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The Week Ahead
Monday October 4, 2010
The state budget stalemate is almost over. On Friday the Governor and legislative leaders
announced that they have an agreement to be put forth to the California Senate and Assembly
for a vote…
Details emerge on state budget pact
Mercury News (Silicon Valley) October 2, 2010
By Associated Press
SACRAMENTO -- After a record impasse, California legislators are set to vote this week on a
no-new-taxes budget that relies on a combination of spending cuts and optimistic financial
projections to close a $19 billion deficit. Details of the agreement between Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders began emerging Saturday, ahead of a vote by rank-
and-file lawmakers planned for Thursday. http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-
news/ci_16238368?source=rss&nclick_check=1
1. Budget Stalemate lasting at least 94 days for far.
2. Budget deal cuts about $7.5 billion in spending as opposed to the original $12 billion.
3. The deal assumes $5 billion will come from the federal government.
4. It uses the LAO’s revenue forecast which includes an additional $1.4 billion.
5. $1.2 billion from selling 11 state properties, then leasing them back.
6. If SEIU 1000 agrees to benefit rollbacks, they expect the other union to follow then they
can move forward on pension reform – Gov said he won’t sign a budget without pension
reform.
7. They’ll ask the voters to set aside a rainy day fund of a 10 percent reserve.
8. Republicans agreed to a two-year delay of a corporate tax break that had been set to
take effect Jan. 1st and closed loopholes in a business incentive law.
Tuesday October 5, 2010
We’ll be meeting with representatives from our national office to strategize the most effective
legal approach to protecting our association name in California. Several disaffiliated chapters
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continue to use our trademarked name and our attorney’s are preparing to address the
infringement in California.
We’ll be meeting with representatives from Essential Learning, a national human services on-
line training and Learning Management System to further our discussions regarding training
needs in California.
The 18th International Congress on Palliative Care, Palais des Congres, will be from October
5-8, 2010, in Montreal, Canada, presented by the Palliative Care Division of the Departments
of Medicine and Oncology of McGill University since 1976. Practical, in-depth workshops and
seminars on a broad range of topics covering all aspects of end-of-life care, from the most
current scientific developments in pain and symptom control, to the large existential questions,
to hands-on experiential sessions addressing practical issues faced every day. Renowned
speakers who expand your knowledge, deepen your understanding, and inspire you to renew
your commitment to palliative care. All sessions structured to allow ample time for dialogue,
questions and thoughtful interaction with speakers and fellow participants. To learn more visit:
http://www.palliativecare.ca/en/index.html
Wednesday October 6, 2010
We’ll be meeting with Linda D. Nelson, Ph.D., Professor, Emerita, Psychiatry and
Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA to discuss her work on Down syndrome and the potential
involvement for The Arc of California.
The 17th Annual Inclusion Celebration and Dessert Social by the Supported Life Institute will
honor several advocates in the state for advancing the inclusion of people with developmental
disabilities. Among those honored will be Shella DuMong, from Alpha, the chapter of The Arc
in Santa Barbara County, and Art Bolton, principal author of the Lanterman Act.
Thursday October 7, 2010
The Supported Life Institute and The Arc of California will be participating in a joint conference
this year which includes the traditional high quality Supported Life Conference combined with
The Arc of California’s grassroots and advocacy training with Mary Gonzales. To learn more
and register visit: (http://www.thearcca.org/34.html). “We are combining efforts with the
Supported Life Institute to provide our membership with a great training opportunity in best
practices and advocacy. If you already attended the community organizing then there will be
plenty of breakout sessions of interest for our members.” The conference goes from 9 am to 6
pm with a reception to follow, and make sure you stop and visit Carlos Palacios and Gwen
Lopez at our information table. The conference evening event will be a viewing of the movie,
Including Samuel, from 7:30 pm to 9 pm: Photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the
inclusion of children with disabilities before he had his son Samuel eight years ago. Now he
thinks about inclusion every day… The California Conference of Executives of The Arc will
hold their meeting at a local restaurant from 6 pm to 9 pm.
