Addressing The Perils and Promises of Technology for Our Children; An Interview with DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH Conference presenters, Joan Green and Adam Pletter

In this episode I’ll be speaking with two presenters for the upcoming Weinfeld Education Group’s Diamonds in the Rough virtual conference and speaker series, Joan Green and Keynote speaker Adam Pletter,  .

Diamonds in the Rough is being held this year on Oct 20th and 21st, is WEG’s annual conference in the Metro Washington D.C. and Baltimore area for families of students with special learning needs in pre-K–12 and the educators and professionals who work with them.

This event assembles national and regional experts to present valuable research, information, and strategies to help children with a variety of learning challenges to reach their potential.

The 2023 theme is Illuminating a Brighter Future for All Students.

For more information and to register for this important event, go to, https://www.wegdiamonds.com/

Joan Green has provided forward-thinking speech therapy services for the past 30+ years. She received her undergraduate and graduate education at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. After spending time working for others in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and home care, she formed InnovativeSpeech Therapy in the Washington, DC, area in 1992. She has an eye out for affordable, cutting-edge technologies to help others thrive in life and offer families and colleagues uniquely effective online tech

advising and coaching services to streamline the selection and implementation of devices, apps, features, and strategies to promote learning and well-being.

Dr. Adam Pletter is an internationally recognized Child/Adolescent Psychologist and Digital ParentingExpert.

He received his doctoral degree from George Washington University in 2001 and specializes in the treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults in his Bethesda, Maryland, office.

As a licensed clinical psychologist working with families at the outset of the early 2000s digital culture shift, Dr. Pletter developed a parenting approach, combining behavior modification theory with parental control systems to better support mental health and child development.