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8th European Conference on psychological theory and research
on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(formerly known as Psychological Theory and Research on Mental Retardation and Cognitive Developmental Disabilities) (PTRMR)
Geneva, Switzerland
June 17-19, 2010
I am very pleased to invite you to participate in the 8th European Conference on psychological theory and research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (formerly known as the PTRMR-conference) which will take place at the University of Geneva from Thursday, June 17, until Saturday, June 19, 2010.
The ECIDD was first established in 1996 under the name PTRMR. Recently, the scientific committee has decided to change its name to ECIDD, so that it is in line with current terminology (see for instance the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities).
The main themes of the ECIDD are psychological aspects of both cultural-familial intellectual disabilities and genetic syndromes (for instance autism, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome or Fragile X). The biennial conference offers a forum for the exchange of findings in psychological fundamental and applied research on intellectual and cognitive developmental disabilities. The conference aims at extending our understanding of causes and conditions of intellectual disabilities, advancing our knowledge on successful prevention and intervention procedures as well as broadening our scientific networks.
The meeting will include symposia, individual paper sessions, and poster sessions. There will also be keynotes by Tracy Packiam Alloway, University of Stirling (Scotland, UK), Derek Moore, University of East London (England, UK) and Ina van Berckelaer-Onnes, University of Leiden (The Netherlands).
To guarantee a high quality of exchange the number of participants is deliberately limited to about eighty persons at the most. Preference will be given to participants whose early registration has been received before March 28, 2010.
We
are looking forward to meeting you in Geneva and we hope that the
conference
will be an exciting and enriching experience.
Conference Chair
Organized by the COGED-SOCO research group
COGnitive EDucation and SOcio-emotional COmpetences: Research and implementation in special education
Department of Special Education
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
University of Geneva
With support of the
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
University of Geneva
Scientific committee
Fredi Büchel, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Gerhard Büttner, University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Cesare Cornoldi, University of Padua, Italy
Yannick Courbois, University of Lille III, France
Marco Hessels, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Jean-Louis Paour, University of Provence, France
Claudia Mähler, University of Hildesheim, Germany
Local committee
Marco Hessels (Chair)
Mélanie Bosson
Caroline Bruttin
Mélanie Gassner
Christine Hessels-Schlatter
Nadine Kipfer
Geneviève Petitpierre
Seraina Utiger
Marie Waytacha Cornejo