CCIDS Hosting Remote Broadcast of Annual Chronic Illness and Disability Conference
The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS) will be a remote broadcast site for the 15th annual Chronic Illness and Disability Conference: Transition from Pediatric to Adult-based Care on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 2–3.
The conference, located in Houston, Texas, is co-sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. Its objective is to provide an update on issues related to health care transition from pediatric to adult-based services for youth and young adults with chronic illness and disability and their families.
CCIDS will broadcast the conference on the second floor of Corbett Hall and at the CCIDS outreach office, 225 Western Avenue in Augusta.
There is no cost to attend all or some of the remote broadcast, but registration is required. Participants are eligible to receive a certificate of attendance. Social workers are eligible to receive continuing education units (CEUs).
More information about the conference, including the agenda and a link to register is online. For more information or to request a disability accommodation, contact Ann Zielinski at 207.581.1084 or annz@maine.edu.