News and Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
- February 7 – June 14, 2012 New Orleans, LA. Advocacy Center Protection, Empowerment and Advocacy Educational Events. CLICK HERE for times and location.
- March 2, 2012 LA Disability Summit One Day Conference ” Live, Love and Learn” featuring Dr. John Simoneaux and Dr. Katherine McLaughlin CLICK HERE for more information.
- March 20, 2012 Cornell University Gladnet Internet Conference Preparing Youths With Disabilities for Careers After School
- March 22-23, 2012 Kenner, LA. Brain Injury Association of Louisiana 5th Annual Conference. For Event details and registration will be posted in late January 2012. CLICK HERE for information.
- March 26-27, 2012 Honolulu, Hawaii 28th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity
- April 30, 2012 Cornell University Gladnet Internet ConferenceBest Practices in Recruiting and Retaining an Aging Workforce: Intersection with Disability Considerations
- June 18-22, 2012 Charlotte, NC American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 136th Annual Meeting. For event information and registration CLICK HERE
TRAINING
Training on Providing Supported Employment Services conducted by LSU Health -Human Development Center January through September 2012 at various locations statewide. For dates and locations CLICK HERE.
The training is open to anyone but designed for Job Coaches/Employment Specialists, Residential and Employment Agency management staff, LRS Counselors, Support Coordinators. Self-advocates and family members are encouraged to attend (at no charge). LRS Continuing Education Credits and CRC credits are available to participants. The cost for the two-day training is $50 (non-refundable). For registration form CLICK HERE
Fair Lending Training offered by the National Fair Housing Alliance : “Loan Applications and Modifications:How to Ensure Your Client’s Fair Lending Rights are Preserved”. Thursday March 29, 2012 New Orleans, LA. CLICK HERE for time, location and registration information.
NEWS
- National Council on Disability released National Disability Policy: A Progress Report . It discusses the impact of the current economic downturn on people with disabilities.
Managing a Special Needs Trust: A Guide for Trustees is a clear, understandable reference guide for anyone who is managing a special needs trust for a person with a developmental disability (beneficiary) and/or working with families on future planning. Using layman’s terms, the book explains how trust funds can be used to enrich a beneficiary’s quality of life by paying for some goods and services (e.g., vacations, clothes, recreation, special therapies) without risking the benefits of complicated government programs such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Medicaid, and Section 8 housing.
Reflections from a Different Journey: What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew includes forty inspiring and realistic essays written by successful adult role models who share what it is like to have grown up with a disability (including individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism). The essay authors were asked to write about something they wished their own parents had read or been told while they were growing up. Each eloquently written essay is an insightful source of wisdom, inspiration, and emotional support as well as a rare glimpse inside the lives and minds of people with many different disabilities. The essays offer many specific suggestions for parents as well as teenagers with disabilities, family members, and the professionals who serve them.
For more information on purchasing these books, click here: DisABILITIESBOOKS.com. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these books will be donated to The Arc of Louisiana to help support our programs and services.
