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MAY 2008

MAY 2008

Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020 Region Meetings April 1-May 30 ( various regional meetings)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is conducting five regional meetings to discuss the development of the framework for Healthy People 2020, the national health goals for the next decade. A sixth meeting is planned in the Washington area to gain input from national organizations and other interested groups and individuals

World of Possibilities: disAbilities, Healthy Aging and Independent Living Expos!. Would love for you to join us at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland, May 2-3, 2008. http://expo.caringcommunities.org.

May 5-9: YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities Network 29th Annual International Conference on Development and Learning Disabilities, Miami FL
www.yai.org/conference

The Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative, 2008 Spring Meeting, Responding to Childhood Trauma: Lessons Learned. New Orleans, LA Royal Sonesta Hotel, www.urbancollaborative.org

Essential Topics in Pediatries 2008: Exploring the Developmental Spectrum May 15-17, 2008 San Diego, California, Catamaran Hotel for more information http://cme.ucsd.edu/pediatrics/.

NEW! ! Institute for Family Centered Care “Hospitals and Communities Moving Forward Intensive Training Seminar”, Bethesda, MD Doubletree Bethesda, May 27-30, 2008 www.familycenteredcare.org

Care Clinic Workshops for Autism/PDD/ADD/ADHD “Putting our children on the Road to Recovery”, May 31, 2008, Tampa, FL www.mycareclinics.com"

LOOKING AHEAD. . .

NEW! Native American Training Institutes “Wrap around in Indian Country: The Ways of the people are who we are”, June 16-20, 2008 Bismark, ND Doublewood Inn. www.nativeinstitute.org

Seventh North American Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome (Traumatic Brain Injury) October 5-8, 2008 Vancouver BC. The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (USA) invites you and your colleagues to become involved with our upcoming conference at the Westin Bayshore in beautiful Vancouver, BC. The conference program is designed to foster communication between the professionals and families affected by shaken baby syndrome.
http://www.dontshake.org

APHA (American Public Health Association) Annual Conference: Public Health without Borders October 25-29, 2008 San Diego, California
http://www.apha.org/meetings/pastfuture

NEW! 23rd National Training Institute Connecting Science, Policy and Practice: Improving Outcomes for Infants and Toddlers. Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, CA December 5-7, 2008 www.zerotothree.org

NEW! 2008 CityMatCH conference, “A Life Course Perspective: Pathways for Improving Practice in Urban Maternal and Child Health (MCH)". September 20-23, Albuquerque, NM CityMatCH Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference The CityMatCH is a freestanding national membership organization of city and county health departments’ maternal and child health programs and leaders representing urban communities in the US. www.citymatch.org

OTHER CONFERENCES OF INTEREST

International Symposium - "Instructional Technology and Education of the Deaf", Date: 23 - 26 June 2008 Rochester, New York, USA, National Technical Institute for the Deaf PEN- International
http://www.mpi.nl/world/SignLang/WEB-FINAL/workshopapril07/workshopjan07.htm

If you know of a conference that needs to be included in this list, please feel free to send it electronically to Trish Thomas, Partnership Coordinator at tthomas@familyvoices.org. Conference brochures and Calls for Papers may be mailed to the Family Voices National Office, Attn: Trish Thomas, Partnership Coordinator.  
Updated 05/06/08 PLT