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| Date | Start Time | End Time | Topic Category | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/27/2008 | 4:30 PM | 7:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Pre-Conference Registration |
| 5/28/2008 | 8:00 AM | Miscellaneous | Breakfast on Your Own | |
| 5/28/2008 | 8:00 AM | 4:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Registration |
| 5/28/2008 | 8:00 AM | 4:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Information Desk |
| 5/28/2008 | 8:00 AM | 4:30 PM | Miscellaneous | Accommodations Room |
| 5/28/2008 | 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Miscellaneous | Exhibitors Set Up |
| 5/28/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Miscellaneous | Visit Exhibits |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Empowerment | Embrace It |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Disability Specific | Plenary 1: Breakout Mike May: Location Information Literacy: What are the Solutions? |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Quality Supports | Supporting an Individual with Developmental Disabilities to Receive the Best Medical Care While in the Hospital |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Assistive Technology | Assistive Technology Hands-on Lab |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Empowerment | Paid Spkr 3: Judith Snow: How do you build a community that welcomes the participation of a wide diversity of people? |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Recreation/Leisure | The Love Drums Rhythmic Adventure |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Education | Local Alternative Dispute Resolution You Can Control the Outcome |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Miscellaneous | Respite |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Education | The IRIS Center's RTI Module Series: Providing Information and Resources for Families |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Education | Differential Diagnosis in Asperger's Syndrome and other Moderate Autism Differences |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Employment | Transitional Employment Services at Goodwill Industries |
| 5/28/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Disability Specific | You Said WhatHuh? |
| 5/28/2008 | 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Visit Exhibits |
| 5/28/2008 | 12:00 PM | 1:15 PM | Miscellaneous | Lunch (Buffet / Complimentary - Respite Closed) |
| 5/28/2008 | 1:15 PM | 2:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Networking (Mingle and Visit Exhibits) |
| 5/28/2008 | 2:00 PM | 2:45 PM | Empowerment | Plenary 1: Mike May: There's Always a Way: Making the most of your abilities and making the most of life in the face of adversity |
| 5/28/2008 | 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Visit Exhibits |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Employment | Social Security Work Incentives: Tools to Help People With Disabilities Work |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Education | Paid Spkr 3: Judith Snow: Storytelling for building a new image of people labeled disabled |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Education | Navigating Special Education Law |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Education | Family Involvement: A Two Way Street |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Empowerment | Whose life is it anyway? I am just figuring it out now. |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Miscellaneous | Respite |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Disability Specific | Fragile X Syndrome: The Most Common Inherited Cause of Developmental Disabilities |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Interactive | Caring for You, Caring for Me |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Recreation/Leisure | Taekwondo |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Disability Specific | Plenary 1: Breakout Mike May: Location Information Literacy: What are the Solutions? |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Disability Specific | Response to Intervention and Learning Disabilities: Working Together to Improve Instruction for All |
| 5/28/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Employment | Job Seeking Skills Training for Individuals with Disabilities |
| 5/28/2008 | 4:15 PM | 4:45 PM | Miscellaneous | Visit Exhibits |
| 5/28/2008 | 5:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Dinner on your own | |
| 5/29/2008 | 7:30 AM | 4:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Registration |
| 5/29/2008 | 7:30 AM | 4:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Information Desk |
| 5/29/2008 | 7:30 AM | 8:30 AM | Miscellaneous | Breakfast (Continental / Complimentary) |
| 5/29/2008 | 8:00 AM | 4:30 PM | Miscellaneous | Accommodations Room |
| 5/29/2008 | 8:00 AM | 9:45 AM | Miscellaneous | Exhibit Hall Opens - Please Visit |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Education | Transition Issues from High School to Higher Education |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Quality Supports | Supporting an Individual with Developmental Disabilities who is Charged with a Crime |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Administrative/Management | VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America): A Resource for your Organization |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Recreation/Leisure | Power Hour! |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Relationships/Sexuality | Paid Spkr 4: David Hingsburger: Sexuality: The Relationship Context |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Education | Self-Regulated Strategies Development and Writing Strategies |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Employment | CAREERS----Getting and keeping THE Job that can lead to the career that you want! |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Disability Specific | Fulfilling the Promise: Progress Toward meeting Recommendations of the 2007 Developmental Disabilities Task Force Report to the Tennessee Legislature > Part 1 of 2 |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Empowerment | The Creative Arts Project: Empowerment and Personal Growth of Artists |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Assistive Technology | Wheeled Mobility Update 2008 |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Miscellaneous | Respite |
