National Special Olympics Research Symposium -- Agenda

Agenda

8:00	Registration and Poster Session Posters by student and faculty researchers will be presented from 8-9 am.
9:00	Welcome & Acknowledgements Dr. Timothy Shriver - Chairman of the Board, Special Olympics International
9:30	Opening Keynote "Ready Providers and Healthy People - Mandate & Opportunity" Dr. Richard Carmona - Surgeon General of the United States
10:00	Panel One: Progress for People with Intellectual Disabilities Moderator: Dr. David Braddock - Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, and Associate Vice President, University of Colorado System Speakers: "Legal Rights & Strategies for the Decade" Dr. Michael Stein - Professor of Law, Harvard Law School "30 Years of Educational Progress: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future" Stephanie Smith Lee - Senior Policy Advisor, National Policy Center, National Down Syndrome Society "Progress in Community Support for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families" Dr. David Braddock -Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, and Associate Vice President, University of Colorado System "What Does Progress Feel Like?" Richard Conley - International Global Messenger, Special Olympics International "Building Inclusive Physical Activity Communities through Participation in Special Olympics" Dr. James Rimmer - Professor, Department of Disability and Human Development, UIC, and Director, National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
11:15	Break
11:30	Panel Two: Promoting Health for People with Intellectual Disabilities - It Can & Must Be Done Moderator: Dr. Antonia Novello - Commissioner, New York State Department of Health and Former Surgeon General of the United States Speakers: "Health Promotion for People with Intellectual Disabilities - Does It Work?" Dr. Tamar Heller - Professor and Head, Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago "Can a Health Education Class for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Improve Health Status?" Dr. Suzanne McDermott - Professor and Research Director, University of South Carolina School of Medicine "Where The Rubber Meets the Road in Health Promotion: Does It?" Dr. Rhys B. Jones - Director, St. Luke's Dental Health Center, St. Luke's Hospital, and Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa School of Dentistry "I Want to Be Healthy AND I Want You To Be Healthy" Creighton Wall - SO Nebraska Athlete and author of the book, "I Used to be Down, but Now I Love My Life"
12:30	Lunch & Speaker "On Stepping Out From Behind the Podium: Reflections On Putting It All Out Front" Dr. Rick Rader - Director, Morton J. Kent Habilitation Center, and Editor-in-Chief, Exceptional Parent Magazine
1:45	Panel Three: Creating Welcoming Communities for People with Intellectual Disabilities Moderator: Dr. Gary Siperstein - Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston, and Director, Center for Social Development and Education Speakers: "Understanding Public Attitudes Toward Intellectual Disability" Dr. Gary Siperstein - Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston, and Director, Center for Social Development and Education "Promoting Attitude Change in Iowa" Robert Bacon - Director, Iowa's University Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities, Center for Disabilities and Development "Self-Determination, Inclusion, Empowerment and the New Paradigm in Disability Supports" Dr. Michael Wehmeyer - Professor of Special Education, and Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities "Intervention on the Big Screen: Using Mainstream Media to Change Attitudes" Eddie Barbanell, actor and co-star in the recent Farrelly Brothers motion picture, "The Ringer" "Policy as a Means for Creating Welcoming Communities" Madeleine Will - Vice President of Public Policy and Director, National Policy Center, National Down Syndrome Society
3:15	Break
3:30	Panel Four: More Solutions and Better Solutions by and for People with Intellectual Disabilities Moderator: Dr. Stephen B. Corbin - Special Olympics International Senior Vice President for Constituent Services and Support and Dean, Special Olympics University Speakers: "Promoting Solutions at the Policy Level" Dr. Jose Cordero - Assistant Surgeon General and Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC "Educating Healthcare Providers" Dr. Mary Frank - Board Chair, American Academy of Family Physicians "Promoting Opportunities Through the 'Friends and Authors' Book Series" Bill Sinnard - Executive Director, Hability Solution Services, Inc. "Young Athletes: Weaving Special Olympics into the Fabric of Families, Schools, and Communities" Dr. Patricia Favazza - Senior Research Associate, Center for Social Development and Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
4:45	Closing Remarks "Special Olympics - Treasure and Use the Legacy" Loretta Claiborne - Member, Board of Directors, Special Olympics International and Special Olympics Athlete
5:30	Reception