Katie Hastings (on the far left), our 2015 Burberry Award winner and current HDI research assistant, was honored last week with AUCD’s Anne Rudigier Award. This award recognizes an outstanding student demonstrating a commitment to supporting people with developmental disabilities and their families. Dr. Kathleen Sheppard-Jones shared that “this is AUCD’s highest pre-professional award and a powerful example of the high quality trainees that work and learn at HDI.” Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Education has approved Northern Kentucky University (NKU) as the latest postsecondary institution in Kentucky to offer a Comprehensive Transition Program (CTP) for students with intellectual disabilities. Northern Kentucky University joins Murray State University, Bluegrass Community Technical College, and Spalding University in offering CTP. Continue reading
Join us for the third presentation in our Fall Seminar series on Friday, October 30, 2015 from 1:00 – 3:00p ET to learn more about policy adoption and the legislative process, including central features of policy making in Kentucky. Join us at the UK Coldstream Research Campus Human Development Training Room (1525 Bull Lea Road, Lexington KY 40511) with live videoconferencing to sites around the state. This seminar will cover opportunities for advocacy organizations to pursue their agendas and barriers they have to overcome to achieve their policy goals. The Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities provides examples of agenda setting and advocacy.
Registration: Electronic registration will open October 9, 2015. Register here and select your attendance site. To become a remote site or for help registering, contact walt.bower@uky.edu Continue reading
We’re excited to welcome our RAs for 2015-2016 and invite you to get to know more about them and their projects! In the coming months, we will be highlighting each of them and their work, so stay tuned for more information. Continue reading
Several members of HDI will be making presentations or exhibiting at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities Annual Meeting November 16-18. Below is a list of our session so you can come visit us and learn more about what we’re doing at HDI and how our ideas can be adapted for other programs: Continue reading