Fellow Evaluation

Process for Evaluating and Rating Candidates

The AAIDD Bylaws description of key qualities characterizing Fellows implicitly defines the categories of contributions that merit this recognition, and truly outstanding accomplishments within even a single identified area should be sufficient for positive action. The process of evaluating candidates for Fellow status includes:

Step 1. Determine if the candidate meets eligibility criteria relevant to his or her participation in AAIDD.

(a) Seven years or more of continuous active membership?
Yes _____     No_____

(b) Significant contributions to the professional or business affairs of AAIDD?
Yes _____     No_____

Step 2. If a candidate is eligible based on positive responses in Step 1, the merit of his or her
contributions to the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities should be evaluated with respect to the following categories:

Category	N/A			Significant		Outstanding	Total
1. Administration	0	1	2	3	4	5
2. Advocacy	0	1	2	3	4	5
3. Leadership	0	1	2	3	4	5
4. Program Development	0	1	2	3	4	5
5. Provision of Services	0	1	2	3	4	5
6. Public Policy	0	1	2	3	4	5
7. Publications/Presentations	0	1	2	3	4	5
8. Research	0	1	2	3	4	5
9. Teaching	0	1	2	3	4	5
Total for Three Highest Rated Categories
Total for All Nine Categories

To receive a positive recommendation, candidates for Fellow Status must receive committee member aggregate means for at least one of the following ratings categories:

A mean for the highest rated single category equal to or greater than 4.5;
A mean total for the three highest rated categories equal to or greater than 10.5;

A mean total for all 9 categories equal to or greater than 27.0.