http://uconnucedd.org This feed contains regularly updated Spotlight & News information on the UConn UCEDD website. http://uconnucedd.org/news_events/index.html We are pleased to announce that the UCEDD, through the Paraeducator Training Initiative, is once again offering: Making or Breaking Inclusion A FREE one-day introductory workshop for Connecticut Paraeducators who support students with IEPs in general education classrooms and inclusive school communities. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:06:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/news_events/index.html Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:03:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/about/employment.html Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:19:00 PST http://uconnucedd.org/news_events/2012/spring2012AccessInclusion.html Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:06:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/news_events/index.html Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:08:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/news_events/2012/spring2012MedicalCare.html We would like to invite you to attend a presentation sponsored by the A. J. Pappanikou Center on Disabilities, the Office of Protection and Advocacy and The Kennedy Center. Dr. Gerard Kerins, Section Chief of Geriatric Medicine at the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven, CT; Anne Broadhurst and Diana Lincoln from the Office of Protection and Advocacy; and Liza Paulsen from the Kennedy Center will be presenting a workshop, entitled Making Sure that Persons with Developmental Disabilities get the Best Medical Care, which will focus on practical suggestions to improve the medical care for persons with disabilities at the doctor's office, in the emergency room, in the hospital and in the nursing home settings. Thur, 29 Mar 2012 23:59:00 EST http://www.courant.com/health/connecticut/hc-cdc-autism-0330-20120329,0,5071467.story Dr. Mary Beth Bruder and Tierney Giannotti are asked to comment about the new CDC autism prevalence rates by the Hartford Courant. Thur, 29 Mar 2012 23:57:00 EST http://www.thearc.org Make your mark during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Thanks to the advocacy efforts of The Arc in the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan officially declared March to be Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in 1987. Now that month is recognized by groups across the country as a time to speak up about the challenges facing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. Learn more... Wed, 7 Mar 2012 20:11:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/about/employment.html We currently have an Asst Prof/Basic Sciences-Center for Excellence in Dev. Disabilities (search #2012-784) position available in the Center. This is a full time position, 40 hours per week, non-tenure track beginning in the spring/summer of 2012. The qualified incumbent will have an emerging (Assistant) or established (Associate/Full) national reputation for interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and service within the field of Developmental Disabilities. Apply online at UCHC Employment Services or click here for more information. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:12:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/pdfs/Announcement_Press_Release_2012.pdf Tierney Giannotti has been selected to serve as an Act Early Ambassador for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) "Learn the Signs. Act Early." Read more... Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:02:00 EST http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/jobs/disabilities-can-be-workplace-assets.html?_r=3 The New York Times reported this article, in which the author tells the story of being asked to speak for the Disabled Students' Program at the University of California, and her final conclusion that If more of us can see disability as both a challenge and an asset, the nation will be well on the way to fully using the job skills of all of its citizens. Thur, 09 Feb 2012 14:08:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/about/employment.html We currently have an Administrative Fiscal Assistantavailable at the Center. This is a part-time position, 10 hours per week. If you know of anyone who may be interested, please have them apply online before February 8th at UCHC Employment Services or clickhere for more information. Thur, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org Attend the first Northeast PBIS Network Leadership Forum on Thursday, May 17, 2012 - Friday, May 18, 2012. Join us to develop a professional PBIS network that will enhanceour capacity to work smarter and more effectively on PBIS framework implementation in the northeast. Thur, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org The Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities encourages you to participate in a new event called the Jim Calhoun CardioRaiser/Workout for Autism Speaks. The event will be held on February 26. Participants may attend in Manchester or Southington. For more information, please click on the link: www.calhouncardioraiser.com Thur, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/news_events/2012/autism_winter.html January 7, 2012 to March 28, 2012 - Please join Dr. Linda Rammler, a nationally known expert on autism, positive behavior supports and inclusion, for the 2012 Autism Winter Institute: Proven Practical Strategies for Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in General Education Classrooms from Pre-K through High School. Thur, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/news_events/2011/capgown.html A series of workshops for parents with a child with I/DD between 15 and 21 years old. Thur, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/news_events/2011/inclusive_practices.html The Partnership for Inclusive Practices is a collaboration between the DDS Birth to Three System; the SDE Bureau of Special Education, Preschool Special Education Program; SERC State Education Resource Center, and the A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Disabilities. Thur, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org/news_events/2011/parents.html The Center is looking for Hartford families of young children (ages 3 to 5) who have been diagnosed or are being evaluated for ASDs for a voluntary research study on service delivery. Thur, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org View the video presentation presented by George Sugai for UConn Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). The link to the video is located in the News section on the home page of the UConn UCEDD web site. Thur, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:00 EST http://uconnucedd.org Routes to Successful Inclusion is a web toolkit for caregivers of children birth to age five. Adapted from a training we developed for child care providers, the toolkit guides users through three introductory modules on the inclusion of children of all abilities in natural early childhood settings. The link to the PowerPoint presentation is located in the News section on the home page of the UConn UCEDD web site. Thur, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:00 EST