Conferences

The Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta sponsors conferences featuring speakers and information related to Down syndrome as well as New Parent Seminars for the parents of babies with Down syndrome.  New Parent Seminars are by invitation to new members and are held periodically.  Other conferences are held at various times and are open to anyone interested in Down syndrome.   For information about upcoming conferences, go to News And Major Events on our home page.

RECENT HISTORY

The Fall Conference in 2008 was a larger Regional Conference with many out-of-the area speakers like Dr. Brian Skotko.  The Spring Conference 2009 featured Dr. Nathan Call from the Marcus Autism Center, who shared information about behavior issues.  The Fall Conference 2009 featured Dr. Cynthia Jones and Melanie Leyva-Abad and focused on reading.  The Spring Conference 2009, offered a second track at the conferences focusing on the needs of new parents.  In September of 2010, DSAA co-sponsored with DownsEd International, a two-day conference on various aspects of the education of individuals with Down Syndrome.  In the spring of 2011, DSAA partnered with the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia Advocates for Students with Disabilities Committee to bring Pete Wright, Esq. to Atlanta to conduct a Wrightslaw Conference to our area. The spring conference of 2012 focused on current medical and pharmacological research that deals with individuals with Down syndrome.