News and AnnouncementsSAVE THE DATE - AUTISM CONFERENCE – November 6-7(9/09) Autism Across the Life Span Conference, November 6-7, 2009, at the Hilton Wichita Airport Executive Conference Center, providing Kansas families, rehabilitation professionals, service providers, and educators with current information on evidence-based practices in autism. (Read the full story.) Kansas College of Direct Support(9/09) Kansas continues to provide national leadership in the development of careers for direct support professionals. Kathy Olson, administrator of the Kansas College of Direct Support online training, recently announced that the first three direct support staff to become nationally certified by the National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals are employed by TARC in Kansas. (Read the full story.) Taking Stock: What we did last summer
(9/09) Staff training: For two days last summer, LSI at Parsons faculty and staff participated in intensive software training presented by University of Kansas instructional technology training experts, Kim Glover and Kathy Pribbenow. (Read the full story.) Staff Profile
(9/09) Roger Stanley, Counselor, M.S., Clinical Psychology Pittsburg State University I am a counselor with the Foster Care Treatment Project, also known as the Southeast Kansas Pilot Project to Replicate the Oregon Model of Intervention with Antisocial Youth Families. (Read the full story.) Parsons Research Team Welcomes(9/09) Yusuke Hayasi, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher, Psychology, West Virginia University - I recently joined the wonderful research team at Life Span Institute at Parsons and am happy to have this opportunity to introduce myself. (Read the full story.) “Just the STATS”(9/09) Did you know? The Communication of People with Mental Retardation Project has a 50-year history of study examining various aspects of communication and language development.
Student Spends Summer Immersed in Translational Research
(7/09) Surrounded by her colleagues, Shannon Tierney, research assistant, finds herself immersed in translational research at the Parsons Research Center, Life Span Institute at Parsons and loving every minute. Shannon says she is really more of a basic research person and likes to find out how things work. (Read the full story.) New Grant AwardMuriel Saunders received a new Field Initiated Research award “Weight Loss by Individuals with Physical Disabilities” from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research for the period 10/1/09-9/30/12. Co-Principal Investigator is Amanda Reichard, Research and Training Center on Independent Living. Co-Investigators are Martha Hodgesmith (RTC); Joe Donnelly and Bryan Smith, Energy Balance Laboratory and Weight Management Center; Debra Sullivan, Matt Mayo, and Cheryl Gibson, University of Kansas Medical Center and Richard Saunders, Life Span Institute at Parsons. KEE Sponsors DME Donation Drives in Four Cities in June
The Kansas Equipment Exchange program asked residents in Hiawatha, Atchison, Topeka and Overland Park if they had durable medical equipment taking up space in the garage such as a wheelchair or a home care bed that was no longer needed. And would they donate their unneeded equipment to help a Kansan with disabilities who needs DME but can’t afford it? And in each city in just two days in June, residents responded with a resounding “Yes, we do and Yes, we will!” (Read the full story.) New Grant AwardMuriel Saunders received a new Field Initiated Research award “Weight Loss by Individuals with Physical Disabilities” from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research for the period 10/1/09-9/30/12. Co-Principal Investigator is Amanda Reichard, Research and Training Center on Independent Living. Co-Investigators are Martha Hodgesmith (RTC); Joe Donnelly and Bryan Smith, Energy Balance Laboratory and Weight Management Center; Debra Sullivan, Matt Mayo, and Cheryl Gibson, University of Kansas Medical Center and Richard Saunders, Life Span Institute at Parsons. Staff NewsChristenson Retires, 31 Years with University of Kansas: Bob Christensen, graphic artist and photographer, made it official on July 2, 2009 and retired after 31 years of service with the Life Span Institute at Parsons. (Read the rest of the story.) Sara Major to Race for the Cure August 9: Sara Major, behavior therapist with the SEK Foster Care Project, will run the Race for the Cure, August 9 in Kansas City sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. For more information about Sara’s commitment to ending breast cancer see her webpage at, http://www.active.com/donate/KC2009/seesararun KU Volunteers Help Collect 30,202 Pounds of E-Waste in Parsons |
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