Revised 9/9/99
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SCIENCES
DISABILITY STUDIES
DIS 595 (1sh)
Interdisciplinary Seminar Series in Disability Studies
Fall Semester, 1999
Location: 1919 W. Taylor Street, Room 313-314
Day/Time: Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00 P.M.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Introduction to the research of Disability Studies faculty members. Faculty members from Disability and Human Development, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy will present 1-hour seminars on their areas of research.

Coursemaster: Craig A. Velozo, Ph.D., OTR/L
 
 
Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
Wk
Date
Presenter
Topic
1 8/25/99 All Faculty 2-Minute Introductions
2 9/1 Craig Velozo - OT Using Measurement Principles to 
Create a Database for the ICIDH-2 Classification of Disability
3 9/8  James Rimmer - DHD  Health Promotion for Persons with Disabilities:  A New Era for a Neglected Population  
4 9/15 Carol Braunschweig - 
HND
Preliminary Findings of a Nutrition Intervention in a 
Predominently African American Population of Stroke Patients
5 9/22  Kiyoshi Yamaki - DHD Employment and Income Status of Persons with Developmental Disabilities: a National Estimate 
6 9/29  Carol J. Gill - DHD Disability Studies Approach to Investigating Health Issues of Women with Disabilities 
7 10/6  Thubi Kolobe - PT Impact of childrearing practices and parent-child interaction 
on child development
8 10/13  Jin-Shei Lai - OT TBA 
9 10/20  Glenn Fujiura - DHD International Perspectives in Disability Data/Surveillance and Relationship to Disability Studies 
10 10/27  Christine Helfrich - OT Domestic Violence and Disability 
 
11 11/3  Joy Hammel - OT Development of the  Self Care Manager Role, Facilitators and Barriers to Management in the Community  
12 11/10  Tamar Heller - DHD
13 11/17  Sandy Levi - PT Functional outcomes following hip fracture.  
14 11/24 CANCELED - HOLIDAY   
 
15 12/1 Gary Kielhofner - OT Interviewing as a Means of Understanding Disability in Both Service and Research Context 
16 12/8 CANCELED – FINALS WEEK