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Reducing Relapse Focus of New Study at MMI (NE UCEDD/LEND)
The Munroe-Meyer Institute's Brian Greer, Ph.D., will be the site PI on a new grant written with principal investigator Timothy Shahan, Ph.D., of Utah State University, that will explore ways to reduce relapse in children who engage is severe problem behavior. The multicenter R01 application, titled "Resurgence as Choice: Basic and Clinical Studies," will be funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
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Now Available: Using Improv to Teach Advocacy (MT UCEDD)
RTC:Rural is excited to release the Advocacy Skill Building Toolkit, a new set of resources for Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and others to facilitate workshops to develop the advocacy skills of emerging Independent Living leaders and youth with disabilities. Read more...
What We Know About Disability Identity Development, from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN UCEDD, IDDRC, LEND)
 We learn a lot from other people about who we are as unique individuals and as members of groups. A well-articulated sense of self is a compilation of integrated, fluid identities based in contexts like gender, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disabilities, and countless others. When we interact with others who are like us, we learn about our identities through the practices of mirroring, modeling, and recognition. An intact identity, formed in partnership with others, is critical for leading a healthy life, both psychologically and physically. Read more...
Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SARTAC) (MO UCEDD)
 Does your state's self-advocacy organization have questions about things like fundraising, getting people involved or leadership development? The Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SARTAC) can help: its mission is to strengthen the self-advocacy movement by supporting self-advocacy organizations to grow in diversity and leadership. SARTAC is a one-stop resource for organizing and supporting self advocacy groups! Read more...
UW-Madison Supports Scholarship Fund for Children with Special Needs (WI UCEDD/WECP)
 The Athletic Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison designated the Waisman Center's Early Childhood Program as the recipient of proceeds from the Spring Football Game in April. Game receipts were directed towards the Scholarship Fund to provide tuition assistance for children enrolled in WECP, an inclusive program for children ages 1 through 5 located in the Waisman Center's UCEDD. Read more...
IU's Indiana Institute on Disability and Community Receives Funding to Advance Policy and Practice (IN UCEDD)
 Indiana University's Indiana Institute on Disability and Community has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant to develop and advance the transfer of research and new knowledge in the field of disability studies from the university setting to communities around Indiana, the nation and the globe. Read more...
Michael Knox, PhD Retires from The Boggs Center (NJ UCEDD/LEND)
 Michael Knox, PhD, deputy director and assistant professor of pediatrics, retired after 33 years with The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Knox directed The Boggs Center's financial and administrative operations. He also served as research coordinator, chaired the Center's evaluation team, and conducted health service research with a focus on developmental disabilities. A licensed social worker, he served as a field instructor for master's of social work (MSW) interns in nonprofit and public management from Rutgers University. Read more...
New Research Explores Disability at the Household Level (MT UCEDD)
 A new RTC:Rural Research Brief by RTC:Rural partner Christiane von Reichert, Ph.D., Professor of Geography at the University of Montana, presents research on disability rates at the household level. The brief, titled "Prevalence of Disability: Individual and Household Context" is available for download on the Geography and Rural Disability page on the RTC:Rural website.This work highlights the number of people without disabilities who live in households with someone with a disability, and contributes to a larger study on migration and disability and rural/urban differences in disability levels. Read more...
Work And College Opportunities (WACO) Project (TX UCEDD)
 Cekevia Degrate participated in the Leadership, Employability, and Advocacy Project (LEAP) during the summer of 2015 while she was about to be a Junior in High School. This year she has graduated from high school and is participating in the Work and College Opportunity (WACO) project at Texas A&M University. She describes how the programs helped her grow and prepare to achieve the goals she has set for her future. Read more...
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Karen Flippo, a program director at the ICI, received a lifetime achievement award from APSE, a national organization that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to work at competitive jobs in their communities. Flippo was a founding board member of APSE (which stands for the Association of People Supporting Employment First). 
The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) has been presented with the Above and Beyond Award by the Mississippi Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense office. The Above and Beyond Award recognizes employers who provide extraordinary support of its employees who serve in the Mississippi Guard and Reserve. 
Dr. Jerry R. Alliston, community education director at The University of Southern Mississippi's (USM) Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) and AUCD Board Member, has been elected to the board of directors for the Southeastern Postsecondary Education Alliance (SEPSEA).
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) has released a new learning module focused on communicating the value of developmental screening. This easy-to-use learning module incorporates evidence-based practices with perspectives from physicians, parents, and the director of a Title V program for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). 
