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First Annual Policy Makers’ Summit: November 20, 2003

YOUNG CHILDREN AT RISK FOR OR WHO HAVE CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR

POLICY MAKER’S SUMMIT
November 20, 2003
2105 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC

8:00-8:30: Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:50: Welcome & Objectives for the Day

Barbara J. Smith, University of Colorado-Denver
Stephanie Lee, Director, Office of Special Education Programs, OSERS, US Department of Education
Joanne Cashman, IDEA Partnership, National Association of State Directors of Special Education

8:50-9:10: Congressional Greetings

Representative Patrick Kennedy (RI)
Representative Michael Castle (DE) (Invited)
Sharon Walsh, Walsh Taylor Incorporated

9:10-9:25: Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior

Glen Dunlap, University of South Florida, Principal Investigator [Presentation]

9:25-9:45: Political and Historical Context

Jane Knitzer, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University [Presentation]

9:45-11:00: Programs that Work-Why Aren’t They Widespread? Policy Implications for Scaling Up to Reach all Children and Families

Lise Fox, University of South Florida [Presentation 1] [Presentation 2] [Handout]
Lynette Kimes, Zero to Three [Presentation]
Matt Timm, Tennessee Voices for Children [Presentation] [Handout]
Kelly Wilson and Phil Strain, University of Colorado-Denver [Presentation] [Handout 1] [Handout 2]

11:00-11:30: Questions/Discussion/Break and Lunch Served

11:30-11:50: Considerations for Diversity: Policy Implications

Andrea Young, National Black Child Development Institute
Peggy McLeod, National Association for Bilingual Education

11:50-Noon: What Do We Know about Systems and Policy? Implications for Research & Policy

Barbara J. Smith, University of Colorado-Denver [Presentation]

Noon-1:00: State System of Care Initiatives: Policy Implications

Roxane Kaufmann, Georgetown University [Presentation]
Al Zachik, Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration [Presentation]
Claudia Zundel, Colorado Mental Health Services [Presentation]
Brenda Bean, Vermont Department of Developmental & Mental Health Services [Presentation] [Handout]
Maria Synodi, Connecticut Department of Education

1:00-1:30: Questions/Action Planning/Next Steps

Left to right: Jane Knitzer and Glen Dunlap

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