AUCD Contract Updates

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AUCD Contract Updates

• George Jesien, PhD
• Executive Director
• Association of University Centers on Disabilities

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Major Tasks this Past Year

• Gather/disseminate information to UCEDDs
• E-mails, listserv, website
• Implement structured TA activities
• Respond to requests for information from ADD,
  UCEDDs, and others
• Convene experts
• Revise Maintain NIRS for UCEDD annual reporting
• Facilitate collaboration

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Gather/Disseminate Information to UCEDDs

• 3 regular email blasts (funding, announcements,
  resources)
• AUCDigest (shorter linked to website)
• AUCD Directory AUCD Web portal
• Bios and Areas of Interest very helpful
• Publish UCEDD best practices identified by ADD
  through MTARS
• URC website

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Implement Structured TA Activities

• Individual onsite visits Thanks for the
  generosity of expert consultants from network
• Targeted TA
• 2 sessions at the 2007 AUCD annual meeting
• 2 webinars on research programs
• The Foundation panel later today
• ADD TA Institute thanks to planning group
• New Data Coordinators orientation

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Respond to Requests for Information about UCEDDs
and Specific Content Areas

• Sources of Information
• Data from NIRS the more complete the better
• AUCD Directory and Search Portal
• Individual Center Websites
• Identified Content experts in the network
• Publications and projects from the network
• AUCD Website Archives

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Convene Experts

• Orientation Menu Workgroup
• Research Design Workgroup
• Annual Report Workgroup
• NTI Consultant Meeting

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Orientation Menu Workgroup

• Purpose
• Develop a menu of orientation opportunities for
  new UCEDD directors that support directors with
  different levels of familiarity to the network
• Members
• Mike Benz, Center on Disability and Development,
  Texas
• Leslie Cohen, Sonoran UCEDD, Arizona
• Robin Hansen, MIND Institute, California
• David Johnson, Institute on Community
  Integration, Minnesota
• Elise McMillan, Vanderbilt Kennedy UCEDD,
  Tennessee
• Deborah Spitalnik, The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center
  on Developmental Disabilities, New Jersey
• Michael Wehmeyer, Kansas University Center on
  Developmental Disabilities, Kansas

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Research Design Workgroup

• Purpose
• Assist in the development of a research design to
  explore how universities are approaching the
  recruitment and selection of new UCEDD directors
• Members
• Brent Askvig, North Dakota Center for Persons
  with Disabilities, North Dakota
• Carl Calkins, UMKC Institute for Human
  Development, Missouri
• Elisabeth Dykens, Vanderbilt Kennedy UCEDD,
  Tennessee
• Michael Gamel-McCormick, Center for Disabilities
  Studies, Delaware
• Gloria Krahn, Oregon Institute on Disability
  Development, Oregon
• Fred Orelove, Partnership for People with
  Disabilities, Virginia
• Sarah Rule, Center for Persons with Disabilities,
  Utah
• Zolinda Stoneman, Institute on Human Development
  Disability, Georgia
• Barbara Wheeler, USC UCEDD, California

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Annual Report Workgroup

• Purpose
• Assist in the review of the ADD-UCEDD Program
  logic model for revision, review and possibly
  modify the indicators of progress, and address
  the mechanics of the annual report function in
  NIRS
• Members
• Robert Bacon, Center for Disabilities and
  Development, Iowa
• Daniel Bier, Waisman Center, Wisconsin
• Elizabeth Bishop, Boling Center for Developmental
  Disabilities, Tennessee
• Robyn Carroll, The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on
  Developmental Disabilities, New Jersey
• Jean Johnson, Center on Disability Studies,
  Hawaii
• Barbara Le Roy, Developmental Disabilities
  Institute, Michigan
• Olivia Raynor, Tarjan Center for Developmental
  Disabilities, California
• Penny Seay, Texas Center for Disabilities
  Studies, Texas
• Barbara Wheeler, USC UCEDD, California
• Valerie Williams, Center for Interdisciplinary
  Learning and Leadership, Oklahoma
• M. Bryce Fifield, North Dakota Center for Persons
  with Disabilities, North Dakota

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NTI Consultant Meeting

• Purpose
• Supported the convening of stakeholders to
  identify unmet needs that could be addressed
  through National Training Initiative grants
• Resulted in an RFP for two projects
• Consortium to Scale-up Self-Determination
• Consortium to Enhance Post-secondary Education
  Opportunities for Youth and Young Adults with
  Developmental Disabilities

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Maintain NIRS for UCEDD Annual Reporting

• Enhance and Maintain NIRS
• Streamline and Maintain annual report function
• Provide TA to NIRS users

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Facilitate Collaboration

• Work with NDRN NACDD
• Engage in partnerships with other Disability
  Organizations
• SABE
• NASDDDS
• ASA
• AAIDD
• TASH

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Looking Ahead

• Current contract ends September 30
• Anticipate successful competition for new
  contract beginning October 1, 2008
• Time for additional new exciting ideas!

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Additional Efforts to Watch

• ADD National Training Initiatives in Self
  Determination and Post Secondary Education
• Professional Training Resource Library
  University of Washington UCEDD (PTRL)
• Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr Foundation Fellowship
• Autism Related DD Training Resource Center
• Act Early Autism Regional Summits (3)
• NCBDDD-AUCD Fellowships
• AUCD Annual Meeting Nov. 9-12, 2008

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