Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey will host a one-day conference, Moving Toward Accessibility: Acknowledging the Needs of People with Disabilities in Addiction Treatment and Prevention Services, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, October 30, 2008, at the New Jersey Hospital Association Conference Center in Princeton.

The conference will feature keynote speaker Dennis Moore, Ed.D, Director of Substance Abuse and Disability Related Issues at Wright State University, School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio.

Sign language interpreters and CART will be provided for the conference and workshop sessions. Additional accommodations will be available upon request. Requests for accommodations must be made by Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The registration fee is $40 and includes lunch. Scholarships are available.

Conference Schedule:
8:30 a.m.      Registration, Coffee, Pre-test*
9:15 a.m.      Welcoming Remarks, Keynote Address
10:45 a.m.     Break
11 a.m.         AM Breakout Sessions
12:15 p.m.      Lunch, Comments from Ruby Neville
1:30 p.m.       PM Breakout Sessions
2:45 to 3 p.m      Post-test*, Certificates

* Shane Koch, RhD, CRC, CASDC, Department of Rehabilitation, Southern Illinios University, Carbondale will be conducting an external evalution of the effectiveness of the conference.

Keynote address:
Past Promises Can Inform Future Practices: Considerations about substance abuse prevention and treatment for persons with disabilities Dennis Moore, Ed.D.
Director of Substance Abuse and Disability Resource Issues
Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio

AM Break-out Sessions
A) Substance Abuse and Developmental Disabilities: System and Individual Perspective
Roni Zarbiv, MSW, LCSW
Cerebral Palsy Association of New York

B) Providing Services for Individuals who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Lorraine Clark, Coordinator
Independent Living Skills Services, CBVI

C) To Be Announced

PM Break-out Sessions
A) Vocational Rehabilitation, Disability and Substance Abuse
Dennis Moore, Ed.D.

B) Accommodating Individuals with Hearing Loss
Jason Weiland, Field Representative
NJ Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Steve Shevlin, MSW, CCS
Executive Director, Signs of Sobriety

C) State of the State: A Panel Discussion of Resources Available
Facilitator Debbie Aidelman, MS, CPS,

Exhibit Space is available for $50. This does not include admission to the conference. For more information contact Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey at 888-322-1918.