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New Name, New Leadership, (Re)Newed Focus! Council on Technology and Innovation in Interdisciplinary Services (CTIIS)
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Greetings and Happy New Year! The Council on Interdisciplinary Services (CIS) has recently changed its name to the Council on Technology and Innovation in Interdisciplinary Services (CTIIS). What is exciting about the name change is a more targeted emphasis on technology and innovation in interdisciplinary services. Read more...
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2014 AUCD Disability Leadership Policy Fellow: Call for Applications
The Policy Fellowship is an opportunity for an advanced network member to live and work in Washington, DC for one year, learning about AUCD, current legislation affecting people with disabilities and their families, and exercising leadership skills. The Fellow's responsibilities will be developed based on the needs of the Association and the interest and experience of the Fellow. Read more...
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Network News - Awards & Honors
Congratulations to Sam Odom Recipient of the Arnold Lucius Gesell Prize
The Theodor Hellbrugge Foundation has awarded Samuel L. Odom the 2013 Arnold Lucius Gesell Prize for an outstanding career in the field of child development. Noting Odom's "extraordinary contributions" in research and service, the foundation presented him with the award at an international conference convened to celebrate the prize. Read more...
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AACAP George Tarjan Award for Contributions in Developmental Disabilities
CIDD Director, Joe Piven, M.D., is the 2013 recipient of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) George Tarjan Award for Contributions in Developmental Disabilities. The Award recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist and AACAP member who has made significant contributions in a lifetime career or single seminal work to the understanding or care of those with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Read more...
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Network News - People on the Move
Jackson Roush, PhD Named the Director/Principal Investigator for CIDD NC LEND
The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) is pleased to announce that Jackson Roush, PhD has been named the Director/Principal Investigator of the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program.
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Network News - Activities & Resources
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ICI's Paula Sotnik on Why Disability Simulations Don't Work
ICI project director Paula Sotnik wrote an article and is featured on a radio episode on the disability employment site Out of Step. Both the article and the episode discuss the disability-awareness training technique of having people without disabilities take on the disability experience (for example, through wearing a blindfold or using a wheelchair).
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4 UCEDDs and LENDs Receive Grants from the Special Hope Foundation Catalytic Community Outreach Model: Comprehensive Health Care for Adults IDD Grants
 The Special Hope Foundation, in collaboration with AADMD, is pleased to announce that four universities within the UCEDD/LEND network were selected to each receive funding through the Special Hope Foundation's grant program. These grants will support the organizations within their projects that promote comprehensive health care for adults with developmental disabilities by raising awareness at the healthcare student level and by supporting their communities. Read more...
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Iowa Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council (IA UCEDD)Hosts Successful Policy Summit
 The Iowa Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council (Prevention Council) hosted a day-long, statewide disability policy summit near Des Moines. Entitled "Preventing Disabilities and Ensuring Access to Care," the Summit attracted nearly 130 government officials, consumers, family members, and private and public agency representatives. Participants worked together to identify priority needs in Iowa and offer consensus policy recommendations. Read more...
Updates from Project HEAL (MD UCEDD)
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Ballard Spahr Teams with Kennedy Krieger Institute (MD UCEDD) on Project HEAL
 Low- and moderate-income families raising children with disabilities face numerous challenges navigating the legal and health care systems. To assist them, Ballard Spahr is partnering with the world-renowned Kennedy Krieger Institute to provide pro bono support through Project HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law). Read more...
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Project HEAL (MD UCEDD) Partners with RE/MAX Preferred
Project HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law), a community-based program of the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute launched a new partnership with a RE/MAX Preferred in Baltimore. RE/MAX Preferred will make a monthly agency contribution to Project HEAL based on their number of closings. Read more...
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Alaska LEND Family Advisory Council Parent Training Series
 The Alaska LEND Family Advisory Council (LFAC) was formed May 2013 to provide guidance to LEND on all family components of the program. The group of 9 parents meet monthly to work on activities. One goal for this year is to offer a parent training series. The LFAC used a survey to identify a list of possible topics, and then picked the top 4 to offer for this year. Read more...
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Updates from NH UCEDD
UNH Professor and Graduate Students Conduct Assistive Technology Workshops in India
 For two weeks in December, the UNH Institute on Disability's Dr. Therese Willkomm, along with Occupational Therapy graduate students Emily Hames and Vanessa Tocco, travelled to India to promote the continued development and use of low-budget assistive technology for people with disabilities. Read more...
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Setting Schools Up for Success with New Genetics Education Materials (NH UCEDD)
 GEMSS is a free website featuring information that school faculty and administration can use to support students who have genetic conditions. Experts in the field have contributed a wealth of information in a well-organized, engaging, and easy to use online resource. Read more...
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Institute on Disability (NH UCEDD) Releases Annual Disability Statistics Compendium
 The Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire's Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC) released its Annual Disability Statistics Compendium at event in Washington, DC. Read more...
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MN UCEDD Launches New Partnerships in India
 The Institute on Community Integration (ICI) at the University of Minnesota (MN UCEDD) has launched two new projects that bring together educators in India and the U.S. to improve supports for children, youth, and adults with disabilities. " Read more...
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Parent-assisted Social Skills Training in Early Childhood: PEERS for Preschoolers (UCLA CA UCEDD)
 Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, faculty at the Tarjan University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Dr. Mina Park, a post-doctoral fellow at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior are launching a new research study called PEERS® for Preschoolers. Read more...
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Federal Updates - Activities & Resources
NIH Diversity Program - New Discussion Forum
 The Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce program has launched a new online discussion forum to stimulate conversations about novel and creative strategies needed to engage a diverse student pool in the early phases of biomedical research training, sustain their interest, and enable success at each career phase. Read more...
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