Quality of Life SIRG

Next meeting: December 6-9, 2007; San Diego, California, USA

Mission:
The mission of the SIRG-QoL is to further work that enhances the quality of life for individuals with disabilities and their families through research and its application.
The SIRG-QoL goals are to:

• hold an annual meeting to share information, and participate in other IASSID conferences and meetings
• participate in collaborative activities such as conferences and publications
• carry out collaborative projects and research
• disseminate research and its application within IASSID and to the wider community through text, journal articles, special issues, and allied means
• collaborate on ways to effect change at the societal level

Focus of group:
The SIRG-QoL includes two sub-groups: person-centered quality of life, and family-centered quality of life. The officers and members at large reflect these two groups well.

SIRG Contact Persons:
Roy I Brown, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor.
c/o School of Child and Youth Care
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria BC
Canada V8W 2Y2
e/m: [email protected]
Tel: + 1 250 646 2532
or
Ivan Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
246 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
Canada M5S 1A1
e/m: [email protected]
Telephone: +1 416-946-8845