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August 7, 2001
MIND Institute Conference
Focuses on Autism
Two California State University Sacramento professors will
be among the speakers at the first autism summer institute
put on by the UC Davis MIND (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental
Disorders) Institute, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Aug. 8 - 9 on the
CSUS campus. Sessions will be held in the University Union
Redwood Room, Amador Hall 150 and Riverside 1015.
The educational meeting is designed to help area professionals
address issues related to children with autism spectrum disorder
CSUS special education, rehabilitation and school psychology
professors Maurine Ballard-Rosa and Steven Daley will speak
on "Educational Issues for Young Children with Autism
Spectrum Disorders" at 10:40 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 9 in
Amador Hall 150. Later that day, Ballard-Rosa will also be
part of a panel on "Embedding Objectives Into Classroom
Activities," moderated by Daley, at 3:10 p.m. in the
Redwood Room.
The MIND Institute is an organization of parents, community
leaders, researchers, clinicians and volunteers brought together
to study and treat autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
For more information on the conference, contact Barbara Davis
at (916) 734-8995.
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For
further information send E-Mail to infodesk@csus.edu or
contact
Public Affairs (916)
278-6156.
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