Courtney Bishop, PhD candidate, Child and Youth Studies, will defend their dissertation “Are We There Yet? An Examination of the Effectiveness of Individual Support Plans in Promoting the Human Rights and Quality of Life for Persons With Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities” on Monday, September 19, 2022 at 3:00 pm in person at Brock University.

The examination committee includes Dr. Brian Roy, Chair; Dr. Maureen Connolly, Supervisor; Dr. Frances Owen, Supervisor; Dr. Donato Tartulli, Committee Member; Dr. Tricia Vause, Committee Member, Dr. Preethy Samuel, External Examiner (Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Wayne State University) and Dr. David Ditor, Internal External Examiner (Professor, Kinesiology, Brock University)