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| Primary Activity Coordinators: |
Adult Services |
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| Specialty Resource Contacts: | Adult Community Living | ||||||||||||||||
| Project/Program/Clinic Contacts: | National Service Inclusion Project Coordinator
Missouri Community Advocacy Network (MoCAN) Sharing Our Strengths Peer Matching and Mentoring Visions con Esperanza 360 People First Missouri DD Resource Center Interdisciplinary Training Center on Gerontology and DD |
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| Discipline(s): |
Disability Studies Family Studies Occupational Therapy |
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| Research: | Information Dissemination, Consumer Advocacy & Family Support, Parent to Parent - Peer Support, Self-Determination, Women With DD Health Issues, Aging & DD, Self-Advocacy - People First of Missouri, AmeriCorps | ||||||||||||||||
| Education: | Information Dissemination, Consumer Advocacy & Family Support, Parent to Parent - Peer Support, Self-Determination, Women With DD Health Issues, Aging & DD, Self-Advocacy - People First of Missouri, AmeriCorps | ||||||||||||||||
| Service: | Information Dissemination, Consumer Advocacy & Family Support, Parent to Parent - Peer Support, Self-Determination, Women With DD Health Issues, Aging & DD, Self-Advocacy - People First of Missouri, AmeriCorps | ||||||||||||||||
Vita/Bio
Michelle (Sheli) Reynolds
Abridged Vita
EDUCATION
1999 Masters of Occupational Therapy, Rockhurst University
1996 Bachelor of Arts, Rockhurst University
Currently Pursuing Interdisciplinary PhD in Public Administration and Sociology, UMKC
EMPLOYMENT
1997 - Present Research Associate, UMKC- Institute for Human Development, Kansas City, MO
Director of Consumer Advocacy and Family Support, Director of Information Dissemination
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Region V Board Member, AAMR
Statewide President-elect, AAMR
American Occupational Therapy Association
Member, American Society on Aging
Statewide Advisor, People First of Missouri
Board Member: Association on Aging and Developmental Disabilities; The Arc of US-Missouri Chapter
Member, TASH
FUNDED GRANTS (selected)
2007 DMH-Division of MR/DD: Increasing Capacity of Peer Support Program(SOS) for Families with Loved ones in Habilitation Centers
2007 Healthcare for Women with Developmental Disabilities by Jackson County Board of Services
2006 - 2008 AmeriCorps Inclusion Technical Assistance Grant
2006 - 2007 AmeriCorps: Community Support Navigators
2004 - 2007 ADD-PNS: Implementation Grant, Visions with Hope Family Support 360
2003 ADD-PNS: Family Support Planning Grant
2002 - Ongoing Missouri Developmental Disability Resource Center by Missouri Planning Council
2002 - Ongoing Sharing Our Strengths, Missouri's Parent-to-Parent by Missouri Planning Council
2001 - 2003 Missouri Community Advocates Network by AmeriCorps*VISTA and Missouri Planning Council
2000 - 2007 People First of Missouri by Missouri Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities
1999 Critical Issues for Older Families of Adults with Developmental Disabilities
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (selected)
2006 "Family Support 360 Grants & UCEDD" Association of University Centers on Disability Annual Meeting
2005 "Capacity Building of a Latino Organization to Serve Families of Children with Disabilities"
Family Support 360, Technical Assistance Initiative
2001 "Resources for Families of Adults with Developmental Disabilities", TAMR and Region 5 AAMR
2001 "Making Life Easier: Adaptive Equipment" presented ASA/NCOA 1st National Joint Conference
2000 "MR/DD Issues: Aging Consumers" presented at Missouri Governors Conference on Aging
1999 "Supporting Persons with Developmental Disabilities Writing their Own Advance Directive"
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
2003 Bioethics Forum: Ethical Care and Caregiving, Volume 19, Number 1/2
2001 State Initiatives in End-of-Life Care: Advance Care Planning, Issue 12
2000 Missouri Resource Directory for Older Families of Adults with Developmental Disabilities
1999 "Assistive Devices for Persons with Developmental Disabilities who are Aging"
1999 "Making Life Easier: Assistive Devices for Older Persons" CD-Rom and Video
1997 "Making Life Easier: Inexpensive Aides for Older Persons with Disabilities." Resource directory
REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS (selected)
2006 Missouri Developmental Disability Resource Center Final Report (Information, Peer Support and Volunteer Network)
2006 Visions with Hope: Family Support Final Report
2003 MoCAN Evaluation
2000 Critical Issues for Older Families of Adults with Developmental Disabilities
