7:00 pm

Parents’ Get-Together

7:00 am

Breakfast

Registration

8:00

Welcome

—Judith Palfrey

State of the Science Sessions

8:15

Early Identification of disabilities

Parent reflections and Q&A

—Stephen Blumberg

9:05

Community-based inclusive recreation

Community reflections and Q&A

—Dot Nary

10:00

Break

10:15

Adolescent transition

Youth reflections and Q&A

—Renee Jenkins

11:05

The Opening Doors experience

—Judith Palfrey, Susan Foley, & Abdirahman Yusuf

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:15—3:15

Three simultaneous topic sessions with presentations from the field (including lessons learned):

a. Early identification

b. Community inclusion and recreation

c. Transitions

(Participants may remain at one session or attend

all sessions.)

3:15

Break

3:30—4:30

Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC)

On Transitions

—Renald Raphael

7:00—9:00

Town Hall meeting featuring GREG SMITH

An interactive, motivational presentation by Greg Smith, disability advocate and radio host, followed by open discussion; Sponsored by the HSC Foundation and free to the public.

—Tom Chapman

7:30 am

Breakfast

8:00

Review

—Beth Bostic

8:30

Translating research into practice: the methodological challenges of conducting research in community settings

—Susan Foley, Abdirahman Yusuf, Beth Bostic

9:30

Workshops

Community-Based Participatory Research

(each workshop will be repeated once)

Opt4College: How community members shaped the intervention

The views of partners: Community leaders’ perspectives and recommendations on engaging in research

—Myra Rosen-Reynoso & Opt4College team members

11:45

Conclusion