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Research and the SPD Foundation
 The SPD Foundation (formerly the KID Foundation) is a Colorado public charity sponsored in part by STAR Center. Individual and family foundation donations and grants to the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation (SPDF) help to further research, education, and advocacy for children, adults, and families living with SPD.
Directed for more than 30 years by sensory research pioneer Dr. Lucy Jane Miller, SPDF supports multiple programs that increase public and professional awareness of the scope and severity of SPD. Among its many activities, SPDF hosts informative symposiums for parents, educators, and health care providers and operates an extensive informational web site where mass media and a virtual library where dozens of research reports and clinical articles can be found.
STAR Center and the SPD Foundation are partners in the discovery of science-grounded answers that will change the lives of children and adults with SPD and disorders such as ADHD and autistic spectrum disorders, which often have a sensory component. When you or your family comes to STAR, you connect with the architects of a network of highly esteemed institutions whose scientists are hard at work learning more about SPD and other sensory disorders. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, Duke, and other national and international organizations are among the dozens of scientists studying the genetics, neuropathology, and effective treatments of SPD in association with SPDF.
At STAR, you or your child may be invited to participate in their studies, giving you the opportunity to contribute personally to the search for answers that change lives.
For more information about SPD Foundation and its activities, click here.
To have SPD news delivered directly to you sign up for the SPD Foundation E-Newsletter Sensations here.
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