Past Events
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May 29Family-Led Academic Grand RoundsOverview: A collaborative initiative between the University of Wisconsin’s UCEDD, the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Public Health, and the Bluebird Way Foundation has created 5 virtual Family-Led Academic Grand Rounds (FLAG Rounds) focused on Ableism in Pediatrics. These national, quarterly educational sessions will be led and presented by families. FLAG …
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May 29Maravillas del WaismanFeaturing: Seth Pollak y Marcela Madrid (Community TIES)
Fecha: 29 de mayo Título: Desarrollo y Manejo de Emociones en Niños Invitados: Seth Pollak y Marcela Madrid (Community TIES) Promo: Experiencias tempranas en la infancia moldean el desarrollo de emociones en los niños. ¿Qué experiencias son importantes y cómo los padres pueden apoyar el desarrollo de emociones saludables en sus hijos? El jueves 29 de mayo a …
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May 14Neurodivergent Flourishing: Fostering Happy, Healthy Brains & Bodies – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Angela Marx, PhD
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Because much of the current clinical and scholarly information around neurodivergent is deficit-based, limited, and some, even completely inaccurate, much of the clinical support is also misguided and unintentionally harmful. However, when we know better, we do better! Explore how to be an ally and foster genuine neurodivergent happiness, health and, flourishing across the …
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May 13Health Care Transition ECHO TrainingZoom - Register for Zoom Code
Topic: TBA Speakers: TBA About the Series: Project ECHO® is a learning framework designed to build capacity of professionals and community members to provide evidence-based services. Led by a multidisciplinary team of experts, ECHO participants engage in a virtual community with their peers where they share knowledge, support and feedback. The Waisman Center’s Health Care Transition …
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Apr 30Recognizing Power Dynamics – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Amanda Pandl
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: As caregivers, we are in a close and complicated relationship with the individuals we support. We are asked to ensure certain levels of health and safety, while also giving the client the dignity of personhood and autonomy. This complicated relationship can be wrought with disagreements that may lead to power struggles and attempts to …
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Apr 23Whose Life Is It, Anyway? – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Peter Leidy
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: In this training session we will look at power and control in support relationships. Many people being supported feel that others are too often telling them what to do. Many supporters feel that guiding and deciding are expectations of their job or supervisor. We talk about choice all the time, but what does choice …
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Apr 15Health Care Transition ECHO TrainingZoom - Register for Zoom Code
Topic: TBA Speakers: TBA About the Series: Project ECHO® is a learning framework designed to build capacity of professionals and community members to provide evidence-based services. Led by a multidisciplinary team of experts, ECHO participants engage in a virtual community with their peers where they share knowledge, support and feedback. The Waisman Center’s Health Care Transition …
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Mar 15Alternative and Augmentative Communication Improv ShowFeaturing: Dr. Alyssa Hillary Zisk
Friends of the Waisman Center Auditorium Waisman Center
The Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, is hosting an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Improvisation Comedy Show led by Dr. Alyssa Hillary Zisk, an autistic improviser who can speak most of the time, but not always. Come watch local improv performers use tools designed for AAC to communicate including technology designed to support communication for …
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Mar 13Family-Led Academic Grand RoundsOverview: A collaborative initiative between the University of Wisconsin’s UCEDD, the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Public Health, and the Bluebird Way Foundation has created 5 virtual Family-Led Academic Grand Rounds (FLAG Rounds) focused on Ableism in Pediatrics. These national, quarterly educational sessions will be led and presented by families. FLAG …
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Mar 13Maravillas del WaismanFecha: 13 de marzo Título: Invitados: Promo: Un espacio creado por el Waisman Center, Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison para hablar con científicos y proveedores de salud acerca de discapacidades de desarrollo como autismo y síndrome de Down, enfermedades neurodegenerativas como Alzheimer y servicios que ofrece el centro a la comunidad. Más detalles & Cómo acceder: La Movida, …