AUCD Events

 

Below are lists of both Upcoming and Recently Archived events held or sponsored by AUCD.
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Upcoming Events

Involvement of People With Disabilities in the Operations of the UCEDD  Copy to Calendar

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
4:00PM ET - 5:00PMET

This webinar will address the involvement of people with disabilities in the operations of the UCEDD through their own experiences and stories. Topics of the presentation will include: the perspectives of people with disabilities on their work in the UCEDD, some examples of successful family involvement, and experiences working with the Consumer Advisory Council (CAC)/Council on Community Advocacy (COCA). Presenters: Tamar Heller, PhD, Director IDHD and Tia Nelis, Self Advocacy Specialist, from the Institute on Disability and Human Development, at the University of Illinois-Chicago, along with, Ansley Bacon, PhD, Director WIHD, and Mitchell Levitz, Consumer Issues Specialist, from the Westchester Institute for Human Development Valhalla-New York.

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Act Early Region V Summit  Copy to Calendar

Monday, September 27, 2010 - Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Location: Indianapolis, IN

This Act Early Regional Summit in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 27th & 28th, 2010 will bring together key state leaders from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

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State of the Art Conference on Postsecondary Education and Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, October 28, 2010 - Friday, October 29, 2010
Location: Fairfax, VA

The 2010 State of the Art Conference on Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities will be held on October 28 and 29, 2010 at Mason's new hotel and conference center in Fairfax, VA. The conference will provide an opportunity for colleges and universities, researchers, program staff, parents and self-advocates to discuss the current state of policies, research, and practice in the field. Panels including staff from PSE initiatives, parents, self-advocate and other experts will share effective practices during breakout sessions with an opportunity for group discussion.

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2010 AUCD Annual Meeting & Conference  Copy to Calendar

Sunday, October 31, 2010 - Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Location: Crystal City, VA

"Going to Scale: Making What Works Accessible to All"

There are few greater efficiencies in our field than building on the ideas of others, learning what to do and what not to do in developing programs, and gaining invaluable insights into what works and why. Attend the 2010 AUCD Annual Meeting and Conference and share in making what works accessible to all.

 

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2010 Training Symposium  Copy to Calendar

Monday, November 1, 2010
1:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Washington, DC

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CAAI 2011 Meeting  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, January 13, 2011 - Friday, January 14, 2011
9:00AM - 2:00PM
Location: Bethesda, MD

The 2011 CAAI Program Meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda at One Bethesda Metro Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

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2011 Disability Policy Seminar  Copy to Calendar

Monday, February 14, 2011 - Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Location: Washington, DC

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AUCD Events Archive

EIEC Webinar: The Kansas Early Learning Collaborative- Shared vision, collaboration, and a systems-level perspective on outcomes  Copy to Calendar

Tuesday, August 31, 2010
4:00pm - 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time

In this one hour webinar, Dr. Christopher Smith, Director of the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute will discuss The Kansas Early Learning Collaborative (KELC) which is an innovative collaboration among six major Kansas early learning organizations.

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Resource Center Highlight Series  Copy to Calendar

Saturday, August 7, 2010
Location: Online

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NIRS 2011 Roll Out Webinar  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, August 5, 2010
4:00PM ET

This webinar introduced participants to the changes made in the FY '11 iteration of NIRS.

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2010 Disability and Health Partners Meeting Proceedings Available  Copy to Calendar

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Location: Washington, DC

CDC logo imageCurrent topics in health care access and policy, surveillance, evaluation, developing your success story, and community partners were examined in concurrent breakout sessions, networking socials, and round table discussions. Plenary panels featured engaging, interactive dialogue on critical issues which impact all partners at a national, regional, and state level, such as emergency preparedness, measuring success, and access to health care for people with disabilities.

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EIEC Webinar: Estimates of the Percentage of Part C Eligible Infants and Toddlers: Evidence of a Crisis  Copy to Calendar

Tuesday, July 27, 2010
1:00pm - 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time

This webinar presented evidence of the large numbers of unserved Part C eligible children, and evidence of disparities in who is served. The presentation also discussed Part C's capacity to reduce the number of unserved children and address inequities in who receives its services.

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Health Reform Webinar #4 in Series: Workforce Provisions  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, July 8, 2010
4PM
Location: Online

This webinar will cover provisions related to opportunities to provide training to health and allied health care providers caring for individuals with disabilities as well as provisions directly related to direct support professionals.

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Health Reform Webinar: Implications for Individuals with Autism and their Families  Copy to Calendar

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
4PM
Location: Online

This webinar focused on provisions that directly impact persons with autism spectrum disorders. This includes training of providers working with children and adults with autism and insurance market reforms that will help people with autism get appropriate interventions and services.

