AUCD: Poster Symposium: Emerging Strategies in Developmental Disabilities Services and Supports: Launching Tomorrow's Leaders: Developing a Summer Internship to Prepare the Next Generation of Disability Professionals
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Presenter
Lindsay Sauve, MPH, Program and Evaluation ManagerOregon Institute on Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Description
Every summer for over a decade, the UCEDD at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR has been providing opportunities for high school and early college students with and without disabilities to learn about career opportunities in the health and disability fields and build new skills. This presentation will discuss our experience reinvigorating the program and our methods for developing outcomes and measures for this unique educational program.Back to Session: Poster Symposium: Emerging Strategies in Developmental Disabilities Services and Supports