17-19 juin 2010 - 8th European Conference on Psychological Theory and Research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

The conference will take place at the University of Geneva from June, 17 ^th to June, 19^th 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.

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).