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2010 NIRS CAAI Evaluation Module Webinar  Copy to Calendar

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
3:00pm Eastern - 4:00pm Eastern

The archived webinar from Insight Policy Research and AUCD on Tuesday, June 29th can be viewed here. This webinar describes and demonstrates the 2010 NIRS CAAI Module. The recording will be live until July 29, 2010, but the slides will remain live indefinitely.

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EIEC Webinar: The Cost of Serving Infants and Toddlers under Part C  Copy to Calendar

Monday, June 28, 2010
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Online

Sue Brown, Part C Coordinator for the State of Hawaii and Jean Johnson, Associate Director of the UCEDD at the University of HawaiiIn this one hour webinar, Dr. Sue Brown, Part C Coordinator for the State of Hawaii and Dr. Jean Johnson, Associate Director of the UCEDD at the University of Hawaii discussed extensive statewide expenditure data for one state on the monthly and annual cost of providing early intervention services to infants and toddlers and their families.

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Health Reform Webinar #2 in Series: Prevention and Wellness  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, June 17, 2010
4PM
Location: Online

This webinar will cover provisions related to opportunities for UCEDDs to participate in research, data collection and analysis, and to develop promising practices in the area of health promotion and wellness for individuals with disabilities

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Topical Webinar Series on Disability and Health: Integrating Disability Awareness and Women's Reproductive Health  Copy to Calendar

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
1:00pm - 2:00pm Eastern

This webinar will introduce participants to a newly-developed online resource devoted to promoting reproductive health care for women with disabilities. This interactive recorded program, "Reproductive Health Care for Women with Disabilities," was developed through a partnership between the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is designed to be an easily navigable source of information to assist clinicians providing care to women with physical, developmental, and sensory disabilities. The webinar will conclude with a question and answer period.

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Health Reform Webinar #1 in Series: Insurance Market Reforms and Long-term Services and Supports  Copy to Calendar

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
4PM
Location: Online

This webinar will inform participants about how the general insurance market reforms will impact people with disabilities and describe the long term services and supports provisions. These include the CLASS Act, Community First Choice Option, and Money Follows the Person provisions.

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AUCD Health Reform Webinar Series: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: What's In It for People With Disabilities?  Copy to Calendar

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - Thursday, July 8, 2010
Location: Online Webinars

This 4-part webinar series will address aspects of health reform that have or will have significant impact on people with disabilities. Webinars will also address opportunities for AUCD network members.

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Teleconference: Trainings on Elder Victimization Identification and Prosecution  Copy to Calendar

Friday, June 4, 2010

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded a grant to WIND to train Fremont County officials to stop abuse and sexual assault of older individuals or individuals with disabilities.

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EIEC Webinar: A Conversation about the Obama Administration's Early Childhood Agenda with Sharon Lewis and Jeffrey Capizzano  Copy to Calendar

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Sharon Lewis, Administration on Developmental Disabilities and Jeffrey Capizzano, Senior Policy Advisor for Early Childhood Development and Education, ACF/HHSIn this one hour webinar Sharon Lewis, Commissioner at the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) and Jeffrey Capizzano, Senior Policy Advisor for Early Childhood Development and Education in the Administration for Children and Families shared information on opportunities they see within the administration to support early childhood initiatives. This is the first in a series of a webinars on critical issues in early childhood intervention (birth to 5 years) sponsored by the AUCD's EIEC SIG.
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AUCD Early Career Professionals Website Roll-Out  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, May 27, 2010
4 - 5PM EST
Location: Online

AUCD has created an innovative national resource for early career professionals who have received interdisciplinary training in developmental disabilities to further develop their leadership. This webinar will introduce you to the features of this fresh and interactive website.

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AAIDD & AUCD Webinar for Students & Early Career Professionals: Identifying Grant Opportunities Across Diverse Funding Sources and Building your Research Agenda  Copy to Calendar

Friday, May 14, 2010 - Friday, May 14, 2010
2:00 pm Eastern - 3:00 pm Eastern

Turnbull and Ebensen PhotosThe Student and Early Career Professional Committee of the American Association on intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) held an early career development webinar on grant writing skills.
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Postsecondary Education Conference Call  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, April 29, 2010
1 - 2pm CST
Location: Conference Call

The Self-Determination/Transition workgroup of the National Community Education Directors Council will host a conference call on Postsecondary Education Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities with an Emphasis on Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. The primary speaker will be Donna Yerby, Assistant Director: Program Development, Learning Specialist/Education Section Head with the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities and UNC Center for Development and Learning. Assistance will be provided by Jerry R. Alliston, Coordinator at the Institute for Disability Studies at The University of Southern Mississippi.

