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Wednesday, August 9, 2006

 Working Lunch - Family Support 360 and Youth Grantees

Establishing and Maintaining Effective Partnerships

Michael Winer, 4Results Together

1.     Establishing and Maintaining Effective Partnerships

2.     Conducting Effective Meetings

3.           Managing Conflict

4.           Action Minutes Template

5.           Decision Making: Control and Responsibility

General Session

About ADD – Organizational Structure

Ophelia McLain, MS, Program Analyst

Administration on Developmental Disabilities

6.            Where You Fit

Collaboration in Minnesota: Supporting Families and
Emerging Leaders in the Jordan Neighborhood

Presenters:

        Julie Kenney, MPA, Executive Director, IPSII Inc.

        Colleen Wieck, PhD, Executive Director, Minnesota Governor’s Council
 on Developmental Disabilities

7.       Collaboration In Minnesota

8.        Helping Students with Cognitive Disabilities Find and Keep a Job

9.     Definition of Collaboration

10.      Definition of Community

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Break Out Session I

Evaluation Reporting and Resources

[DIRECTORS/COORDINATORS TRACK]

Presenter: Iris E. Pettigrew, RN, MS, ScD, CPHQ, Director, Performance Improvement and Accreditation, VA Maryland Health Care System

1.      Evaluation and Reporting

The Maze of Change

[YOUTH TRACK]

Presenters:

        Rebecca Hare, BS, Project Coordinator, National Consortium on Leadership and
 Disability for Youth (NCLD-Youth)

        Marissa Johnson, BA, Director of Training, ADA and IT Information Center

2.      Navigating the Maze Of Change

Break Out Session II

Youth Service Practitioners: Growing a Profession

[DIRECTORS/COORDINATORS TRACK]

Presenter: Curtis Richards, BA, Project Director, National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth (NCLD-Youth)

3.       KSA Professional Development Assessment for Organizations and Systems

4.      Information Brief

5.      Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Assessment For Practitioners

Speaking for Ourselves: The Importance of Disability Identity and Self-Advocacy in Youth Leadership Development

[YOUTH TRACK]

Presenters:

        Amber Smock, Youth Leadership Coordinator, Youth Center for Youth, Information,
 Education and Leadership for Developmental Disabilities (YIELDD)

        Jason English, Member, Advance Youth Leadership Power

6.      Speaking for Ourselves

9.            Text of Chicago Journal Article

10.        Text of Stop Cuts Flier

 Working Lunch

Cultural Competency – Serving Unserved and Underserved Populations

Presenter: Loretta Hobbs, MS, Facilitator, O’Neal-Hobbs Associates
 

11.     4 Cultural Competence Techniques
 

General Session - Afternoon

Involving Parents: How to Be a Passenger Instead of the Driver

Presenters:

        Jayne R. Chase, Director, Partners In Policymaking,

        Josie Badger, Member, National Youth Leadership Network, (NYLN)

12.         Being a Passenger Instead of the Driver

13.     Independence Is A Highway

Transition Comes of Age: the Emerging Field of Transition

Presenter: Curtis Richards, BA, Project Director, National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth (NCLD-Youth)

14.      National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth)

Friday, August 11, 2006

Break Out Session III

Access to Information Technology and Website Development

[DIRECTORS/COORDINATORS TRACK]

Presenters:

        Carlo Ignacio, BA, President & CEO StudioMetis, LLC, Bethesda, MD

        Jonathan Lyn-Shue, BS, Technology Director, StudioMetis, LLC, Bethesda, MD

1.     Access to Information Technology and Website Development

2.          Web Design Questionnaire

3.          Accessibility Resources and Links

Mentoring 101: Everything Youth Need to Know About Mentoring but Were Afraid to Ask

[YOUTH TRACK]

Presenters:

         Rebecca Hare, BS, Project Coordinator, National Consortium on
  Leadership and  Disability for Youth (NCLD-Youth)

        Marissa Johnson, BA, Director of Training, ADA and IT Information Center

4.           Mentoring 101: Everything You Wanted to Know About Mentoring but Were
 Afraid to  Ask

5.           Activities Mentors Can Do with Youth with Disabilities

Transportation Panel

Introductions: Tracee Garner

Panelists:

        Theresa Cooper, Project Coordinator, South Los Angeles Youth and
 Young Adult Self  Determination Center (SLAYD), Los Angeles, CA

        Jeanette Doty, BS, Oklahoma Alliance for Youth (OKAY)

        Joy Gordon, BA, Inclusion Research Institute, Washington, DC

        Michael Hoenig, MA, Adult Co-Director, Self-Advocacy and Leadership for Youth
 with Disabilities (SALYD), IA

6.       Transportation Panel Questions

Break Out Session IV

Media Advocacy: Using the Media to Accomplish Your Policy Goals?

[DIRECTORS/COORDINATORS TRACK]

Presenter: Anne Marie O’Keefe, PhD, JD, Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Morgan State University School of Public Health and Policy

7.      Media Advocacy: Using the Media to Accomplish Your Policy Goals

8.            Media Planning Checklist

Reach Out! Believe Us, It’s Worth It!

[YOUTH TRACK]

Presenters:

        Michael Hoenig, BA, Adult Co-Director, Self-Advocacy and Leadership for Youth with Disabilities (SALYD)

        Nichole Goble, Youth Co-Director, Self-Advocacy and Leadership for Youth with Disabilities (SALYD)

9.            Reach Out!  Believe Us, It’s Worth It!