| 8:30 - 9:30 |
Registration/Breakfast(Provided)/Welcome |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Panel Presentation by Parents with Cognitive Challenges |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Break/Exhibits |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Keynote: How Do We Know If What We Are Doing Is Working? Looking At The Research |
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Maurice Feldman, Ph.D. |
Professor and Chancellor's Research Chair
Department of Child and Youth Studies
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
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Alexandar Tymchuk, Ph.D. |
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
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| 12:00 -12:30 |
Discussion |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch (provided) |
| 1:30 - 3:00 |
Workshops A
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A1 - Curricula for Working with Parents |
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Joan Lawrence, Ph.D.
Associate
Director
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Department for Family Support Services
Kennedy Krieger Institute/PACT
Baltimore, MD |
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Cathy Haarstad Multicultural & Consumer Affairs Core Coordinator
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North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities
Minot, ND |
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Virginia Cruz, D.S.W.
Chair, The Social Work Department
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Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, CO |
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Sherrie Hansen, Ph.D. Clinical Director
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Through the Looking Glass
Berkeley, CA |
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Dr. Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D.
President |
Family Development Resources, Inc.
Nurturing Parenting Programs®
Asheville, NC |
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A2 - Using Parenting Assessments to Develop Family Plans |
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Maurice Feldman, Ph.D., C.Psych., BCBA |
Professor and Chancellor's Research Chair
Dept. of Child and Youth Studies
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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A3 - Legal Systems & Parental Rights |
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Susan Yuan
Associate Director
Session Facilitator |
Center on Disability and Community Inclusion
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT |
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Karen Vastine Coordinator |
Vermont Communication Support Project
Montpelier, VT |
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Carrie Lucas, J.D.
Director |
Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
Denver, CO |
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Marc Charmatz |
University of Maryland Law School
Baltimore, MD |
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A4 - Program Models: Residential and Supported Living |
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Christopher Peltier
Director |
Family Support Services
United Arc of Franklin and Hampshire Counties
Greenfield, MA |
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Susan Streeter
Director |
Day and Clinical Services
Herkimer Area Resource Center
Herkimer, NY |
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Carla Wyatts
Director |
The Walker Center Parenting Project
Merion Station, PA |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Break/Exhibits |
| 3:30 - 5:00 |
Workshops B |
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B1 - Finding and Maintaining Funding |
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Leslie Kinney
Associate Director |
United Arc of Franklin and Hampshire Counties
Greenfield, MA |
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John B. Susa, Ph.D.
Individual and Family Support Coordinator |
Paul V. Sherlock Center
University Center on Disability
Brown University Medical School
Dept. of Pediatrics
Providence, RI |
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B2 - Using Parenting Assessments Once Child Protective Services and Courts are Involved |
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Sandra T. Azar, Ph.D. |
Department of Psychology
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA |
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B3 - Program Models/Using Traditional Services In A Non-Traditional Way |
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Susan Jones
Director |
Positive Parenting Resource Center
New England Coalition for Supporting Parents with Cognitive Challenges and Their Families
United Arc of Franklin and Hampshire Counties
Greenfield, MA |
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Sherrie Hansen, Ph.D.
Clinical Director
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Through the Looking Glass
Berkeley, CA |
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B4 - How to get Coalitions and New Programs Started |
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Betsy Misch |
Positive Parenting Resource Center
New England Coalition for Supporting Parents with Cognitive Challenges and Their Families
United Arc of Franklin and Hampshire Counties
Greenfield, MA |
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Sharon Davis, Ph.D.
Director |
Professional and Family Services
The Arc of the United States
Silver Spring, MD |
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Bernadette Irwin
Assistant Department
Director |
Mid-Atlantic Coalition for Supporting Parents with Cognitive Challenges and Their Families
Pennsylvania |
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B5 - Channeling Our Awareness of Injustice Into Social Change; Advocacy, Training, and Legislation |
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Kelly Buckland
Executive Director
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Idaho State Independent Living Council
Boise, ID |
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Michele Forte |
Mid-Atlantic Coalition for Supporting Parents with Cognitive Challenges and Their Families
Baltimore, MD
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Megan Kirshbaum, Ph.D.
Executive Director
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Through the Looking Glass: The National Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities
Berkeley, CA
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| 5:00 - 6:00 |
Reception |
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