OAR Conference Goes on the Road

OAR is taking its conference on the road in 2011. Part of OAR’s mission is to get the latest research-based information into the hands of those who need it most. For the past eight years, OAR has held an annual conference in Arlington, Va., covering autism topics across the spectrum and throughout the lifespan.  While the conference consistently earned high marks for its speakers and content, it fell short of the mark with respect to its reach. This new initiative will give OAR the chance to reach more people more effectively and efficiently than through a stand-alone annual conference.

In its first attempt to go mobile, OAR will be partnering with other well-established conferences that share OAR’s dedication to applied research and evidence-based practice.

Through these new partnerships, OAR will provide a special conference track that will focus on current research and implementing research findings to practice in daily life.  These tracks will feature speakers drawn from OAR’s Scientific Council members and ever-growing list of funded researchers.

OAR is delighted to announce its first partnership events.  The annual Milestones Autism/Asperger's Conference, taking place in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 21, will mark the debut  of this new concept.  Now in its eighth year, this event has established itself as a high quality educational forum built on the foundation of good science and evidence-based practice. Stay tuned for more information as this event gets nearer!  Read more about the Milestones Autism/Asperger’s Conference.

The second road test will occur October 13-14, when OAR offers an OAR Track on each day of the annual Autism New Jersey conference to be held in Atlantic City, N.J.  The OAR Track will feature presentations by three members of OAR’s Scientific Council on one day and three OAR-funded researchers on the other.  For more information on the Autism New Jersey conference, visit www.autismnj.org/29thAnnualConference.aspx.