| 5/29/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Education | No More Pretending! Finding Self-Acceptance with Invisible Differences |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Miscellaneous | Visit Exhibits |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Miscellaneous | Respite |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Empowerment | Building a pyramid of self-advocacy |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Education | From Chaos to Calm: Understanding Moments of Crisis |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Assistive Technology | Pass It On: Assistive Technology Reutilization Partnerships |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Recreation/Leisure | Power Hour! (Repeat) |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Employment | Putting PASS, Ticket to Work and other SSA Work Incentives to Work For You |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Disability Specific | The ABCDs of Vision Loss: Adaptations, Braille, Coping and Definitions |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Disability Specific | Paid Spkr 2: Bart Stevens: The ABC's of Special Needs Planning Made Easy |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Access | TennCare & CoverTennessee - Get On, Get Services, Get Active! |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Disability Specific | Fulfilling the Promise: Progress Toward meeting Recommendations of the 2007 Developmental Disabilities Task Force Report to the Tennessee Legislature > Part 2 of 2 |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Education | Advocacy in Special Education |
| 5/29/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Education | Miracle-Gro for the Brain: Activities That Promote Learning |
| 5/29/2008 | 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Visit Exhibits |
| 5/29/2008 | 12:00 PM | 1:15 PM | Miscellaneous | Lunch (Buffet / Complimentary - Respite Closed) |
| 5/29/2008 | 1:15 PM | 2:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Networking (Mingle and Visit Exhibits) |
| 5/29/2008 | 2:00 PM | 2:45 PM | Empowerment | Plenary 2: Juliette Rizzo: This Is Your Life: Power through Participation |
| 5/29/2008 | 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Visit Exhibits |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Quality Supports | Lives in Transition: Young Adult Siblings of Individuals with Disabilities |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Education | Plenary 2: Breakout Juliet Rizzo: Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellness: A Call to Action |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Relationships/ Sexuality | Paid Spkr 4: David Hingsburger: The Ring of Safety: The Skills People With Disabilities Need to Prevent Sexual Abuse |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Disability Specific | Paid Spkr 2: Bart Stevens: The ABC's of Special Needs Planning Made Easy |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Education | Willing Families, Ready Children and Welcoming Schools: Pre-K and Kindergarten Transitions |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Systems Change | A Declaration of Independence for Individual with Disabilities and their Parent/Guardian |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Assistive Technology | Assistive Technology Funding: Where is it and How do I get it? |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Relationships/ Sexuality | How to Find the Perfect Mate for You |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Recreation/Leisure | Taekwondo (Repeat) |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Empowerment | Arg! We hate Conflict too! What's the LINK between Conflict Resolution and Special Education? |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Interactive | People First Language |
| 5/29/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Miscellaneous | Respite |
| 5/29/2008 | 4:15 PM | 6:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Break |
| 5/29/2008 | 5:00 PM | 6:15 PM | Miscellaneous | Dinner (Complimentary - Seafood/Chicken Buffet) Pirate's Theme Night |
| 5/29/2008 | 6:15 PM | 6:30 PM | Miscellaneous | Break |
| 5/29/2008 | 6:30 PM | 10:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Entertainment ( Karaoke Night ) |
| 5/30/2008 | 7:30 AM | 4:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Registration |
| 5/30/2008 | 7:30 AM | 4:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Information Desk |
| 5/30/2008 | 7:30 AM | 8:30 AM | Miscellaneous | Breakfast (Continental / Complimentary) |
| 5/30/2008 | 8:00 AM | 4:30 PM | Miscellaneous | Accommodations Room |
| 5/30/2008 | 8:00 AM | 9:45 AM | Miscellaneous | Exhibit Hall Opens - Please Visit |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Education | OPTION 7- Finding the Lost Option in Middle School |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Quality Supports | Promoting Family Quality of Life in Families of Children with Autism |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Relationships/ | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Sex, and Intimacy (SEXUALLY EXPLICIT - PLEASE USE DISCRETION IN ATTENDING) |
