Conference Schedule


2010 schedule of conference sessions and events

The 2010 Annual Education Conference offers a wide range of topics of interest to nurses, physicians, dentists, and others who provide care and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This year's conference brings together outstanding national leaders in the field of I/DD and the members of DDNA/AADMD to learn from each other and to begin to talk about ways in which we can work together to help meet the health needs of individuals with I/DD.

DDNA is now offering an extra conference day on Friday, May 14, full of certification review courses for those preparing to take the CDDN and DDC exams. It includes an overview of I/DD nursing, epilepsy and seizures, commonly administered medications, and syndromes and conditions. It is the perfect "last minute" refresher for those who are planning to take the exam at the conference.

The Pre-Conference is focused on medication administration and questions related to the safety, legality, and appropriateness of delegation of medication administration in the community. On Sunday, we will focus on issues that directly affect your daily practice as a nurse, physician, or dentist, such as health care disparities and the implications of national health care reform for persons with I/DD. We will also have an opportunity to present concerns and ask questions of the speakers in a Town Hall session about the present and future of health care for persons with I/DD.

On Monday we are offering twenty breakout sessions on different topics, plus three general sessions on Tuesday, so you are sure to find something of interest. Topics include teaching adults with I/DD, end-of-life care, choking prevention and altered consistency diets, colonoscopy issues for individuals with I/DD, creating a medical/dental home, an update on autism pharmacology, guidelines for primary care of adults with I/DD, nursing delegation, urinary incontinence, dental caries risk assessment and prevention, emergency preparedness, skin and wound care, preventing exposure to toxic environmental chemicals, writing for publication, telemedicine, forensic care of abuse survivors, improving treatment outcomes using clinical assessment tools, building a mental health model that works, depression in individuals with I/DD, stabilizing individuals for medical and dental procedures, humanity-based clinical care, a personal account of living with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, and some good comic relief to help us remember treatment algorithms for common health problems, such as hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia.

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May 14th, Friday - Overview/Certification Preparation


May 15th, Saturday - Pre-Conference


May 16th, Sunday - Conference


May 17th, Monday - Conference


May 18th, Tuesday - Conference