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Call for Abstracts: NCRE/RSA/CSAVR National Rehabilitation Education Conference Fall 2013 Conference

Sunday, November 3 - Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Arlington Virginia
           
“Building on the Best: Designs for Success”

In recent years there has been a strong focus on the issues of knowledge translation, evidence-based practice, and increasing research that benefits the vocational rehabilitation programs. Yet, we continue to struggle with the translation and implementation of real innovations into practice. One key aspect of the process of realizing innovative change at the practitioner level is the professional development of service providers.

The professional development process is complex and systemic in nature. It requires more than simply providing presentations on specific topics. It must be based on principles of adult learning, supervision, peer support, organizational culture, etc. For this reason, this year’s conference is designed to focus on universal design and assistive technology, knowledge translation, and the development of students and new professionals. As those individuals are responsible for professional development (from pre-service education to in-service training) are able to increase their skill sets in the professional development process, the likelihood of knowledge translation and improved services for persons with disabilities will increase.

This year’s conference will be held at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel, Arlington VA, Sunday, November 3 - Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Based on the conference theme of, Building on the Best: Designs for Success,the conference tracks are:

1. Assistive Technology/Universal Design

2. Training Processes

3. Knowledge Translation

4. Developing Students and New Professionals

There will be additional invited training sessions focused on legislative issues, grant writing and administration, and professional issues for rehabilitation counselors.

We encourage presenters to challenge current ways of thinking and submit proposals that demonstrate a real difference in how we conduct rehabilitation pre-service and in-service training.  This is your opportunity to submit a program proposal that will share with others your new and effective solutions for ensuring the effective development of rehabilitation professionals.  Submissions are due no later than Sunday, July 14, 2013, at 9:00pm PST.

Call for Abstracts: 2014 Special Care Dentistry Association Annual Meeting

April 10-13, 2014 Chicago, Illinois

As SCDA professionals, it is vital that we share our ideas and perspectives with peers and colleagues. By presenting at 2014 SCDA Annual Meeting, you'll benefit from the event's educational and professional development opportunities. Plus you'll also be sharing your experiences, challenges, and fresh approaches with fellow professionals from around the world.

Why should you present at the SCDA Conference?

As a presenter, you will interact with an audience of professionals who will learn how to apply your insights to meet their daily challenges. Many professionals have found this speaking experience gratifying and helpful for their career development.

And of course, you will benefit from the educational and networking opportunities which are the hallmark of the SCDA Annual Educational Conference.

The following general topics are areas of interest for the 2014 program, although other oral-related topics may also be accepted for sessions:

Continuum of care for aging patients with special needs

Oral and medical/physical conditions in adults with physical and cognitive disabilities

Clinical care issues for patients at high risk for complications

Access to care issues and solutions for patients with special needs - taking the dental practice to the patients

Community collaborative practice models - Dentistry's role in interdisciplinary care delivery

Ethics, advocacy and trends in special care dentistry

Training the dental community to care for patients with special needs

Advocacy and public awareness of the oral health needs of patients with special needs

Patient Management and Practice Models for alternative settings

Clinical care issues for patients with HIV, HPV, MRSA, VAP.

Treatment Modalities unique to patients with special needs

Clinical tips, including techniques and materials for treating individuals with special needs

Hands on training sessions relevant to treating patients with special needs

Submission Guidelines

Abstract submissions need to contain a brief descriptive paragraph outlining the presentation as well as 2-3 learning objectives written to the continuing education standards. Abstracts should be limited to 150 words and will be published. Presentation should be either 60 or 75 minutes long. Please note: Presentations must be educational in nature and not includeany sales, product or marketing information. Speakers are encouraged to prepare and present original material. The Program Committee will carefully review all abstracts. Abstracts and presentations must utilize person first language.

Key Deadlines

Deadline for Short talks: July 12, 2013

Deadline for Poster and Roundtables: November 1, 2013

Note: Submissions become the property of SCDA and will not be returned. SCDA has the right to publish your entry. 

Call for Proposals: Feminist Approaches to Bioethics

The International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics is pleased to invite proposals for panels and papers for presentation at the 2014 World Congress in Mexico City, 22-24 June 2014. The Congress theme is Health Care Ethics: Local, Global, Universal. While FAB encourages submissions on this theme, submissions on any topic in feminist bioethics are welcome.

Paper abstracts should be 300 words long, prepared for anonymous review, and accompanied by both a descriptive title for the paper proposed and 2-3 keywords. Proposed panels should also be prepared for anonymous review and consist of a 300-word description of the overall topic and objectives of the panel, as well as a panel title and the titles of all the papers to be included in the panel. All submissions should include the names, email addresses, and full affiliations of all authors. In cases of panels and coauthored papers, please identify a corresponding author. One or two submitted papers may be selected for plenary presentations. If you wish your paper to be considered for a plenary, please submit the full paper and indicate that you seek review for a plenary. The conference organizers welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, the social sciences, critical cultural studies (gender and sexuality studies, disability studies, race studies, etc.), law, public health, and others. We particularly encourage submissions from early career researchers.

