April 26, 2011

Dates

April 7-8, 2011

Location

Hyatt Regency, Bethesda, MD

Meeting Agenda

breakouts: federal issues

• Office of Special Education Programs
  • Larry Wexler, Director, Research to Practice Division - IDEA Discretionary Grant Programs
• Department of Justice
  • Alison Barkoff, Special Counsel for Olmstead Enforcement - Enforcement efforts
• Employment Initiatives
  • Cassandra Shoffler, Strategic Partnership Lead - RSA Initiatives
  • Christopher Button, Supervisory Policy Advisor - ODEP Workforce System Policy
  • Shaun McGill, Senior Policy Advisor - ODEP Workforce Systems Policy
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Annette Shea, Health Insurance Specialist - Long Term Services and Supports

Panel: Health Care Reform updates

small group discussions: health care reform

• Regions 1-2
• Regions 3-4
• Regions 5-6
• Regions 7-8
• Regions 9-10
• Reflections / Report back

add & aucd ta contract updates

• Jamie Kendall, Deputy Commissioner, ADD
• Suad Jama, Program Specialist, ADD
• Dawn Rudolph, Interim Technical Assistance Director, AUCD

Panel: critical issues in disability

• Early Childhood
  • Corry Rosenberg, JFK Partners, CO
• Employment
  • David Mank, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, IN
• Olmstead
  • Bob Bacon, Center for Disabilities and Development, IA
• Seclusion & Restraint, PBS
  • Donna Gilles, Partnership for People with Disabilities, VA: Seclusion & Restraint
  • Tony Antosh, Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI: PBS

small group discussions: critical issues

• Early Childhood
• Employment
• Olmstead
• Seclusion, Restraint & PBS
• Reflections/Report back