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Students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends are invited to the Winter Signature Event, "Sensory Processing Disorder: Persistence & Passion ─ Caring for Individuals with Challenges in Responding to Sensation," sponsored by the Morgridge College of the University of Colorado-Denver.
The program, scheduled for January 26, will feature an interview with alumna Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR. Miller founded the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation (SPDF) in 1979 and has served as its executive director since then. She was an associate professor at UC Denver Medical School with a double appointment in pediatrics and rehabilitation medicine for 11 years.
For 35 years Miller has devoted herself to the study and treatment of sensory processing disorder and is spearheading the effort to get SPD recognized as a diagnostic entity separate from other disorders. She is a prolific author, with over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Her book, Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) has become the definitive source of information on SPD.
Her most recent book, No Longer a SECRET: Unique Common Sense Strategies for Children with Sensory or Motor Challenges, will be available at the event. Miller also develops norm-referenced standardized assessments that are used worldwide, including the Miller Assessment for Preschoolers, the Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised and the new Miller Function and Participation Scale or M-FUN. Served for nine years on the Governor's Interagency Coordinating Council for IDEA in Colorado.
In 2005, she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. award from the State of Colorado.
The event will take place at Ruffato Hall, 1999 E. Evans Ave., Denver. A reception will be held at 6 p.m., with the program following at 6:45 p.m.
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