sentences:  The NBCDI has annual conferences where it is a meeting to help improve the lives of children, young adults and their families.Different professionals and teachers from around the United States which represent early education, elementary education, secondary education, and administration come every year to discuss policies and to increase knowledge and skills that will help the future of children.In the 2006 conference for the 36th annual meeting there was about 2,000 people that attended and wanted to make a change in a child's life.