2024 Technical Assistance Institute
Monday, August 12, 2024 - Tuesday, August 13, 2024
The TA Institute provides an opportunity for UCEDD leaders to network, meet with their federal project officers, and learn of new initiatives, national trends, and other information vital to the administration of the UCEDD programs.
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IHD Evidence for Success Disability Conference
Monday, June 03, 2024 - Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Join in on the 25th anniversary of the IHD Evidence for Success Disability Conference on June 3-4 at the AAA Diamond Awarded Wild Horse Pass Resort in Chandler, Arizona. This year’s conference features 60 breakout sessions led by nationally known speakers and local experts and a vibrant exhibit hall with over 40 exhibitors. Early registration rates are offered until May 10.
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Sunday, June 02, 2024 - Friday, June 07, 2024
The AUCD Leadership Academy is a week-long intensive experience, paired with a year of pre and post interactions designed to enhance the skills of current and emerging leaders from disability networks to build coalitions to improve systems of supports and services. The Leadership Academy engages participants from UCEDDs, LENDs, IDDRCs and the wider community of disability partners to come together to immerse themselves for a week of study, shared experiences, self-evaluation, and skill development.
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2024 Emerging Leaders End of Year Webinar
Thursday, May 16, 2024
3:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
This webinar will celebrate the end of the academic year and share professional development tips with outgoing and continuing trainees in the Emerging Leaders Community, including advice on staying engaged with the AUCD network. Participants will hear from Emerging Leaders Program Manager Mollie Blafer and trainees who held Emerging Leaders leadership roles this year as Interns and Council Trainee Representatives. After this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify opportunities to engage with the AUCD network.
- Understand the importance of staying connected to your training program.
2024 Annual Disability Statistics Conference: Surveys, Statistics, and Identity
Thursday, March 28, 2024
11:00 am - 4:30 pm ET
On Thursday, March 28, 2023 -in a one-day hybrid event in Washington, DC and via Zoom- The Center for Research on Disability will be releasing the Annual Disability Statistics Collection, which fills critical gaps in national, state, and historic data related to people with disabilities by synthesizing complex data from numerous U.S. federal agencies into accessible formats. The Conference will also include two sessions addressing the latest in disability statistics, including survey methods and how disability is defined in national surveys.
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2024 Disability Policy Seminar Orientation and Policy Education 101 Workshop
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Webinar Description: This workshop helped prepare trainees for the 2024 Disability Policy Seminar taking place from April 8-10, 2024, in Washinton, DC, to learn how to educate policymakers in DC and at home, as well as how to connect their experience and expertise to policy.
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UCEDD Administrative Essentials Webinar: Organizational/Structural Models for UCEDDs
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
2:00pm - 3:00pm ET
The Winter 2024 installment of the Administrative Essentials Series will be an engaging Director-hosted roundtable with a focus on organizational and structural models for UCEDDs. Fellow UCEDD Directors will share insights into their organizational/structural models, staffing patterns, interaction and dynamics between their UCEDD and the LEND/IDDRC, and blending or braiding of funding. Together, we will explore creative strategies and promising practices across the UCEDD Network in this area.
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CEDC Webinar: Using the Project ECHO Model to Enhance Your Professional Development and Training
Thursday, November 16, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET (2:00 pm PT)
Join the Project ECHO Orientation to learn more about the ECHO model and how you can incorporate it into your work as a UCEDD or LEND program (or partner organization). Cari Glantz and Amy Rieser from the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities will share how they have utilized ECHO in their trainings and how you can become an ECHO partner. ECHO is a training and capacity-building model intended to support inter-professional connection and best practice implementation. Hosted by AUCD's Community Education and Dissemination Council.
Read More >Data Coordinator's 2023 Annual Meeting
Sunday, November 05, 2023
3:30 PM EST - 6:00 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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24th Annual Chronic Illness and Disability Conference: Transition from Pediatric to Adult-Based Care
Thursday, October 26, 2023 - Friday, October 27, 2023
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
Because of increased awareness of transitioning to adult-based care, clinicians are required to update their knowledge of the changing strategies for integrating emerging adult-based care into practice. For all conference participants, there will be a discussion of the legal issues involved in healthcare transition, as well as time to meet and talk with faculty in small groups, exchange ideas among participants, and share knowledge and information about how best to plan for a successful transition to adulthood.
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