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Data Coordinator Quarterly Call (5/22/2025)

Thursday, May 22, 2025

4:00 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST

This webinar will provide a review of updates to NIRS for the new program reporting year, updates supporting federal reporting requirements, and address recommendations from federal funders and database users to help improve your database experience. These updates will be followed by Q&A and open floor discussion and will be recorded and archived. UCEDD and LEND Data Coordinators are strongly recommended to participate.

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 NIRS AUCD's National Inforamation Reporting System

Data Coordinator Quarterly Call (2/27/2025)

Thursday, February 27, 2025

4:00 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST

This webinar will provide a review of updates to NIRS for the new program reporting year, updates supporting federal reporting requirements, and address recommendations from federal funders and database users to help improve your database experience. These updates will be followed by Q&A and open floor discussion and will be recorded and archived. UCEDD and LEND Data Coordinators are strongly recommended to participate.

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AIR-P Presents: Mindfulness: A Promising Therapeutic Approach for Autistic People

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

4:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are increasingly popular and are emerging as an empirically supported practice for autistic people. Mindfulness-based interventions are thought to directly target emotion regulation and self-compassion, and can be tailored to sensory needs, cognitive needs, and communication preferences. Despite growing interest in mindfulness for autistic people, there are few clinical delivery resources to support providers untrained in the use of mindfulness with autistic clients. This session will provide an overview of mindfulness approaches for autistic people with and without intellectual disability, including the Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement (EASE) program (Conner et al., 2019; Beck et al., 2020). The session will conclude with common challenges and solutions for providers intending to use mindfulness with autistic people (Beck et al., 2020). 

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UCEDD Resource Center A project of AUCD, in partnership with ACL to strengthen the network of UCEDDS

UCEDD Directors Meeting

Sunday, November 03, 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

This meeting provides an opportunity for UCEDD Directors to hear important updates from AUCD and federal funders, as well as discuss issues of importance to UCEDDs.

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AIR-P Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health

AIR-P Research Day at AUCD 2024 Conference: Translating Research to Community Impact

Sunday, November 03, 2024 - Wednesday, November 06, 2024

The Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) will be hosting its 8th semi-annual Research Day. This in-person event will be held as part of the AUCD 2024 conference, November 3-6, 2024, in Washington, DC. This is an opportunity to present research on the physical health and overall well-being of autistic individuals. The theme for this event is ‘Translation of Research to Community Impact’. This in-person event is open to all registered attendees of the AUCD 2024 conference.

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AUCD's National Information Reporting System

2024 Data Coordinator Annual Meeting

Sunday, November 03, 2024

12:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST

This webinar will provide a review of updates to NIRS for the new program reporting year, updates supporting federal reporting requirements, and address recommendations from federal funders and database users to help improve your database experience. These updates will be followed by Q&A and open floor discussion and will be recorded and archived. UCEDD and LEND Data Coordinators are strongly recommended to participate.

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Research Projects on Autism and Aging

Thursday, October 24, 2024

1:00PM - 2:00PM ET

Please join the Aging Special Interest Group in a quarterly webinar on Research Projects on Autism and Aging. This webinar will feature Dr. Lauren Bishop, Principal Investigator for the Aging and Health Equity in Autism and Developmental Disabilities (AHEADD) Team at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and Dr. Dean Hartley, Senior Director of Genetic Discovery & Translational Science at Autism Speaks. They will discuss their research projects and outcomes of their research with the Special Interest Group, moderated by Dr. Sumithra Murthy, Chair of the Aging SIG. 

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What do Adults with Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders Value in Adult Neurodevelopmental Care?

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

4:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET

There are few specialists that serve adults with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (NDD), and most adults with NDD receive care from providers without specialty training in NDD. Care for this population is highly variable, and patient and caregiver priorities in this age group are not well known. We aimed to explore individual and caregiver values around adult neurodevelopmental care.

In this qualitative study, we conducted 22 semi-structured virtual interviews from September 2021 to February 2022 with randomly selected adults with NDD and/or their caregivers. The need for adult neurodevelopmental care is growing as more individuals with NDD are living into adulthood. Better understanding of patient and caregiver values can help shape this emerging field to meet the needs of this unique, often overlooked and underserved, population.

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AUCD Webinars

Basics of Social Security: Benefits & Policy Webinar

Thursday, September 26, 2024

2:00 PM ET - 3:30 PM ET

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Room to Grow: Journey to Cultural and Linguistic Competency Conference - Expanding Research Horizons in Partnership with Neurodivergent Individuals

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM ET

The conference brings national speakers to present on the latest research and practice related to addressing and reducing socially determined health disparities. The Room to Grow conference provides continuing education credits, and features interactive seminars for trainees, residents, students, faculty, administrators and community members.

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