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Upcoming:
Direct Support Professionals: Perspectives and Innovations From the Field
Co-sponsored by ANCOR, the American Network of Community Options and Resources.
Date: September 7, 2012
Time: 1:00-2:00pm Eastern
Registration: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/461072834
Overview
The demand for a quality direct support workforce is increasing dramatically. People with disabilities, families, and organizations are faced with new challenges related to the recruitment and retention of these workers that play a critical role in the lives of people using supports. Experts across sectors have developed strategies and practices for how to improve hiring, training, and recognition practices while enhancing the quality of supports provided. The perspectives of a national expert, a Direct Support Professional, and a Moving Mountains award winning organization will be blended throughout this presentation to demonstrate the movement from research and recommendations to reality. Nationally recognized strategies for addressing the workforce crisis will be examined. The voice from a Direct Support Professional will be heard as she shares her passion for working on the frontline and how her organization has supported her and the work she does through professional development opportunities. A representative from the Moving Mountains Award winning organization will wrap things up by discussing the importance of competency driven training and collaboration.
Archived:
Quality Practices in Difficult Economic Times
Date: June 11, 2012
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Co-sponsored by ANCOR, the American Network of Community Options and Resources.
Overview
With the recent economic decline, provider agencies in the field of developmental disabilities have encountered challenges to providing quality support. Many agencies, regardless of these barriers, have been able to maintain and enhance the supports provided despite declines in funding. This webinar will present lessons from two of these successful provider organizations, The Adirondack Arc and Bethesda Lutheran Communities. Some of the focus topics will include: collaboration, staffing, use of technology, impact on costs, and others.
Ethical Issues in Developmental Disability Research
Date: April 19, 2012
Time: 1:30-3:00pm Eastern
Register Now: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/365930778
Overview:
Researchers conducting research with persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities encounter a variety of ethical challenges. These ethical challenges intersect with US federal law that governs the rules and regulations of human subjects research and local review of research through Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). IRBs seek to ensure that research participants’ rights and well-being are protected; guiding principles that are shared throughout the world. Since individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities may experience greater vulnerability, researchers need to consider contextually-relevant factors (e.g., consent capacity, risk/benefit ratios) to meet the goals of ethical research. These ethical issues are complex for even the most experienced researchers and IRB members.
Speakers:
In this webinar, Dr. Katherine (Katie) McDonald, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and a Faculty Fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, and Dora Raymaker, MS, co-director of the Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) will discuss the core principles and practices governing IRB review, ethical issues in research with individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, and ideas on how researchers can incorporate disability rights principles into their research with this population.
Supporting People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Development of Positive Relationships and Healthy Sexuality
Sponsored By AAIDD/ANCOR
January 26, 2012
Learn more about the Speaker and the Webinar
The development of positive social relationships and healthy sexuality are critical to people living quality lives. This webinar focuses on the importance of sexuality and sexuality education in the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, specifically in light of current service delivery systems and person centered planning. Through her presentation, Leslie Walker-Hirsch, an internationally recognized expert on the subject, emphasizes the “normalness” of sexuality and offers suggestions to administrators, clinicians, family members, direct support professionals, advocates and self-advocates as to how they can support positive social development and sexuality for the people they serve.
Using Large Data Set to Examine Current Practices and Policies -- Addressing Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
Sponsored By AAIDD/AUCD
November 14, 2012
Learn more about the speakers and the webinar
AAIDD and AUCD are collaborating on a series of webinars aimed at meeting needs of students, trainees, and professionals in the field of disabilities. Making data-based decisions in practice and policy is essential, and often mandated (e.g., ESEA, IDEA), for effective service for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Agencies at the federal, state, and local level (e.g., U.S. Department of Education, Health and Human Services, State Boards of Education, State Departments of Human Services) collect large amounts for accountability and, in fact, provide public access to parts or all of the data. This provides a wonderful opportunity for early researchers and doctoral students in the I/DD field to utilize the information in developing a line of research and further the practices and policies affecting individuals with I/DD. In this webinar, Mary Kay Rizzolo (U-Illinois at Chicago, Institute on Disability and Human Development), Rick Hemp (U-Colorado, Coleman Institute) of the State of the States and other projects and Karrie Shogren (U-Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Special Education) who works with the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 data set discuss their use of large data sets in examining current practices and policies addressing individuals with I/DD.
AAIDD-AUCD Trainee/Early Career Professional Partnership
Collaboration between the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) will strengthen the future of the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities through investments in the leadership development and careers of students and early career professionals.
The Cornerstones of Collaborative Relationships: Respect and Trust
Mary Lou Bourne, Partner
Webinar For Early Career Professionals Sponsored By AAIDD/ANCOR
March 3, 2011
The Webinar Used An Interactive Approach Where Participants Learned And Practiced Skills Together. Participants Experienced An Exercise They Can Use Within Their Work Life, With Colleagues And Team Members, To Strengthen And Expand Their Capacity To Establish Truly Collaborative Relationships.
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