Past Events
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Feb 26Whose Life Is It, Anyway? – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Peter Leidy
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
In this training session we will look at power and control in support relationships. Many people being supported feel that others are too often telling them what to do.
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Feb 26Accepting Our Complex Bodies – Community of Practice ASD/DDFeaturing: Colleen McCluskey, AAS, BS, MS
Virtual - Register for Zoom Code Register Here
Come Join us for a discussion around the intersection of our bodies and disability focusing on gut health and sleep health. We will learn about existing research and discussion on these issues. Following that we will hear from panelists talking about impact and solutions. Keynote: Colleen McCluskey, AAS, BS, MS Panel on Gut Issues Panel …
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Feb 22Waisman Center Day with the Experts: AutismFeaturing: Lily Wagner, Luis Columna, and Leann DaWalt
1500 Highland Ave, Madison WI 53705 Waisman Center
21st Annual Click Here to Register En español Event Details When: Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Where: In Person – At the Waisman Center – Friends of the Waisman Center Auditorium Virtual – Zoom: You are invited to a Zoom webinar! When: Feb 22, 2025 09:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) …
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Feb 21Seminar – Aislinn Williams, MD, PhD – “Cerebellar Development and Dysfunction in 16p11.2 Microduplication Syndrome”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Aislinn Williams, MD, PhD University of Iowa Profile About the Speaker: Aislinn Williams, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa and a member of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute. Her research interests include molecular mechanisms of genetic risk in bipolar disorder, and cell and animal models of psychiatric disease. The …
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Feb 18Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Josh Lapin, MSSW
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation.
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Feb 14WARF Therapeutics Lecture – Jeffrey Neul, MD, PhD – “Gene Discovery to Clinical Trials: How Clinical and Basic Research Have Intersected to Develop and Test New Therapies for Rett Syndrome”
John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Jeffrey Neul, MD, PhD Vanderbilt University Profile About the Speaker: Jeffrey Neul received his medical degree and PhD in developmental biology from the University of Chicago. He subsequently then completed child neurology residency at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, during which time he became involved in both clinical care and research in Rett …
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Feb 13IEP 101 – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Colin Fass & Phyllis Greenberger
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
An IEP (Individualized Education Plan) Training for guardians and providers who attend IEP meetings
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Feb 11Mental Health Barriers and Options during the Transition to Adult Services – Health Care Transition ECHO TrainingFeaturing: Christine Mirzaian, MD, MPH, IBCLC & Tim Markle
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Mental Health Barriers and Options during the Transition to Adult Services
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Feb 7Seminar – Donna Werling, PhD – “Gene Expression in Brain as a Tool for Identifying Sex-Differential Risk Mechanisms for Autism”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Donna Werling, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison Profile About the Speaker: Donna Werling, PhD, is interested in the mechanisms by which genetic variation and sex-differential biology influence risk for neuropsychiatric conditions, with a major focus on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders. During her doctoral work in the laboratory of Dan Geschwind at the …
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Feb 6The Double Rainbow: The Intersection of Gender Identity and Neurodivergence – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Ellen Merker, M.S. LPC
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Research has shown that rates of LGBTQIA+ identification in the neurodivergent community are higher than in the general population, but little is done to provide increased and inclusive supports to them or to better understand their unique needs.