The Lewis School Welcomes Richard Lavoie, Educator and Advocate to Princeton Area.

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PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2001

The Lewis Clinic and School will host two very special events for the Princeton Community.

On Friday evening, December 7, the 28th Annual Tree of Light Ceremony will take

The following morning, Saturday, December 8, Rick Lavoie will present Roots and Wings: Parenting the Learning Different Child. This workshop will take place at the Thomas R. Grover Middle School in West Windsor at 9:30 A.M. (Tickets are required; for reservations, call 609-924-8120).

Mr. Lavoie is one of the country's leading advocates for students with learning differences and is noted for his empathetic understanding of the world of children with special needs. He has consulted on learning differences and special education to more than 400 school systems in 41 states, and has presented over 2,500 keynote addresses and workshops to schools, institutions and agencies throughout North America. Many parents and professionals know Mr. Lavoie from his award-winning video "How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop." Mr. Lavoie is the Director of Schwab Learning, a program dedicated to helping kids with learning differences be successful in learning and life.

The Tree of Light Ceremony is held every year in December to celebrate the "Gifts and Great Promise of Learning Different Persons Everywhere." The Lewis School is especially proud this year that Mr. Lavoie will be participating in both the tree lighting ceremony and the workshop the following day.

Founded in 1973, The Lewis Clinic and School was the first educational organization and day school in the greater Princeton area to devote all of its resources and expertise to the full-time education of bright learning different students. Multi-sensory teaching is implemented in all subjects of the schools curriculum and in related areas of study such as fine arts, music, SAT preparation, test-taking and study skills, listening comprehension and auditory processing. The Clinic provides comprehensive educational testing that is sought by parents and professionals alike, nationally and internationally.

The School's philosophy is best described by its founder, Marsha Lewis, "Our students' gifts and promise are as important to us as is their need to repair scholastically. At The Lewis School, learning problems are understood, not as disabilities, but as differences; the expression of remarkable and diverse capacity of human thinking and perception."

For more information about the Tree of Light Ceremony and the Richard Lavoie workshop, please call, 609-924-8120.