Building assets in children is not a project or program. It is a journey that should take place during the developmental years (ages 0-20) of all children.
 

Schedule

Thursday, October 13, 2011

7:15am-8:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00am-8:15am
Welcome, Judge Charles F. Pratt

8:15am-9:15am
Keynote : Tricia Downing

9:15am-9:30am
Break

9:30am-11:00am
Morning Workshops

11:00am-11:15am
Break

11:15am-12:15pm
Keynote: Clay Roberts

12:15pm-12:30pm
Beak

12:30pm-1:30pm
Lunch

1:30pm-1:45pm

Break

1:45pm-2:45pm
Keynote : TBA

2:45pm-3:00pm
Break

3:00pm-4:30pm
Afternoon Workshops

Speaker publications will be available for purchase and speakers will be available for book signing throughout the day Service Fair will be open throughout the day in the Expo Hall

Registration

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Tricia Downing, Author and Athlete, Redefining Able, Inc.

Tricia Downing, a paraplegic athlete, is the second female wheelchair racer (first female paraplegic) to complete an Iron distance triathlon (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run). She is a member of the physically challenged National Triathlon Team and a pioneer in women's wheelchair triathlon. She was a competitive cyclist from 1997-2000, but her career was cut short when she was hit head-on by a car while on a training ride on September 17, 2000, in Golden, Colorado.

Trish sustained a T-4 (chest level) spinal cord injury and was paralyzed from the chest down upon impact. Coming back from her near deadly accident, Trish has completed over 15 marathons and a variety of triathlons from sprint to Iron distance. In October 2006, Trish competed in the Hawaii Ironman World Championships. She was one of four athletes featured in the Disney film Superior Beings, which aired on ESPN. She was also featured on Life Moments, a women's news and features show, which aired nationally.

She has appeared in Muscle and Fitness Hers, Her Sports, Rocky Mountain Sports, The Denver Post, The Rocky Mountain News, and other publications. She won the Sportswomen of Colorado Inspiration (2003) and Triathlon (2005) Awards for outstanding sports performance. She is a spokesperson for the San Diego-based non-profit organization, Challenged Athletes Foundation
Through her experiences in both rehab and racing, Tricia has overcome adversity and learned what it takes to perform at the top of her game. Now as a world-class, physically challenged triathlete, Tricia travels the globe racing and sharing her message of strength and perseverance.

As an Iron distance triathlon (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run) finisher, Tricia knows that life is an endurance sport.  As a result, Tricia and CAF have created Camp Discovery to help other women, affected by injury or disease, to reinvent themselves and find joy following a new path. She has recently authored a book, Cycle of Hope, which chronicles Tricia's journey from the first terrifying moments of impact with the car through rehab and her emergence as a world-class athlete.