AUCD Central Office News
Achieving Healthy Weight for People with Disabilities: New Issue Briefs Available from the CDC-NCBDDD
There are five new issue briefs that describe what people and organizations can do to help combat obesity among people with disabilities and assist them in achieving healthy weight and an improved quality of life. CDC's Division of Human Development and Disability at the NCBDDD released the briefs, each targeted at specific audiences including: communities, health departments, employers, schools and healthcare professionals. Read more...
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Jessiemarie Voigt, MPH, is AUCD's Early Career Professionals' February Guest Blogger
AUCD is happy to announce the Early Career Professionals' February guest blogger - Jessiemarie Voigt, MPH. Jessiemarie completed a year-long LEND fellowship at the University of Arizona in Tucson while completing her Masters of Public Health. The AZ LEND program helped her recognize a passion she had for bridging the gap between research and services. LEND also provided her with the tools to take action. She now spends her days carrying out research recommendations in the field. She works at Community Living, Inc., an agency that supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as a Supported Employment Specialist in Louisville, KY. Please take a moment to read "Mentors, Networking, and Elevator Speeches".
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Network News - Awards & Honors
Maine UCEDD Receives APLU Exemplary Program Award for Community Engagement
The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (ME UCEDD) has received a 2013 Exemplary Program Award from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) in recognition of 20 years of commitment to community engagement. Read more...
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Whittier Law School 2014 Distinguished Alumni Service Award (MD UCEDD)
Maureen van Stone, the Associate Director of the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilites at Kennedy Krieger Institute, will be honored by the Dean of Whittier Law School at the Alumni Awards & Reunion Reception in Long Beach, California. Read more...
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Network News - People on the Move
Maryland's Chief Judge Appoints Chief of Staff (MD UCEDD)
Victoria Z. Sulerzyski, an attorney who specializezd in estate planning and special needs trusts for the Baltimore-based law firm of Ober|Kaler, has been selected as Chief of Staff by Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera. Read more...
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Network News - Activities & Resources
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Video on Early Childhood Intervention: The Power of Family
The Open Society Foundations has published a new video entitled Early Childhood Intervention: The Power of Family (December 2013). This 7:35 minute video features leaders in the field of early childhood development from around the world discussing the benefits of early childhood intervention and the key importance of families to the early intervention process - with input from AUCD network members. Read more...
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ICI (ICI MA UCEDD/LEND) Awarded Grant on Higher Education for Students with Intellectual Disability and Autism
 The Think College team at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI), in partnership with Boston Public Schools, Massachusetts Advocates for Children, the University of Massachusetts, and Roxbury Community College, was just awarded an Investing in Innovation (i3) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will provide $2.375 million in research funds, focused around supporting young people with autism and intellectual disability as they transition from high school to college.
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Act Early Connecticut (UCONN UCEDD) Releases Clinical Guidelines for a Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
 The Connecticut Guidelines for a Clinical Diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Disorder are a direct result of collaborative efforts that were initiated under the Act Early Summit Project. Connecticut's stakeholders participated in the Act Early Summit in April, 2010. A key goal identified at the summit by the Connecticut Team was the publication of clinical diagnostic guidelines specific to Connecticut. Read more...
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Putting Faith to Work: Kessler Foundation Employment Grant Awarded to Four (KY, MN, TN, TX) UCEDDs
 A collaboration of four UCEDDs were awarded a nearly half-million dollar Signature Employment Grant from the Kessler Foundation focused on building the capacity of faith communities to support employment for members with disabilities. The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN UCEDD) will serve as the lead site for the Putting Faith To Work project, under the direction of Erik Carter and Courtney Taylor. Partners include the Human Development Institute (KY UCEDD; Milt Tyree and Harold Kleinert), the Texas Center for Disability Studies (TX UCEDD; Penny Seay and Bill Gaventa), and the Institute on Community Integration (MN UCEDD; Angela Amado, Derek Nord, and Joe Timmons). Read more...
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Updates from MT UCEDD
UM Rural Institute (MT UCEDD) Awarded Grant from OSERS
 Innovative studies on issues in rural America are underway at the University of Montana Rural Institute, thanks to a five-year gran through the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. "This new award marks a major advance in our understanding of living in rural communities," said Tom Seekins, Director of the Research and Training Center. Read more...
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The Science of Health and Wellness for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (MT UCEDD)
 University of Montana Rural Institute researchers are helping to set a national agenda on health and disability. Dr. Kathleen Humphries, a nutrition researcher at the Rural Institute and the UM School of Public and Community Health Sciences is among national leaders identifying what we know and what we need to know to reduce health disparities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read more...
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and UT Boling Center (TN UCEDDs/LENDs) Announce Availability of IDD Healthcare E-Toolkit
 With funding from the Special Hope Foundation, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN UCEDD/LEND) and the UT Boling Center (TN UCEDD/LEND), working with the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, have developed an online toolkit for health care providers: Health Care For Adults With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: A Toolkit for Primary Care Providers (IDD Toolkit). Now available online at www.iddtoolkit.org, the IDD Toolkit offers health care providers best-practice tools and a wealth of information regarding specific medical and behavioral concerns of adults with IDD, including resources for patients and families. Read more...
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Early Childhood Personnel Center (UCONN UCEDD) Releases Personnel Standards for Every State
 Early Childhood Personnel Center serves as a national resource on personnel standards, competencies, and recommended practices. The Center will also be assisting States in aligning personnel standards to national professional organization standards for personnel who serve children with disabilities and their families, integrating those standards with standards for EC personnel of all children, and linking those standards to state competencies and certification or licensure requirements. Read more...
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The PEERS Curriculum for School-Based Professionals (USE CA UCEDD)
 The PEERS® School-Based Training is designed exclusively for educators, mental health specialists, and school-based professionals who are interested in learning and/or implementing the PEERS® intervention and research in the school setting. This is a unique training designed to provide professionals with the tools to implement the intervention outlined in the new PEERS® Curriculum for School-Based Professionals (Laugeson, 2013), which brings UCLA's highly acclaimed and widely popular PEERS® intervention into the school setting. Read more...
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Online Graduate Certificate Program: Positive Behavior Support (FL UCEDD)
 The The University of South Florida and the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities offer a fully online Graduate Certificate in Positive Behavior Support (PBS). This 12 credit hour course of study prepares individuals from mental health, school psychology, school administration, education, early education, and social work to be effective members of the school, early childhood, or individual support team implementing PBS. Read more...
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