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Community Support Training Director |
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Project/Program/Clinic Contacts: | Competence & Confidence: Partners in Policymaking | ||||||||||||||||||
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Vita/Bio
Kathleen McNamara Miller
Professional Experience
Institute on Disabilities at Temple University
July 1992-Present
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
1601 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
Assistant Director of Training
December, 1999 - Present
- Responsible for overseeing the delivery of all Leadership-Development Training Programs designed for individuals with disabilities, family members with young children with disabilities, and university students.
- Responsible for developing and ensuring the provision of individualized supports to Policy makers with intellectual disabilities on statewide boards and committees through the
Supported Leadership Facilitation Initiative.
- Manage the ongoing development and operation of the Academy for Adult Learning, providing individuals with intellectual disabilities the experience of participating in the academic and social community at Temple University.
- Provide ongoing technical assistance to the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Retardation in areas of person-centered planning, supports coordination and provider qualifications.
- Provide ongoing technical assistance and training in all aspects of quality management to the Philadelphia Office of Mental Retardation Services and their contracted provider agencies.
Project Coordinator
December 1994 - December 1999
- Responsible for reinstating and overseeing the implementation of the Mini Course Series, training events designed to provide information on emerging promising practices and topics of interest surrounding individuals with disabilities.
- Responsible for the coordination of the Physician Education Project, a training seminar taught solely by individuals with disabilities to all Temple Medical School interns rotating through the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department.
- Responsible for the coordination of a National Quality Assurance Study on Intermediate Care Facilities for people with mental retardation (ICFs/MR), including a baseline study of Psychoactive medication use by individuals living in ICFs /MR.
Data Collector
July 1992 - December 1994 (Part-time)
- Responsible for conducting interviews with Pennhurst class members and people who know them best; to monitor health, safety and quality of life.
Conroy and Feinstein Associates, Inc. 1992
Philadelphia, PA
Project Coordinator
Responsible for coordinating the quality assurance project during the closing of the Johnstone Training Center.
Boggs Center May 1984 - July 1987
UMDNJ Piscataway, NJ
Consultant to Project Redirection
September 1986 - July 1987
Project Redirection Coordinator
January 1985 - April 1986
Community Services Specialist
May 1984 - January 1985
Greater New Orleans Regional Service Center
December 1982 - May 1984
Belle Chase, Louisiana
Director of the Staff Development Department
NJ Developmental Disabilities Council
November 1979 - December 1982
Trenton, NJ
Research Specialist
NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities
January 1977 - November 1979
Bureau of Guardianship Services
Hammonton, NJ
Guardianship Worker
Greater New Orleans Arc September 1976 - December 1976
Piety Work Activity Training Center, New Orleans, LA
Instructor
Volunteers of America December 1975 - September 1976
New Orleans, LA
Social Worker
Education
Rutgers University M.S.W. 1980
Graduate School of Social Work
Planning and Community Organization Major
Developmental Disabilities Minor
Stockton State College B.S.W. 1975
Social Work Major
Middlesex County College A.A.S. 1973
Vocational Rehabilitation Major
Association Memberships
American Association on Mental Retardation
TASH
Pennsylvania Education for All Coalition
Speaking For Ourselves
National Presentations
New Jersey's Experience in Expanding their Service Definition From MR to DD
Ohio Coalition of Agencies Conference, October 1986
Columbus, Ohio
Teaching Physicians through Personal Experience
AAMR National Conference, May 1999
San Diego, California
Using Personal Outcomes Measures to Promote Quality in an Urban Setting
AAMR National Conference, May 2002
Denver, Colorado
Creating a Vision for Inclusion beginning in School and Going Forward
International Summit for the Alliance on Social Inclusion, May 2006
Montreal, Quebec
An Inclusive College Experience: Temple University's Academy for Adult Learning
International Summit for the Alliance on Social Inclusion, May 2006
Montreal, Quebec