Community Conversation: A time for open dialogue and learning about diversity and inclusion
Monday, May 11, 2015
4:00 pm
AUCD’s Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint team hosts a community conversation for UCEDDs and LEND to engage in open dialogue about the challenges they face in services, programming, and recruitment in regards to diversity and inclusion. This is an opportunity to share strategies to improve practices better, as well as the operational and infrastructure considerations to support those practices. This conversation will be facilitated by Anab A. Gulaid, Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, Kelly Nye-Lengerman, Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, and Dana Yarbrough, Virginia, Partnership for People with Disabilities.
Read More >Creating Effective Refugee Community Partnerships: Two Perspectives
Thursday, February 26, 2015
1 pm
Diversity and Inclusion is an AUCD priority in alignment with AIDD's diversity initiative. To showcase and encourage best practices around the network, AUCD proudly invites you to participate in our first in the series of Diversity and Inclusion Webinars, "Creating Effective Refugee Community Partnerships: Two Perspectives". We will feature Dr. Jean E. Beatson, training director for the Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (VT LEND) program. She will share her experience in engaging VT refugee groups to build and sustain a diverse and inclusive VT LEND. The webinar will also feature Dr. Hyojin Im, Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work, who will talk about her work in engaging and developing sustainable programs and interventions for the refugee communities of VA, Malaysia and Kenya.
AIDD and AUCD both prioritize this initiative and encourage full network participation in this important series of webinars. We urge every center to register and participate.
A webinar from the AUCD's Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint Team.
Read More >Bridging the Rainbow: Bringing LGBTQ+ and Disability Communities Together
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
3 pm
This webinar will provide an overview of the parallel backgrounds of LGBTQ+ and disability communities, as well as discuss the possible spaces for coalitional activist work. In addition, the particular concerns of people with I/DD who identify as LGBTQ+ will be addressed, and suggestions and resources for further points of connection will be given.
A Webinar from AUCD's Multicultural Council.
Read More >Friday, September 13, 2013
The development of support groups for families and individuals with disabilities can be a vital outreach and research component of UCEDDs/LENDs. Implementing culturally and linguistically competent support groups for diverse populations will provide UCEDDs/LENDs the opportunity to serve underserved populations while developing trust and relationships to increase diversity in research projects. This webinar presented best practices on developing culturally and linguistically competent support groups and utilizing support groups in research. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities highlighted two of its projects: Hispanic Parent Support Group and Parent Stress Intervention Research Project.
Read More >Monday, July 15, 2013
3 pm
Organizational self-assessment is a necessary, effective, and systematic way to plan for and incorporate cultural and linguistic competence. An assessment should address the attitudes, behaviors, policies, structures, and practices of an organization, including those of its board, staff, and volunteers. While there are many tools and instruments to assess organizational cultural and linguistic competence, few have been developed to address the cross-section of organizations concerned with disability. The Cultural and Linguistic Competence Assessment for Disability Organizations (CLCADO) was developed specifically for this purpose. The CLCADO is intended to support organizations to (1) plan for and incorporate culturally and linguistically competent values, policies, structures, and practices in all aspects of their work; (2) enhance the quality of services, supports, and advocacy provided to diverse and underserved communities; (3) effect change in education, training, technical assistance, research, and public policy; and (4) advance cultural and linguistic competence as an essential approach to address racial and ethnic disparities and promote equity for people who experience disabilities and their families. This webinar examined the rationale, benefits, and process for self-assessment and introduced the CLCADO.
Read More >Strategies for Developing and Sustaining Partnerships with Underrepresented Communities
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
3 pm
This webinar reviewed evidence-based practices for developing and sustaining culturally appropriate partnerships with underrepresented communities. Dr. Suarez-Balcazar reviewed and discussed a framework for developing partnerships and 10 principles that are typical of successful partnership endeavors.
Read More >Equitable Transitions to Adulthood: Issues of Cultural and Social Capital
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
2 pm
One enduring challenge in the US system of education has been to prepare youth with disabilities for life beyond the classroom. While research and practice in transition education has made great strides in improving postsecondary outcomes for youth with disabilities, we still struggle to address the needs of youth with disabilities who are also from historically marginalized groups. Research demonstrates that cultural and social capital are important levers in both transition education and the pursuit of equity across diverse groups of people. In this presentation, specific types of cultural and social capital relevant to special education are identified. Next, their potential to impact positive postschool outcomes is explained. Finally, the implications for research and practice that take into consideration culture and diversity as complex, interactional variables are discussed.
Read More >Tuesday, September 27, 2011
2:30 pn
This webinar provided an overview of the importance of planning for transitions as well as the most recent technical assistance activities around UCEDD Director transitions. In response to requests across the network AUCD completed a series of interviews with middle- and upper-management at UCEDDs who have recently experienced director transition. Successful themes and trends determined from these interviews will be presented during the webinar. This webinar also presented the recently completed transition guide created by a workgroup of UCEDD leaders to inform university search practices for UCEDD directors.
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