CRISS Annual Conference: Working Together in Challenging Times: CCS, Families and the
Community. The conference begins at 9:00 a.m. at the State Building – Auditorium, 1515 Clay
Street, Oakland, CA and will feature State Children’s Medical Services Branch representatives,
Luis Rico, Interim Branch Chief and Stephen Halley, Assistant Branch Chief and panel
discussions on Families/Youth on Budget Impact, Creative Solutions from Agency Perspective,
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Creative Uses of Technology in the CCS Program, and Standardized Testing in the MTP. This
workshop is presented by the CRISS Project and is co-sponsored with State Children’s
Medical Services, Family Voices of California, and University of Southern California University
Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). It is provider approved by the
California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP# 1779 for 5 contact hours
generously offered through USC UCEDD at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. 5 Social. For
more information visit: www.criss-ca.org.
Friday October 8, 2010 – Furlough Friday for State Workers
The Supported Life Conference continues through 2:30 pm. During the conference The Arc of
CA Board of Directors meeting will be open to attendees of the Supported Life Conference and
is listed in the schedule as a breakout session. “We will showcase the work of The Arc during
this part of our meeting and engage the audience in public policy discussion. Afterwards we
will participate in a social capital event to continue strengthening our networks.” For the
brochure, in pdf, visit: www.supportedlife.org/SL2010/pdf/Brochure.pdf and to view the many
great session strands in 10 different topic areas in 40 difference sessions visit:
www.supportedlife.org/SL2010/pdf/Sessions.pdf. Immediately following the meeting The Arc
will hold a memorial reception in the memory of our long time friend and advocate, Elvis
Bozarth. The memorial is open to anyone who knew Elvis and or benefited from his work in
anyway. Bring your stories and join friends in this celebration of a wonderful father, friend, and
colleague.
Saturday October 9, 2010
The Arc of CA Board of Directors will participate in an initial session on strategic planning at
the Doubletree (it is schedule for completion during our next meeting in March). The session
will include an overview of the many developments in the national association related to
branding and vision. Next the board will review a variety of topics that have surfaced from the
membership survey that will serve as the basis for the direction of the work of The Arc.
Previous strategic planning directed The Arc to pursue Partners in Policymaking, Workforce
Development, Public Policy Infrastructure, and much more.
Action Alerts
The Arc of California (Greg deGiere, Public Policy Director, The Arc of California)
Great News! Governor Signs Crime Victims with Disabilities Act
Dear Friends,
The governor has signed The Arc’s Crime Victims with Disabilities Act into law! After three
years of effort, we were able to convince Governor Schwarzenegger to sign the bill, Senate
Bill110 by Senator Carol Liu – even over the opposition of the governor’s own Department of
Finance.
Starting January 1 when the bill becomes law, it will be clear that the police – not just the social
workers and ombudsmen, as important as they are -- have responsibility for all crimes against
people with disabilities and seniors, including abuse in long-term care facilities. And we’re
already working with the state police-training agency to assure that officers are well trained,
including on the new law, as the bill requires.
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Our bill also gives representatives of people with disabilities a voice in planning the state
sexual assault and domestic violence victim service programs, allows county agencies to
conduct coordinate reviews of suspicious deaths of adults with disabilities (as they already can
with deaths of children and seniors), assures that suspicious deaths in state developmental
centers are reported to law-enforcement agencies, and takes several other steps to improve
prevention and response to crimes against people with disabilities.
Thank you sincerely to the hundreds of people and groups who faxed the governor letters and
sent him e-mails through The Arc’s Action E-List. This is a wonderful example of how
grassroots advocacy statewide coordinated with professional advocacy in the Capitol can –
sometimes – produce results for the disability community. I hope you’ll choose to stay on our
list to get – and act on -- Action Alerts and Updates like this one from me and from Annie
Acosta at The Arc of the United States. I’ll usually ask you to make calls to your local
legislators and not just send emails like this time, because those mass emails only help when
we’re able to generate hundreds from people who live in the areas that a particular elected
official represents. In all other cases, even a few good calls to your own local representative
are much more persuasive.
