Friday, April 19, 2019
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Center for the Arts
Chapman University – Orange, CA
Keynote Speaker: Richard A. Villa
Dr. Richard A. Villa is President of Bayridge Consortium, Inc. His primary field
of expertise is the development of administrative and instructional support systems
for educating all students within general education settings. Dr. Villa is recognized
as an educational leader who motivates and works collaboratively with others to implement
current and emerging exemplary educational practices. In the school districts where
he has worked and consulted, his efforts have resulted in the inclusion of children
with intensive cognitive, physical, and emotional challenges as full members of the
general education community. Dr. Villa has been a classroom teacher, special education
administrator, pupil personnel services director, and director of instructional services,
and has authored 25 books and more than 100 articles and chapters. Known for his
enthusiastic, humorous style, Dr. Villa has presented at international, national,
and state educational conferences and has provided technical assistance to departments
of education in the United States, Canada, Vietnam, and Honduras and to university
personnel, public school systems, and parent and advocacy organizations.
