Houston Metropolitan Educational Diagnosticians Association (Hou-Met), a local chapter of the Texas Educational Diagnosticians Association (TEDA), promotes professionalism, excellence, and continuing growth for diagnosticians to provide individuals with disabilities quality educational services in the Houston-Metropolitan area. The purpose of this conference is to provide the latest information on evaluation for eligibility and facilitate networking opportunities for school personnel involved in the evaluation of children with disabilities. Attend this annual conference to learn more about current special education evaluation issues.

Thursday, October 31, 2019 Sessions:

Registration: 7:00am-8:00am / Conference Sessions from 8:00am to 3:30pm

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Dawn Flanagan
Hou-Met Annual General Member Meeting 
Cynthia Buechler - Legal Updates and Social Media

Friday, November 1, 2019 Sessions:

Registration: 7:30am-8:30am / Conference Sessions from 8:30am to 3:30pm

Transition: The Role of the Diagnostician in the 21st Century - Dr. Mitchell
AU & ID: The Role of the Diagnostician- Kristin Pfeiffer
The REED to an FIE - Dr. Cheri Dryden
Facilitation Skills: Building Consensus in the ARD Process- Dr. Linda Hall
Cultural Diversity & Evaluations- Dr. Porter
True North - The Charge of Network 1: Child Find, Evaluation, and ARD Supports - Kara Zwolinski
How Does Second Language Acquisition Influence Dyslexia Assessment- Dr. Corinna Cole
Evaluating Infants & Toddlers: Introduction to the Bayley-4 - Dr. Anise Flowers
Dyslexia Evaluation: Case Study- Dr. MiMi Gomez
New Diagnosticians-HELP! - Dr. Gomez
Organizing an FIE: Cognitive & Achievement/Addressing Dysgraphia in the FIE- Dr. Gail Cheramie