News

4/5/2013

Key Position Announcement: AUCD Seeks Next Executive Director

Applications currently being accepted through June 30

Due to the announced retirement of the current Executive Director, George Jesien, PhD, later this year, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), a national not-for-profit organization located in Silver Spring, MD, seeks an executive director to lead and guide activities that fulfill its mission to advance policies and practices that improve the health, education, social, and economic well-being of people with developmental and other disabilities, their families, and their communities. The Association supports its member university-based centers and programs in interdisciplinary research, education, health, and service activities. The next Executive Director will inherit an organization that is respected by peers, is financially sound, has a highly motivated and engaged staff, and has a solid governing Board.

5/24/2013

A Collaborative Interagency, Interdisciplinary Approach to Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood

This paper promotes four core concepts that are essential to the development and implementation of effective transition plans and process: (1) Self-determination should be the foundation for transition planning; (2) Transition should be viewed through a cultural lens; (3) Interagency collaboration is essential to effective transition (4) Transition planning should include all the perspectives, disciplines, and organizations that will impact the transitioning student.
This paper was written for and by directors and staff UCEDDs and LENDs with the aim of promoting a dialogue among key stakeholders and facilitating their engagement in pursuing a more comprehensive, coordinated, supportive, and successful transition process for youth with disabilities from adolescence to young adulthood. See AUCD's press release for additional information.

6/17/2013

Ilka Riddle, PhD, Appointed New Director of the University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Dr. Riddle earned her master's degree and PhD in human development and family studies from the University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Prior to coming to the UC UCEDD as Associate Director last year, Riddle was the Health Unit Leader and a Project Director at the Center for Disabilities Studies at the University of Delaware.

6/17/2013

Karen Edwards, MD, MPH to Lead at Westchester Institute for Human Development

Dr. Edwards to serve as the WIHD Vice President for Education, Training and Research and Director of the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND), an interdisciplinary fellowship program administered in partnership with WIHD's primary academic partner, New York Medical College (NYMC).

6/12/2013

AUCD Welcomes Emily Ladau as Summer Intern

Emily is a Projects Intern at AUCD under the auspices of the American Association of People with Disabilities Internship Program. She recently graduated summa cum laude with a BA in English from Adelphi University on Long Island, New York, where she was born and raised.