The Impact of LEND: An MCHB Virtual Feedback Session (Open to LEND Directors only)
Monday, July 15, 2024
3:30 - 4:45 PM ET
In lieu of a Summer LEND Directors’ meeting, please join us for a special virtual session to give MCHB your feedback on innovative ways to demonstrate the impact of LEND. Brief resources will be sent to participants ahead of time to discuss at the session. Each program may only register one person, a LEND Director or a designee. For questions, please contact your MCHB Project Officer.
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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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NIRS Data Coordinator's Quarterly Call (5/30/2024)
Thursday, May 30, 2024
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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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.
AIR-P Presents: Introduction to Plain Language Writing for Academics and Researchers
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
4:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET
This webinar, offered by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in partnership with the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P), will provide an overview of plain language writing for people who may be more used to writing in academic language. Attendees will learn the principles of plain language writing and have a chance to put them into practice with interactive exercises. There will also be time for questions and answers.
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Fostering Joy for Audiologists: Why and How to Embrace a "Joy Lens" in Working with Families
Thursday, April 11, 2024
8:00PM EST - 9:30 PM EST
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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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LEND and Learn Monthly TA Series: Implementation Science
Monday, March 25, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The March LEND and Learn Monthly TA Session will be held on Monday, March 25, 2024, at 3:00 PM ET. The topic of this session is Implementation Science. Implementation Science is the scientific study of using methods and strategies to promote the use of evidence-based practice and research by practitioners and policymakers across community service systems caring for individuals with Autism/DD.
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2024 LEND Audiology Workshop at EHDI Conference
Sunday, March 17, 2024
1:00pm - 4:00pm
This workshop introduced LEND pediatric audiology trainees to the various challenges associated with effectively serving deaf/hard of hearing children (including those with additional disabilities) from clinical practice and systems perspectives. It was a unique, interactive learning opportunity that brings together trainees and faculty from across the country.
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NTDC Presents: Recruiting and Supporting Diverse Trainees
Friday, March 08, 2024
3:00 - 4:30 PM ET
NTDC hosted an interactive discussion on recruiting and supporting diverse trainees within your training programs. The panel highlighted three training programs in the AUCD Network that have experience recruiting and supporting diverse trainees, including trainees across states, trainees utilizing distance learning, trainees with lived experience, and finally, second-year trainees. Participants were encouraged to share their program's recruitment strategies, successes, and challenges.
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