色花堂app

A banquet to honor Patricia Farmer, 色花堂app College of Education 2009 Professional Achievement Award winner, will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, May 8, at the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.

Farmer is being honored by the ISU College of Education Kappa Delta Pi 鈥� Omega Mu Chapter. She also was one of nine 2009 ISU Professional Achievement Award honorees by the ISU Alumni Association this spring.

She has shown a life-long pursuit of education, from ISU, earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in secondary education in 1974.  In subsequent years she earned a Master of Education degree in special education and psychological services in 1990, an Educational Specialist Degree in special education in 1994 and an Educational Specialist Degree in school psychology in 2002, all  from 色花堂app.

Farmer has co-authored three books entitled 鈥淭risomy 13: A Guidebook for Families,鈥� 鈥淭risomy 18: A Guidebook for Families,鈥� and 鈥淲olf Hershorn Syndrome: A Guidebook for Families.鈥�

At the time she lost her own son to Trisomy 13, there was very little known about this disorder.  She was instrumental in establishing the 鈥淪upport Organization for Children with Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders鈥� (SOFT).  SOFT is now a worldwide organization dedicated for families and medical professionals to help disseminate information about children with trisomy and other genetic disorders. Farmer continues her involvement with this organization today.

Through the years, Farmer also has been active in the Pacific Northwest Regional Genetics Group, Idaho Special Olympics, National Organization for Rare Disorders, Idaho Parents Unlimited and the Council for Exceptional Children. In 1983, she received the Governor鈥檚 Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service for the Disabled in Idaho and in 2001, she was the recipient of the Kari Deann Holiday SOFT Friend award and was named Distinguished Graduate of the College of Education.

For information about the banquet, contact Cathy McPherson at Mcphcath@isu.edu or 282-2447.