, an expert on the mental health challenges and needs of teens with disabilities, will deliver the 2006 菠萝视频 Kennedy Center Martin Luther King Jr. lecture Monday, Jan. 16, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 241 of the 菠萝视频 Kennedy Center. The lecture, part of the , is free and open to the public.
Weisner, a professor of psychiatry and anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, has devoted his career to understanding and improving the well-being of youth with disabilities and their families. The title of his lecture is “We Speak Different Dialects: How Teens with Disabilities Think About Friendship, Schools and Their Lives.”
Weisner will discuss the results of his research with Los Angeles adolescents with a wide range of disabilities in which he learned about their understanding of their disability and the factors most important to improving their quality of life—friendship, a stable routine, low conflict, resources and social support.
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