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Suicide Interventions: A Tribal & University Partnership between the Tanana Chief's Conference & the Alaska Training Cooperative (AK UCEDD)
The Alaska Training Cooperative (AKTC) is part of the Alaska UCEDD Center for Human Development at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The AKTC is a statewide effort to develop coordinated and accessible opportunities for professionals working with Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority beneficiaries. Beneficiaries include people with: mental illness; developmental disabilities; chronic alcoholism and other substance related disorders; Alzheimer's disease and related dementia; and traumatic brain injuries. The AKTC is dedicated to collaborating with Alaskan communities to train rural behavioral health care providers by blending traditional wisdom with evidence-based practices. Read more...
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Providers Face Cultural Challenges when Evaluating Refugee Children (NY UCEDD/LEND)
 "Numerous challenges face providers who are administering developmental screenings for refugee children, including differences in cultural and religious beliefs, language barriers, and disparate education levels, according to new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) published in the journal Pediatrics. Read more...
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Montana UCEDD Leverages Community Partnerships to Address Violence Against People with Intellectual Disabilities.
 "Nothing About Us, Without Us" is the driving principle behind the community-based participatory research (CBPR) study, The Safety Project. Self-advocates are too often excluded from participating in research targeting the needs of their community. To increase inclusion, researchers at the University of Montana's Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities are partnering with self-advocates and other community partners to develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative and accessible group safety awareness program for men and women with intellectual disabilities. This article describes two vital community partnerships used in The Safety Project. Read more...
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WV UCEDD Diversity & Disability Fellow Tackles Stigma
 Louma Sebaihi is a Diversity & Disability Fellow at the West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities (WVU CED). Louma's upbringing in the Arab/American culture led her to be interested in reaching out to that community to help reduce the stigma associated with disabilities. As a part of her capstone project, Louma presented two sessions (one in English and one in Arabic) at the Islamic Center of Morgantown on the "Learn the Signs, Act Early" initiative to introduce the participants to developmental milestones that children should be achieving. Read more...
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AUCD Diversity Fellow: A Personal Story of a Cultural Broker (MA UCEDD/LEND)
 In this 3-part series, a mother of a child with special needs describes how she became a cultural broker to support other families"You should stop speaking Vietnamese to your daughter," the school professional told me. "It will just confuse her." The professional went on to imply that I was taking things for granted and using tax dollars for my own child's benefit. My daughter, who is nonverbal, had been at school in the US for about two months at that point. As a single mom who was unfamiliar with the educational, medical, and social support systems in the US, I was feeling frustrated while navigating the system of care and support for my child. Read more...
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN UCEDD, IDDRC, LEND) Programs SENSE Theatre, TennesseeWorks, and TRIAD Share Key Tools for Program Replication
 Three project replication guides on the topics of community participation through the arts and transitioning practice to community-based employment are now available through the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (TN UCEDD, IDDRC, LEND).SENSE Theatre® has developed a complete intervention replication guide, TRIAD has outlined the steps in a successful partnership on community inclusion with the Nashville Opera, and TennesseeWorks has shared a process for providers to transition to integrated and inclusive employment practices.
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MN UCEDD Partners with State to Increase Graduation of Black and American Indian Students with Disabilities
 The Check & Connect program of the Institute on Community Integration (MN UCEDD) has received a five-year, $750,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) for a new project, "Using Check & Connect to Improve Graduation Rates in Minnesota for Black and American Indian Students with Disabilities." Check & Connect is a comprehensive intervention developed at the Institute that is designed to enhance student engagement in school and with learning for marginalized, disengaged students in grades K-12. " Read more...
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Mailman Center Receives Prestigeous Grant to Develop Training Program to Build Language Skills (FL UCEDD/LEND)
 Many South Florida children with developmental disabilities benefit from assistive technology devices to improve their hearing, vision or communication skills. "Unfortunately, a substantial number of child care workers, pre-school teachers and parents have not been trained in how to use assistive devices to help these children, especially in underserved neighborhoods," said Michelle Schladant, Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics and Assistant Director of the Mailman Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Read more...
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Prescription To Play (IA UCEDD/LEND)
 Prescription to Play is a program to lend therapeutic equipment to families seen at the Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD), Iowa's University Center for Excellence on Disabilities. CDD's Disability Resource Library assists the family in filling play prescriptions by locating and checking out the material for each child's identified developmental need. "Our toys are a bridge to entertainment and relationships for children using this service. The library staff hears again and again about breakthroughs in communication, behavior, and movement from play with our resources. The program is a win-win for parents and professionals, and a thrill for our eager participants", Mary Hubbard, Disability Resource Library Librarian. Read more...
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Home Accessibility May Impact Community Participation (MT UCEDD)
 New research from the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities (RTC: Rural) at UM Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities, in collaboration with the Rehabilitation Research Training Center on Community Living, presents the state of inaccessible housing for people with mobility disabilities. The data reveal most homes lack critical accessibility features, not meeting individual needs, and potentially impacting broader community engagement and participation. Read more...
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New Video: Being Amy's Sister - On Having a Sibling with a Disability (CO UCEDD/LEND)
 JFK Parnters' is pleased to let you know about Being Amy's Sister: On Having a Sibling with a Disability, in which Meg Bost, a college student, describes her experiences growing up as a twin with a sister with disabilities. Meg talks about finding support, accepting her feelings, and finding her voice as an advocate. This video has important messages for family members of children with disabilities, especially sisters and brothers, as well as providers who offer support for families. This video is a companion to the video A Reunion with Amy (see below) in JFK Partners' ENRICH Early Intervention Reunion Videos. In this series, families who received early intervention services as long as 20 years ago discuss what early intervention services meant to them, which aspects of the services were most useful, and what has happened since. Read more...
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Center on Disability and Development Awarded Two Grants Under the Autism Grant Program (TX UCEDD)
 The Center on Disability and Development was awarded two grants from the Division of Academic Quality and Workforce. Dr. Jennifer Ganz, the Project Director for both projects, is a professor of Special Education in the Department of Education Psychology and is an affiliated faculty member at the Center. She has received several grants to fund research projects involving students with autism spectrum disorders. Further, her efforts, alongside Cheryl Allen, CEO of Easter Seals East Texas, resulted in the opening of the Autism Clinic at the Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center, currently directed by Dr. Amy Heath, which provides for children and adults with autism and their families. Read more...
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UCLA PEERS Clinic Conducts Certified Training Seminars in Australia
 In August 2016, Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, Director of Training at the Tarjan Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at UCLA, conducted a symposium on "Parent-assisted social skills training for preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): The UCLA PEERS for Preschoolers Program" at the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) 15th World Congress in Melbourne, Australia. Read more...
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Lauren earned a grant from the University of Baltimore Students for Public Interest to work as a law trainee. Lauren provided over 400 hours of services to Kennedy Krieger patients and families while working for Project HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law). The MCDD is very proud of Lauren's accomplishments, and wish her continued success as a judicial clerk in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. 
Thursday, October 6, 2016, Broomfield, CO
December 1-2, 2016. Fairfax, VA
December 4-7 in Washington, DC
