Event Details

Date:	Apr 30 - May 04, 2007
Location:	Crowne Plaza Manhattan Hotel, 1605 Broadway, in New York Cit
URL:	http://www.yai.org
Contact:	Tina Sobel, Senior Manager of YAI/NIPDs Professional Information Department
Phone:	212-273-6457
Email:	tsobel@yai.org

"Charting the Future In Developmental and Learning Disabilities"

The five-day conference will feature more than 300 prominent speakers from throughout the United States and abroad. More than 150 seminars and workshops will focus on key issues, including:

• Advocacy, Self-determination, Sexuality/Socialization, Positive Behavioral Support, Aging, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Challenging Behaviors, Clinical Issues, Early Childhood, Family Supports, Inclusion, Employment, Health Care, Residential/Day Services, Women's Issues, Workforce
• Two post-conference workshops are scheduled for Friday, May 4th. Carol Gray, Director of The Gray Center for social Learning and Understanding, will host a session �Solving the Social Equation in Autism Spectrum Disorders.� Dr. Thomas E. Pomeranz, President and C.E.O. of Universal LifeStiles, will present on �Positive Behavioral Supports: Best Practice Strategies for Addressing Challenging Behavior.�
• The Premier HealthCare Training Institute will host its 6th Annual One-Day Conference on Autism, on Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 8 A.M.-3 P.M.
• The Women�s Center at Premier HealthCare will present �Women with Disabilities: Claiming Our Bodies,� a full-day conference on Monday, April 30, 2007, from 9 A.M.-3:30 P.M.
• Dr. Colleen Wieck, Executive Director Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities will discuss past accomplishments and the future of the disabilities field in her presentation titled �A Half Century of Evolution of Community Services, Charting our Future for the Next Decade." Kenneth Blanchard, Founder, The Ken Blanchard Companies, will give a keynote presentation on �Leading at a Higher Level.� For more information, contact Tina Sobel, Senior Manager of YAI/NIPD�s Professional Information Department, at tsobel@yai.org , 212-273-6457 or visit www.yai.org .

YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities Network is a family of not-for-profit health and human services agencies serving 20,000 people with developmental and learning disabilities daily in more than 450 community-based programs throughout the New York metropolitan area. YAI/NIPD, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2007, is recognized nationally for its conferences, training seminars and publications.