Annual ACRES Conference | American Council on Rural Special Education

The American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES) holds an annual national conference every Spring. This conference features peer-reviewed presentations, meetings of the ACRES Board of Directors, and a business meeting with a report of activities to the membership.

Please join us at ACRES 2025 in Virginia Beach!

Thursday, April 3 - Friday, April 4*

Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort

4201 Atlantic Avenue

Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA, 23451

*To accommodate attendees with restricted travel funds and ensure that all accepted authors can attend the full conference, we are trialing a new two-day schedule this year! We anticipate that this change will benefit all attendees by reducing expenses and increasing session attendance.

The call for proposals is now closed. Please consider submitting a nomination or application for an ACRES Award or Scholarship.

Please make sure to read the session types and application guidelines.
Proposals submitted by October 15 will be eligible for early decisions. Due to technical difficulties with our email outreach, November 28 is now the last date to submit (updated 10/15/24).

Questions about the annual conference may be directed to:

ACRES HEADQUARTERS
304-293-3450
acres-sped@mail.wvu.edu

Conference Coordinator: Annemarie Horn, Radford University (alhorn1@radford.edu)

Recent Annual Conferences

April 4-6 in Las Vegas, NV. Post or Access 2024 Conference Materials
March 9-11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Post or Access 2023 Conference Materials
March 3-5 2022 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
March 18-19 2021, Virtual Event
March 7-9, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas
March 7-9, 2019 in Alexandria, Virginia
March 14-17, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah
March 8-11, 2017 in Asheville, North Carolina
March 9-12, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada
March 17-21, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana
March 19-22, 2014 in Tucson, Arizona
March 17-6-9, 2013 in Orlando, Florida
March 24-26, 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 25-27, 2010 in Memphis, Tennessee
March 12-14, 2009 in Denver, Colorado