As always, thank you for your advocacy.
Greg
1. PS. We all owe very special thanks to these public officials whose support was
invaluable:
2. Former Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Sally Lieber, who started the ball rolling by
introducing and carrying the first, very ambitious version of our bill in 2008.
3. Senator Carol Liu, who introduced and skillfully guided the bill through the legislative
process in 2009 and 2010, and talked personally to the governor’s chief of staff to help
convince him to sign it.
4. All 120 members of the Legislature, who voted for the bill in the final days of the 2010
session.
5. Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley and San Francisco District Attorney Kamala
Harris, who both appealed to the governor to sign it.
The Arc of the United States
Autism NOW: The National Autism Resource and Information Center
The Arc’s Autism NOW: The National Autism Resource and Information Center is
envisioned to be a dynamic and interactive, highly visible and effective central point of quality
resources and information for individuals with ASD and other developmental disabilities, their
families, and other targeted key stakeholders.
The Autism NOW Center is a new project funded by the Administration on Developmental
Disabilities. Beginning on October 1, 2010, the Center will be located at The Arc’s national
headquarters in Washington, DC, and will gather, organize, and disseminate readily
accessible, high-quality resources and information related to community-based services that
support independent living and self-determination, treatment protocols that promoted
community-based experiences, and evidence-based interventions. The Center will fully engage
and involve self-advocates and families in planning, leadership, and implementation activities
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in a welcoming and respectful organizational culture. It will offer the target audience, including
Chapters of The Arc, quality resources and information, multiple opportunities to engage in the
information exchange and knowledge transfer process, anchored by a state-of-the-art website
and evaluation system. A dynamic series of events that will be part of the Center’s activities
will be the Regional Autism NOW Summits that will be held in five cities across the United
States. These events will create, enhance, and strengthen relationships and advance
knowledge transfer objectives. Through the activities of The Center, increased understanding
and use of evidence-based research and best practices will occur in communities across the
United States relating to ASD and other developmental disabilities issues across the life span.
The Center shall be recognized for being highly successful in reaching individuals with ASD
and other developmental disabilities and their families in every State and Territory in the
Nation. Many will be underserved or unserved, living in geographically remote areas, including
older adults with ASD and other developmental disabilities, and also those that are from ethnic
minority backgrounds.
All Center activities will be aligned with and reflect the principles of inclusion, integration,
independence, and self-determination as stated in the DD Act (42 U.S.C. 15001 § 101; 42
U.S.C. 15092 § 202). We will provide resources and information in core areas across the
lifespan. Focus areas include early diagnosis, early intervention, and early education;
Transition from high school into early adulthood; Community-based employment; Advocacy for
families and self-advocates; Community Inclusion; Aging Issues; Policy; Implementation of
Health Care Reform, including Long Term Care Services and Supports; Family and Sibling
Support; and Networking in local, state, and national arenas.
Our roster of collaborative partners provides an exceptional array of content expertise in the
field of ASD and developmental disabilities. Our approach also demonstrates our strong
relationships with key organizations in the developmental disabilities community, including key
self advocate organizations. Key national networks are engaged in dissemination and
knowledge transfer activities that represent a broad diversity of the target audience in
grassroots, state, and national levels.
Project Status Report
Partners in Policymaking
The final weekend of the 2010 Partners in Policymaking California class ended with graduation
on September 24th and 25th in Ontario, California. Thirty-one adults from across southern
California completed the intense, 7-month long advocacy training program that started in
March of this year. From San Diego to San Bernardino, these thirty-one advocates came to
the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Ontario one weekend each month to hear some of the
most educational and inspiring speakers discuss topics such as housing, history and
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influencing the political policymakers. After each session, they would return home with a
notebook of information and a homework assignment that would have them attending school
board meetings, writing state legislators and interviewing local policymakers. Each graduate
put in more than 130 hours of work to learn skills that would better empower them to make a
difference.
