AUCD WEEKLY
11/14/2023
Family Support 101: Understanding Policies that Support Family and Family Caregivers for Trainees.
AUCD is hosting a webinar for trainees to learn about policies that support family and family caregivers. The participants will learn an overview and history of family support,
current needs of families and family caregivers and policies and practices of Respite.
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09/21/2023
Medicaid Education 101 for Trainees: Learn About Medicaid and Home and Community Based Services
AUCD hosted an educational webinar for trainees to learn about the structure and financing of the Medicaid program and Home and Community-Based Services. The speakers provided an overview of the Medicaid program and its structure and financing. The webinar also provided an overview of what is happening in Congress and the Administration regarding the Medicaid program.
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02/01/2023
Now Archived: 2023 AUCD Leadership Academy Informational Webinar
This webinar will offer interested potential applicants an opportunity to interact with the AUCD Leadership Academy faculty. The webinar will feature a brief overview of the 2023 Academy curriculum and timeline. This will be followed by a time for questions from potential applicants to the 2023 AUCD Leadership Academy. In addition, alumni will share their reflections about the benefits they gained from participation in the week-long academy. and the follow-up activities.
AUCD Leadership Academy Pre-Application Webinar 2023[51] - Read-Only.pdf
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01/23/2023
Now Archived: Strategies for Identifying Progress of EDI at the UCEDD
AUCD Leadership Academy Pre-Application Webinar 2023[51] - Read-Only.pdf
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11/14/2022
AIR-P Research Day at AUCD 2022 Conference
This in-person, semi-annual event is an opportunity to highlight innovative life course intervention research supported by the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P). This event is part of the AUCD 2022 Conference.
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08/10/2022
AIR-P Research Day at Autism CARES 2022
This virtual, semi-annual event is an opportunity to highlight innovative life course intervention research supported by the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P).
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07/19/2022
AIR-P Presents: Systems Approaches in Autism Services Research
This webinar will be presented by Dr. Dora Raymaker, on the following topics:
-An overview of systems approaches to inquiry, including systems thinking and action research
-An overview of relevant concepts and methodologies within these approaches, including leverage, generative causality, system dynamics, and critical systems heuristics
-Using leverage to identify how to create to long-term change through intervention
-Real-world examples of using systems approaches within autism employment research and public health
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06/21/2022
AIR-P Presents: Autism in Girls and Women
In this webinar, Dr. Christine Wu Nordahl will provided an overview of current research focused on understanding autism in girls and women. Topics included biological and clinical theories about:
-the difference in the sex ratio of autism
-current insights into neurobiological sex differences in autism
-unique challenges faced by autistic girls and women
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05/17/2022
AIR-P Presents: Tele-therapy for autism during COVID-19: A survey of parents in Southern California
In this webinar, Dr. Kristen Choi will discuss emerging evidence on using telehealth to deliver therapy to children with autism spectrum disorder (e.g., speech therapy, occupational therapy, applied behavior analysis). Using data from a recent survey of parents in Southern California, the mental health impact of the pandemic on parents and their children will be discussed, as well as how COVID-related stress affected perceptions of telehealth.
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04/26/2022
2022 UCEDD TA Institute
This year's TA Institute will be a virtual event over 4 sessions. Attendees will have an opportunity to network, hear from our federal partners, and learn of new initiatives, national trends, and other information vital to the administration of the UCEDD Programs.
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04/19/2022
AIR-P Presents: Autism Acceptance Month Double Webinar
This month, AIR-P celebrated Autism Acceptance Month with two webinar presentations!
We held a back-to-back webinar session as follows.
12-1pm PT / 3-4pm ET: The Intersection of Autism, Health, Poverty and Racial Equity (2022 National Autism Indicators Report (NAIR)). This presentation will be provided by Dr. Lindsay Shea and Dr. Kristy Anderson from Drexel Autism Institute.
1-2pm PT / 4-5pm ET: Why Studying Puberty in Autism Research Matters. This presentation will be provided by Dr. Jenny Mai Phan, postdoctoral fellow at University of Wisconsin Madison.
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03/15/2022
AIR-P Presents: A to Zzzzs of Sleep and Autism
Dr. Rujuta B. Wilson provided education on sleep difficulties in autism in this webinar. The following areas were addressed: (1) prevalence and diagnosis of sleep difficulties in autism, (2) the current knowledge in the field of why sleep difficulties occur in autism, and (3) behavioral and pharmacologic treatment for sleep difficulties.
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02/15/2022
AIR-P Presents: How can we use an understanding of the neurodiversity movement to develop socially valid supports for autistic people?
After introducing common aims and controversies surrounding the neurodiversity movement, this presentation will empirically examine how support for the neurodiversity movement intersects with perspectives about socially valid "intervention" goal among autistic and non-autistic stakeholders.
Neurodiversity Feb 2022AIR-P Talk .pptx.pdf
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01/18/2022
AIR-P Presents: Bolstering Autistic College Students' Mental Health and Wellness
Drawing on findings from his dissertation research, Nachman discusses how autistic college students make sense of and reconcile challenges related to their mental health and wellness. He describes the influence of an autism-specific college support program in enabling students to think through emergent issues and determine solutions that support their well-being. Nachman will relay study insights and practical recommendations for colleges to implement.
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12/14/2021
AIR-P Presents: What's Medicaid Got to Do with It? National Research and State Innovation to Improve Health Outcomes
Join us for updates on how the latest national research indicates autistic individuals are gaining, maintaining, and using Medicaid that point toward areas for policy and program change. Experiences from Pennsylvania, a state with two of the first and only Medicaid programs to serve autistic adults, will describe how practice is unfolding on the ground and where research is needed to improve health outcomes.
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