Competencies
Table of Contents
In this second session of DC Advocacy Partners, partners will begin to understand:
- What qualifies as a developmental and/or intellectual disability
- The service coordination system and the services that are available in DC for individuals with disabilities and their families
- What the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Act affirms
- The basics of testifying in DC hearings
- The history and current status of the treatment of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) in DC
Skill Sets
Partners will:
- Become more comfortable speaking in front of their peers
- Evaluate what makes for a “good” oral testimony on a particular issue
- Map a seven month plan for their long-term projects
- Describe components of the DD Act and how they impact people with I/DD
Agenda
Speakers
Sue Swenson
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education
Tina Campanella
Executive Director, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities and Chair of the DC Developmental Disabilities Council
Handouts
Session 2 Partial Resources List
History & Evolution of the DD Actfrom the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD)
Fact Sheets on DD Council, Protection & Advocacy Organizations (P&As), and University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) and DD Act Section 109 (Rights) from the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD)
DD Act Fact Sheet from the Association on University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) and The ARC
Report on the Developmental Disabilities Act from the National Council on Disability (NCD)
About DC’s Developmental Disabilities Council from the DC DD Council
About DC’s Protection & Advocacy Organization from University Legal Services
About DC’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities from Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Developmental Disabilities Act Activity
Community Involvement
Long-Term Project
Long Term Project Hand-in Sheet (due at March session)