The Switzer Memorial seminars in vocational rehabilitation.The Mary E. Switzer Mary Elizabeth Switzer (February 16, 1900 - October 16, 1971), was an American public administrator and social reformer. She notably shaped the 1954 Vocational Rehabilitation Act, which provided a great expansion of vocational rehabilitation service for people with disabilities. Memorial Fund was established in 1973 by the NRA NRA (National Rifle Association of America) organization that encourages sharpshooting and use of firearms for hunting. [Am. Pop. Culture: NCE, 1895] See : Hunting to perpetuate the memory of a great woman and a great leader in the field of Rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. by establishing a memorial that would expand and enrich services to persons with disabilities. Who Was Mary Switzer? She was Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. ) from 1950 to 1967, and the first Administrator, Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS SRS, SRS-A see slow-reacting substance. ) from 1967 to 1969. From 1969 until her death in 1971, Miss Switzer served as Vice President of the World Rehabilitation Fund. She was also President of NRA in the 1960s. As a result of her direction, guidance and innovation, Rehabilitation took its rightful place as a philosophical and programmatic pro·gram·mat·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or having a program. 2. Following an overall plan or schedule: a step-by-step, programmatic approach to problem solving. 3. leader in human service programs. The Development of the Switzer Memorial Fund In the early 1970s, NRA under the leadership of E.B. Whitten and NRA member Olive Banister orchestrated or·ches·trate tr.v. or·ches·trat·ed, or·ches·trat·ing, or·ches·trates 1. To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra. 2. a major fund-raising drive Noun 1. fund-raising drive - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising campaign, fund-raising effort crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported to start the Switzer Memorial Fund. These funds would become the starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the for the Switzer Seminars and Monographs. To administer the Switzer funds a Committee was formed with input from the NRA Executive Director (E.B. Whitten), the NRA President, and the chair of the Professional Concerns Commission. The first Chairperson of the Switzer Memorial Committee was Olive Banister, and the first Switzer Memorial Seminar was held at Ms. Banister's rehabilitation facility in Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. , in May 1975. The topic of the first seminar was Pathology, Impairment, Functional Limitation and Disability-Implications for Practice, Research, Program & Policy Development and Service Delivery. This program launched the Switzer Memorial Seminars that are now almost two decades old. Chairpersons of the Switzer Memorial Committee The first Chairperson was Olive Banister, of Cleveland, Ohio. In the second year Ms. Banister co-chaired the program with Dr. Betty Hedgeman. The third chairperson was Dr. Brockman Schumacher of Carbondale, Illinois Carbondale is a city in Southern Illinois in the midwest United States, is 96 miles or about two hours south of Saint Louis, Missouri. It is known mainly as the site of the main campus of Southern Illinois University. The city is located in Jackson County, Illinois. . The fourth chairperson was Dr. Gary Austin Gary Austin is the founder and was the original director of the Los Angeles theatre company, "The Groundlings". Austin earned a B.A. in theater from San Francisco State University, and holds workshops on both the east and west coasts of the United States. of the Rehabilitation Institute in Carbondale, Illinois. The fifth Chairperson and current one is Carl E. Hansen of Austin, Texas. Chairpersons are selected by the President of NRA with input from the NRA Executive Director. The Chairperson serves a three-year term which may be extended at the pleasure of the NRA President and Executive Director. It should be noted that much shorter terms were served by the initial two chairpersons due to other personal commitments at the time. Coordination of the Switzer Memorial Seminars Dr. Leonard G. Perlman has served as coordinator of the Seminars since 1977 and has handled this consultative position from the 2nd Switzer Memorial Seminar through the 18th Seminar held in September 1994. It should be noted that he was designated a Switzer Scholar at the first Switzer Seminar. The consulting task of Coordinator is subject to renewal on a yearly basis. How Seminar Topics are Selected The main idea of the Switzer Seminar was to study a topic in depth that was of importance to the area of disability and to the persons being served in the Field of Rehabilitation. These are usually cutting-edge topics. Potential topics are mailed in to the Switzer Memorial Committee of NRA. Topics are reviewed by the Switzer Memorial Committee and approved with the consensus of the Chairperson, the President of NRA and the Executive Director of NRA. How the Switzer Committee for Each Topic is Selected Once the topic has been selected the Seminar Coordinator solicits names of experts in the topic under consideration from the Chairperson, NRA President, NRA Executive Director and others in the Field of Rehabilitation (and other relevant fields) specializing in the topic under study. The latter includes persons in the Federal, State, private sector, and university levels. Consumers and representatives of business, industry and labor are also involved in the composition of the Seminar Scholars. Duties of the Switzer Committee Duties of the Switzer Committee in preparing the topic for the Seminar include the following: 1. Develop a working title of the Seminar. 2. Develop up to five subtopics that will become "Action Papers" for the Seminar. These will become scholarly papers to be read by the Switzer Scholars prior to the three-day Seminar. 3. Provide potential names of Switzer Scholars with special attention to clusters of expertise that focus on the five subtopics noted in item #2 above. 4. Provide names of Switzer Scholars that would be especially noteworthy as authors of the "Action Papers." 5. Develop specific instructions for the authors of the "Action Papers." 6. Select from a pool of potential Switzer Scholars twenty persons that would provide a suitable mix of experts that represent a cross-section of persons from different regions of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ; balanced gender and ethnic representation; employees of state vocational rehabilitation Noun 1. vocational rehabilitation - providing training in a specific trade with the aim of gaining employment rehabilitation - the restoration of someone to a useful place in society agencies; at least one representative of the Federal rehabilitation establishment, a rehabilitation educator, a consumer(s),and representatives from business, industry and labor. A review of any of the past 18 Switzer Monographs will clearly show how this has been accomplished over the years. 