Past Events
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Mar 11MNT: Monday Night TransitionsOnline - Register for Zoom Code
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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Mar 8Seminar – Luis de la Torre-Ubieta, PhD – “Mechanisms of Neurogenesis in the Developing Human Neocortex”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Luis de la Torre-Ubieta University of California-Los Angeles Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Luis de la Torre-Ubieta earned a doctorate degree in Neurobiology from Harvard University and completed post-doctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School and UCLA before joining the Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Semel Institute Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center …
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Mar 5Managing Threatening Confrontations/Manejo de confrontaciones amenazantes – Free Virtual TrainingFeaturing: Josh Lapin MSSW
Online - Register for Zoom
Overview: Habrá traducción al español disponible en este evento. Vea el folleto a continuación. 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 …
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Mar 2Waisman Center Day with the Experts: Cerebral PalsyIn Person - Wiley Conference Center, Second Floor, North Tower & Virtual
In-Person and Virtual Register Here Event Details When: Saturday, March 2, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Complimentary coffee & bagels at 8:30 a.m for in-person attendees. Where: In Person – At the Waisman Center – Wiley Conference Center, Second Floor, North Tower Virtual – Register to obtain Zoom code About: Learn about the …
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Mar 1Seminar – Clare Harrop, PhD – “Accelerating Our Understanding of Females on the Autism Spectrum”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Clare Harrop, PhD University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Profile About the Speaker: Clare Harrop, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and investigator with both the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) and Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. Dr. Harrop is a developmental psychologist who …
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Feb 29Maravillas del Waisman29 de febrero 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. Invitado: Josh Lapin, especialista en apoyo conductual Más detalles & …
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Feb 23Dolan Memorial Lecture – Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD – “The Brain Gene Registry: An IDDRC Resource for Rare Disease Research”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD Washington University in St. Louis Profile About the Speaker: Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD, is the A Ernest and Jane G Stein Professor of Neurology and the head of the Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology at Washington University in St Louis, and the Chief of Neurology at St Louis Children’s Hospital. She …
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Feb 23Empowering People to Break the Bias Habit – Virtual EventFeaturing: William TL Cox, PhD
The UCEDD and LEND program are hosting a distance “Breaking the Bias Habit” training from 9am-noon on February 23, 2024 with Dr. William Cox. There is no cost for Waisman Center faculty, staff, students, postdocs, or other trainees to participate. The cost for this training is $30 per person for anyone not an employee or …
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Feb 16Seminar – Justin Wolter, PhD – “Exploring Mechanisms Underlying the Effect of Common Genetic Variation on Neurodevelopmental Traits in Genetically Diverse Cell Lines”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Justin Wolter, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison Profile About the Speaker: Justin Wolter pursued his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology in the lab of Marco Mangone at Arizona State University. The Mangone lab used C. elegans as a model to understand how post-transcriptional gene regulation affects development processes. During this time Justin learned to love …
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Feb 15Managing Threatening Confrontations/Manejo de confrontaciones amenazantes – Free Virtual Training
Online - Register for Zoom
Overview: Habrá traducción al español disponible en este evento. Vea el folleto a continuación. 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 …