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| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Disability Specific | What Does Literacy Mean to You? |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Empowerment | Let's Get Mikey to Try It |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Education | Supporting Language Development in Preschool Children |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Education | Parent 2 Parent Advocacy Program |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Systems Change | Issues and Actions in Federal and State Governmental Affairs |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Interactive | The Power of Perception |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Employment | Client Centered Service in Vocational Rehabilitation |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Miscellaneous | Respite |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Recreation/Leisure | Free Swim |
| 5/30/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Recreation/Leisure | Smile & Stretch - Yoga for You! |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Miscellaneous | Visit Exhibits |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Quality Supports | An Interdisciplinary Approach to Crisis Prevention and Intervention for Persons with Intellectual Disability and Mental Health Needs |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Recreation/Leisure | Free Swim |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Miscellaneous | Respite |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Disability Specific | Facilitating Peer Interactions for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Assistive Technology | Developing a Model to Create an Unlimited World of Possibilities through Assistive Technology through Partnerships |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Disability Specific | Paid Spkr 1: John McKnight: Communities Built on Citizen Capacities |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Empowerment | Paid Spkr 5: Tracee Pickett: Empowerment Through the Arts |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Education | Tennessee Reading First Guide to Effective Reading Instruction: Lesson Adaptations for Struggling Readers |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Employment | Accommodating Assessments Through Tennessee Career Centers |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Empowerment | Oh yes you can! |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Education | Post-Secondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities-What is Happening in Tennessee! |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Interactive | Build Your Own Care Notebook |
| 5/30/2008 | 10:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Recreation/Leisure | Smile & Stretch - Yoga for You! (Repeat) |
| 5/30/2008 | 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Visit Exhibits |
| 5/30/2008 | 12:00 PM | 1:15 PM | Miscellaneous | Lunch (Buffet / Complimentary - Respite Closed) |
| 5/30/2008 | 1:15 PM | 2:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Networking (Mingle and Visit Exhibits) |
| 5/30/2008 | 2:00 PM | 2:45 PM | Disability Specific | Plenary 3 Nelson Lauver: Ordinary Americans Extraordinary Achievements |
| 5/30/2008 | 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Visit Exhibits |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Miscellaneous | Respite |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Employment | Disability Program Navigators in Service to the Workforce - Panel |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Interactive | Plenary 3: Breakout Nelson Lauver: What's Your Beef?!? |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Assistive Technology | Agriculture Needs Assistive Technology Too |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Empowerment | Paid Spkr 5: Tracee Pickett: Empowerment Through the Arts |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Systems Change | LINK-Up With Your Local School System |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Disability Specific | Paid Spkr 1: John McKnight: Communities Built on Citizen Capacities |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Disability Specific | A Special Trust for Persons with Special Needs |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Empowerment | Self-determination |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Education | Strategies for Running an Effective Peer Tutoring Program |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Education | ALL Children Need to Be Literate: A Workshop for Parents and Teachers |
| 5/30/2008 | 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Recreation/Leisure | S.M.I.L.E.S. Sharing Memories, Ideas, Laughter Encouragement, and Suggestions in an Aquatic Setting |
| 5/30/2008 | 4:15 PM | 4:45 PM | Miscellaneous | Break |
| 5/30/2008 | 6:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Awards Banquet and Celebration Dance w/ Music by Boomerang |
| 5/31/2008 | 9:00 AM | Miscellaneous | Breakfast on Your Own | |
| 5/31/2008 | 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Miscellaneous | The Arc of Tennessee Board Action-Only Meeting |
| 5/31/2008 | 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Miscellaneous | DSPAT Annual Membership Meeting |
| 5/31/2008 | 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Board Sessions for Partnering Agencies |
| 5/31/2008 | 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Board Sessions for Partnering Agencies |
| 5/31/2008 | 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Miscellaneous | Board Sessions for Partnering Agencies |
| 5/31/2008 | 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Miscellaneous | DD Network Meeting |
| 5/31/2008 | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Miscellaneous | The Arc of Tennessee Annual Membership Meeting |

