NACCRRA's 18th Annual Policy Symposium
The National Association of Child Care and Resource Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) will host their annual policy symposium, whose theme is "Core Values, Changing Needs, New Approaches", on February 21-25, 2006, in Washington, D.C. This conference will provide participants with the latest policy, research and best practices from the nation’s leading experts.
For more information, go to: http://www.naccrra.org/symposium/

Reading for Meaning: Helping Students Become Successful Readers
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) brings you LDTalk.org, the Internet's only Web site featuring discussions on issues critically important to people with learning disabilities. Review our online discussion with nationally recognized reading expert, Nancy Hennessy.
For more information, go to: www.ldtalk.org.

LDA's 43rd Annual International Conference
Learning Disabilities Association of America hosted their annual conference from February 26 to March 1, 2006 in Jacksonville, Fla. The conference featured a workshop focusing on early childhood education for children with learning disabilities.
For more information, go to: http://www.ldaamerica.us/conference/index.asp

New Partnership between Reading Rockets and ASHA
Reading Rockets and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association have formed a new partnership. Reading resources from both organizations can be found on their joint Web page.

For more information, go to:  http://www.readingrockets.org/professionals/asha

Reach Out and Read National Conference
The National Reach Out and Read Conference will be held on April 28-29, 2006 in San Fransisco, Calif. 
For more information, go to: http://www.reachoutandread.org/

NCFL Annual Conference, "Creating a Literate Nation"
The National Center for Family Literacy’s Annual Conference will be held on March 19-21, 2006 in Louisville, Ky.  Drawing nearly two thousand professionals from the literacy, research and policy fields, the NCFL conference is a wonderful professional development opportunity.
For more information, go to: http://www.famlit.org/Conference/index.cfm

Supply of E-Toys Exceeds Knowledge about Their Benefits
More electronic toys and programs for young children are marketed as educational every year, yet we have little research-based knowledge about how educational they really are. A new report out this month from the Kaiser Family Foundation titled, A Teacher in the Living Room?, is based on research from three types of electronic multimedia (videos and DVDs, computer software and video games).
For more information:  http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/7427.pdf