This final weekend began with Pierre Landry, community leader and a former Area Board
president teaching the participants how to turn meetings into a cooperative, effective tool for
action. Mr. Landry covered the basics of parliamentary procedure and tips for meeting
preparation and involvement. And given that Partners in Policymaking is about leadership.
The soon-to-be graduates learned how to lead a meeting and assume other leadership roles in
community meetings.
Friday evening the advocates gathered for a small graduation party and received yearbooks
with images of their past seven months together. The scene was reminiscent of the final
weeks of high school graduation with everyone sharing stories of their time together, signing
yearbooks and promising to keep in touch. It is common for Partners in Policymaking
classmates to stay in communication and work together on important policy issues. The
California Collaborative supports this effort by maintaining the Partners in Policymaking
listservs and mentoring advocates after graduation.
Saturday morning was preparation for that day’s graduation ceremony. 2010 classmates
dressed in their best for the lineup of speakers and receiving their graduation certificate.
Family members, friends, and work colleagues joined the graduates for this special day.
The ceremony began with a welcome from Jim Lockwood, Program Coordinator. This was
followed by a special welcome from Shirley Dove, who the Partners in Policymaking
participants affectionately refer to as their Partners’ mom. Shirley congratulated the graduates
on behalf of the program funder, the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities.
Representatives of each of the Collaborative associations also shared words of
encouragement to the graduating class: Tony Anderson, Executive Director of the Arc of
California; Tara Robinson, Director of Family Voices of California; Mary Beth Phillips,
Executive Director of the California Association of Family Empowerment Centers; and Linda
Landry, President of the Family Resource Center Network of California. Joe Meadours,
Executive Director of People First of California was not able to attend due to prior
commitments, so Jim Lockwood shared a brief message from Mr. Meadours.
Special guest speaker, Stephen Hinkle, spoke to the class about their future as change agents
in their community and across the country. Mr. Hinkle is a young man with autism whose
parents were once told by professionals that Stephen would best be raised in an institution.
Today Mr. Hinkle is a graduate student at Northern Arizona State University in Flagstaff where
he is studying disability policy. Our final speaker was Jayne Chase from Florence, Alabama.
Mrs. Chase is the former director of the Alabama Partners in Policymaking program and a
frequent speaker on disability issues across the country. Mrs. Chase has been a regular
speaker at the California Partners in Policymaking classes, sharing on topics such as People
First language and preparing for effective advocacy. Her humorous and thought provoking
presentations have helped broaden the understanding of what it means to fully include people
with disabilities. Mrs. Chase challenged all those in attendance to stop seeing disabilities and
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only see another person who wants what we all should have, a place in society and the
opportunity to work, play and live like everyone else.
Jim Lockwood shared a letter from California First Lady Maria Shriver congratulating the class
and thanking them for making a difference for people with disabilities. Following this, each
graduates name was announced as they crossed the stage to receive a copy of the letter and
their certificate of graduation. Each graduate also took a minute or two to share their thoughts
about the last seven months of training. Many of them thanks the Collaborative and speakers,
but more importantly, they spoke of the relationships they had developed and lessons they had
learned from each other. The graduates of the 2010 California Partners in Policymaking are:
Karen Christina Maier, John Filip, Joseph Thomas Gannon, Brian Story, Meena Bedekar-
Chockalingam, Laureen Forman, Mariza Hernandez, Jennifer Carroll, Ann Summerday,
Faygene Barber, Trena Wade, Ricki Nelson, Rigoberto Zavala, Camille Childs, Pam
Houtchens, Bimei (May) Hong, Carissa Rivera, Alice Diehl, Yvonne Reinholtz, Mary Conroy,
Todd Galli, Molly Galli, Carla Spielman, Raylene Dickinson, Susan Ravellette, Leasa
Hoogerwerf, Kathy Tanner, Christopher Pikus, Mark Bailey, Robert Guthrie, and Lucas Keller.
