THE TWELFTH ANNUAL COLEMAN INSTITUTE NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The State of the States in
Cognitive Disability and Technology: 2012
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2012
The Westin Westminster Hotel, Westminster,
Colorado
AGENDA
| 8:00 |
REGISTRATION WITH CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
| 8:30 |
WELCOME AND OVERVIEW OF THE CONFERENCE |
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Enid M. Ablowitz, Associate Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities Claudia L. Coleman, Founding Donor, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities |
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| 8:45 |
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE STATE LEGISLATURES? |
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William Pound, Executive Director, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Denver, Colorado |
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| 9:10 |
THE STATE OF THE STATES IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2012: IMPACT OF THE GREAT RECESSION AND ITS AFTERMATH |
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David Braddock, PhD, Conference Chair, Associate Vice President, University of Colorado; Professor/Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities |
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| 9:40 |
RECENT ADVANCES IN CLOUD COMPUTING |
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William T. “Bill” Coleman III, Founding Donor, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities; Partner, Alsop-Louie Partners; CEO and Chairman, Resilient Network Systems, San Francisco, California |
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| 10:05 |
MORNING POSTER AND EXHIBIT SESSION |
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Interdisciplinary research and demonstration projects involving CU faculty, graduate students, academic and commercial partners, and exhibitors |
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| 10:50 |
ARTICULATING A RIGHT TO TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES |
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Peter Blanck, PhD, JD, University Professor, Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York |
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| 11:15 |
CO-OCCURRING INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS: A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL FRAMEWORK |
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Robert Fletcher, DSW, CEO and Founder, NADD: An association for persons with developmental disabilities and mental health needs, Kingston, New York |
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| 11:40 |
BRAIN INJURY: STATE OF THE FIELD |
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David B. Arciniegas, MD, President, International Brain Injury Association; Professor of Psychiatry, Chair in Brain Injury Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
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| 12:05 |
LUNCH WITH HOSTED ROUNDTABLES |
| 1:05 |
COGNITIVE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO |
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Cathy Bodine, PhD, Associate Professor/Director, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Advancing Cognitive Technologies (RERC-ACT II), Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
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| 1:40 |
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON AND THE STATES? |
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Moderator and Panelist: Sue Swenson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, USDHHS
Panelists: Clayton Lewis, PhD, Consultant, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Renee Pietrangelo, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) Mary Kay Rizzolo, PhD, Associate Director, Institute on Disability and Human Development; Research Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) |
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| 2:40 |
AFTERNOON POSTER AND EXHIBIT SESSION |
| 3:20 |
TECHNOLOGY IN COGNITIVE DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH AND AGING |
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Moderator and Panelist: Tamar Heller, PhD, Professor/Head, Department of Disability and Human Development; Director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities, UIC
Panelists: Marcia Scherer, PhD, MPH, President, Institute for Matching Person and Technology; Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester |
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| 4:05 |
CONFERENCE SUMMATION |
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Technology to Promote Health, Well-being and Social Integration for People with Cognitive Disabilities Moderator and Panelist: Bill Coleman
Panelists: Michael Wehmeyer, PhD, Professor of Special Education, University of Kansas; Director, Kansas University Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities; immediate Past President, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) |
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| 4:55 |
BRUCE BENSON, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO |
| 5:00 |
CONCLUSION |






