2015 ndsc convention speakers

GlobalDownSyndrome.org Dedicated to significantly improving the lives of people with Down syndrome through RESEARCH, MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION and ADVOCACY Learn about how you can partner with the Global Down Syndrome Foundation at our workshops: Prenatal Testing – Providing Pregnant Women and Medical Professionals Accurate and Current Information about Down Syndrome Michelle Sie Whitten, President and CEO, Global Down Syndrome Foundation, and David Tolleson, Executive Director, NDSC Friday, June 26, 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Pinnacle Peak 1 Keynote Address with Beverly Johnson Friday, 6:30 - 7:45 pm, Opening Session Gross Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome – Birth to Walking Skills Pat Winders, Senior Physical Therapist, Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome Saturday, June 27, 8:30 - 10:00 am, Grand Canyon 1/2 Alzheimer’s Disease and Down Syndrome Dr. Huntington Potter, Director of Alzheimer’s Research, Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome Saturday, June 27, 8:30 - 10:00 am, Grand Sonoran J/K Oh, The Thinks You Can Think: Understanding Behaviors Dr. Lina Patel, Director of Psychology, Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome Saturday, June 27, 10:30 am - noon, Grand Sonoran J/K Down Syndrome and Cancer Research Dr. Tom Blumenthal, Executive Director, Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome, and Dr. Joaquin Espinosa, Associate Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder Saturday, June 27, 10:30 am - noon, Grand Canyon 8 Promoting Self Esteem, Competence and Independence in Teens and Adults with Down Syndrome Dr. Dennis McGuire, Senior Consultant, Global Down Syndrome Foundation Saturday, June 27, 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Grand Canyon 3/4 Government Advocacy and National Outreach David Charmatz, Senior Vice President, Global Down Syndrome Foundation, and Kevin Brennan, Senior Director, FaegreBD Consulting Saturday, June 27, 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Grand Sonoran C Gross Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome – Post Walking Skills Pat Winders, Senior Physical Therapist, Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome Sunday, June 28, 10:30 am - noon, Wildflower A

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Global Down Syndrome Foundation workshops at the 2015 NDSC Convention.

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GlobalDownSyndrome.orgDedicated to significantly improving the lives

of people with Down syndrome through RESEARCH, MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION and ADVOCACY

Learn about how you can partner with the Global Down Syndrome Foundation at our workshops:

Prenatal Testing Providing Pregnant Women and Medical Professionals Accurate and

Current Information about Down SyndromeMichelle Sie Whitten, President and CEO, Global Down Syndrome Foundation,

and David Tolleson, Executive Director, NDSC Friday, June 26, 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Pinnacle Peak 1

Keynote Address with Beverly Johnson Friday, 6:30 - 7:45 pm, Opening Session

Gross Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome Birth to Walking Skills

Pat Winders, Senior Physical Therapist, Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome Saturday, June 27, 8:30 - 10:00 am, Grand Canyon 1/2

Alzheimers Disease and Down SyndromeDr. Huntington Potter, Director of Alzheimers Research, Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome

Saturday, June 27, 8:30 - 10:00 am, Grand Sonoran J/K

Oh, The Thinks You Can Think: Understanding BehaviorsDr. Lina Patel, Director of Psychology, Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome

Saturday, June 27, 10:30 am - noon, Grand Sonoran J/K

Down Syndrome and Cancer ResearchDr. Tom Blumenthal, Executive Director, Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome, and

Dr. Joaquin Espinosa, Associate Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder

Saturday, June 27, 10:30 am - noon, Grand Canyon 8

Promoting Self Esteem, Competence and Independence in Teens and Adults with Down Syndrome

Dr. Dennis McGuire, Senior Consultant, Global Down Syndrome FoundationSaturday, June 27, 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Grand Canyon 3/4

Government Advocacy and National OutreachDavid Charmatz, Senior Vice President, Global Down Syndrome Foundation, and

Kevin Brennan, Senior Director, FaegreBD Consulting Saturday, June 27, 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Grand Sonoran C

Gross Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome Post Walking Skills

Pat Winders, Senior Physical Therapist, Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome Sunday, June 28, 10:30 am - noon, Wildflower A