Post by LimitedRecourse on Mar 14, 2010 14:02:36 GMT -5
CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE- NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Monday, April 19, 2010
Think College will hold a Capacity Building Institute on Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Nashville. This event is co-hosted and coordinated by the Vanderbilt Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, and the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities.
The institute will offer strategies and resources that can be used by college faculty, college administrators and community leaders to support the development and implementation of inclusive postsecondary education options for students with intellectual disabilities.
Conference attendees will hear about information and best practices for innovative postsecondary programs serving students with intellectual disabilities who are seeking continuing education opportunities after high school.
SPEAKERS
Deb Hart · Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston
Meg Grigal · TransCen, Inc.
Elise McMillan and Tammy Day · Vanderbilt University
Wanda Willis · Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities
TO REGISTER
Registration for the Tennessee Institute will be limited to 50 participants, and is available at kc.vanderbilt.edu/site/newsandevents/calendar/page.aspx?id=1828. Preference will be given to Tennessee college and university teams of from 3 to 5 faculty, administrators and community leaders, but other college teams from other states also are encouraged to attend.
Deadline for registration is March 22.
LOCATION & COST
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Room 241
Nashville, Tennessee
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 9:00 am-3:00 pm (8:30 am registration)
Cost: $35 per person (Includes breakfast and lunch)
Special Rate: $25 per person for groups of 3 or more from Tennessee colleges
and universities and Tennessee technology centers
CONTACT INFORMATION
kc.vanderbilt.edu/site/newsandevents/calendar/page.aspx?id=1828
For information on travel stipends from the Tennessee Council on Developmental
Disabilities for Tennessee colleges and universities contact Wanda Willis at Wanda.Willis@tn.gov.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Think College will hold a Capacity Building Institute on Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Nashville. This event is co-hosted and coordinated by the Vanderbilt Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, and the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities.
The institute will offer strategies and resources that can be used by college faculty, college administrators and community leaders to support the development and implementation of inclusive postsecondary education options for students with intellectual disabilities.
Conference attendees will hear about information and best practices for innovative postsecondary programs serving students with intellectual disabilities who are seeking continuing education opportunities after high school.
SPEAKERS
Deb Hart · Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston
Meg Grigal · TransCen, Inc.
Elise McMillan and Tammy Day · Vanderbilt University
Wanda Willis · Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities
TO REGISTER
Registration for the Tennessee Institute will be limited to 50 participants, and is available at kc.vanderbilt.edu/site/newsandevents/calendar/page.aspx?id=1828. Preference will be given to Tennessee college and university teams of from 3 to 5 faculty, administrators and community leaders, but other college teams from other states also are encouraged to attend.
Deadline for registration is March 22.
LOCATION & COST
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Room 241
Nashville, Tennessee
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 9:00 am-3:00 pm (8:30 am registration)
Cost: $35 per person (Includes breakfast and lunch)
Special Rate: $25 per person for groups of 3 or more from Tennessee colleges
and universities and Tennessee technology centers
CONTACT INFORMATION
kc.vanderbilt.edu/site/newsandevents/calendar/page.aspx?id=1828
For information on travel stipends from the Tennessee Council on Developmental
Disabilities for Tennessee colleges and universities contact Wanda Willis at Wanda.Willis@tn.gov.