Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities

University of Colorado
Boulder · Colorado Springs · Denver

The Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities Workshop

Exploring Research Frontiers and Partnerships in Cognitive Disability

October 14-15, 2001
Aspen, Colorado

           
Sunday, October 14
   
12:00 p.m. REGISTRATION
Please register for the workshop at the Given Institute
100 E. Francis Street, 970.925.1057
   
12:00 p.m. POSTER SESSION SET-UP
   
1:00 p.m. POSTER SESSION
Given Institute Poster Session open to all workshop participants
   
6:00 p.m. RECEPTION
Hotel Jerome, Antlers Bar
330 East Main Street, 970.920.1000
   
7:00 p.m. DINNER
Hotel Jerome, Grand Ballroom
   
Monday, October 15
Events Hosted at the Given Institute
   
7:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Given Institute, tent outdoors
   
8:30 a.m. WELCOME and INTRODUCTION
Elizabeth “Betsy” Hoffman, President, University of Colorado System

William “Bill” C. and Claudia T. Coleman, Founding Donors, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities
David Braddock, PhD,
Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities,
Associate Vice President for Research, University of Colorado System
   
9:00 a.m. AGENCY PANEL
David Braddock, PhD, panel chair
Jennifer Sheehy, Policy Coordinator, New Freedom Initiative, Domestic Policy Council, the White House
Robert Jaeger, PhD
Interagency and International Affairs
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education. Presentation
Michael Weinrich, MD
Director, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health. Presentation
Lawrence Parsons, PhD
Program Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Program, National Science Foundation. Presentation
Felix de la Cruz, MD
Director, Mental Retardation Branch,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Vince A. Campbell, PhD
Health Scientist, National Center on Birth Defects and Development Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Presentation
Sue Swenson, Executive Director, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
   
12:00 p.m. LUNCH
Given Institute, tent outdoors
   
1:00 p.m. COGNITIVE DISABILITY AND FAMILIES
Rodney Taylor, PhD, panel chair
Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education,
Interim Dean of the Graduate School, UCB
Steve Eidelman, Executive Director, The Arc of the United States. Presentation
Marty W. Krauss, PhD
The John Stein Professor of Disability Research, Florence Heller School,
Brandeis University. Presentation
Marsha M. Seltzer, PhD
Acting Director Waisman Center on Developmental Disabilities,
University of Wisconsin at Madison. Presentation
Tia Nelis
Self-Advocacy Specialist,
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Mental Retardation
University of Illinois at Chicago
Sue Swenson, panel respondent and parent
Executive Director, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
   
3:00 p.m. BREAK
   
3:30 p.m. CU RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS (6 Faculty Presentations)
   
  Michael Lightner, PhD, panel chair
 
Elizabeth Kozleski, PhD, UCD. Presentation
 
Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR, UCHSC. Presentation
 
  Curt Freed, MD, UCHSC. Presentation
 
  Theresa Hernandez, PhD, UCB. Presentation
 
  Hasker Davis, PhD, UCCS. Presentation
 
  Dale Hatfield, UCB
   
5:00 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS
   
5:30 p.m. COOKOUT
Given Institute, tent outdoors

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