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The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) proposes to present a one-day workshop focused on the preventive care and basic conservation treatment of historic mammal taxidermy for professionals who work with these collections, including conservators, collection managers, preventive care professionals, museum preparators, exhibition technicians, and taxidermists. This workshop was developed with funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and was presented in 2017 at the annual meeting of SPNHC in Denver, Colorado. It will be led by natural science conservators from the AMNH, and will provide participants with a thorough working knowledge of the preservation needs of historic mammalian taxidermy and how to address common condition issues. In addition to this knowledge, participants will leave with conservation references, and samples of common treatment materials. The workshop format will incorporate a combination of presentations, demonstrations, interdisciplinary group discussions, and hands-on experimentation. Two pre-workshop webinars on background and safety information will be offered for registered participants.

This article is an account of how a research proposal is conceptualized and designed to investigate whether the addition of an integrated “sensory diet curriculum” at regular transition intervals throughout the school day would increase students' ability to profit from their educational experience for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. This procedural account identifies several important research benchmarks and serves as an example of how to make our “thinking” visible for others. The entire project was developed over a 2-year period, in part to provide a group of occupational therapy pre-professional students with a hands-on research experience. The students completed a small pilot study that contributed to the formation of a values-based decision tree model that respects full inclusion, team collaboration, parent participation, mentor-mentee relationships, and evidence-based practice.