Events: Conference Presentations

2000 Presidents Committee on Mental Retardation Conference

New York City, February, 2000

Hickson, L. (February, 2000). Research on abuse prevention in women with mental retardation. Paper presented at Conference on Poverty and Disability sponsored by the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, New York, New York.

This project reviewed research on abuse prevention with an emphasis on a collaborative project between the Center for Opportunities and Outcomes at Teachers College, Columbia University and AHRC New York City. The ongoing project, funded by the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, is designed to develop and evaluate a curriculum to empower women with mental retardation to become more effective decision-makers so that they can protect themselves against violence and abuse.