Role in Mainstreaming
- Improving Home/School Communication
- The Hidden Curriculum: Helping the Mainstream Student to Survive
- Last One Picked, First One Picked On: The Social Implications to Learning
Disabilities
- On the Waterbed: The LD Family
- Tales from the Road (Keynote)
- Raising a Happy, Healthy Family
- Growing up in Affluence: Unique Pleasures and Unique Pressures
- When the Chips are Down: Behavior Management Strategies for the Child with LD
- Other People's Kids: Everyday Ethics for the Special Education Professional
- That's Life in the Jungle Baby! A Lovingly Critical Look at the Daily
Realities of Special Education
- Establishing Effective Partnerships with Parents of Special Needs Students
- A Dozen Strategies that Don't Work with Learning Disabled Kids. And a Dozen
that Do.
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The Next Step
Contact Roxanne Black-Weisheit for further information at
(732) 418-1811 ext. 211
or Download The Speaker Request form and E-Mail to:
rblack@friendshealthconnection.org
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