2012 Conference Schedule - Strand & Sessions
Overall Conference Schedule NOTE: If a presenter's name is shown as a blue hyperlink, you can click it to download a pdf copy of their presentation.
| Monday, August 6 2012 | ||||||||||
| Strands | Housing: The Key to Community Living | Quality Management Challenges and Solutions | The Journey from Traditional Services to Person-Centered Supports | Supporting Individuals by Strengthening Families | Supporting Communities That Welcome All People - Asset Based Community Development | Person Centered Planning and Support | Improving Quality through Managed Care | Direct Support Workforce Issues | Employment Issues | Evidence Based Policy: What Does the Research Tell Us about Public Policy? |
| Strand Chairs | Diane Dressler, Chris Smith | Val Bradley | Jeff Strully | Nancy Thaler and Sheli Reynolds | Angela Amado and Eric Jacobson | Mary Lou Bourne, Michael Smull | Lilia Teninty and Diane McComb | Amy Hewitt | Derek Nord | Chas Moseley |
| BREAKOUT 1: Monday Morning 10:45 - 12:15 |
No Cooking Skills Needed: Using Existing Resources to Put Together a Self-Directed Life | Reforming and Enhancing Quality Assurance and Improvement Systems | The Next Generation of Supports: In Partnership with People with Disabilities, Their Families and Communities | Strategies for Families for Discovery and Navigation | Building Real Communities | Person Centered Practice – Far More than a Person Centered Plan | Federal Panel on Managed Care | Quality Services= Quality DSPs | Employment: What Do We Know About How It's Working? Using Data to Improve Effectiveness | |
| Diane Dressler , Annie Heinlein, Mary Scott | Courtney Burke, Pat Nichols | Gail Godwin, Marian Saulino | John Dickerson, Sheli Reynolds | Eric Jacobson, Caitlin Childs, Joe Erpenbeck, De’Amon Harges, and Anne Mitchell | Mary Lou Bourne, Laura Doutre, Mary Lee Fay, David Meadows, Lee Price, Barry Seaver | Julie Carroll, Nancy Klimon, Tim Engelhardt | Amy Hewitt, Joe MacBeth | John Butterworth, Linda Rolfe, Sarah Taub | ||
| BREAKOUT 2: Monday Afternoon 1:45 - 3:15 |
Power of Partnerships in Creating Person Centered Housing Resources | The Impact of Olmstead Lawsuits on State Quality Management Systems | Transforming to Support People to Live Real Lives as Citizens | Families Connecting and Networking with Other Families | Communities Include Everyone | Leadership Roles and Person Centered Thinking Coaches | Planning the People First Waiver in New York: One State's Experience and Lessons | 2010 Moving Mountains: Best Practices in Direct Support Workforce | Advancing Innovations in Employment Supports through State Leadership | |
| Joe Wykowski | Marion Olivier, Eddie Towson, Lee Price | Pat Fratangelo, Patti Scott | John Kramer, Dana Yarbrough | De'Amon Harges, Caitlin Childs | Mary Lee Bell, Michael Smull, Jo Viars, Kathy Witt | Commissioner Courtney Burke, Max Donatelli, John Maltby, Peter Pierri, Lisa Severino, Steven Vernikoff | Jennifer Cottingham, Kris Foss, Trish Walter | Jane Gallivan, Frank Kirkland, Adam Sass; Rie Kennedy-Lizotte, Moderator | ||
| BREAKOUT 3: Monday Afternoon 3:30 - 5:15 |
Enhancing Performance at the Provider Level | How to Eat a Dinosaur: Changing the Culture of an Organization to Move Towards Personalization and Individualization | Supporting Families Who Provide Day to Day Supports | Neighborhoods, Connections and Care - the Practices that Help Us Connect | Building a Person Centered System: The Importance of Alignment | Improving Managed Care Outcomes Through Advocacy | 2011 Moving Mountains: Best Practices in Direct Support Workforce | Innovative Employment Practices: What’s Working!? | Using Research Data to Build and Implement Effective Public Policy | |