Workforce Development
The Training Institute of Jay Nolan Community Services presents an upcoming training,
Burnout: Recognition, Treatment, Prevention with Ruth Myers, MD and ERVICES and Steve
Myers, PhD, BCBA. The training will be October 21, 2010 from 9 am to 4:30 pm at the Jay
Nolan Training Room, 15501 San Fernando Mission Boulevard, #200, in Mission Hills CA.
This training looks like an excellent opportunity for DSPs and other caregivers and a great
reminder that in order to be effective in support and service you must take care of yourself to
care for others. The training is free for Jay Nolan Staff, families, and people receiving services
and the cost for all others is $50.00 (3 hours CEU CREDIT MFT, LCSW is $65.00 – [PCE
2996]). Send check, money order, or purchase order to: Cindy Strully, Jay Nolan Community
Services, Inc., P.O. BOX 9604, Mission Hills, CA 91346-9604 (include your name,
organization, and email address). Space is limited, to reserve space now contact:Carole (818)
361-6400 X131 or carole@jaynolan.org.
Prevention Activities
October is Sudden Infant Death Awareness Month sponsored by First Candle and SIDS
Alliance. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development defines SIDS and the
sudden, unexplained death of an infant under 1 year of age. It is the leading cause of death in
children 1 month to 1 year with most occurring between 2 and 4 months. Although a specific
cause has not been identified there are several known risk factors that include: sleep positions
other than on the infants back, bedding, shared sleeping, overheating, mild infections, parental
use of tobacco, alcohol and/ or illegal drugs, premature birth/low birth weight and genetic
factors. For more information on how to reduce the risk of SIDS visit:
1. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/sudden_infant_death_syndrome.cfm
2. http://www.firstcandle.org/
3. http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/298_29634.asp
In September 2010 the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a statement
warning parents and childcare providers to stop using infant sleep positioners. Marketing
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claims suggest that these devices can “help reduce the risk of SIDS”, however these products
have never been tested for safety or effectives. To read more about this warning visit:
http://www.firstcandle.org/2010/09/30/warning-for-parents-and-caregivers-do-not-use-infant-
sleep-positioners/
SIDS research is an ongoing effort and the American SIDS Institute is planning to organize
and sponsor a number of research projects aimed at furthering our understanding of SIDS.
For more information on these research projects visit: http://www.sids.org/nresearchproj.htm
To learn more about recent studies visit the Centers for Disease Control at:
http://www.cdc.gov/sids/suid.htm
Funding Opportunity:
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite cooperative agreement applications from
investigators participating in the Prenatal Alcohol in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Stillbirth (PASS)
Network. These are: the Comprehensive Clinical Sites at the University of Stellenbosch and University of South
Dakota, the Developmental Biology and Pathology Center at Childrens’ Hospital Boston, the Physiology
Assessment Center at Columbia University and the Data Coordinating and Analysis Center at DM-STAT. This
FOA is for the completion of the Safe Passage Study. The objective is to complete enrollment and follow up and
conduct primary data analyses. The NIDCD is providing funds for specific measures of neurologic maturity and
auditory function.
In Fiscal Year 2006, in response to LOI-HD-05-111, the the NICHD and NIAAA funded the Prenatal Alcohol in
SIDS and Stillbirth (PASS) Network to finalize the main protocol of the Safe Passage Study and initiate
enrollment. The 2006 RFA stated that the study would extend beyond the five years of the grant award period
and would require renewal in 2011. The Safe Passage Study will enroll 12,000 pregnant women and follow them
and their infants for one year to investigate the role of prenatal alcohol exposure in the risk for SIDS and adverse
pregnancy outcomes such as stillbirth and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) including fetal alcohol
syndrome (FAS).
