Meeting Level

Meeting Level

The AUCD Network Impact Spotlight session showcases innovative projects, programs, and activities led by AUCD Network members that are advancing outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. These brief presentations highlight initiatives from the past year, sharing practical strategies, emerging practices, and lessons learned from across the Network. Presentations feature work from UCEDDs, LEND programs, IDDRCs, and other Network partners, creating opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Presentations are grouped below by thematic focus area and meeting room.

Assistive Technology & Health & Wellness (MR 10)

Center for Disabilities Studies
Presenter: Beth Mineo
Co-presenters: Debby Boyer, Sarah Mallory

Oregon Health and Science University UCEDD and LEND
Presenter: Rhonda Eppelsheimer
Co-presenter: Amy Costanza-Smith

Center for Leadership in Disability
Presenter: Erin Vinoski Thomas
Co-presenters: Molly Tucker, Mark Crenshaw

University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Human Development
Presenter: Rachel White
Co-presenters: Karen Heath, Audrey Coble, Jessica Harvill, Ali Pike

Behavioral Health (MR 12)

The OSU Nisonger Center
Presenter: Kelly Barnett

University of South Dakota Center for Disabilities
Presenter: Eric Kurtz
Co-presenters: Aimee Deliramich, Marni Johnson Martin

Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
Presenter: Alan Cobo-Lewis

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center UCEDD
Presenter: Brooke C. Shuster
Co-presenter: Verity Rodrigues

Case Management & Service Navigation; Clinical Services & Interdisciplinary Evaluation (MR 13)

University of Illinois Chicago
Presenter: Tamar Heller
Co-presenters: Caitlin Crabb, Kelly Hsieh, Sumithra Murthy

University of Cincinnati UCEDD (UCCEDD)
Presenter: Natasha Bigl
Co-presenters: Mylah Edwards, Ilka Riddle

LSUHSC Human Development Center
Presenter: Ali Kowitz
Co-presenters: Krista James, Lisa Davison

The Boggs Center on Disability and Human Development
Presenter: Colleen McLaughlin

Child Care, Education & Early Intervention; Training & Leadership Development (MR 14)

University of Kansas Medical Center-Kansas LEND
Presenter: Emily Kessler Serafin
Co-presenters: Stephanie Coleman, Skylar Bellinger

Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities
Presenter: Maureen van Stone
Co-presenter: Mallory Legg

Wyoming Institute for Disabilities
Presenter: Canyon Hardesty
Co-presenters: Amy Rieser, Tai L. Baker, Cari Glantz

Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities, Kennedy Krieger Institute UCEDD
Presenter: Mirian Ofonedu

Leadership by People with Disabilities and Lived Experiences (MR 15)

Oklahoma LEND and UCEDD
Presenter: Megan Roberts
Co-presenters: Wanda Felty, Miranda Hooper, Molly Ervin, Ami Bax

Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire
Presenter: Jen Sulewski

Kansas University Center on Disabilities
Presenter: Lauren Bruno

Community Supports, Employment, Family Support & Policy and Systems Change (MR 16)

Institute for Disability Studies, University of Southern Mississippi
Presenter: Jerry Alliston

Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities (NY-Rochester UCEDD)
Presenter: Brandy Solomon
Co-presenters: Avital HaLevi, Jeiri Flores, Sabrina Smith, Carrie Baker

Idaho Center on Disabilities and Human Development
Presenter: Erik Luvaas

LEND Family Discipline Network
Presenter: Stephanie Coleman
Co-presenters: Jonna Mulvaney, Wanda Felty, Christie James

PRUCEDD
Presenter: Dr. Carol Salas

Behavioral Health, Dissemination & Knowledge Translation, Family Support & Caregiver Engagement (River Birch A)

Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities
Presenter: Erika Ryst
Co-presenter: Lex Owen

Institute on Community Integration (ICI) at University of Minnesota
Presenter: Jennifer Hall-Lande
Co-presenters: Libby Hallas, Jerry Smith

Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice at Utah State University
Presenter: Matthew Wappett
Co-presenters: Alex Schiwal, Alyson Ward, Ty Aller, Heather Kelley

Leadership, Training & Research and Evaluation (River Birch B)

Texas Center for Disability Studies
Presenter: Larissa Minner
Co-presenters: Sandra Vanegas, Caroline Lewin

Blue Ridge LEND Program at UVA
Presenter: Erica Rouch
Co-presenter: Karen Orlando

Nebraska LEND-Munroe Meyer Institute
Presenter: Whitney Strong-Bak
Co-presenters: Mary Angus, Kristin Flott-Mayleben

University of Rochester IDDRC
Presenter: Ania Majewska