Improving Self-determination of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Wisconsin
Schedule
May 14 (Friday)
1:00 – 1:05 pm
Introduction & Overview
1:05 – 1:25 pm
Keynote (Brian Abery, Research Manager, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota)
1:25 – 1:45 pm
Community-based instruction and self-determination (Robin Rivard, Hudson High School, Transition Coordinator)
1:45 – 2:10 pm
Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin Family Services (Lilly Vogt, Program Manager, Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin Family Services)
2:10 – 2:30 pm
Wisconsin Board for People with Disabilities, supporting self-determination of people with I/DD (Tamara Jackson, Public Policy Analyst and Legislative Liaison, Wisconsin Board for People with Disabilities)
2:30 – 2:50 pm
Increasing Self-Determination Using the Self Advocacy Suite (Alicia Reinhard & Shelley Lehman, Education Consultants on Transition and Graduation, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction)
2:50 – 3:20 pm
Debriefing, panel/breakout sessions
May 15 (Saturday)
10:00 – 10:05 am
Overview
10:05 – 10:25 am
Keynote (Renáta Tichá, Research Associate, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota)
10:25 – 10:45 am
Examples of how Self-Determination has improved the lives of students with disabilities (Jennifer Powell, Transition Coordinator, River Falls School District)
10:45 – 11:05 am
Discussing information with the Self-determination Project (Rachel Hanson, Intellectual Special Education Disabilities Teacher, Saint Croix Central School District)
11:05 – 11:25 am
Self-determination Project in WI (Satomi K. Shinde, Professor, Teacher Education Department, University of Wisconsin River Falls)
11:25 – 12:00 pm Debriefing, panel/breakout sessions
