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9/20/2022
How Neuroscience Informs Our Understanding of Autism
Co-directors of the Iowa Hawk-IDDRC, Lane Strathearn, MBBS, PhD, and Ted Abel, PhD discuss the new Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center in today's Rounding@Iowa podcast, and how neuroscience informs healthcare, education, support services and public policy for individuals with autism.
9/19/2022
Celebrating 25 Years of Va-LEND and Beyond
By Jennifer Drummond
A Chinese proverb states that the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, and the second best time is now. The Va-LEND (Virginia Leadership in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities) program was established over 25 years ago and is planting new seeds for the next generation of maternal and child health leaders. It all began with recognizing an opportunity.
9/19/2022
Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2022
By: Jerry R. Alliston
Throughout the month of October, The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) is hosting a series of activities in conjunction with National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). National Disability Employment Awareness Month is part of an annual awareness campaign designed to educate about disability employment issues and celebrate the many and varied contributions of America's workers with disabilities. This year's national theme is "Disability: Part of the Equity Equation." Each year, IDS receives permission from the Department of Labor to adapt the national poster into a Mississippi focused one featuring youth and young adults with disabilities.
9/19/2022
Dr. Bates Attend Year 2 of Leadership and Economic Development Program
Dr. DeMetra Bates, Executive Housing Director, The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS), has recently completed the Year 2 of the 36th annual Community Development Institute (CDI) at the University of Central Arkansas on August 5, 2022. Dr. Demetra Bates was selected as a scholarship recipient for the Community Development Institute for the second consecutive year in June 2022.
9/19/2022
IDS Staff Members Participate in World Series of Wheelchair Softball
The Institute for Disability Studies offers a variety of year-round adaptive recreation and sports programming, including Quidditch, wheelchair basketball and tennis. Recently, two staff members, Sylvester Crosby and Robbie Sullivan, joined their Deep South Hurricanes teammates to represent Mississippi in the 2022 Wheelchair Softball World Series (WSWS) August 4-6 in Crestwood, Illinois.
9/19/2022
Indiana LEND Fellow Wins SDBP Research Award
Dr. Ann Marie Martin, a post-doctoral research fellow at the Indiana LEND, has been awarded the 2022 Research Grant Award from the Society for Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Research Committee. Photo Alt text: Image of a young woman with long brown hair and brown eyes. She is smiling at the camera.
9/19/2022
Labas Reflects on Maine Partners' Collaboration to Create a Professional Pathway for TA Professionals Supporting ME's Early Childhood Workforce
Linda Labas, who recently retired as early childhood coordinator for the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS), Maine's UCEDD, wrote a reflection on a multi-year collaboration with three state partners that created a set of competencies and a credential for technical assistance (TA) professionals who support Maine's early childhood workforce.
9/19/2022
New Director for the PATHS Program at Texas A&M University Announced
The PATHS Program at Texas A&M University would like to welcome Leticia LaSota to the PATHS family! Leticia comes to us from Emporia State University in Kansas and is now our new Director for the PATHS Program! Leticia has a wealth of experience at the postsecondary level and brings with her some amazing ideas that will be valuable as we continue to grow and expand. Welcome to the PATHS family, Leticia!
9/19/2022
New Frontline Initiative: Diverse Voices
The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals and the MN UCEDD have released the latest issue of their joint publication, Frontline Initiative. This issue, available in English and Spanish, is about the diverse voices of direct support professionals.
9/19/2022
PATHS Student, Noah Stormski, Presented on Vaccine Hesitancy
Noah Storemski is a second-year student participating in the PATHS program with the 2021 co-hort. He is currently studying under the Direct Support Para-Professional track and fulfilling his practicum. He has been hired to work with Vanessa Richard, Program Coordinator, of a grant through Administration for Community Living (ACL) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
9/19/2022
The 2022-2023 Work-Based Learning Application is Available Now!
Project TAPP-Teaching, Autism, and Practitioner Preparation.Our team provides a series of workshops, followed by 3 months of follow-up support, to paraprofessional and teacher teams working with students with autism in Texas.During follow up, we provide check-ins, resources related to the workshops, and individualized support based on need.
9/19/2022
The Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute Welcomes Five New Staff Members
The Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute recently hired five new staff members. This article introduces each staff member including their current title, summary of their position, education background, and relevant work history.
9/19/2022
Transition Through a Global Lens
The new issue of Impact, which is the flagship publication of the MN UCEDD, is about transition in a global context for people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities.
9/19/2022
Why is it so difficult to change ableist language?
By Daniela Buchillon-Almeida, OHSU UCEDD Intern
We have moved away from using many words with harmful and oppressive connotations over the past couple of decades, but why has knowledge, understanding, and change of ableist language remained limited?
9/19/2022
WVU CED Launches New Disability Micro-credentials/Badges for Faculty and Staff
A new micro-credential (badge) available at West Virginia University focuses on disabilities and disability services and supports within the university setting (https://cedwvu.org/badges/). Specifically designed for faculty, instructors and staff from any university, this badge series provides information you may choose to use for: Enhancing your classroom environment and course experience for students. Enhancing your clinical/professional first impressions with patients and clients.
9/16/2022
Mild traumatic brain injury increases risk of behavioral and emotional problems in kids
Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, one of AUCD's Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Centers, found children with a mild TBI experienced a 15-percent increased risk of an emotional or behavioral problem. The risk was the highest in children around ten years old. This study used MRI and behavioral data from the Adolescence Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. The University of Rochester is one of 21 sites collecting data for this study.