Description

Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters (TABS) Conference

Friday, April 3-Saturday, April 4, 2009

Friday, April 3, 12:30-7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 4, 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

For adult siblings, siblings-in-law, and professionals interested in sibling issues. Program will cover futures planning, caring for the caregiver, research, legislation and advocacy, and family dynamics and relationships.

Keynote speakers are M. Doreen Croser, Executive Director, American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Laurie Stallings Vanderpool, sister of John Mark Stallings. VKC speakers will include Ashley Coulter, Program Coordinator, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder; and Julie Lounds Taylor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Pediatrics and Special Education, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Member.

Registration fee of $45 covers registration, meals, a conference t-shirt, and materials.

Hotel room rate $119 + tax per night. Free parking at the hotel.
To qualify for this room rate, book your reservation by March 3 and be sure to mention that you are coming for the TABS conference.

Sponsored by VKC UCEDD, Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities, University of Tennessee Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities, Harwood Center, and TigersEye Advisory, LLC.

For more information, contact Ashley Coulter at:
(615) 322-8529 ext. 15 or ashley.coulter@vanderbilt.edu.

Conference registration has been extended.