AUCD UPDATE

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AUCD UPDATE

• UCEDD Directors Retreat
• May 11 12, 2006

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AUCD Board

• Research Council
• COCA
• Multicultural Council
• Its Cool to be on the Board
• If interested to be on nominating committee or
  running for the board see David Johnson
• Invoices out - 2 increase

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Legislative Activities

• DD Act reauthorization
• Strategic decisions
• Workgroup
• Kennedy Fellowship
• Budget appropriations increasing challenges
• Targeted toward proactive defense

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Appropriations

• UCEDD priorities
• Bring new UCEDDs up to whole
• Minority Institutions
• COLA
• Training Initiatives

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Appropriations continued

• LEND
• Program in jeopardy
• increase funding for Autism, DS Genetics
• Possible expansion
• Report Language
• NICHD DDRCs
• Network of 14
• CDC-NCBDD
• 4 programs cut
• Prevention vs health promotion

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TA Contract

• Contract Input
• Survey
• Focused Group
• Proposal this summer
• Sole Source two years
• Joint meeting with PAs DD Councils

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MCHB - LEND

• LEND Genetics Sub-contracts
• Leadership Evaluation Project
• LEND-LEAH-PPC-SPH collaboration
• Trainee network development
• LEND links, Leadership Brochure
• Appropriation set aside possible expansion
• Resurgent clinical need autism, DS

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Directory Expansion

• One of the most popular elements of website
• Added areas of interest expertise
• Capacity to upload vita
• Photo
• Summer role out
• Input to Maggie Nygren

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DDRC Portal

• Directory
• Cores
• Collaborative library
• Sub-network capacity
• Contract from NICHD

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SSA PMU

• Four initially selected 21 submitted
• Pleased with the response
• ICI Boston, Mass
• Boling, Memphis TN
• University of Iowa
• University of Washington
• Four more this fall
• Up to 12, 16, 24?
• 7 year process

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NCBDDD-AUCD Cooperative Agreement

• New Director Sue Lin
• 17 RTOI projects underway
• Products and results
• Budget constraints
• Two Year Fellow- Spina Bifida
• DD Fellow
• AAHD/AUCD/NCBDDD Conference

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MATO Submission

• Task Order Department of ED
• Tremendous response 150 resumes
• Bid process on tasks
• Quick response from network
• Will know by end of June

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Upcoming Association Activities

• Revise AUCD Website
• Survey of usage
• Branding efforts tip sheet
• Recruiting new Virtual Trainee
• Policy fellow in the fall
• NSIP Project new opportunities

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Directors Survey

• Compensation
• Benefits
• Associate Directors
• Stratified anonymity
• Type, size, geographic categorical variables
• Volunteers small group

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Trainees

• Get them to be part of the network
• Listserv and communications
• Participation at meetings
• Policy seminar
• Annual meeting
• Related Conferences
• Submission for newsletters
• Let us know what they are doing - pics
• Follow-up surveys

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Annual Meeting Oct 29-Nov 1

• New Hotel!
• First in two years
• Theme Forging New Partnerships for New
  Challenges
• Innovative Breakouts some workshops
• International Strand
• Royal Walker Volunteers Ideas

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International Activity

• International Affiliate Members
• Glamorgan Wales
• Haifa Israel
• Dubai Special Needs Project
• Planning process
• Broker network for a range of efforts
• EI, AT, employment, training, clinical, inclusive
  education
• Language capability

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