Below is a select listing of upcoming events and conferences. For a complete listing, go to the NCHPAD calendar at http://www.ncpad.org/events/index.php.
Events
Abilities Expo, Northern California, November 3-5, 2006
Abilities Expo provides information on independent and assisted living products for persons with disabilities.
For a list of upcoming expos, go to http://www.abilitiesexpo.com.
Understanding Autism: A Strength-Based Perspective for Therapy, Chicago, IL, December 4-5, 2006
This Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Academy workshop will provide therapists with a holistic, strength-based approach to understanding diagnostic and neurobehavioral implications of children with ASD and their impact on occupational performance and participation in home, school, and community. Please go to http://www.ric.org/pros/education/ContinuingEducationCourseCalendar.aspx for more information.
Disabled Sports USA Ski Spectacular, Breckenridge, CO, December 3-10, 2006
Learn how to ski and participate in other ski-related clinics for people with disabilities. For more information, and to register, go to http://www.dsusa.org, or contact dsusa.org or 240-268-0238.
Conferences
2006 Cooper Institute Conference Series, Dallas, TX, October 26-28, 2006
The 2006 Cooper Institute Conference Series, "Parks, Recreation, and Public Health: Collaborative Frameworks for Promoting Physical Activity," will focus on developing collaborative frameworks for researchers, practitioners, and educators in the fields of public health, parks, and recreation. For more information and to register, go to http://www.cooperinst.org.
National Prevention Summit: Prevention, Preparedness, and Promotion, Washington, D.C., October 26-27, 2006
The 2006 National Prevention Summit will focus on disease prevention, health preparedness, and health promotion, featuring innovative programs that are making a difference in communities across the country. These programs are focused on healthy choices eating a nutritious diet, physical activity, and preventive screenings to help prevent major health threats and burdens such as obesity, diabetes, asthma, cancer, heart disease, and stroke. For more information, visit http://www.healthierus.gov/STEPS/summit.html.
The National Rehabilitation Hospitals Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Spinal Cord Injury State of the Science Conference, Bethesda, MD, November 2-3, 2006
The conference will feature the state of current SCI research relevant to the prevention of secondary conditions through exercise and physical activity. For more information and to register, go to http://www.sci-health.org.
Those who are interested but who cannot attend the conference can participate by webcast. Go to http://www.sci-health.org on the morning of the conference and follow the directions to view the webcast.
For more information, contact Matthew Kehn at 202-877-1603 or matthew.e.kehn@medstar.net.
23rd Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities, Honolulu, HI, March 12-13, 2007
Pacific Rim 2007 will continue the longstanding tradition of assembling researchers, professionals, paraprofessionals, persons with disabilities, family members, students, and others to present on a variety of topics that affect everyday lives. Pac Rim continues to promote opportunities to learn from one another, share resources and ideas that support the quality of life, community inclusion, and self-determination for all persons with disabilities and their families to help shape our world community. Registration is open: take advantage of early bird pricing. For more information, go to http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu, e-mail prinfo@hawaii.edu, or call 808-956-7539.
Effective Community-Based Physical Activity Programs for Older Adults, Seattle, WA, February 14-15, 2007
This conference, sponsored by the Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network, presents best health promotion practices for older adults with attention to: reach to target audiences, efficacy/effectiveness of programs, adoption by target settings or institutions, implementation or fidelity of the intervention, and maintenance of the intervention effects.
For more information, go to http://www.uwcne.net, or contact 206-543-1047 or cne@u.washington.edu.