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AUCD, Four UCEDDs, and Two LENDs Host Visitors from the Community Development Authority in Dubai
Throughout the week of June 24th, AUCD and four University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) and two Leadership in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LENDs) Programs had the pleasure of hosting three representatives from the Community Development Authority (CDA) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Read more....
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Stephanie Weber, PsyD, 2012-2013 Virtual Trainee is AUCD's July Special Guest Blogger
AUCD is pleased to announce a special blog written by our 2012-2013 Virtual Trainee, Stephanie Weber, PsyD. Take a moment and read how the Virtual Trainee’s position strengthen her leadership skills and professional development. Read more....
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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. Read more....
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Public Health is for Everyone Wins Award
Public Health is for Everyone (www.phetoolkit.org) just won the Bronze in the Web Health Awards web-based resource tool category. This website was developed under the CDC cooperative agreement. Read more....
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Network News - Awards & Honors
Pennsylvania's UCEDD Celebrates 40 Years in 2013
The Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA marked its 40th anniversary with a celebration welcoming more than 125 friends, partners and staff members, both past and present, for an evening of fun and recognition. Read more....
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Ms. Santa Perez (NV UCEDD) Honored with Champions of Equal Opportunity Self-Advocate Award
On July 10th, the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) honored Ms. Santa Perez with the Champions of Equal Opportunity (CEO) Self-Advocate Award at their Annual Conference. Ms. Perez is a COCA member of the AUCD network from the NV UCEDD. Read more....
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Dr. Paula Sullivan (IN LEND) Receives Morris Green Teaching Award
Dr. Paula Sullivan received the Morris Green Teaching Award, named for past Chairman and master clinician, Dr. Morris Green. This award is presented to the faculty member nominated by the graduating class as best teacher among all faculty, in the IU School of Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics. Read more....
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Ann Cutler (IL LEND) Wins AAIDD Leadership Award
Congratulations to the IL LEND's Clinical Director Dr. Ann Cutler on winning AAIDD's (American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) 2013 Leadership award! This award is given each year to someone who has guided or directed others in improving the quality of programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read more....
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Network News - People on the Move
Karen Edwards, MD, MPH to Lead the LEND Program at Westchester Institute for Human Development
 The Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD) is pleased to announce Dr. Karen Edwards, MD, MPH has accepted a position as the WIHD Vice President for Education, Training and Research. In this role, Dr. Edwards will also serve as the 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). Read more...
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Jennifer Bass, PsyD Appointed New Director of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - University of Cincinnati LEND Program
 The LEND Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati UCEDD (CCHMC/UC LEND) has named Jennifer Bass, PsyD, as its new director. Bass' primary areas of interest and research include behavioral feeding disorders, siblings of children with ASD, and parent and staff training in the field of applied behavior analysis. Read more...
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Ilka Riddle, PhD, Appointed New Director of the University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
 The University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UC UCEDD) has named Ilka Riddle, PhD, as its new director. 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. Read more...
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Stephanie Weber, PsyD, Named LEND Program Training Director at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati
 Stephanie Weber, PsyD, has been named Training Director at the LEND Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati.She obtained her Doctor of Psychology degree from the University of Indianapolis in Indiana in 2011 after completing internship at The Devereux Foundation's Leo Kanner Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania. . Read more...
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Patricia Moore-Moss, MSW, Appointed Interim Director of WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities
 Patricia Moore-Moss, MSW, has been appointed interim director of the WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities. Moore-Moss currently serves as manager of the WVUCED Specialized Family Care Program, based in Charleston. She has been a member of the organization's leadership team since 2010. Read more...
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Network News - Activities & Resources
New in NGSD's 'Research to Practice in Self-Determination' Series: The Importance of College on Self-Determination
To borrow a phrase from the poet Laura Hershey, “you get proud by practicing.” Pride and belief in oneself are cultivated when young people have the opportunity to be in places and with people who support and promote that growth-safe places for them to “practice.” College and university campuses are designed to be such places. Read more....
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Updates from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN LEND/UCEDD)
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN LEND/UCEDD) Provides Inclusive Education Assistance for University of South Africa
 The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN UCEDD) and other UCEDDs hosted June visits from a 3-person delegation from the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria led by Nareadi Phasha, professor and chair of the newly established department of Inclusive Education in the College of Education at UNISA. The goal of their visits was to develop their strengths in Inclusive Education, including Special Education, a national priority in South Africa. They are establishing a Centre for Excellence in Disabilities that will focus on diagnosis, research, and teaching. Read more...
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TN LEND/UCEDD Healthy Bodies Toolkit Addresses Puberty in Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
 A new toolkit Healthy Bodies: A Parent's Guide on Puberty for Adolescents with Disabilities addresses the needs of these families and is a response to the limited number of practical resources about puberty and disabilities. The toolkit was developed by Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Cassandra Newsom, Psy.D., and trainees in the Vanderbilt Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Training Program. Read more...
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Award Winning Possibilities Video Series from MI UCEDD Adds Two New Stories
 The Developmental Disabilities Institute (MI UCEDD) has added two videos to its award-winning Possibilities series. The series now contains six, 5-7 minute videos depicting the lives and accomplishments of individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, highlighting how self-determination and community inclusion can benefit persons with and without disabilities. Read more...
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Iowa DD Network Partners and Local Grassroots Organization Hosted a Successful Self-Advocacy Event
 On June 13 and 14, Peer Action Disability Support (P.A.D.S.) hosted Iowa's first-ever self-advocacy summit. Nearly 60 self-advocates representing seven organizations attended.P.A.D.S. was one of three organizations selected from among 17 applicants to receive an AIDD self-advocacy organizational development grant to provide peer to peer technical assistance to other self-advocacy groups in 2013. Grant funds are being used to assist "mentee organizations" to grow and become stronger while working toward obtaining 501(c)3 status. Read more...
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Updates from the Boggs Center (NJ UCEDD)
The Boggs Center (NJ UCEDD) Featured in Television Episode about Healthcare Needs of People with Developmental Disabilities
 The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and its collaborative programs with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and the Department of Pediatrics are featured in an episode of HealthBeat with Sara Lee Kessler which aired on WHYY (the Philadelphia PBS station) and NJTV in April and May. The episode about health care needs of people with developmental disabilities profiles The Boggs Center's unique training programs for medical students in the pediatrics rotation and family medicine residents, which focus on developmental disabilities, family-centered care, and treating all patients with dignity.Read more...
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The Boggs Center (NJ UCEDD) Transferred to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
As of July 1st, most of UMDNJ, including The Boggs Center, will be transferred to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, as a result of the New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act. We will still be The Boggs Center and a part of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, which will become Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Read more...
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Two LENDs Coming Together
The Nv LEND during the second year of the grant, chose a leadership project to explore the effectiveness of feeding interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and neurodevelopment conditions across the lifespan. The team consists of four trainees and four faculty members from disciplines as follows: two in child psychiatry, two in nutrition and dietetics, infant specialaist, occupational therapy, school psychology, and speech pathology were represented. Read more...
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The Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DRC) Announces "Research Ready" NSCH Data Files and Variable Codebooks
 With the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA/MCHB support, the Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DRC) is pleased to announce the availability of "research ready" NSCH data files and variable codebooks designed to expedite the advancement of knowledge on child health and health care in the United States. Read more...
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