Epidemiological evidence suggests that elevated rates of SIDS, stillbirth, and FAS may co-occur among
populations in which excessive alcohol consumption by pregnant women is common. Among American Indians
and Alaskan Natives, SIDS is the leading cause of overall infant mortality, with a rate of 1.47/1000 live births,
which is almost three times that of whites. Recent studies indicate that maternal cigarette smoking and alcohol
use, which might adversely affect the maturing fetus directly or through nutritional, inflammatory, and other
chemical mediators, may contribute to the elevation in risk in these populations. The Aberdeen Area Infant
Mortality Study found a six-fold increased risk for SIDS among children born to mothers who engaged in binge
drinking during the periconceptional period or the first trimester of pregnancy. Neurochemical analyses of
brainstems of SIDS victims in this study revealed deficits in serotonergic receptors in the arcuate nucleus –
findings similar to those seen in SIDS victims from other communities and racial and ethnic groups. These deficits
were associated with cigarette smoking and alcohol use. Furthermore, at least some cases of SIDS and stillbirth
share the same cause(s) and pathogenesis. SIDS and FAS share multiple risk factors in addition to prenatal
alcohol exposure, including fewer prenatal care visits, increased rates of maternal smoking during pregnancy, low
birth weight, and decreased maternal education.
Because little is known about the complex interactions between prenatal alcohol exposure, other adverse health
behaviors and social environment, and their effects on fetal development in relation to poor pregnancy outcome
and SIDS, the Safe Passage Study may shed light on this important area of developmental biology. The study
may also uncover how alcohol adversely affects the fetus during the critical phases of organogenesis, how it
affects maternal health during pregnancy, and how it adversely influences the neurodevelopmental outcome of
the infant. The knowledge obtained may help inform public health programs to implement preventive strategies
for SIDS, stillbirth and FASD.
This study is designed to:
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1. Investigate the association of the timing and extent of alcohol consumption in pregnancy and after
delivery with SIDS, stillbirth, and FASD.
2. Investigate the role of alcohol and other adverse prenatal exposures, such as smoking, on abnormal
placental function and poor outcome.
3. Explore the genetic, molecular, physiological, and neurodevelopmental mechanisms associated with
alcohol-related adverse pregnancy outcome.
4. Discover social and behavioral variables affecting alcohol use and abuse by women during pregnancy
and postpartum.
5. Discover early physiological markers associated with stillbirth and SIDS.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - SAVE THE DATE!
Golden State Pooled Trust Disability Law Workshop Featuring an Exciting New Train the
Trainers* “Planning for Clients with Developmental Disabilities”. The event will be from 9 am to
4 pm at the Sierra Health Foundation, 1321 Garden Highway, Sacramento, CA. Attendees will
receive 5 hours MCLE California Bar Association credit $75 pre-registration or $100 at the
door. Seating is limited, so register soon! Topics include: History of the Parent Movement
(Tony Anderson), Lanterman Act 101 (John Shea and Chad Carlock), Community Systems
and Residential Programs Mary Eble), Limited Conservatorships and Alternatives (Stephen W.
Dale, Jennifer Steneberg). For more information, or to register, contact: Mary Eble, MSW,
North Bay Housing Coalition/Golden State Pooled Trust, (877) 336-3096 ext 83 -
mary@northbayhousing.org. *This Train the Trainer presentation is designed to provide
attendees with an important tool to assist an underserved population within their community as
well as providing opportunities to work with referring attorneys and clients.
