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AAMR's 127th Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL


Click here to view (in PDF format) the complete 20-page Program.

Click here for a one-page PDF version of the Program at a Glance.

Program
Program-at-a-Glance
Tuesday 5/20
Wednesday 5/21
Thursday 5/22
Friday 5/23
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Empowering Supports and Securing Funding
Improving Health and Fostering Development
Achieving Satisfying Personal and Family Outcomes

AAMR Joint Leadership Meeting
7:30 - 8:45 am

Business Meetings
7:00 - 8:00 am

Business Meetings
7:00 - 8:00 am
Business Meetings
7:00 - 8:00 am

Half-day AM Workshops
8:00am - 12:00 noon

1st Time Attendee Orientation
7:30 - 8:00 am
Communication Disorders Division Breakfast Meeting
Sponsored by: Prentke Romich Company

Nursing Division and Health Issues SIG Breakfast Meeting
7:00 - 8:00 am
Annual AAMR Board
Open Forum
8:00 - 9:00 am
Joint Assembly of Regions and Chapter Presidents Meeting
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Opening of the Exhibit Hall
Exclusive Time
8:00 - 9:00 am
Exclusive Exhibit Time
8:00 - 9:00 am
Video Theater/View on Demand
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Conference of Divisions & SIGs Meeting
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Video Theater/View on Demand
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Video Theater/View on Demand
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Plenary Session

Life Span: The National Goals Conference Priorities

9:15 - 10:30 am

NADD/AAMR
Symposium I

Basic Principles of Psychopharmacology for the Non-Physician

9:30 am - 12:00 noon

Opening Session/Plenary Session


Dialing for Dollars: An Overview of Public and Private Funding Sources


9:15 - 11:00 am


Plenary Session

Health Promotion and Prevention of Disabilities

9:00 - 10:15 am

 

Special Theme Sessions:
10:30 - 11:45 am

Renewing the Revolution for Enhancing Personally Satisfying Lives Through Self-Advocacy/Self-Determination, Home/Community Living, and Employment

Renewing the Revolution for Enhancement of Personally Satisfying Lives Through Technologies, Effective Schooling, and Family Support

Renewing the Revolution for Enhancement of Personally Satisfying Lives: Dialogue with Plenary Speakers

Full Day Workshops
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Exhibit Time
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Technology Symposium

Technology Use and Intellectual Disabilities



9:00am - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
in the Exhibit Hall
10:15 - 10:30 am
AAMR Board of Directors Meeting

12:00 noon - 5:00 pm

Special Theme Sessions:
11:15 am - 12:45 pm


Home and Community Based Waivers

Supporting Children with Disabilities: Public Programs and Private Insurance

Funding and Capitol Hill: Priorities and Possibilities

A Guide to the World of Private, Foundation Funding


Special Theme Sessions:
10:30 - 11:45 am

Health Services/Promotion and Biomedical Research for Prevention

Positive Behavior Support for Behavioral, Mental Health, Communications, and Crisis Needs

Aging, ID and Health Disparities: Issues and Agenda for Research and Policy

Luncheon and Business Meetings
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm

Nursing Division $30
Medicine Division $35
Social Work $33

Half-Day PM workshops
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm


Interactive Poster Presentations

12:15 - 1:45 pm

Special Session

Critical Implications of the New AAMR Definition of Mental Retardation

12:15 - 1:45 pm
NADD/AAMR
Symposium 2

Psychiatric Disorders Among Individuals with ID

1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Exclusive Exhibit Time
12:45 - 2:00 pm
Exclusive Exhibit Time
11:45 am - 1:00 pm

Closing Plenary Session

Normalization: The Continuing Revolution

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Welcome Reception

Sponsored By: The MENTOR Network

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Business Meetings
3:00 - 5:00 pm
2003-04 AAMR Board of Directors Dinner Meeting
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Reception

5:30 - 7:30 pm
Cocktail Reception
5:00 - 6:30 pm

Thursday Night
at the Movies

"The Collector of Bedford Street"

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Special Screening of "Refrigerator Mothers"

2003 AAMR Media Award

7:00 pm
Religion & Spirituality Division Dinner $45
6:30 pm

Saturday, May 24

Business Meetings
9:00 - 12:00 noon

Religion & Spirituality Division
Strategic Planning Meeting
9:30 - 11:30 am

Click here for the Academy on Mental Retardation Program

 

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