Final Program
Monday, October 6
7:30-8:30
Registration and continental breakfast
8:30-8:45
Welcome and overview - John Stone, Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange, University at Buffalo
8:45-9:15
Greetings from co-sponsors
- Penny Parnes - International Centre for Disability & Rehabilitation, University of Toronto
- Rabia Khedr - Ethno-Racial People with Disability Coalition of Ontario
- Fabricio Balcazar - Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disabilities Research, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Kim Griswold - Refugee Cultural Competency Training Program, University at Buffalo Medical School
9:15- 10:15
Keynote Address - Disability, Culture and the UN Convention
Jerome Bickenbach, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
10:15-10:45
Break
10:45-12:15
Concurrent Sessions
Cascade Ballroom II
Moderator: Kim Griswold
10:45-11:15
Dominque Dressler - Language & culture: Key issues in post-accident rehabilitation of migrants in Austria
11:15-11:45
Emily Simpson - Improving culturally competent practice with underserved populations: Lesbian survivors of intimate partner violence
11:45-12:15
Donna Matheson - A right to health: Medicine as western cultural imperialism?
Red Jacket Room
Moderator: Marcia Daumen
10:45-11:15
Frank Martin - Culturally responsive disability & rehabilitation research: Findings from the NCDDR web casts
11:15-12:15
Penny Parnes - Research on disability and development
12:15-1:30
Lunch
1:30-5:00
Concurrent sessions
Cascade Ballroom II - Cultural Competency Education in University Programs
Moderator: Susan Nochajski
1:30-2:00
Mary Matteliano - Evaluation of cultural competence training among students enrolled in health related professional programs
2:00-2:30
Karen Panzarella - Beginning with the end in mind: Outcomes of cultural competence in a DPT program
2:30-3:00
Kim Griswold - Health training in diversity: Reaching refugees
3:00-3:30
Break
3:30-4:30
Dennis Conrad, Anjali Misra, Michael Pinard, Deborah Conrad - Towards culturally responsive pedagogy on a rural campus: A case of collaborative self-study
Red Jacket Room - Cultural competence in the rehabilitation services
Moderator: Paul Ackerman
1:30-2:00
Fong Chan, Alo Dutta, Madan Kundu, Chih Chin Chou, Gloria Lee - Disparities in vocational rehabilitation services for African Americans with autism
2:00-2:30
Wanda Colón - Developing culturally sensitive measures of participation to improve services
2:30-3:00
Fabricio Balcazar - Cultural competence evaluation and training: A model program
3:00-3:30
Break
3:30-4:00
Tahmineh Mousavi - The principals of rehabilitation service delivery in culturally sensitive manner
4:00-4:30
Sandra LeBlanc - The possible impact of white privilege on vocational rehabilitation outcome discrepancies
6:30-8:30
Reception & Posters - Crowne Plaza Hotel
Posters:
- Jennifer Audette - Assessing student's developmental outcomes related to international service learning
- Shabana Anees - Service delivery to an Arab/East Asian population
- Marie Sanford - Bi-cultural and bi-lingual perspectives in child interviewing practices
Tuesday, October 7
9:00-9:15
Overview & Announcements - John Stone
9:15-10:15
Keynote address - The Kawa Model: The Power of Culturally Responsive Occupational Therapy
Michael Iwama, Ph.D., University of Toronto
10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-12:30
Concurrent Sessions
Cascade Ballroom II
Moderator: Rabia Khedr
10:30-11:00
Rooshey Hasnain - Unveiling Muslim voices on issues of disability and mental health
11:00-11:30
Shabana Anees - Islamic perspectives on counseling
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
Allan Lewis - Disability disparities: A beginning framework to understand the phenomenon
Red Jacket Room - International Service Learning
Moderator: Penny Parnes
10:30-11:00
Nicole Thomson - Reflections and challenges of volunteer work in Haiti: An issue of cultural competence
11:00-11:30
Katandria Johnson - International clinical practicum and continuing education opportunities in speech-language pathology
11:30-12:00
Shannon Godsey - Service learning in Mexico: Expanding cultural competence
12:00-12:30
Nicole Thomson - The meaning of disability within the culture of western occupational therapy
12:30-1:30
Lunch with closing comments
