Oh, The Oh, The Places Places

You’ll GoYou’ll GoExamining the Leadership Examining the Leadership

Trajectories of Former Trajectories of Former AUCD TraineesAUCD Trainees

AUCD Annual Meeting & ConferenceOctober 31, 2006

Congratulations! Today is Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off Great Places! You're off

and awayand away!!

But So...

The People You Meet

Along the Way

And Then...

AUCD

When I Was...

Your UCEDD/LEND

Trainee

AUCD NetworkAUCD Network

George Jesien, PhDExecutive Director, AUCD

1010 Wayne AvenueSuite 920Silver Spring, MD 20910www.aucd.org

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

http://www.aucd.org

Mission: To advance policy and practice for and with people living To advance policy and practice for and with people living with developmental and other disabilities, their families and with developmental and other disabilities, their families and communities by supporting our members as they engage in communities by supporting our members as they engage in research, education, and service that further independence, research, education, and service that further independence,

productivity and a satisfying quality of life.productivity and a satisfying quality of life.

AUCD Represents and AUCD Represents and Supports Three National Supports Three National

NetworksNetworks

• Technical Assistance• Data Collection & Dissemination• Liaison & Representation to Federal

Agencies, National Disability Organizations

• Subcontract Administration• Policy Development & Legislative

Advocacy

UCEDDs UCEDDs • University Centers for Excellence in

Developmental Disabilities• Developmental Disabilities Assistance

and Bill of Rights Act• At least one in every state & territory • Work with persons with disabilities,

families, government and advocacy agencies and community providers to conduct research and achieve positive changes

LENDLEND• Leadership Education in

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities• Funded by MCHB• Leadership skills • Interdisciplinary clinical services• Unique needs of children with special

health care needs & their families• Cultural competency• Family-based care

DDRCsDDRCs

• Developmental Disabilities Research Centers• Funded by NICHD to serve as a national resource

& “centers of research excellence”• Mission = scientific discovery• Work to discover causes, prevention strategies,

treatments and interventions for birth defects and developmental disabilities

• Represent our nation’s biomedical and behavioral research effort for developmental disabilities

Research Research Kim Powell, PhD RDKim Powell, PhD RD

AUCD Post-doctoral Fellow Developmental Disability TeamNational Center on Birth Defects

and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Email:kkx2@cdc.govWebsite:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/

You can steer yourself any

direction you choose.

Research Research Kim Powell, PhD RDKim Powell, PhD RD

Interact with National Leaders

AUCD Fellowship at CDC

Research and Doctoral Studies in Public Health

Dietetic Internship at USC UCEDD

Undergraduate Nutrition Studies

You're on your own. And you know what you know.

Clinical Services & Clinical Services & EducationEducation

Beth Bryant, Ph.D. NYS Licensed Psychologist SupervisorFamily Program Educational and Health Care

Coordination Programs CoordinatorEarly Childhood ServicesAssistant Professor, Disability and Human Development New York Medical College, School of Public Health

Westchester Institute for Human Development Cedarwood Hall, Room C131 20 Hospital Plaza Valhalla, NY 10595 (914) 493-7665

You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.

Clinical Services & EducationClinical Services & EducationBeth Bryant, PhDBeth Bryant, PhD

Ph.D. in clinical psychology

WIHD Post-doctoral Fellowship

AUCD Virtual Trainee

Interest in DD and Public Health

LEND Faculty at WIHD

It's opener there in the wide open air.

Out there things can happen and frequently do.

AdministrationAdministration

Marty Blair, PhD Assistant Director for Policy and

Development Center for Persons with Disabilities

Utah State University 6800 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-6800 Tel: 435-797-3886 Email: martin.blair@cc.usu.edu

And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew.

AdministrationAdministrationMarty Blair, PhDMarty Blair, PhD

Just go right along. You'll

start happening too.

1st AUCD Policy Fellow

CPD Assistant Director for Policy

CPD Student

Special Education Teacher

CPD AT Program & Policy

Focus Needs

PolicyPolicy

Aaron Bishop, MSSWProfessional Staff, Disability

Policy - Majority U.S. Senate Committee on

Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions

Senator Mike Enzi – Chairmanaaron_bishop@help.senate.govhttp://help.senate.gov/

You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights!

PolicyPolicyAaron Bishop, MSSWAaron Bishop, MSSW

You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.

UW School of Social Work Waisman Center Mentors

ARC, DD Council, AUCD

ADD/NSIP Coordinator

at AUCD

Kennedy FellowshipSenate HELP Committee

AUCD NetworkAUCD Network

KID, YOU'LL MOVE KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!MOUNTAINS!

So... be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea, you're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So...get on your way!

---Dr. Seuss