Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Two day conference on inclusion in the community - and home

The last two days were filled with day-long conference participation.  What an incredible participation rate.  The 2-300 people in attendance showed up at 8 in the morning and were still going strong after 5 pm.  Real commitment to both school inclusion and deinstitutionalization.  I did two presentations, one on the CRPD and its implications for Colombia and the other on working with families around deinstitutionalization.  You can see the first one here....
 https://www.icbf.gov.co/icbf/directorio/portel/libreria/php/frame_detalle.php?h_id=8496

I used a lot of the same material I have been using, and borrowed some slides form both Michael Smull and Nancy Weiss.  For those of you who do not know Michael's work, you can find it at 
http://www.elpnet.net/



Nancy works here with us at UD, and is also a fabulous presenter.

The trip home began with a wake-up call at 4 AM, though I was already up and a quiet ride to the airport which was amazingly bust at 4:45 AM.  Got some coffee for home, candy for work and was glad for the upgrade on the flights home.  The international terminal in Miami is a zoo and, like most things in Florida, not quite right!

Off to Prague in a few weeks.  More on that leter.



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