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	See the full proceedings from the recent conference on children with Attention Deficit Disorder, which highlighted the Idud program Findings from the Myers-Joint-Brookdale Institute evaluation of the Idud (Encouragement) pilot program were presented at the recent conference attended by top leaders of the health and education system. The conference was organized by the Institute in cooperation with Ashalim, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and the Jerusalem Education Administration. Speakers highlighted the program as a model for the future and welcomed the practical manual for implementing the program. The manual was released along with the study results at the conference and both are available on the Institute website. The conference was made possible through the generous support of the Mandell Berman Fund for Research on Children with Disabilities at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, as part of the Fund's broader program to encourage efforts to address this challenge. For the full conference proceedings, click here. The full conference program For the research report, click here. For the Idud program manual, click here.

Institute News Results of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Bi-Annual Consumer Health Survey published Results of the latest Myers-JDC-Brookdale Bi-Annual Consumer Health Survey, that examines public opinion on Health System performance, were published on at the beginning of the month. The survey is unique in that it is based on the personal experiences of consumers with the health system and serves as a basis for policy-making. The survey was conducted at the end of 2007 by Prof. Revital Gross, Ms. Shuli Bramli-Greenberg and Ms. Ruth Waitzberg of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute and included a representative sample of the adult population. On March 3rd, Prof. Gross presented the main findings of the survey to the Minister of Health, Yaacov Ben Yizri and his top aides. Minister Ben Yizri, noted that "The survey is a very useful tool for the Ministry and for the HMOs" and added that the report will help him in setting policy for the Ministry.