Past Events
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Oct 17Managing Threatening Confrontations – Free Virtual TrainingRegister Here FREE Click here to register! *This training session will be offered with live Spanish translation. Limited to 150 participants. When you register, if a training date no longer appears, it means that session has reached capacity. Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support children who …
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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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Oct 12Anniversary GalaMonona Terrace Monona Terrace Convention Center
A gala celebration, dinner, and silent auction with keynote speaker David Egan, an award-winning and acclaimed self-advocate, author, and Special Olympian who is an alumnus of the Waisman Early Childhood Program.
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Oct 12Getting Comfortable Having Uncomfortable Conversations About Sexuality with Neurodivergent Kids, Teens, and Adults – In Person TrainingUW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Register Here $30 Cancellations made within 24 hours prior to the start of the training will be charged the full registration fee. Overview: Very few neurodivergent kids, teens, and adults get comprehensive, evidence-based sex education that is responsive to their own learning style and needs. This puts many at risk of sexual exploitation, unwanted pregnancies, …
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Oct 11ECHO AAC Open HouseIt’s AAC awareness month! Join us to meet the new communication aids and systems clinic team, talk through case studies, and learn about what to expect when you’re referred to and come into an outpatient clinical setting like the communication aids and systems clinic! Register
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Oct 11Autism COP: Stories of Belonging: School Engagement & ConnectionZoom
Community of Practice on Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Developmental Disabilities Stories of Belonging: School Engagement & Connection Times and Registration Coming Soon! Join us virtually to hear from lived experience partners and our champions, both individuals with disabilities and service providers. Share the Save the Date with your networks! Are you a school, a …
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Oct 6Seminar – Viridiana Benitez, PhD – “Learning Words in a Bilingual World”John D. Wiley Conference Center
Viridiana Benitez, PhD Assistant Professor, Arizona State University Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Viridiana Benitez’s research is in the area of cognitive development, with a focus on understanding how cognition and language experience support word learning across development. To answer these questions, Professor Benitez works with infants, children, and adults who have monolingual or bilingual language learning experiences. Coming from an immigrant family, Professor Benitez …
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Oct 5Is It Pain? – In Person Training2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Overview: Many individuals have difficulty in understanding their pain or telling others about it. A person’s life can be greatly improved when pain and the cause of pain is discovered. WIN nurses are experienced in looking for and finding individual’s hidden pain. This class will help raise your awareness of pain possibilities that may negatively …
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Sep 29Seminar – Matthew Winn, AuD, PhD – “Listening With Cochlear Implants: Lots of Effort Beneath the Surface”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Matthew Winn, AuD, PhD University of Minnesota Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Matthew Winn, AuD, PhD is currently associate professor at the University of Minnesota in the department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, in Minneapolis MN. He directs the Listen Lab, which is aimed at understanding speech communication and what makes it difficult for people with hearing …
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Sep 28Maravillas del WaismanOnline La Movida Radio
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 & Cómo acceder: La …