Meeting 8

Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences
January 24, 2002 - January 25, 2002
Cecil and Ida Green Building
2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington D.C.

Agenda:

JANUARY 24, 2002 ROOM 130

8:30 Breakfast

9:00 Welcome

Anne Petersen, Chair, BBCSS
Barbara Torrey, Executive Director, DBASSE

9:15 Presentation

"Achieving High Educational Standards for All"
Report on the Millennium Conference
Richard Foster, U.S. Department of Education
Rebecca Fitch, U.S. Department of Education
Eugene Emory, BBCSS
Study director, Timothy Ready

10:00 Behavioral Research Agenda: National Cancer Institute

Robert Croyle, NCI

10:45 BREAK

11:00 Behavioral Research Agenda: National Institute on Aging

Richard Suzman, NIA
Daniel Berch, NIA

11:45 Behavioral Research Agenda: National Science Foundation

Philip Rubin, NSF (invited)

12:30 LUNCH

Presentation by Michael Rutter (invited)

1:45 Presentation

What the NAS is Doing About Terrorism
Richard D. Klausner, Co-chair, NAS Committee on Science and Technology for
Countering Terrorism (invited)

2:30 Presentation

What DBASSE is Doing About Terrorism
Faith Mitchell, Deputy Director, DBASSE and staff officer of the Panel on
Behavioral, Social and Institution Issues for the Committee on Science and
Technology for Countering Terrorism

3:15 BREAK

3:30 Presentation

What the BBCSS Committee on Human Factors is doing about terrorism
Raja Parasuraman, Chair, Committee on Human Factors

4:15 BBCSS discussion of possible initiatives on terrorism

5:00 Adjourn

JANUARY 25, 2002

8:30 Breakfast

9:00 Presentation

"Educating Children with Autism"
Report from the Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism
Gail Houle, U.S. Department of Education
Lou Danielson, U.S. Department of Education
Michael Rutter, BBCSS
Study director, James McGee

9:45 Presentation

"Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education"
Report from the Committee on Minority Representation in Special Education
Study director, Suzanne Donovan

10:30 – 5:00 Closed Session

Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:

Anne Petersen (Chair)
Linda Burton
Stephen Ceci
Eugene Emory
Peter Lennie
Marcia Linn
Charles Plott
Michael Rutter
Arnold Sameroff
Richard Thompson
William Yost

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Presentation of Mental Retardation and Disability Determination
Review of Minutes from May 2001 Meeting
Discussion on Current Projects under BBCSS
Report on Core Funding
Report on IRB Project
Selection of New Board Members
Nominations for the National Science Board
Nominations for the Directorships of NINDS, NIMH, NIDA, NIAAA
Vitality of Behavioral Research

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

Prepublication copies of 2 upcoming NRC reports formed under BBCSS