Tomorrow is Here Today: TRAINEE FUTURES

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Tomorrow is Here Today TRAINEE FUTURES
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Tomorrow is Here Today TRAINEE FUTURES

• Crystal Pariseau, MSSW
• David Morrissey, MPS
• George Jesien, PhD

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Tomorrow is Here Today TRAINEE FUTURES
Guest Panel Aaron Bishop, MSSW Senate
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Committee Aaron Velez, MSW New York Medical
College and Westchester Institute for Human
Development Georgina Peacock, MD 2007 CDC
Behavioral Science and Health Education
Fellow Cate McClain, MD, PT, FAAP New Mexico
UCEDD Director
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My Life at a UCEDDorAll About Me!

• Cate McClain, MD, PT
• Professor, UNM Pediatrics
• Director, Center for Development and Disability

A University Center for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities Education, Research,
and Service
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Cate McClain, MD, PT

• Director, NM UCEDD
• Director, NM LEND Program
• Chief, Division of Development and Disability
• University of New Mexico, Department of
  Pediatrics
• Center for Development and Disability
• 2300 Menaul NE
• Albuquerque, NM 87107
• 505-272-0322, cmcclain_at_salud.unm.edu

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Milestones

• Pediatric Physical Therapist
• Fellowship in Developmental Pediatrics
• Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
• Director of LEND Program
• Director of UCEDD
• Division Chief
• Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation Public Policy Fellow
  

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Key Projects

• Center management and team development
• Medically Fragile Case Management Program
• Autism
• Diagnostic Services
• Professional Training
• Parent Home Based Training
• Direct Services Model

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Georgina Peacock, MD, MPHAUCD Fellow

• National Center on Birth Defects and
  Developmental Disabilities
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Education

• Bachelor of Science University of Michigan
• Cell and Molecular Biology and German
• Medical Degree University of Kansas
• Residency in Pediatrics University of Kansas
• Fellowship in Developmental and Behavioral
  Pediatrics, LEND program Developmental
  Disabilities Center, University of Kansas
• Masters in Public Health University of Kansas

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AUCD Fellowship

• Started February 2007
• Working on Learn the Signs. Act Early campaign
• Technical assistance to the campaign
• Liaison to physicians
• National presentations
• Working with national leaders

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Aaron C. Velez, M.S.W.LEND Fellow 2005

• The Westchester Institute for Human Development
• New York Medical College

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Educationso far

• Bronx Community College (CUNY) AA
• Lehman College (CUNY) - BA
• Columbia University School of Social Work - MSW
• New York Medical College School of Public Health
  MPH/PhD

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Professional Development

• In 2005 Social Worker, database development,
  researcher, grant writer.
• In 2007 Manager of WIHDs Health Information
  Technology Department Instructor for NYMC
• Design and implement electronic health record
  systems for kids in foster care, early
  intervention organizations and individuals with
  disabilities.
• Work with physicians, psychiatrists, social
  workers, psychologists, geneticists,
  administrators, and family specialists. (Sound
  like an interdisciplinary team to you?)
• AUCD Presenter
• Co-Lead LEND research projects for WIHD.
• Lead LEND Fellows for 2008 AUCD Policy
  Conference.

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THE AUCD ImpactPOTENTIALLY!!

• The Network
• The Research
• The Leadership Potential
• It is yours if you desire it!

Opportunity is missed by most because it is
dressed in overalls and looks like work. -T.
Edison
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What the Network can do for you!

• Aaron Bishop, MSSW

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The take away message
If you put an ounce of effort into finding
yourself, working with, and learning from the
Network youll receive a pound of guidance and
opportunities in return!
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What do I want to do with my life?

• Clinical work?
• Policy?
• Research?
• Direct Service?

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What is this Network, what can it do for me?

• People Cant Wait waiting list campaign and
  rally
• 1999-2001 Biennial budget project
• Voter registration program
• Self awareness program (STARS)

• 1998-2000 MCH and UCEDD Trainee
• Waisman Center UCEDD Employee
• AUCD Director of Technical Assistance
• United States Senate, Professional Staff,
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
  Pensions

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What you can do

• 2003 Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation Public Policy
  Fellow
• Worked on several pieces of legislation that have
  become law (IDEA 2004, The AT Act, Combating
  Autism Act)
• 2006 AUCD Gold Star Award
• 2008-09 Packer Foundation International Health
  Public Policy Fellow

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Tomorrow is Here Today TRAINEE FUTURES

• AUCD Benefits
• Fellowships
• National Involvement
• Networking

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AUCD Resources

• Website, Directories
• Publications
• AUCDigest
• LEND Links
• In Brief
• Listserves, Discussion Boards
• Meetings
• Conference job board
• Trainee Activities Opportunities

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Thank You
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