Submissions (in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format) should be emailed to <fab.mexico.2014@gmail.com> by 1 September 2013. This email address should only be used for communications concerning submissions, and not for general conference or FAB inquiries.

Sample topics:

·  Feminist thoughts about universal declarations of rights

·  Feminist thoughts about what moral obligations, if any, are universal

·  How growing economies shape the delivery of health care for women

·  How oppression affects access to health care

·  Informal systems of care

·  International comparisons of health care systems

·  Macro dilemmas and micro solutions to the need for health care

·  Political foundations for access to care

·  Scarce resources, just allocations

·  Local power, global biomedical challenges

·  Neoliberalism’s impact on health care systems

·  Medical research in a global era

·  Feminist bioethics: ghetto or global?

·  A local epistemology for a global feminist bioethics

Papers accepted for the conference will be reviewed for publication in IJFAB. Conferees should plan to submit their final papers to IJFAB no later than 1September 2014.

Application Procedure for Travel and Registration Grants

For more information about International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, (FAB), visit www.fabnet.org.

FAB is affiliated with the International Association of Bioethics (IAB).

The IAB World Congress will be held in Mexico City 24-27 June 2014.

Call for Papers for a Panel on Speaking in Two Voices: Academics Parenting Children with Disabilities at the 45th Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

April 3-6, 2014 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The 45th Annual Convention will feature approximately 350 sessions, as well as dynamic speakers and cultural events. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.

Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2013

Please include with your abstract:

• Name and Affiliation
• Email address

• A/V requirements ($10 handling fee with registration per person; two person per panel minimum for Media Projector)

Speaking in Two Voices: Academics Parenting Children with Disabilities

This panel seeks papers discussing the unique challenges of parenting children with disabilities while working in academia, and particularly, the effect this experience has on teaching, scholarship, and professional development; both scholarly and autobiographical submissions (and any blending thereof) are welcome. Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words and a brief biography to dotteran@sunysuffolk.edu.

Call for Papers for a Panel on Illness, Disease, Trauma and Disability in Italian American Literature and Film at the 45th Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

April 3-6, 2014 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The 45th Annual Convention will feature approximately 350 sessions, as well as dynamic speakers and cultural events. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.

Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2013

Please include with your abstract:

• Name and Affiliation
• Email address

• A/V requirements ($10 handling fee with registration per person; two person per panel minimum for Media Projector)

Illness, Disease, Trauma and Disability in Italian American Literature and Film

This panel seeks papers exploring narratives of illness, disease, trauma or disability in Italian American literature & film. Questions may include: How have Italian American authors & filmmakers represented these conditions? Do these texts invite readers/spectators to conflate or distinguish among these conditions? How have these experiences intersected with ethnicity? Do Italian American narratives differ from mainstream texts about illness, trauma or disability? Any methodological approach welcome. Abstracts and bio to jrwagnerpsu@psu.edu.

Call for Papers for a Panel on This Man...This Monster!: Superheroes, Disability, and Struggles with Normalcy at the 45th Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

April 3-6, 2014 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The 45th Annual Convention will feature approximately 350 sessions, as well as dynamic speakers and cultural events. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.

Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2013

Please include with your abstract:

• Name and Affiliation
• Email address

• A/V requirements ($10 handling fee with registration per person; two person per panel minimum for Media Projector)

This Man...This Monster!: Superheroes, Disability, and Struggles with Normalcy

In an attempt to broaden the scope of both disabilities and comics discourse, this panel seeks papers that bring into dialogue examinations of disabled characters with the ways in which deformities, distortions, and disfigurement affect space, form, and image in comic books. Also, of particular interest are papers that question the normative nature of form, structure, or content involved in the construction of comics. Send 300-500 word abstracts and brief biographical statement to: Kim Canuette Grimaldi (kcanuette@gmail.com).

Call for Papers for a Panel on Normalization of the Male Body in Contemporary European Narratives at the 45th Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

April 3-6, 2014 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The 45th Annual Convention will feature approximately 350 sessions, as well as dynamic speakers and cultural events. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.

Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2013

Please include with your abstract:

• Name and Affiliation
• Email address

• A/V requirements ($10 handling fee with registration per person; two person per panel minimum for Media Projector)

Normalization of the Male Body in Contemporary European Narratives

This panel will examine the discourses that construct normative male identity in European narrative as well as the resistance to said forces of normalization. Topics may include: body as a metaphor, sexuality, healing and rehabilitation, illness, contagion, (both literal and metaphoric), the rhetorical construction of disability, immigration and citizenship, otherness, and masculinity. Please submit 250-500 word abstracts (in English) to Candace Skibba, Carnegie Mellon University, skibba@andrew.cmu.edu.

Call for Papers for a Panel on Disability in Postmodern American Literature at the 45th Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

April 3-6, 2014 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The 45th Annual Convention will feature approximately 350 sessions, as well as dynamic speakers and cultural events. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.

Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2013

Please include with your abstract:

• Name and Affiliation

• Email address

• A/V requirements ($10 handling fee with registration per person; two person per panel minimum for Media Projector)

Disability in Postmodern American Literature

This panel will explore physical, mental, emotional, sexual, and social disabilities in postmodern literature. Considerations include the medical and social models of disability, and previous and current conventions of the ‘cure.’ This analysis of disabilities in postmodern literature can be combined with gender, queer theory, African American studies, postcolonial theory, and ecocriticism. Send abstracts of 300 words to Katherine Lashley, kalash08@aim.com.

Call for Papers for a Panel on Bodies in Place: Disability and the Environment in American Literature at the 45th Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

April 3-6, 2014 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The 45th Annual Convention will feature approximately 350 sessions, as well as dynamic speakers and cultural events. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.

Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2013

Please include with your abstract:

• Name and Affiliation

• Email address

• A/V requirements ($10 handling fee with registration per person; two person per panel minimum for Media Projector)

Bodies in Place: Disability and the Environment in American Literature

This panel seeks a broad range of papers exploring how disability challenges normative constructions of the body-environment dyad. For example, how does disability-centered American literature negotiate the relationship between embodiment and emplacement? How might literature by people with disabilities contribute to a more inclusive ecocriticism? How might we re-examine ‘canonical’ American environmental literature through a disability studies lens? Please submit a 250-300 word abstract and brief bio to Matthew Cella at mjcella@ship.edu.

Call for Papers: The Disability Experience: State of the Arts, Scholarship and Research

October 31st and November 1st, 2013 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Set aside the dates and submit an abstract! The Students for Disability Advocacy, a newly formed student group at the University of Pittsburgh whose mission is to advocate for students with disabilities, will be holding a conference  October 31st and November 1st, 2013 at the University of Pittsburgh William Pitt Union entitled The Disability Experience:  State of the Arts in Research, Scholarship and the Arts. The purpose of the conference is to highlight the arts, scholarship and research concerning the disability experience.  The conference will focus on panel presentations by students with faculty respondents.  A variety of submissions will be accepted from students with and without disabilities at the University of Pittsburgh and around the country. Panel presentations will draw from a variety of disciplines including: Assistive Technology across disability, Health & Wellness (disparities), Employment, Policy and Law, the Arts, Education, History, Philosophy, and English. A faculty-student round-table discussion is the final event of the conference with discourse concerning relationships between faculty and students with disabilities. Limited scholarships for travel may be available and food will be available free at the conference.

Purpose and objectives of the conference:

The aim of this first ever disability studies conference at the University of Pittsburgh is to bring together a wide spectrum of faculty, students, and other individuals – especially those from the University and its communities – whose interests capture the experience of disability and who wish to advance disability-related fields and further their integration into the curricula and in community life.  The conference will:

Invite students to present their field-specific disability-related work from across the curricula of science, the arts and the humanities to an interdisciplinary audience

Promote discourse across disability-related fields in order to integrate disability studies into the curricula

Provide networking opportunities by encouraging and enabling attendees to establish connections with individuals of varying fields

Create dialogue between students and faculty about issues and experiences students with disabilities have and to identify mechanisms for resolution of problems.

Submissions:

Abstract submissions should be no more than 500 words and up to three keywords for the paper.  Submissions must include 1) your name, contact information and discipline  2)  title of your presentation and 3) the panel (e.g. Assistive Technology, Health & Wellness, Employment, Policy and Law, Education, History, Philosophy, or English and the Arts) in which you would like to be included.  There will be three accepted abstracts for each panel.  Papers will be shared with other panelists in mid-September and power points will be due two weeks before the conference.    The authors will be asked to make a 15 minute presentation with 5 minutes for Q and A. If you want to display art or show a film, provide a description as well as space and other requirements.

Please submit abstracts by July 1st to Jonathan Duvall at sorc+disability@pitt.edu. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by August 15, 2013. Direct any questions or inquiries to Jonathan Duvall at sorc+disability@pitt.edu.  Please feel free to share this announcement with anyone who might be interested in participating.

This conference is supported by University of Pittsburgh, Students for Disability Advocacy and other organizations.