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Act Early Region 1 Summit  Copy to Calendar

Monday, April 26, 2010 - Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Location: Providence, RI

This summit included teams from the following states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

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ITAC Webinar: What happens after the K-12 years? Transition and Postsecondary Options for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders  Copy to Calendar

Tuesday, April 20, 2010
5:00PM - 6:00PM

Three nationally recognized leaders in the field will discuss the challenges, barriers, and options for students on the autism spectrum during this critical transition time.

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2010 Disability Policy Seminar  Copy to Calendar

Monday, April 12, 2010 - Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Location: Washington, DC

2010 Disability Policy Seminar logoAUCD, The Arc of the United States, United Cerebral Palsy, AAIDD, SABE, and the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities are joining together again to host the 2010 Disability Policy Seminar.

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Act Early Region III Summit  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - Friday, March 26, 2010
Location: Philadelphia, PA

This summit included teams from: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia.

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LEND Directors: 2010 Spring Meeting  Copy to Calendar

Saturday, March 6, 2010 - Sunday, March 7, 2010
Location: National Harbor, MD

The Spring 2010 LEND Directors Meeting will be held concurrent with the AMCHP Conference.

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Webinar: Building and Updating Your Home for Accessibility  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, March 4, 2010
2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Location: Online

Topical Call: Building and Updating Your Home for Accessibility Speaker: Catherine Leigh Graham

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Understanding Section 508 and Web Accessibility  Copy to Calendar

Friday, February 26, 2010
3:00 - 4:00 pm Eastern
Location: online

This webinar will provide an overview of web accessibility for AUCD web developers and designers, content providers, and administrators.

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Webinar: Early Intervention/Early Childhood Webinar  Copy to Calendar

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Location: Online

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Act Early Region X Summit  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, February 4, 2010 - Friday, February 5, 2010
Location: Seattle, Washington

This Act Early Regional Summit included key state leaders from Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Idaho.

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Telehealth and Teleaudiology Webinar  Copy to Calendar

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
3:00pm - 4:30pm Eastern Standard Time

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 (Archived Webinar Available) 3:00pm - 4:30pm Eastern Standard Time Speakers: Dena Puskin, Sc.D., Director of the HRSA Office for the Advancement of Telehealth Neil Scharpe, M.S. SpEd, Minot State University's Tele-audiology Contract Project Director "Speed Linkages" Presenters

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CAAI 2009 Program Meeting  Copy to Calendar

Monday, December 7, 2009 - Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Location: Bethesda, MD

The 2009 CAAI Program Meeting will be held at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Bethesda, MD.

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2009 Training Symposium  Copy to Calendar

Monday, November 9, 2009
Location: Washington, DC

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2009 AUCD Annual Meeting & Conference  Copy to Calendar

Sunday, November 8, 2009 - Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Location: Washington, DC

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Act Early Region IVb  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, October 29, 2009 - Friday, October 30, 2009
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

This Act Early Regional Summit consisted of state leaders from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.

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Ning Social Networking Platform Features for AUCD Network Webmasters  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, October 29, 2009
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern

This webinar will introduce AUCD network webmasters to features of the Ning platform. This platform was seleced to provide network webmasters with a forum to ask questions, share information, chat online, participate in discussion, upload images and videos and work collaboratively. During the webinar, some of Ning's features will be utilized with examples pertinent to webmasters, as identified in their responses to a recent survey of need. Participants will have the opportunity ask questions.

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ITAC Webinar: The National Autism Center's National Standards Report  Copy to Calendar

Thursday, October 22, 2009 - Thursday, October 22, 2009
4:00PM - 5:00PM

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COMPETENCE and COMPASSION: Critical Qualities in Effective Supports for Individuals with Dementia  Copy to Calendar

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - Wednesday, October 21, 2009
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern
Location: Online

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Key Issues in Healthcare Decision Making and Care at End of Life  Copy to Calendar

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - Wednesday, September 16, 2009
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: online

As people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities have more opportunities for decision making and are living to old age; and as family caregivers are aging, the need to think about healthcare decision making, advance directives and wishes about end of life care is rapidly increasing. It is critical as systems and providers of support services that we begin to help people with ID/DD identify surrogate decision makers for healthcare, should one be unable at any point in time to make his/her own decisions. This presentation will discuss some of the key issues we need to be aware of related to decision making and care at end life, including capacity, competency and how to identify surrogate decision makers.

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Built Environment Instruments Addressing Health Promoting Behaviors  Copy to Calendar

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - Wednesday, September 9, 2009
11:30am Eastern - 12:30pm Eastern
Location: Online

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