7. Only 20 persons are selected to participate in the three-day Seminar which is basically a think-tank approach to reviewing a topic in depth. Participants are presented with certificates which designate them as Switzer Scholars. Visibility of the Proceedings of the Switzer Memorial Seminars The first information regarding results of the Switzer Seminar is usually published in the Journal of Rehabilitation within three months after the Seminar and features highlights of the findings. The Switzer Monographs (as the proceedings have been called) are published by NRA and receive broad distribution. A partial list includes the following: * All State Directors of Rehabilitation * All Rehabilitation Counselor Education programs * All Research & Training Centers funded by NIDRR NIDRR National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (US Department of Education) (Dept. of Education) * All Rehabilitation Services Administration Regional Offices * Members of the U.S. Congress involved in rehabilitation legislation * Major agencies/organizations whose work is relevant to current topic * Periodicals/journals interested in rehabilitation and related areas The Switzer Monograph is given visibility at least six times per year in the NRA Journal and newsletter of the NRA. These notices provide information on highlights of the findings of the seminars, how to acquire monographs and their cost. The following list provides the topics of the past 18 years. (The numbers below correspond to the number of the Seminar) 1. Definitions of Pathology, Impairment, Disability-Implications for Practice, Research, Program & Policy Development, Service Delivery 2. Rehabilition of the Older Blind Person: A Shared Responsibility 3. The Role of Rehabilitation in the 1980s: Serving Those with Invisible Handicaps 4. Rehabilitation of the Mentally 111 in the 1980s. 5. International Aspects of Rehabilitation: Policy Guidelines for the 1980s 6. Women and the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons 7. Rehabilitation in the Public Mind: Strategies of Marketing 8. New Technologies & Rehabilitation in the Information Age 9. Social Influences in Rehabilitation Planning: Blueprint for the 21st Century 10. The Transition to Work & Independence for Youth with Disabilities 11. The Aging Workforce: Implications for Rehabilitation 12. The Rehabilitation of Persons with Long-Term Mental Illness in the 1990s 13. Technology & Employment of Persons With Disabilities 14. Employment & Disability: Trends & Issues for the 1990s 15. Aging, Disability and the Nations' Productivity 16. Rehabilitation Facilities: Preparing for the 21st Century 17. Private Sector Rehabilitation: Insurance, and Trends for the 21st Century 18. Vocational Rehabilitation: Preparing for the 21st Century The topic of the 19th Switzer Memorial Seminar will concern the "Entrepreneur with a Disability", or "Self-employment as a Vocational Goal." This Seminar is planned for early Fall 1995. How the Switzer Seminars and Monographs are Funded Since the one-time national collection of funds in the early 1970s, the Switzer program of NRA has been maintained by "sponsors" or by individual donations. Contributions have been made by agencies, business and industry and labor unions as well as by persons interested in seeing the Switzer Seminars continue. For the past ten years the project is funded on a year by year basis. The Coordinator of the Switzer Seminars does the fund raising on a continuing basis through the usual means such as, telephone contacts, fund raising letters, and grant applications. In addition, funds are also raised by the sale of the Switzer Monographs. While the monographs are sold for a nominal amount, this helps to defray de·fray tr.v. de·frayed, de·fray·ing, de·frays To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay. [French défrayer, from Old French desfrayer : des-, the costs of printing and distribution of the publication. How You Can Help to Keep the Mary Switzer Memorial Seminars Alive If you are interested in preserving the Switzer Memorial Seminars as an annual event in Vocational Rehabilitation you should feel free to contribute any amount. Contributors will receive a copy of the most recent Switzer Monograph. Contributions of five hundred dollars or more will receive mention in a special page of "Sponsors" in the next monograph. Send your support check to: Switzer Memorial Fund-NRA 633 S. Washington Street The following streets in the United States are called Washington Street:
Leonard G. Perlman, Ed.D., CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. , has been involved in the field of Rehabilitation Psychology and Counseling since 1961. All of his degree work was done at Penn State University, including his doctorate. He has worked at the National Institute of Mental Health The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is part of the federal government of the United States and the largest research organization in the world specializing in mental illness. , the Epilepsy Foundation of America The Epilepsy Foundation, also Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA), is a non-profit national foundation, headquartered in Landover, Maryland, dedicated to the welfare of people with epilepsy and seizure disorders. (Washington, D.C.), and Vocational Adjustment Center (Phila., PA). He has been adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
Carl Hansen, Ph.D. received his doctorate degree in 1968 from the University of Northern Colorado  It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with and ()University of Northern Colorado (Northern Colorado) . For a twenty-six year period of time following that degree fprogram he was associated with the University of Texas as a professor and for seventeen years director of the Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program and seven years as chairman of the Department of Special Education. Since September 1, 1994 Dr. Hansen has retired but was appointed by the University of Texas Board of Regents An independent governing body that oversees a state's public Colleges and Universities. All 50 states have governing bodies that oversee the administration of public education. to the College of Education Foundation Advisory Counsel. In 1975 he stared a private business known as Vocational Appraisal and Planning which deals primarily in providing voational evaluations to personal injury law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
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