In a collaborative effort to educate the public on genetic developmental disorders, The Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at 草榴社区入口 along with the University of Texas at Austin - Texas Center for Disability Studies, the Texas Department of State Health Services, and Texas Children's regularly host a series of community webinars across the State of Texas.
Genetics Education Webinar Series
The Genetics Webinar Series for Health Professionals is a collaboration between the department and our partners at Texas Children's Hospital, the University of Texas at Austin - Texas Center for Disability Studies, Texas Health and Human Services Department of State Health Services, and Texas Health and Human Services Early Childhood Intervention program.
All webinars are available for free on the under the 鈥淕enetics Series鈥 section for those who are not able to participate in the live event.
Next Webinar
"Genetic Disorders of Early-Onset Obesity"
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
12 p.m. CST
Speakers: Farah Ladha, M.S., C.G.C., Board-Certified Genetic Counselor at Texas Children鈥檚 Hospital; Laura Buckner, M.Ed., LPC, Program Manager, Community Education, Texas Center for Disability Studies, University of Texas at Austin
In this webinar, Ms. Ladha will describe syndromic and nonsyndromic forms of early-onset obesity, discuss the utility of genetic testing for obesity in the pediatric population, and review case examples of genetic obesity conditions.
Laura Buckner, program manager of community education at the Texas Center for Disability Studies at University of Texas at Austin, will describe the use of the LifeCourse Trajectory tool to explore what one wants to do/not do in managing a condition with obesity.
ECI service providers including EISs, Social Workers and LPCs will be able to obtain CEUs from these events. SLPs and Audiologists will be able to receive one CEU credit hour within the first 15 minutes of the live webinar. This program has been approved for one clock hour of continuing education credit by the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA). TSHA approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
For questions, contact Paul Nixon at Paul.Nixon@hhs.texas.gov.
Subscribe to the 草榴社区入口 YouTube channel and watch our playlist of past Statewide Genetics Outreach Webinars.
