RRTC/Opening Doors present: State of the Science Conference, November 10-11, 2008

Participants

Practitioners and researchers in rehabilitation, health, education, and public policy
Community-Based Organizations
Families and Youth

Topics of the conference

Early screening for disabilities and special health care needs
Inclusive recreation
Adolescent transition

Invited Speakers

StEPhEn BlumBErg, PhD—Centers for Disease Control
rEnEE JEnkInS, MD, FAAP—President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (10/07-10/08)
DOt nArY, PhD—Project Workout on Wheels, University of Kansas
grEg SmIth—Disability Advocate, Radio Host, and Motivational Speaker

Date

Monday-Tuesday, November 10–11 (Sunday night arrival) Registration begins
September 1.

Location

Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Accessible by the Metro Red Line, 6 miles from downtown DC.

For more information

Contact Berenise Reyes-Albino at berenise.albino@umb.edu or 617-287-4314.

Submit paper proposals for the conference through June 16, 2008

Opening Doors is a five-year Rehabilitation Research and Training Center funded by NIDRR/U.S. DOE. Partners: ICI, Children’s Hospital Boston, UMass Boston, Mass. Consortium for Children with Special Health Care Needs, PACER, and Opening Doors community partners. The conference is sponsored by NIDRR, the HSC Foundation, MCHB, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.