Sunday, June 01, 2025 - Friday, June 06, 2025
The Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD) & The Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD) are proud to present the 9th Annual AUCD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, June 1-6, 2025. 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, 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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Data Coordinator Quarterly Call (5/22/2025)
Thursday, May 22, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ET
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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Data Coordinator Quarterly Call (2/27/2025)
Thursday, February 27, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ET
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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AIR-P Presents: Freaking out and shutting down in autism: From Neuroscience to Narrative
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
4:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET
Dr. Greg Siegle, from the University of Pittsburgh, will present a neuroscience-based framework for understanding reactions to emotional and sensory stimuli in autism that can seem very strong or almost absent, and how the same individuals may vary from one to the other type of reactivity. To support this framework, Dr. Siegle will work to integrate individuals’ neuroimaging data and their narratives, which autistic participants have said they want to have heard and understood by others. Dr. Siegle will relate these data to outcomes in a neuroimaging clinical trial of technologies to address dissociation.
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Emerging Leaders Community Quarterly Meeting
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
Join us on Wednesday, January 29th, from 6:00-7:00PM for the second Emerging Leaders Community Quarterly Meeting! This series of meetings serves as a professional development and networking opportunity for current trainees, former trainees, and early career professionals. Engage in relevant topics for interdisciplinary professionals and learn what AUCD Network members across the country are working on!
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AIR-P Presents: Mindfulness: A Promising Therapeutic Approach for Autistic People
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are increasingly popular and are emerging as an empirically supported practice for autistic people. Mindfulness-based interventions are thought to directly target emotion regulation and self-compassion, and can be tailored to sensory needs, cognitive needs, and communication preferences. Despite growing interest in mindfulness for autistic people, there are few clinical delivery resources to support providers untrained in the use of mindfulness with autistic clients. This session will provide an overview of mindfulness approaches for autistic people with and without intellectual disability, including the Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement (EASE) program (Conner et al., 2019; Beck et al., 2020). The session will conclude with common challenges and solutions for providers intending to use mindfulness with autistic people (Beck et al., 2020).
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2025 AUCD Leadership Academy Pre-Application Webinar
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
This webinar will offer interested potential applicants an opportunity to interact with the AUCD Leadership Academy faculty. The webinar will feature a brief overview of the 2025 Academy curriculum and timeline. This will be followed by a time for questions from potential applicants to the 2025 AUCD Leadership Academy. In addition, alumni will share their reflections about the benefits they gained from participation in the week-long academy and the follow-up activities.
Learn more about the AUCD Leadership Academy.
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2024 AUCD Joint Directors Meeting
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
This annual meeting is an opportunity for UCEDD, LEND, and IDDRC leadership to hear from the AUCD Board of Directors, Interim Executive Director, members of the AUCD policy team, and key federal partners.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
This webinar will provide an overview of the barriers to identifying, diagnosing, and caring for autistic females. We know that girls are diagnosed with autism with a lower frequency and later than boys; but why? This talk will cover the specific challenges faced by females on the autism spectrum, across the lifespan. Particular emphasis will include recent research conducted with the SPARK cohort, where intrinsic and extrinsic factors are considered, as well as the impact of co-occurring conditions on the autistic female. Clinical relevance and next steps to better serving females on the autism spectrum will be discussed.
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Sunday, November 03, 2024
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This meeting provides an opportunity for UCEDD Directors to hear important updates from AUCD and federal funders, as well as discuss issues of importance to UCEDDs.
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