TASH YOUth Room: Cafe Day/Time: 9:45 am Presenter; Mariah Harvey, Karenne Koo, Michelle Buscemi A full day interactive, inelusive training for youth to grow as leaders and advocates of self an¢ others, TASH YOUth is a day of doing activities, being creative, and learning, There will be activity stations, snacks, and opportunities that will make this a day to remember and give you the “in” on inelusion, Full Inclusion: How to Fight for the LRE and What to de When You Get It Room: Conference 1 Time: 12:15 pm Presenter: Amy Langerman Are you in a district that has a veritable cormicopia of self-contained classrooms with low expectations, a "worksheet curriculum and a host of other children with behaviors where IEP teams relegate students year after year? Were you actually hoping your child would be exposed to the general curriculum like all typical children and not relegated to learning about the seasons, holidays and ritualistically signing a calendar song until they are in high school? Have you heard about inclusion but when you mentioned it, the IEP team rebutted you and said that your student would not be able to keep up? Are you a general education teacher in a distriet that placed a student in your classroom and told you to take care of him" or worse, to leave him in the back with his aide because he was not your responsibility? "Full Inclusion” is not for everyone and mast districts have ne idea what the actual standards are for placing a child in an inclusive setting much less supporting him or her. Amy Langerman will share the standards for when inclusion is required (and when it is, not) and how an inclusive placement can work even for a child with an intellectual disability, who may not yet [or ever) read, and who may even have behaviors. Whether you are 4 parent, professional, teacher, administrator or other interested participant, come and learn about inclusion from someone who has successfully fought fer it jand won) and then worked with districts and parents to make it work, Addressing Health and Other Disparities of Individuals with Disabilities Room: Conference 2 Time: 12:15 pm Presenter: Ralph Edwards Individuals with disabilities (particularly Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) experierce significant disparities regarding health and mortality, educational, economic, and quality of life. This interactive session will review the syihergistic interaction and impact of these factors. Effective interventions as well as ongoing challenges will be discussed