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The 2010 International Conference has ended! It took a lot of work, over a year, to get it together. Many thanks to the Metropolitan State College of Denver Student Association of Social Workers for sponsoring the conference. They provided invaluable support during the conference. Please note our other valued sponsors and contributors below. Thanks also to Oumou Mariney, Rona Cantor, Rubab Sumar, Celina Blan, and Yasmin Kamerzell of the Social Work Department Family Center for their support.

The conference was a success with those attending getting lot of information, making new connections and renewing old ones.

Breakout sessions offered the latest in individual support models, policy issues and planning, and research in a number of areas.

The International Panel, with contributions from Canadian programs, CHANGE in the United Kingdom, Healthy Start in Australia, and programs in the United States was a success.

Likewise, Parent Panel members told moving stories of the joys and challenges of parenting their children.

The Association for Successful Parenting held it's first annual meeting after becoming formally incorporated this year. New Board members were elected. After the conference concluded, the Board of Directors met for an afternoon long planning meeting.

The Association for Successful Parenting: Enhancing the Lives of Families When Parents have Learning Difficulties is a membership organization. If you would like to participate in this cause, share and receive information then sign up below. Let's make this a truly international effort to enhance the rights of parents with intellectual disability to raise their children in the family home.

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Our Keynote Speaker was:

David McConnell, PhD

Author, Researcher,Director of
the Family and Disability Studies Initiative

University of Alberta

This conference provided participants the opportunity to become familiar with the supported parent initiative and the active role of professionals and self-advocates in helping to create the Association.

Focus Areas Were:

Information about the Association
The history of the movement
Resource sharing
Research initiatives
Program models Increasing Self-advocates' role in the Association
The Association's history and future

Conference Participants Had:

Opportunities to explore and further define the rights of parents with intellectual disability in a variety of arenas, (health, justice, education) to ensure that Federal and State policies reflect the rights and needs of parents with intellectual disability and their families.
Opportunities to explore successful program models that promote and further define Best/Minimal Practices.
Opportunities to explore recent research findings and further explore how research can enhance their day-to-day work with parents with intellectual disability
Opportunities to explore with self-advocates (parents with intellectual disability) the joys and challenges of parenting their children

Who Came?

Self Advocates, Department of Social Services staff, Educators, Health Providers, Court Personnel, Policy Makers, Researchers, Advocates, Guardians ad Litem, and concerned members of the community.

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