TN Adult Brothers & Sisters

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The Second Annual Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters (TABS) Conference will take place on April 16-17, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Holiday Inn Select at Vanderbilt. The Conference will empower and educate adult siblings who have a brother or a sister with a disability with information and resources, and will develop local and statewide networks of adult siblings. Conference highlights include:

Keynote Speakers

I Leslie Rubin, MD

President, Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability; Medical Director, TEAM Centers, Chattanooga TN; Co-director, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Emory University

Ann Kaiser, PhD

Professor of Special Education; Susan Gray Chair in Education and Human Development; Professor of Psychology, Peabody College

Breakout Sessions

· The Sandwich Generation

· Special Needs Trusts

· Aging and Disabilities

· Having the Difficult Conversation

Sibling Book Club

Evening Reception and Silent Auction …and more!

Registration is required. For more information on the Conference and to register, visit: www.kc.vanderbilt.edu/registration or call

[phone]. See the attached flyer for more detailed Conference information.

If you cannot attend the conference, but would like to register as an adult sibling in Tennessee and learn about future TABS events, visit: kc.vanderbilt.edu/site/services/disabilityservices/tabs.aspx

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Conference Sponsors include:

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities, The Arc of Tennessee, University of Tennessee Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities, TigersEye Advisory, LLC, Tennessee School for the Deaf, Harwood Center, Siblings United, East Tennessee State University, and Holiday Inn Select at Vanderbilt

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