| Jennifer Becher, Jim Gardner, Ronda Schelske | Carol Beatty, Steve Blanks, Jeff Strully | Isabel Hodges, Jill Kagan | Anne Mitchell, Joe Erpenbeck, Roger Stancliffe | Parthy Dinora, Laura Doutre | Dennis Heaphy, Leo Sarkissian | Julie Price, Lynn Rivas, Carrie Turner | Bryan Barnhart, Susan Barnhart, Rachel Knight, Marie Parker; Derek Nord, Moderator | Amy Hewitt, Chas Moseley, Kathy Sheppard-Jones | ||
| Tuesday, August 7 2012 | ||||||||||
| Strands | Re-thinking Supports for Individuals with Behavioral Health Needs | More from Our Plenary Speakers! | Federal Initiatives to Expand and Improve Supports for People with Disabilities | Quality Management Challenges and Solutions (cont'd - one session) | Self Advocacy | Shared Living | Transition Issues | Evolving a Shared Reseach Agenda | Technology | |
| Strand Chairs | Sarah Taub | Nancy Thaler | Val Bradley | Dawn Rudolph, Liz Weintraub | Robin Cooper | Karen Flippo | Amy Hewitt | Amy Hewitt, David Braddock | ||
| BREAKOUT 4: Tuesday Morning 8:30 - 10 |
Behavioral Supports Policies and Practices Across States | Giving Voice to Quality Lives: Telling Our Best Stories | The Role of Medicaid: A Chance to Dialogue with Senior CMS Officials | The CQL Personal Outcome Measures®: 20 Years of Accomplishments | Allies in Self-Advocacy - What Does it Take? | Shared Living: A New Way of Providing Supports that's as Old as Time! | The Opportunities of Post Secondary Education | The State of the Science in ID/DD: Seeking Perspectives from Policy Makers and Advocates | Recent Advancements in Technology Applications in Developmental Disabilities | |
| Alexandra Bonardi, Chas Moseley, David Rotholz | Beth Mount | Jennifer Burnett, Ralph Lollar Nancy Thaler: Moderator | Cathy Ficker-Terrill, Becky Hansen, Jim Gardner | Ken Capone, Liz Weintraub; Dawn Rudolph, Moderator | Jack Kinsler, Rebecca Kreischer, Jim Malesky, Jeanne Parisi, Bobbi Segin, Carole Varner; Robin Cooper, Moderator | Debra Hart | Amy Hewitt, Lori Sedlezky | Enid Ablowitz, Steven Stock | ||
| BREAKOUT 5: Tuesday Afternoon 1:45 - 3:15 |
Supporting People with Behavioral Health Needs at Home: Best Practices at the System and Individual Level | Person-Centered Support as a Process of Social Invention | HUD and CMS Collaborations to Create Affordable Housing Resources | (MANAGED CARE STRAND) Shaping the Funding Reform Discussion in Your State | Key Issues in Self-Advocacy Organizations | Shared Lives: Hearing from Those Providing and Partaking of Shared Living | Partnerships in Employment: Perspectives about Systems Change | The State of the Science in ID/DD: Seeking Provider Perspectives | Implications and Use of Innovative Technologies in Services and Supports for People with Disabilities | |
| George Braddock, Eddie Towson, Clint Trusty | John O'Brien | Kathryn King, Benjamin Metcalf, Lisa Sloane, Susannah Still; Nancy Thaler: Moderator | Diane McComb, Lilia Teninty | Barbara Coppens, Amy Doherty, Teresa Moore, Ricardo Thornton; Liz Weintraub, Moderator | Gerry Morrissey, Katherine Thompson, Susan Robertson; Robin Cooper, Moderator | John Butterworth, Karen Flippo, Rie Kennedy-Lizotte | Angela Amado, Sheryl Larson | Enid Ablowitz, Clayton Lewis, Greg Wellems | ||