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DESCRIPTION:Event Type: LectureThis lecture will be livestreamed for  audie
 nces online at education.illinois.edu/live. Speaker Information: Zach Ross
 etti\, Associate Professor of Special Education\, Wheelock College of Educ
 ation and Human Development at Boston University"Prioritizing Friendship i
 n School and Community"Friendships are personally valuable and development
 ally important relationships for all people\, yet friendships between indi
 viduals with and without intellectual and/or developmental disabilities re
 main infrequent. Extant research indicates that (a) opportunity barriers m
 ay play a more prominent role in friendship than social skills\, and (b) d
 irect support from adults is a critical facilitator of friendships. This G
 oldstick Lecture will emphasize effective strategies for educators\, famil
 ies\, related service providers and community members to address opportuni
 ty barriers and promote social connections and authentic belonging for all
  people.This event is free and open to the community\; reception following
  the lecture.Sponsor: Department of Special Education\, College of Educati
 on
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LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,University of Illinois Philanthropy Center\, R
 oom 102/103\, 303 St. Mary’s Road\, Champaign IL
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SUMMARY:21st Annual Goldstick Family Lecture in the Study of Communication 
 Disorders
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="eventtype"><span class="event-headin
 g eventtype">Event Type:</span> Lecture</p><p class="eventtype">This lectu
 re will be livestreamed for  audiences online at <a target="_blank" href="
 https://education.illinois.edu/live">education.illinois.edu/live</a>. </p>
 <p class="speakerinfo"><span class="event-heading speakerinfo">Speaker Inf
 ormation:</span> Zach Rossetti\, Associate Professor of Special Education\
 , Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University
 </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 24px">"Prioritizing Friendship in S
 chool and Community"</span></strong></p><p>Friendships are personally valu
 able and developmentally important relationships for all people\, yet frie
 ndships between individuals with and without intellectual and/or developme
 ntal disabilities remain infrequent. Extant research indicates that (a) op
 portunity barriers may play a more prominent role in friendship than socia
 l skills\, and (b) direct support from adults is a critical facilitator of
  friendships. This Goldstick Lecture will emphasize effective strategies f
 or educators\, families\, related service providers and community members 
 to address opportunity barriers and promote social connections and authent
 ic belonging for all people.</p><p>This event is free and open to the comm
 unity\; reception following the lecture.</p><p class="sponsor"><span class
 ="event-heading sponsor">Sponsor:</span> Department of Special Education\,
  College of Education</p>
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