Luke SD and Frazier J. Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2017. Oral presentation on “Approaches to early grade reading and well-being in fragile contexts”. [Proposal available at: https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/cies/cies17/index.php?cmd=Online+Program+View+Paper&selected_paper_id=1216744&PHPSESSID=hc1e72cs4b2uc8o2gfqoa0nhd2]
Luke SD. International Congress for school effectiveness and improvement, Ottawa, Ontario, January 2017. Oral presentation on “The global education equity research initiative: Overview & progress to date”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DrNICHCY/the-global-education-equity-research-initiative-overview-progress-to-date]
Luke SD. VISION 360 Thought Leadership Series, Abuja, Nigeria, July 2016. Oral presentation on “Trends in international education”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DrNICHCY/trends-in-international-education-development]
Luke SD. Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 2016. Oral presentation on “Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to support human rights and story writing in the Middle East”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DrNICHCY/moocs-to-support-human-rights-story-writing-in-the-middle-east]
Luke SD. Comparative International Education Society Annual Conference, Washington, DC, March 2015. Oral presentation on “Empowering communities to transform and modernize schools: Kosovo Basic Education Program (BEP) classroom makeovers”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DrNICHCY/empowering-communities-to-transform-and-modernize-schools-kosovo-basic-education-program-bep-classroom-makeovers]
Luke SD. U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program: Education in the Digital Age, Washington, DC, November 2014. Oral presentation on “Kosovo Basic Education Program: Technology/ICT to support teaching & learning”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DrNICHCY/kosovo-bep-ict]
Luke SD. Kosovo Basic Education Program, Pristina, Kosovo, March 2011. Oral presentation on “Web-based resources for teaching & learning: Developing 21st century skills for teaching & learning”.
Luke SD. Annual Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Project Director’s Meeting, Washington, DC, July 2010. Invited presentation on “Bricks and clicks: Teaching children and training teachers online”.
Luke SD. Annual Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Project Director’s Meeting, Washington, DC, July 2010. Invited presentation on “The role of social media in effective project dissemination”.
Luke SD. State Deaf-Blind Project Directors’ Professional Development Day, Washington, DC, July 2010. Invited presentation on “Use of distance technologies in the provision of technical assistance”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DrNICHCY/deaf-blind2010]
Luke SD. Region 4 Parent Technical Assistance Center Annual Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa, June 2010. Invited presentation on “Analytics to help you assess quality, relevance, & usefulness”.
Luke SD. Region 4 Parent Technical Assistance Center Annual Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa, June 2010. Invited presentation on “New at NICHCY: Information & resources to support the education and care of children with disabilities”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DrNICHCY/new-at-nichcy]
Luke SD. Region 4 Parent Technical Assistance Center Annual Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa, June 2010. Invited presentation on “Using technology to enhance the delivery of technical assistance”.
Luke SD. Region 5 Parent Technical Assistance Center Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2010. Invited presentation on “Using web conferencing technology to connect and collaborate at a distance”.
Luke SD. Region 6 Parent Technical Assistance Center Annual Meeting, Berkeley, California, May 2010. Invited presentation on “Accessing professional development opportunities from OSEP’s TA&D network”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DrNICHCY/accessing-professional-development-opportunities-from-oseps-tad-network]
Luke SD. Region 6 Parent Technical Assistance Center Annual Meeting, Berkeley, California, May 2010. Invited presentation on “Analytics to help you assess quality, relevance & usefulness”.
Luke SD. Region 6 Parent Technical Assistance Center Annual Meeting, Berkeley, California, May 2010. Invited presentation on “Using web conferencing technology to connect and collaborate at a distance”.
Luke SD. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Technical Assistance & Dissemination Network, Washington, DC, April 2010. Webinar presentation on “Making friends with Facebook for project dissemination”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DrNICHCY/making-friends-with-facebook-for-project-dissemination]
Luke SD. OESE/OSEP Leveraging Resources Conference, Washington, DC, April 2010. Invited presentation on “Using technology to enhance services to clients”.
Edelman L and Luke SD. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Technical Assistance & Dissemination Network, Washington, DC, March 2010. Invited presentation on “Wikis, and networks, and blogs, oh my!” [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/LarryEdelman123/wikis-and-networks-and-blogs-oh-my]
Luke SD. Virginia Parent Resource Center Conference: CONNECT FOR SUCCESS Promoting Collaborative Connections between Families and Schools to Improve Student Outcomes, Staunton, VA, November 2009. Invited presentation on “Leveraging new technology tools to better support families & educators”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DrNICHCY/leveraging-new-technology-tools-to-better-support-families-educators]
Luke SD. Fullbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program, Portland, OR, October 2009. Invited presentation on “Special education in the U.S.: Understanding the special needs student and how to reach him/her”.
Edelman L and Luke SD. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Technical Assistance & Dissemination Network Webinar, Washington, DC, September 2009. Invited presentation on “Free applications you should know about for enhancing technical assistance and dissemination”. [Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/LarryEdelman123/free-applications-we-should-know-about]
Luke SD. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Annual Project Director’s Meeting, Washington, DC, July 2009. Oral presentation on “New tools to support dissemination activities”.
Luke SD. Region 5 Parent Technical Assistance Center Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June 2009. Invited presentation on “Enhancing your work through the strategic use of social media and other technology tools”.