October 15, 2010
Call For Papers for April 29-30, 2011, Deadline 10/15/10 by 5PM. It’s Their Life: Adults with
Developmental Disabilities & Autism at the Sobrato Nonprofit Center, 1400 Parkmoor Ave.,
San Jose, CA 95126. All sessions should focus on adults (18+) with a developmental
disability. The themes that we seek to be addressed in the conference include: Aging with a
Developmental Disability, Employment and Transition to a Real Life, Supported Employment,
Health, Wellness, Prevention & Sexuality, Continued Learning, Positive Behavior Support,
Self-Determination and Quality of Life, Person Centered Practices and Supports, Resources
for Individuals Affected by Asperger Syndrome, Mental Health in Adults with Developmental
Disability, Communication Supports for Adults with Developmental Disability, Legal Rights
Financing The Long-Term, Leisure/Recreation Activities, Living Options. To submit visit their
website at: http://www.php.com/call-papers-0
November 3 – 6, 2010
The Arc's 60th Anniversary & National Convention: Insight. Vision. Empower. Act. These are
the keys to progress. Continuing 60 proud years of service and support, The Arc is charting a
clear way forward and calling community members from across the Country to join the
movement that supports opportunity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The convention will feature an important recognition by The Arc of K. Charlie Lakin, Ph.D., for
his work in research as the distinguished Research Matters! Award recipient. “Dr. Lakin’s
efforts to document the changes, benefits and outcomes in disability-related public policies
have made major contributions to the literature on and advocacy for community residential
supports, family supports, waiting lists initiatives, and direct support workforce development.
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During Convention, Dr. Lakin will give a presentation at the Research & Prevention Luncheon,
sharing research highlights from his over 30-year career and discussing how The Arc has
played and continues to play a role in the importance of research. Don’t miss this opportunity
to hear from Dr. Lakin himself and to show your support for The Arc’s research and prevention
efforts in both your local community and nationwide. Read more.” Also Actors Lauren Potter
and Robin Trocki (cast members from the hit show Glee) will be in Orlando, Florida, to accept
The Arc’s Inclusion & Image Award in recognition of their achievements in television for
breaking down barriers, increasing awareness and challenging stereotypes. Read more.
http://www.thearc.org/page.aspx?pid=2327
November 12, 2010
Leadership Training Institute: The University of Delaware's National Leadership Institute on
Developmental Disabilities is accepting applications for its Jan. 23 - 28, 2011 Leadership
Training Institute. This week-long, intensive leadership development program is designed for
current executive-level leaders and emerging leaders. Participants may work in areas of
management or program leadership in organizations that provide, advocate for, or fund
supports for people with developmental disabilities and their families. Applications will be
accepted through November 12th. Click here to see a preview of the application. To submit
an application, complete the online form at:
http://www.nlcdd.org/leadership-app.php
January 2011
The Arc of California Public Policy Conference: This is the fourth annual Public Policy
Conference for by The Arc of California. All advocates for people with developmental
disabilities are welcome to attend. The conference includes updates from the Governor’s
budget and how the proposals impact people with disabilities and their families. More details
to come…
February 14 - 16, 2011
SAVE THE DATE: Disability Policy Seminar
GRAND HYATT WASHINGTON
1000 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Recently Released Reports, Studies, etc.
Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging by Ted Schettler and Maria Valenti.
The report Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging, provides compelling evidence that
environmental factors play a major role in the overwhelming majority of cases of Alzheimer’s
and Parkinson’s diseases, even in people who are genetically predisposed. The report
explains how diet, exercise, exposure to toxic chemicals, and socioeconomic stress across the
lifespan can change biological pathways to influence the risk of these and other chronic
diseases including diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease - themselves risk factors for
neurodegeneration. Fortunately, there is much that we can do to avoid those health problems
and greatly improve the odds for delaying or even preventing disease onset – as a society, as
individuals, and as family members. To attend the free webinar presentation by the American
Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Environmental Health Initiative of
these findings click here to register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/487745162.
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News Articles
Updated: September 20, 2010
Click Here
Funding Opportunities
Updated: October 4, 2010
Click Here
Career Ladder
The Arc of California posts job announcements in the Career Ladder section every week because we
would like to contribute to steering quality candidates to professional positions that support people with
disabilities and we are trying to communicate to Direct Support Professionals and People with
Disabilities that there is a real “career ladder” in their chosen profession.
Updated: September 20, 2010
Click Here
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