Mind Your Health – DSI Annual Conference 2019
When: Saturday, May 4, 2019 – 8:30am – 3:30 (registration begins at 8:00am)
Where: Down Syndrome Indiana, 708 E. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Join DSI on Saturday, May 4th, 2019 for our Mind Your Health, our Annual Conference! Presenters will speak on topics related to Behavior Management, Self-Care for Caregivers, Down syndrome and Depression, and Mental Health. The conference will take place from 8:30am – 3:30pm at 708 E. Michigan Street, Indianapolis.
This is a FREE event!
To register, visit https://goo.gl/forms/LKnHoblBrCgg83vL2.
For more information, please contact garner@dsindiana.org.
*Funding provided, in part, by a grant from the Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities Consumer Education Fund
Click Here for Conference Brochure
Presentations by:
Mary Ciccarelli, MD
Cassie Karlsson, MD
Lani Jones, PsyD
Alysia Fuhrmann, BCBA
Megan Peck, MSW
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2017 Down Syndrome Research Conference
Hosted by
Down Syndrome Indiana
In partnership with
National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)
The D21 Project at Emory University
When: Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 8:30am—1:30pm
Where: Down Syndrome Indiana, 708 E. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
2017 Down Syndrome Research Conference Agenda & Links
Indianapolis, Indiana
8:30 – 9:00 Vincent Randazzo, NDSS Public Policy Advisor
& Guest Speaker: Carl Erskine
Video: https://youtu.be/VrLe7NmJpLs
Handouts: click here
9:00 – 9:20 Dr. Sherman, DS360 Project at Emory University
Title: What’s Happening in the Research
World of Down syndrome?
Video: https://youtu.be/GFDsS_C_xTM
Handouts: click here
9:20 – 10:00 Dr. Roper, IUPUI
Title: Treatment in Trisomy 21: a scientist’s
perspective
Video: https://youtu.be/jd_uv9w8sOQ
Handouts: click here
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00 Dr. Head, University of Kentucky
Sanders Brown Center on Aging
Title: Aging in People with Down syndrome
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdGI-avK4FA
Handouts: click here
11:00 – 11:20 Lisa Kaeser, NIH & DS-Connect
Title: Research: Why Should I Get Involved?
Video: https://youtu.be/EjqV6C16g-o
Handouts: click here
11:20 – 11:45 Lunch
11:45 – 12:00 Kelsey Prena, Ph.D., Indiana University
Title: Potential of Video Games for Learning & Memory
Video: https://youtu.be/8d3WmfibWBc
Handouts: click here
12:00 – 12:20 Drs. Marie Channell & Laura Hahn,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Title: Characterizing Development in Down Syndrome:
From Infancy through Adolescence
Video: https://youtu.be/nnDNNudp0FE
Handouts: click here
12:20 – 12:50 Dr. Kathy Martin, PT, DHSc, University of Indianapolis
Title: The benefit of orthoses for young children with
Down syndrome
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPLAHSBv9os
Handouts: click here
12:50 – 1:15 Dr. Rachel Swinford, PhD
IU School of Physical Education – IUPUI
Title: Live Laugh Dance – Connecting Mind, Body
and Soul
Video: https://youtu.be/pTr6DC3BeBg
Handouts: click here
1:15 – Questions
