Program Development and Administration

2015

The Center for Persons with Disabilities (CPD) is Utah's University Center for Excellence in Disabilities, one of 67 such programs located at research universities throughout the nation. The CPD promotes the independence, community inclusion, exercise of choices and improvements in the quality of life of people with disabilities and their families. Since 1972, the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) has provided core support for the administration and program development activities of the CPD. The federally-mandated core functions include interdisciplinary education, dissemination of information, exemplary services, and research and evaluation. CPD faculty and staff who receive support from ADD core funds engage with other agencies and organizations of people with developmental disabilities to 1) provide technical assistance and consultation to federal, state, and local service agencies, 2) help link resources and 3) promote systems change. CPD faculty and staff generate external funding for these activities, currently conducted through approximately 70 programs and projects.

Technical Assistance , Training, Service, Dissemination

Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Quality Assurance, Education & Early Intervention, Child Care-Related Activities, Health-Related Activities, Employment-Related Activities, Recreation-Related Activities, Quality of Life

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN, Legislators/Policy Makers, General Public

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Reservation, Rural/Remote, Specific Groups

Single-County, Mulit-County, State, Regional, National

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