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March 1, 2003 COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN DIVISION ON VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS PRESENTS 2003 AWARDS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON DIVISION
ON VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS’ OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
The Council for
Exceptional Children’s Division on Visual Impairments is proud to present the Outstanding
Dissertation of the Year Award to Dr. Grace Lappin at the International
Conference in Seattle on April10, 2003. Dr.
Lappin completed her studies at Teachers College Columbia University, in the
Department of Health and Behavior Studies. Her
dissertation was entitled, Applying
Infant Massage Practices with Infants with Blindness or Visual Impairment: A
Qualitative Study of Caregiver-Infant Attachment,
which dealt with the nature of attachment formation and the dynamic interaction
that occurs between caregiver and infant with blindness or visual impairment
before and after infant massage was taught to the caregiver.
She is a licensed teacher
of Blind and Visually Impaired Children currently teaching full-time at St. Joseph’s College New York in
the Child Study Department. In addition, she is certified by CEC as a Professionally
Recognized Special Educator and Clinical Diagnostician, and by the International
Association of Infant Massage as an Infant Massage Instructor.
Her current projects and research include applying infant massage
practices with infants with other disabilities, and exploring multicultural
perspectives on infant handling. Dr. Lappin has been chosen as the recipient of this
award for the contribution her research has made in understanding the
development and quality of secure attachment between caregiver and infant with
blindness. It is
with great pleasure that the Division on Visual Impairments awards Grace Lappin
the Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award for 2003. *
* * * * * * * * * * * * For further information
about the Division on Visual Impairments’ Outstanding Dissertation of the Year
Award, please contact Dr. Stuart Wittenstein at (510) 794-3816. |