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 NADD
25th Annual Conference A Quarter Century of Awareness: Assessment,
Treatment & Policy Advances (ID/MH)
The NADD 25th Annual Conference & Exhibit Show will take place
November 12 - 14, 2008 at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel, Niagara
Falls, ON, Canada.
Continuing Education Credits will be offered.
Mark your calendar... You won't want to miss it!
Preliminary Conference Information:
Co- Chairpersons: Dorothy Griffiths, PhD and Chrissoula
Stavrakaki, MD, PhD
Conference Co-sponsors (in association with NADD):
ABILITY Magazine
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office on Disability (HHS/OD)
Development Disabilities Nurses Association (DDNA)
Drexel University College of Medicine, Organization for Autism
Research (OAR)
Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH)
Pre-Conference Symposia (Partial List) - Wednesday, November 12 , 2008
DM-ID: Diagnostic Manual-Intellectual Disability- Robert
Fletcher, DSW, ACSW & Chrissoula Stavrakaki, MD, PhD
Assessment/ Screening Instruments - Betsey Benson, PhD
Behavioral Phenotypes & Genetic Diagnostic Approaches - Elisabeth
Dykens, PhD & Brenda Finucane, MS, CGC
Current Medication Usage to Treat Psychiatric Disorders for People
with ID - Jarrett Barnhill, MD
Changing Framework of Service Approaches to Individuals with Dual
Diagnosis and Their Families - Dorothy Griffiths, PhD &
John Lord
Past Fads, Current Practices and Future Promises in Developmental
Disabilities - James A. Mulick, PhD
Plenary Session - Thursday, November, 13, 2008
The History of NADD - Robert Fletcher, DSW, ACSW
Plenary Session- Friday, November, 14, 2008
The Current & Future Directions for United States and Canada
Information:
Conference updates are posted as they become available on the NADD
website: www.thenadd.org.
Conference brochure and online registration will be available in
August 2008.
Hotel reservations can be made now at the Sheraton Fallsview
Hotel. Hotel rates are: $134* - single/double-Fallsview;
$109 - single/double - city view. For reservations, please call
1-800-267-8439 or 905-374-1077. Please mention that you are
attending the NADD Conference being held there.
*Prices are in Canadian dollars and are subject to tax and fees.
NOTE:
If you are traveling from the United States to the conference by air
or vehicle transportation you will be required to have a U.S.
passport. Applications require two photographs of yourself,
proof of U.S. citizenship, and a valid form of photo identification
such as a driver's license. Processing time currently takes up to for
weeks from the time of application. Expedited service within
three weeks. The NEW Passport card applications are currently being
accepted in anticipation of land border travel document requirements.
The card may not be used to travel by air. Whether you
need a new application or would like to renew a passport or apply for
passport card, please visit http://travel.state.gov/passport
for more information.
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Upcoming Conferences:
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NADD Spring
Teleconference (04/15, 04/24, 04/30, 05/13, 05/29)
Ohio State 6th Annual
MH/MR, Columbus North Hotel, Columbus, OH (09/03/08 & 09/04/08)
NADD 25th Annual
Conference - Sheraton Fallsview Hotel, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
(11/12/08 - 11/14/08)
Complete Calendar |
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Psychopharmacology Primer
Edward E. Hughes, M.A., LPA, NCP
Jerry McKee, Pharm.D., M.S., BCPP
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Diagnostic Manual – Intellectual Disability (DM-ID)
The National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD), in
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth
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Edwin J. Mikkelsen, M.D.
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Valerie L. Gaus
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Ann Poindexter, M.D.
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Edited by Tony Charman, Ph.D. and Wendy Stone, Ph.D.
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 Asperger
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Sally Ozonoff, Ph.D., Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D., James McPartland, Ph.D.
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Edited by Margot Prior, Ph.D.
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Stories from the Frontline – Intellectual Disabilities and
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 More
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