[Jobs] CALL FOR PAPERS

[Kelly S. Schaefer]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Persons Aging with Hearing and Vision Loss
2nd Annual Conference
August 15-17, 2007
Wyndham Hotel
Austin, TX

Psychosocial Adjustment, Communication, and Community Integration:
Issues and Solutions

Co-Sponsors: Mississippi State University, Helen Keller National Center
and San Diego State University

This 2½ day conference offers a national forum in which participants
can share their knowledge and diverse experiences related to
psycho-social adjustment to aging with dual sensory loss. Sessions are
designed to attract seniors with dual sensory loss, caregivers, health
and social service professionals, SSPs, researchers and policy makers
from across the country. We regret that we are not able to offer
stipends or honoraria to presenters. However the Registration Fee will
be waived for presenters.

Presentation Format: Presentations should be designed for Breakout
Sessions (i.e., 60 minute traditional presentations designed to address
a specific topic).

Session Tracks & Sample Paper Topics:

Psychosocial Adjustment

§	Adapting Strategies: Activating personal, social and spiritual
resources

Communication

§	Personal, situational and environmental triggers for
communication breakdowns and compensation and avoidance strategies

§	Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues and alternative
funding strategies for assistive devices and technology 
 
Community Integration

§	The functional impact of dual sensory loss on activities of
daily living, community participation, and mobility and transportation

§	Future trends and expectations for improving community
integration 

Deadline for Submissions: June 18, 2007


Submission Guidelines

Please provide the following information for each presenter:
Name
Title
Organization/Affiliation
Phone
Email
Biographical Sketch (Describe, in 50 words or less, your qualifications
to present on the topic.)
Abstract (200 words or less) 

Paper submissions should be sent to (e-mail preferred):
BJ LeJeune
RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision
Mississippi State University
P. O. Box 6189, Mississippi State, MS  39762
bjlejeune at colled.msstate.edu 
Voice: 662-325-2001   TTY: 662-325-8693