AUCDigest
December 20, 2006 • Volume 6, Number 68
NEWS FROM AUCD NATIONAL OFFICE
Registration for 2007 Disability Policy Seminar Now Open! AUCD, The Arc, UCP, AAMR/AAIDD, and NACDD are pleased to announce that online registration is now open for the 2007 Disability Policy Seminar (March 4-6 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill). The seminar theme is New Congress, New Opportunities. The registration fees for the 2007 Seminar are $275 per person ($200 for self-advocates, full-time students, or trainees). Registration fees cannot be invoiced and must be paid for with a credit card on the Registration Website or by calling AAMR/AAIDD at (202) 387-1968. Credit card information also can be faxed to AAMR/AAIDD at (202) 387-2193 (make sure to include the purchase order #). Once the online seminar registration is completed, registrants are advised to make hotel reservations at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill as soon as possible. Reservations MUST be made directly with the hotel. Call 1-800-233-1234 and indicate the reservation is for the "Disability Policy Seminar" to receive the Seminar hotel rate of $239 per night. Important Registration Dates:
- February 8, 2007 - Deadline for the Disability Policy Seminar and the hotel registration. A $50 late fee will be imposed after this date.
- February 18, 2007 - This is the last date to cancel registration and request a refund. All cancellations will be subject to a 25 percent penalty and refund requests must be sent in writing. Requests received after close of business on this date cannot be honored.
For questions about the Seminar registration, please contact AAMR/AAIDD at 202-387-1968. For questions about the Seminar program, please contact Kim Musheno, AUCD Director of Legislative Affairs, at 301-588-8252.
Submissions for Winter/Spring Issue of LEND Links Due December 31. Please send brief articles describing events, projects or accomplishments of trainees and faculty at your program that you would like to share with the network to Crystal Pariseau, LEND Program Coordinator, by the end of December. LEND Links will also contain relevant resources, upcoming events and employment opportunities. Share your first semester activities, initiatives, and partnerships with the network. Trainees are encouraged to write an article.
New AUCD Website to be Officially Launched January 2007! Prepare yourself as AUCD officially releases the completely redesigned website at the beginning of new year. Exciting new additions to the website will include AUCD's newest orientation tool, "AUCD: A Guided Tour," an online introduction to AUCD; expanded coverage of the DDRC Network, including a directory of researchers and profiles of each DDRC and its cores; "Member Spotlight," a monthly feature that will highlight a specific UCEDD, LEND, or DDRC, and much more! In January 2007, you will receive a notice directing you to the new website. For more information, please contact Evette Mezger, Director of Information Services.
Thoughts from the 2006-2007 AUCD Virtual Trainee Rene Jamison of the Developmental Disabilities Center (Kansas LEND). In an attempt to strengthen links between trainees with other trainees and training sites across the network, I am looking for trainees to serve as a liaison between their LEND, UCEDD, or DDRC program site and myself. The purpose of the liaison will be to encourage trainees at their sites to actively participate in the AUCD network and trainee linkage activities. Specifically, I envision the liaison encouraging their peers primarily in the three following ways: 1) active involvement in the network and linkage activities: encouragement through modeling; 2) communicating opportunities, discussion points, and other news to trainees at their site; and 3) providing feedback to me regarding trainee needs, linkage ideas, and opportunities. I have sent a message to Training Directors to recruit a liaison from their site. I appreciate your support in this project. Interested trainees should contact me directly. Looking forward to hearing from you! Your friendly Virtual Trainee, Rene Jamison.
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