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2/1/2012

Save the Date: UCEDD Leadership Development Institute June 24-29, 2012

To better support the development of leaders for the UCEDD network, AUCD is partnering with The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Delaware, of which AUCD is a Founding Partner, to offer the first UCEDD Leadership Development Institute. The Institute is supported by the Administration for Developmental Disabilities under a contract to AUCD.

1/31/2012

Introducing the 2012 ADD-UCEDD Fellow: Mette Pedersen, PhD

The Deputy Director of the Center for Development and Disability at the University of New Mexico, Mette will spend a year working on policy issues affecting the DD Network at the Administration on Developmental Disabilities in Washington, DC.

1/30/2012

David Atto Appointed Dean of Administration at the Northern Marianas College

David Atto, site director of the Pacific Basin University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, has been promoted to Dean of Administration at the Northern Marianas College. According to NMC president Sharon Y. Hart, Attao has demonstrated remarkable leadership for the college.

1/27/2012

Transplants for Children with Disabilities: Information for Parents

Developed by the Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities at the UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, this pamphlet contains information for families of children with disabilities on organ transplants. Topics include advocacy, important things to know, medication and diet, school programs, and the federal law.

Public Policy

AUCD Legislative News Special Report: FY 2012 L-HHS-Ed Funding Finalized

This special report details the final FY 2012 appropriations package with regard to AUCD network programs and other disability-related programs.

FY 2012 L-HHS-Ed Funding Report [download]

AUCD provides comments to CMS on change to CPT Code for Developmental Screening

On November 28, 2011 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register announcing Medicare?s 2012 Resource-based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) which includes a change to the status of CPT code 96110. AUCD is concerned that the new rule will make it more difficult for physicians to get reimbursed for developmental screening resulting in a reduction in the numbers of infants and young children who are screened for developmental disorders, including autism. AUCD has sent comments to CMS. We urge our Member Centers to do the same.

AUCD provides comments to CMS on change to CPT Code for Developmental Screening [download]

AUCD Press Release on Introduction of the Keeping All Students Safe Act (S. 2020)

AUCD applauds the introduction of legislation to limit the use of restraint and seclusion in schools.

AUCD Press Release: Keeping All Students Safe Act [download]

AUCD Events

2012 Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - Friday, March 9, 2012
Location: Annapolis, MD

The Gatlinburg Conference continues its tradition as one of the premier conferences in the United States for behavioral scientists conducting research in intellectual and related developmental disabilities. This year's theme is: Rare and Neglected IDD Disorders: A Case Study in 15q.