Tell Us About Your Training Needs

In these and our other endeavors we've committed ourselves to the belief that education is a powerful force for positive change.

As we move forward into the coming year, we continue to seek to use education in service of the real-life issues and needs impacting persons with disabilities and their families.

We are always looking to offer training opportunities and we need your input! Please follow the link below to complete the survey as your input will help us offer training to best suit your needs.

Training Needs Survey

Workshops, Seminars and Training Opportunities

Several of the UConn Center’s grants specifically support education and training for students, community members, and professionals in fields ranging from business to health care. Our specialized staff offer training, seminars, conferences and courses each year on critical issues related to developmental disabilities. Creating future leaders and scholars to carry out the important mission of improving the lives of people with developmental disabilities and their families is at the heart of our educational programs.

Topics vary and programs and projects provide technical assistance to persons with disabilities, families, professionals and paraprofessionals, policymakers and students. Continuing education credits are offered to attendees.

Conferences

Each year, we sponsor numerous conferences on critical issues related to developmental disabilities. Creating future leaders and scholars to carry out the important mission of improving the lives of people with developmental disabilities and their families is at the heart of our educational programs.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - Making Sure that Persons with Developmental Disabilities Get the Best Medical Care
A workshop 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.
Public Health Issues of Disability: What Can You Do to Promote the Positive Contributions of People with Disabilities?
The center and the Department of Community Medicine will be offering a course in “Public Health Issues of Disability” (PUBH 472) that will give you a chance to learn about, and discuss, the questions of disability and the impact on public health of this often controversial and confusing issue.

Seminars

We offer seminars to provide up-to-date information, ideas, and inspiration for new and experienced direct support professionals, paraprofessionals, managers, administrators, students or family members working with persons with disabilities.

We are currently offering the following seminars. For additional information, click on the seminar name you are interested in.

Partnership for Inclusive Practices
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.
Autism Winter Institute
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.

Training Opportunities

We are currently offering the following training opportunities. For additional information, click on the training program you are interested in.

Workshops

Community education, outreach programs, and/or certificate courses are available for individuals who provide services to children and adults with psychiatric, cognitive, physical and/or developmental disabilities.

We are currently offering the following workshop: