1. Oh, The Places You’ll Go Examining the Leadership Trajectories of Former AUCD Trainees AUCD Annual Meeting & Conference October 31, 2006

2. Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away! Trainee Your UCEDD/LEND When I Was... AUCD And Then... The People You Meet Along the Way But So...

3. AUCD Network George Jesien, PhD Executive Director, AUCD 1010 Wayne Avenue Suite 920 Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.aucd.org You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

4. http://www.aucd.org To advance policy and practice for and with people living with developmental and other disabilities, their families and communities by supporting our members as they engage in research, education, and service that further independence, productivity and a satisfying quality of life. Mission: To advance policy and practice for and with people living with developmental and other disabilities, their families and communities by supporting our members as they engage in research, education, and service that further independence, productivity and a satisfying quality of life.

5. AUCD Represents and Supports Three National Networks Technical Assistance Data Collection & Dissemination Liaison & Representation to Federal Agencies, National Disability Organizations Subcontract Administration Policy Development & Legislative Advocacy

6. 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

7. LEND 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

8. DDRCs 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

9. Research Kim Powell, PhD RD AUCD Post-doctoral Fellow Developmental Disability Team National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Email:kkx2@cdc.gov Website: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

10. Research Kim 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.

11. Clinical Services & Education Beth Bryant, Ph.D. NYS Licensed Psychologist Supervisor Family Program Educational and Health Care Coordination Programs Coordinator Early Childhood Services Assistant 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.

12. Clinical Services & Education Beth Bryant, PhD LEND Faculty at WIHD Interest in DD and Public Health AUCD Virtual Trainee WIHD Post- doctoral Fellowship Ph.D. in clinical psychology It's opener there in the wide open air. Out there things can happen and frequently do.

13. Administration 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.edumartin.blair@cc.usu.edu And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew.

14. Administration Marty Blair, PhD Just go right along. You'll start happening too. 1 st AUCD Policy Fellow CPD Assistant Director for Policy CPD Student Special Education Teacher CPD AT Program & Policy Focus Needs

15. Policy Aaron Bishop, MSSW Professional Staff, Disability Policy - Majority U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Senator Mike Enzi – Chairman aaron_bishop@help.senate.gov http://help.senate.gov/ You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights!

16. Policy Aaron 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 Fellowship Senate HELP Committee

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18. KID, YOU'LL MOVE 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