Volume 11, Issue 4: Fall 2003 |
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Sixth Annual LIFE Conference Announced
The 6th Annual LIFE Conference will be held on January 22, 2004 at the Dover Sheraton Hotel. Bobby Silverstein, Director of the Center for the Study of Advancement of Disability Policy, is the keynote speaker and will address legislation and advocacy efforts at the national level.
The LIFE Conference will begin at 8 a.m. with a continental breakfast followed by Mr. Silverstein's address, and will conclude at 3:45 p.m. Registration materials will be available in November. The conference fee is $35 and will include continental breakfast and lunch.
This year's attendees will be able to register for three of
the twelve workshops offered. Session topics for the conference
include:
- How to Influence People at the Federal Level (Congress and
Agencies)
- Ramps for Access: Design Options and Funding
- When I'm 64: Aging and Disabilities
- Universal Design for Accessing the General Curriculum
- Acquired Brain Injury
- Consultation Model for Early Intervention: What it Means for Families, Service Providers and Service Coordinators
- What's Up with Psychopharmacology
- Reading Initiative: Preventive Measures of Reading in Early Childhood
- Resolving Health Care Insurance Disputes
- Access to Print
- Recreation and Leisure
- IDEA Re-authorization
For more information, please contact Marsha Mills at the Developmental Disabilities Council at (302) 739-7193 or mmills@state.de.us.
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