This
conference presents the current knowledge on the
social, environmental, and technological supports needed to promote the
health
and community participation of adults with intellectual and
developmental
disabilities across their life course. Key international researchers
will
present the latest research findings and their practical applications
to set
the agenda for future research in four thematic areas:
•
Neurodevelopmental conditions
•
Health promotion, health literacy, and health services
•
Family support and intergenerational caregiving
•
Environmental barriers and supports to community living
For a PDF version of the Conference Flyer,
please click here.
Call for
Poster
Presentations!
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Keynote
Speakers
Ted Brown,
MD, NYS Institute for Basic Research
James Rimmer, PhD, University
of Illinois at Chicago
Marsha Seltzer, PhD, University
of Wisconsin
Daniel K. Davies, MA, Founder and President, AbleLink Technologies, Inc.University
of Colorado
Margaret Campbell, PhD, National
Institute on Disability
&Rehabilitation Research
Tamar
Heller, PhD, University
of Illinois at Chicago
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Agenda
8:00
Continental Breakfast
8:45 Tamar
Heller – Welcome
9:00 Ted Brown – Recent
Research Advances in Neurodevelopmental Conditions
9:40 James Rimmer –
Quality and Effective Health Promotion
10:20 Break
10:40 Marsha Seltzer – Risk and
Resilience among Aging Family Caregivers
11:20 Daniel K. Davies – Cognitive
Technologies Across the Lifespan: Living, Learning and Aging in Place
12:20 Lunch/Poster Session
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Breakout Sessions
1:30 – 2:30 pm
- Genetic Conditions
- Health Promotion and Health Care
Services
- Demographic Challenges and
Outcomes for Minority Families
- Assistive, Information and
Cognitive Technologies
2:30 – 3:30 pm
- Non-Specific
Neuro-Behavioral Conditions
- Health Literacy
- Reciprocal Caregiving Roles
- Environmental Interventions
3:30 – 3:45 pm
3:45 – 4:45 pm
- Non-Specific Neuro-Motor Conditions
- Palliative and End-of-Life Care
- Family Support Policies and
Practices
- Environmental Planning and
Interventions and Their Long Term Impact on Health Outcomes
4:45 –
5:15 pm
- Margaret
Campbell – Closing Remarks
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Conference
Organizers
The Rehabilitation Research and Training
Center on Aging with
Developmental Disabilities
(RRTCADD) promotes the successful aging of adults with
intellectual and
developmental disabilities in response to physical, cognitive, and
environmental changes. The RRTCADD is funded by the United States
Department of
Education, Office of Special Education andRehabilitative Services,
National Institute on Disability
and Rehabilitation Research, Grant # H133B031134.
American
Association on Intellectual
and Developmental
Disabilities (AAIDD) promotes progressive policies, sound
research,
effective
practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and
developmental
disabilities.
Key Sponsors
- American Association on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
- National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
- Coleman Institute for
Cognitive Disabilities, University of Colorado System
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- College of Applied Health Sciences, University
of Illinois at Chicago
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Co-Sponsors
- Association of University Centers on
Disabilities
- International Association for the
Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities
- Institute on Human Development and Disability,
University
of Georgia
- Easter Seals
Continuing
Education Units
The Institute
on Disability and Human
Development (IDHD)
at the University of Illinois
at Chicago (UIC) will provide 6 continuing education units (CEUs) to
social workers,
nursing home administrators, and speech language pathologists for
attending the entire conference. To receive CEUs you must provide your
license number/type
and sign in/out on the day of the conference. For more information
contact Erika
Magallanes at 312-413-1520 or remagall@uic.edu.
Registration
and Hotel Information
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Registration
- Early registration (by April 20, 2007): $100.00
- After
April 20, 2007: $125.00
Payment
- Make check payable to: AAIDD
- Mail or fax registration to: 202-387-2193
- AAIDD
- P.O. Box 79134
- Baltimore, MD
21279
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Sheraton Atlanta
Hotel Rates
Special AAIDD Rate
Single/Double/Triple $159.00 + tax
To reserve a room by phone,
please call 1-800-833-8624
Sheraton Atlanta Contact Information
165
Courtland Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone: (404) 659-6500
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of the
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Environments for Healthy Community Living