AIR-P Presents: Neurodiversity Affirming Approaches: They Don't Have to Break the Bank
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
4:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET
This interactive webinar will focus on practical, neurodiversity-affirming approaches in medical settings that are both cost-effective and time-efficient. Join four autistic members from the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) Autistic and Neurodivergent Scholars Working for Equity in Research (ANSWER) as they share their personal experiences with medical care. They will highlight the profound impacts of neuro-affirming and non-neuro-affirming practices they encountered, providing valuable insights for clinicians.
Participants will also engage in brainstorming sessions to develop additional simple yet impactful neurodiversity-affirming strategies that could be applied in similar situations in the future.
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2024-2025 Emerging Leaders Community Welcome Webinar
Thursday, September 12, 2024
3:00 PM ET - 4:30 PM ET
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
During the month of September, we mark the 51st anniversary of the passage of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. To commemorate the first civil rights legislation for people with disabilities, DETAC welcomes two disability-led national organizations to discuss employment – the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL). They will highlight how their work increases access to competitive, integrated employment nationally and how they collaborate with Centers for Independent Living (CIL) in all geographical locations across the country to do so. This webinar is intended for CILs but is applicable to other Administration on Disabilities stakeholders, as well as self-advocates and family members who want to learn about additional resources to boost employment outcomes.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
2:00 PM - 3: 00 PM ET
ACL’s Grassroots Project was launched in 2023 to support the work of disability advocates to ensure the perspectives, priorities and preferences of disabled people are reflected in disability policies and service systems. A key focus of the Grassroots Project is supporting partnership development and facilitating collaboration among national, state and local disability advocates. The project also supports outreach and education to help people with disabilities stay informed about policies that affect them.
This national webinar — the third hosted by the Grassroots Project — will bring together state and local advocates and coalitions to discuss best practices for establishing common goals and collaborating to achieve them, and for ensuring disabled people are leading the charge to drive change. We will hear from ABLE South Carolina, Disability Policy Consortium Massachusetts, and the Ohio Olmstead Task Force on how working in cross-disability, disability-led, and community-driven frameworks propels disability advocacy forward and creates momentum for advancing disability rights.
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AUCD's NIRS Workshop: Overview of System Changes for PY24/FY25
Thursday, August 22, 2024
2:00 PM ET - 4:00 PM ET
AUCD's NIRS Team is hosting a workshop to review system changes in NIRS for Program Year 2024 (PY24)/Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). The PY24/FY25 changes in NIRS are in response to updated Discretionary Grants Information System (DGIS) forms for MCHB's Division of MCH Workforce Development Grantees. We encourage Directors and Data Coordinators from LEND, LEAH, PPC, DBP, and UCEDD Programs to attend.
The 2-hour workshop will include a walk-through of the changes in NIRS and time for questions. The workshop will be recorded. Please contact [email protected] if you have technical questions about NIRS. For questions about the updated DGIS forms, please contact your MCHB Project Officer.
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AIR-P Presents: Research Basics Training: Working Towards Inclusive Autism Research
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
This webinar will provide an overview of a participatory project in which a team of Autistic and non-Autistic collaborators created and delivered an adaptable, multi-modal research training curriculum for Autistic Adults to build capacity for inclusion in research, and to build transferrable skills like teamwork, consensus-oriented decision making, and effective communication. The trainees participated in focus groups to set a research agenda on gender and sexuality.
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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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PY2024/FY2025 NIRS Kickoff Webinar
Thursday, August 08, 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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Tuesday, August 06, 2024
3:00 PM ET - 4:30 PM ET
Join the National Training Directors Council (NTDC) for its quarterly membership meeting on Tuesday, August 6th at 3:00 PM ET. Members will hear updates from NTDC and AUCD, meet new Training Directors, and listen to updates from training programs across the nation.
During the last half of the meeting, NTDC will highlight training programs with experience developing meaningful partnerships with other centers in the Network and how these partnerships enhanced their collective impact. We encourage you to share how your center collaborates with others in the Network, including best practices and lessons learned, and how the NTDC can further promote collaboration across training programs.
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AUCD Administrative Essentials Webinar: Organizational/Structural Models for UCEDDs Part 2
Thursday, July 25, 2024
2:00 - 2:45 PM ET
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