Webinar, June 7th with the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. Friendships are personally valuable and developmentally important relationships for all people, yet friendships between individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities remain infrequent.
* This presentation examines opportunity barriers and direct support strategies to promote social connections at school and during the summer.
Presenter: Zach Rossetti. Zach Rossetti, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Special Education in the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University.
* A former elementary school special education teacher and inclusion facilitator from New Hampshire, Dr. Rossetti’s research focuses on social interactions and friendships between students with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), specifically the contexts and dynamics of such relationships and how educators and families may facilitate social opportunities.
* His research also examines the experiences of families with children with IDD by centering on participation and language access in IEP meetings, community participation, family-professional partnerships of culturally and linguistically diverse families, and sibling roles and relationships. Dr. Rossetti is personally and professionally inspired by his brother Todd who was a huge Boston sports fan, loved dessert even more, and had cerebral palsy.
Register to https://mdsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CHPyKXJmSG6i_WjhAekNUQ#/registration or contact 781-221-0024
