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Conference Information

Sessions:

Welcome and Purpose of the Meeting

Reflections on PAS

PAS: Public Policy Challenge

Need and Unmet Need for PAS

Home and Community Based Services

Session Discussants

Session Questions and Discussions

PAS Research on the Workforce & in the Workplace

Trends in the PAS Workforce

Session Discussants

The ADA and Beyond

Session Discussants

Session Introduction by Bob Kafka

Justice Delayed: Modernizing PAS Policy

Future Research and Policy Directions

Introduction to Future Research and Policy Directions

Future Research Directions from the PAS Center

Consumer-Directed Home Care

Needs of the Vulnerable With Disabilities

Does Medicaid Home Care Reduce Unmet Need?

Session Questions and Discussions

Closing Remarks

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Meeting the Nation's Need for Personal Assistance Services
State of the Science Conference


Welcome and Purpose of the Meeting


David Keer, Program Specialist, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and
D.E.B. Potter, Senior Survey Statistician, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (3:49 minutes).





Reflections on Personal Assistance Services from a Disability Rights Perspective

Mike Oxford, Director, Kansas Center for Independent Living and American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today.

Introduction to Personal Assistance Services: A Public Policy Challenge.

Charlene Harrington, Ph.D., Professor and Director, National Center for Personal Assistance Services, University of California San Francisco.

Need and Unmet Need for PAS, Their Consequences, and Costs.

Mitch LaPlante, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco.

Home and Community Based Services: National Trends and Inter-state Variations.

Martin Kitchener, Ph.D., Professor, University of California San Francisco.

Session Discussants

Mike Collins, Executive Director, California State Independent Living Council.

Session Questions and Discussions

Mike Collins, Executive Director, California State Independent Living Council.
Martin Kitchener, Ph.D., Professor, University of California San Francisco.
Mitch LaPlante, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco.

PAS Research on the Workforce and in the Workplace

Steve Tingus, Director, NIDRR. Moderator: David Keer, Program Specialist, NIDRR.

Trends in the PAS Workforce: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?

Steve Kaye, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco.

Session Discussants

Vera Salter, Ph.D., PHI, New York.

The ADA and Beyond: Reducing Barriers to PAS at Work

Lewis Kraus, MPH, MCP, InfoUse, Berkeley, California.

Session Discussants.

D.J. Hendricks, Ed.D., Job Accommodation Network, West Virginia University.

Session Introduction.

Bob Kafka, Adapt of Texas and American Disabled for Attendent Programs Today.

Justice Delayed: Modernizing PAS Policy in a Challenging Climate.

Andrew Imparato, President & CEO American Association of People with Disabilities.

Justice Delayed: Modernizing PAS Policy in a Challenging Climate

A comment by Steve Tingus. Director, NIDRR.

Introduction to Future Research and Policy Directions.

Ruth Brannon, Director, Division of Research Sciences National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

Future Research Directions from the PAS Center

Robert Newcomer, Ph.D., Professor, University of California San Francisco.

Consumer-Directed Home Care: Washington State and Beyond

Joshua M. Wiener, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Program Director, Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, RTI International, Washington, DC.

Focusing on the Needs of Vulnerable Working Age Populations With Disabilities

Nancy Miller, Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Does Medicaid Home Care Reduce Unmet Need?

Peter Kemper, Ph.D., Professor, Pennsylvania State University.

Session Questions and Discussions.

Peter Kemper, Ph.D., Professor, Pennsylvania State University,
Nancy Miller, Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County,
Robert Newcomer, Ph.D., Professor, University of California San Francisco,
Joshua M. Wiener, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Program Director, Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, RTI International.

Closing Remarks.

Charlene Harrington, Ph.D. Professor, University of California San Francisco,
Steve Kay, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco,
Peter Kemper, Ph.D., Professor, Pennsylvania State University,
Martin Kitchener, Ph.D., Professor, University of California San Francisco,
Lewis Kraus, MPH, MCP, InfoUse, Berkeley, California,
Robert Newcomer, Ph.D., Professor, University of California San Francisco.