Luke SD. Region 2 Parent Technical Assistance Center Annual Meeting, Wilmington, NC, June 2009. Invited presentation on “Enhancing your work through the strategic use of social media and other technology tools”. [Available at: http://slideplayer.com/slide/10967748/]
Luke SD. U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Washington, DC, April 2009. Invited presentation on “An overview of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities”.
Luke SD. U.S Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network Meeting: Strengthening TA&D by using innovative technologies, Washington, DC, March 2009. Invited presentation on “Analytics to help you assess quality, relevance, and usefulness”.
Luke SD. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, New York, NY, March 2008. Invited presentation for the Presidential Session on “Identifying and Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Educational Contexts”.
Luke SD. American Academy of Arts and Science’s 23rd Annual Learning Differences Conference: Executive Function in the 21st Century Classroom, Cambridge, MA, March 2008. Invited presentation on “Evidence for education: Identifying research-based practices that are relevant, timely, and easy-to-comprehend”.
Luke SD. Virginia State Special Education Advisory Committee (SSEAC) meeting, Lynchburg, VA, October 2007. Invited presentation on “Effective leadership for inclusive practices in schools: How can the evidence base inform practice?”
Luke SD. MSEMPOWER: Educating students with disabilities consistent with their rights and our responsibilities meeting, Greenville, MS, September 2007. Invited presentation on “Research connections: An overview of the evidence base for reading, response-to-intervention (RtI), differentiated instruction, and behavior”.
Luke SD. MSEMPOWER: Educating students with disabilities consistent with their rights and our responsibilities meeting, Greenville, MS, September 2007. Invited presentation on “Research connections: An overview of the evidence base for assessment & accommodations for students with disabilities”.
Luke SD. U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Annual Project Director’s Meeting, Washington, DC, July 2007. Invited presentation on “Identifying and implementing scientifically based interventions for children with disabilities”.
Luke SD. 7th Annual Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, London, England, May 2007. Oral presentation on “Explicit connections: Supplying the ‘to’ in research-to-practice”.
Luke SD. George Mason University Department of Special Education, Fairfax, VA, February 2007. Invited presentation on “Research-to-practice: NICHCY support for pre-service training contexts”.
Luke SD. U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, Washington, DC, January 2007. Invited presentation on “An update on NICHCY’s research-to-practice initiative”.
Luke SD. 5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, January 2007. Oral presentation on “Identifying and implementing evidence-based practices in educational contexts”.
Luke SD. U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, Washington, DC, November 2006. Invited presentation on “Moving the research into practice: NICHCY’s approach”.
Luke SD. 28th Annual International Council for Learning Disabilities, McLean, VA, October 2006. Oral presentation on “Moving the research into practice: NICHCY’s approach”.
Luke SD. MSEMPOWE, Greenville, MS, October 2006. Invited presentation on “Research-to-practice: Research-based practices to support behavior”.
Luke SD. U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, Washington, DC, September 2006. Invited presentation on “NICHCY research update”.
Luke SD. U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs’ Project Director’s Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2006. Oral presentation on “Got research? NICHCY’s role in moving research to practice”.
Luke SD. U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, Washington, DC, July 2006. Invited presentation on “The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: A historical and contemporary overview”.
Safer N, Luke SD, Bootel, J, and Pavlis S. Council for Exceptional Children’s 2006 Convention and Expo, Salt Lake City, UT, April 2006. Oral presentation on “A primer on evidence-based practices”.
Luke SD. The 4th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, January 2006. Oral presentation on “An overview of evidence for special education practice”.
Luke SD. U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs’ Research Project Directors’ Conference: Unifying Preparation, Research Practice, and Policy: Improving Results for Children with Disabilities, Washington, DC, July 2005. Oral presentation on “Moving your research into practice: The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities”.
Luke SD. Alliance Region 4 2005 Regional Conference, Philadelphia, PA, July 2005. Invited presentation on “An introduction to NICHCY’s research initiative”.
Luke SD. Virginia Department of Education’s Division of Special Education and Student Services, Richmond, VA, May 2005. Invited presentation on “The role of dissemination in moving research to practice”.
Luke SD. Council for Exceptional Children Teacher Education Division 27th Annual Conference: Affirming Diversity through Research, Professional Development, and Advocacy, Albuquerque, NM, November 2004. Invited presentation on “Special professional development session: Overview of new tasks associated with OSEP’s National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities”.
Luke SD. NIDRR Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization Projects meeting: Translating Disability Research into Practice, Arlington, VA, August 2004. Invited presentation on “OSEP Dissemination: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities”.
Luke SD. Harvard Graduate School of Education’s 6th Student Research Conference and 18th International Forum, Cambridge, MA, 2001. Oral presentation on “Recent diversity initiatives at the Harvard Graduate School of Education”.
Luke SD. Harvard Graduate School of Education’s 2nd Student Research Conference and 14th International Forum, Cambridge, MA, February 1997. Oral presentation on “Language abilities and Williams Syndrome: A discourse analysis”.
Dreyer LG, Shankweiler DP, and Luke SD. International Reading Association 38th Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas, April 1993. Oral presentation on “Children’s acquisition and retention of orthographic information: Relationship to reading ability”.
Best C, McRoberts G, Goodell E, Womer J, Insabella G, Kim P, Klatt L, Luke S, and Silver J. 7th International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), Montreal, Quebec, April 1990. Oral presentation on “Infant and adult perception of differing nonnative speech contrasts: Differences in relation to the listener's native phonology”.