Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities

University of Colorado

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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 [ppt, 974k]

Michael Weinrich, MD
Director, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health. Presentation [ppt, 198k]

Lawrence Parsons, PhD
Program Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Program, National Science Foundation. Presentation [ppt, 82k]

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 [ppt, 580k]

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 [ppt, 688k]

Marty W. Krauss, PhD
The John Stein Professor of Disability Research, Florence Heller School,
Brandeis University. Presentation [ppt, 99k]

Marsha M. Seltzer, PhD
Acting Director Waisman Center on Developmental Disabilities,
University of Wisconsin at Madison. Presentation [ppt, 1240k]

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 [ppt, 934k]

Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR, UCHSC. Presentation [ppt, 383k]

Curt Freed, MD, UCHSC. Presentation [ppt, 5079k]

Theresa Hernandez, PhD, UCB. Presentation

Hasker Davis, PhD, UCCS. Presentation [ppt, 1264k]

Dale Hatfield, UCB
5:00 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS
5:30 p.m. COOKOUT, Given Institute, tent outdoors

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