🚨 🚨 New paper alert focused on inclusive education and predicting post secondary outcomes for youth with ID. Great work Joshua Taylor for leading the pack! Colleen Thoma Michael Broda Dr. Holly Whittenburg

I am very excited and honored to take on the Secretary role for AAIDD Education Interest Network, and to work alongside Chair @LaurenPBruno and Vice Chair Andrew Wojcik

🚨New pub 🚨 with ⁦Karrie Shogren⁩ where we advance indicators for conducting equity-focused transition research. Check it out as you prepare strategies to disrupt dominant narratives in your own transition research.

We are excited to be recruiting PhD students for Fall 2024 who are interested in supporting linguistically diverse students with disabilities at Peabody College--if you have questions please reach out! See our core faculty and research areas here: drive.google.com/file/d/1sGvH5T…

Recruiting a few more Black or AA school-based #SLPs for a focus group #researchstudy! The purpose of this study is to explore personal and professional identities and the impact of intersecting identities on collaboration. If interested: forms.gle/hLxeqMuprfcJ4V…

Are you up to date with current #EdPolicy events in DC? Read the Washington Update emails from Teacher Education Division and follow the hashtag #TEDWashUpdate to stay in the know! Also, register for the next TED Virtual Washington Update on Oct. 26 at 3pm EST here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Great to spend time with new and old friends at DCDT

Exciting news from the 10/13 #TEDWashUpdate - The Biden-Harris Administration announced $11.4 million in grants awarded to 12 organizations across the nation focusing on enhancing #FamilyEngagement programs! See awardees here: ed.gov/news/press-rel… #EmpoweringFamilies #EdPolicy

The featured speaker is VCU RRTC’s Dr. Wendy Parent-Johnson, who will be presenting strategies for improving employment outcomes for people with disabilities in rural communities. The event is free for VADCDT members, and for non-members it’s $10. Register today to attend.

The AAIDD Education Interest Network is offering a scholarship totaling $750 ($300 registration + $450 travel) for a self-advocate who has worked to promote inclusion in educational settings. Please see the attached flyer for more details.

Very powerful piece on SSA overpayments written by my colleague Jen Brooks, Research Associate at Cornell ILR School Cornell ILR School News The Hill thehill.com/opinion/financ…

The AAIDD Education Interest Network is offering a scholarship totaling $750 ($300 registration + $450 travel) for a self-advocate who has worked to promote inclusion in educational settings. TODAY is the deadline!!

June 26 Cornell ILR CAROW Webinar on Neurodiversity in the Workplace, register today! ilr.cornell.edu/carow/events/b… YTI Cornell Cornell ILR School News Cornell ILR School

Good news from the DOT— transportation.gov/briefing-room/…

New Publication Alert! Title: “Person-centered planning for group home residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.” Journal: Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities doi.org/10.1177/154079…