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Show Conference on disabled persons slated! conclude at 4 p.m. the following day. Among the various workshop topics are: Philosophical Basis of Transition, Development of Work-Oriented Work-Oriented Program for Chronically Mentally 111 in Rural Areas, Social Services' Role in Movement to Community Employment, and Hands-On Transition Training for Parents. The deadline for conferaitJ registration is Aug. 1. Conlad Higgs, 533-5991 for rat j formation?' In addition to kt-' kt-' Office of Education-Rehati, Services, the conference si sored by the Dept. of Social vices, Dept. of Health, Job St' Utah Learning Resource fe and Governor's Committee Employment of the Handicaps The Sixth Annual Conference of Agencies and Organizations Serving Disabled Persons will be held Aug. .12-13, 1986, at the Salt Lake Hilton Hotel, 150 West 500 South,' Salt Lake City, Utah, according to Neva Cruz, Rehabilitation Services Specialist at the Utah State Office of Education. The theme of this year's event is "Supported Employment: A New Approach to Employment for Persons with Severe Disabilities." Faciliating discussion, employment options, understanding, program coordination, and concept awareness of employing the handicapped han-dicapped are the conference objectives. ob-jectives. Proceedings will get underway at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12 with a keynote address, "New Approaches Ap-proaches to Employment for Persons with Severe Disabilities, by Dr. Timm Vogelsberg, Assoc. Professor of Psychological Studies at Temple University. The conference con-ference agenda is comprised of 27 different workshops which commence com-mence at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday and |