Past Events
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Jun 12Managing Threatening Confrontations – Free Virtual TrainingFeaturing: Josh Lapin MSSW
Free Virtual - Register for Zoom Code
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. This seminar is designed to put order to the chaos. Stages of escalation are described and each stage is paired with a positive action plan for caregivers as well as …
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Jun 1Together for Waisman Spring Benefit 2024Join us for a stay-at-home benefit on Saturday, June 1.
Curbside delivery or pick-up
Keeping Kids with Special Needs Safe The Waisman Safer Kids Program provides safety consultation, resources, and products for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) who have safety risks, such as wandering and elopement. Children with an IDD, such as autism and Down syndrome, are at a higher risk for wandering and other unsafe behaviors …
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May 31Using Evidence Based Criteria to Identify Critically Ill Neonate Candidates for Genomic TestingJess Scott Schwoerer, MD
Presenter: Jess Scott Schwoerer, MD Learning Objectives: Describe clinical presentations in critically ill neonates (CIN) that indicate ES/GS testing Identify clinical presentations in CIN that indicate other genetic testing Discuss challenges and solutions to implementing genomic medicine in a NICU setting [uw-reusable-content id=’31907′]
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May 30Maravillas del WaismanFeaturing: Karla Ausderau, Yolanda y Gaby Montoto
30 de mayo Título: Participación en investigación científica Invitado: Karla Ausderau, Yolanda y Gaby Montoto Promo: Los estudios de investigación en el Waisman Center nos ayudan a expandir nuestro conocimiento acerca de desarrollo humano, discapacidades del desarrollo y enfermedades neurodegenerativas con el fin de encontrar nuevos tratamientos y maneras de mejorar la calidad de vida. …
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May 22Managing Threatening Confrontations – Free Virtual TrainingFeaturing: Josh Lapin MSSW
Free Virtual - Register for Zoom Code
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. This seminar is designed to put order to the chaos. Stages of escalation are described and each stage is paired with a positive action plan for caregivers as well as …
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May 13MNT: Monday Night TransitionsOnline - Register for Zoom
A chance for families of transition-aged AYA (Adolescents and Young Adults), 12-21years old, with disabilities/special health care needs, to get together and talk transition. Topics could include health care, school, employment, housing, decision making – it’s up to you. We believe families talking with families is the best support possible. The informal discussions will be …
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Apr 26Harry Waisman Memorial Lecture – Ted Abel, PhD – “Corticostriatal Circuits Underlying Neurodevelopmental Disorders”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Ted Abel, PhD University of Iowa Lab Website About the Speaker: Ted Abel, Ph.D., is the Director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute, Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience, and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. A member of the National Academy of Medicine and a fellow of …
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Apr 26Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Hedy Burke
UW South Madison Partnership, 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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Apr 25Maravillas del WaismanFeaturing: Angelica Salinas
25 de abril Un espacio creado por el Waisman Center, Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison para hablar con científicos y proveedores de salud acerca de discapacidades de desarrollo como autismo y síndrome de Down, enfermedades neurodegenerativas como Alzheimer y servicios que ofrece el centro a la comunidad. Título: Mes de Concientización de Autismo Invitado: Angelica Salinas, Jasmín y …
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Apr 19Seminar – Inge-Marie Eigsti, PhD – “Neural Underpinnings of Long-Term Behavioral Change in Autism Spectrum Disorder”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Inge-Marie Eigsti, PhD University of Connecticut Lab Website About the Speaker: Dr. Inge-Marie Eigsti is interested in finding links between social communication difficulties in autism spectrum disorder, and mechanistic processes in the brain, by examining low-level cognitive processes such as working memory and auditory processing that can be linked to genetic, neurophysiological or neuroanatomical domains. …