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Scholarships are available to individuals with disabilities who are thinking about starting a business. Please contact Teri Blankenship at tcblanke@vcu.edu to learn more about available support to participate in the webcast series.

Cultural Competency in Rehabilitation

Presenter: Allen Lewis, Jenelle Pitt, Keith Wilson, Phillip Rumrill, Reginald Alston, Pamela Lewis, Andrew Imparato
Date: February 18, 2010

This webcast will cover the following topics:

Definition of cultural competency
Teaching cultural competency in rehabilitation
Cultural competency in rehabilitation service provision
Cultural competency in rehabilitation research, and
Cultural competency and knowledge translation in rehabilitation.

Panelists will include:

-Dr. Allen Lewis, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Dr. Jenelle Pitt, California State Univesity, Fresno
-Dr. Keith Wilson, Pennsylvania State University
-Dr. Phil Rumrill, Kent State University
-Dr. Reginald Alston, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
-Dr. Pamela Lewis, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Attorney Andrew Imparato, American Association of People with Disabilities