Past Event Category: Down Syndrome
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Jan 31Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Hedy Burke
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. These moments often appear chaotic-when to talk, when to step back, who to call for back up, and “when to duck.” This seminar is designed to put order to the …
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Oct 13Seminar – Lizbeth Finestack, PhD – “Identifying Effective And Efficient Language Interventions For Children With Significant Language Impairments”John D. Wiley Conference Center
Lizbeth Finestack, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Lizabeth Finestack is an associate professor in the department of speech-language-hearing sciences at the University Of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her research focuses on identifying effective and efficient language interventions for children with significant language impairments, including children with primary …
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Sep 15Seminar – Patrick Lao, PhD – “A Multiple Biomarker Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease for Underrepresented and Underserved Groups”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Patrick Lao, PhD Columbia University Profile About the Speaker: Patrick Lao, PhD is an associate professor of neurological sciences at Columbia University in Neurology and in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center. His research focuses on a multiple biomarker approach to Alzheimer’s disease (i.e., amyloid-β, hyperphosphorylated tau, cerebrovascular disease, and neurodegeneration), informed by contextual factors (i.e., genetic, …