New Human Development Center Building
Click here to watch our new building progress or view a virtual walk-through developed by the architect.
Who We Are
The Human Development Center (HDC) was established in 1974 and became a University Centers of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Education, Research and Service (UCEDD) in 1984. HDC is a member of AUCD, a national network of 67 UCEDD programs.
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (PL 106-402, aka “the DD Act”) establishes, directs and provides partial funding for UCEDD programs to perform four (4) core functions:(a) interdisciplinary training, (b) community service, (c) research/evaluation/policy analysis, and (d) dissemination.
The Mission of the Human Development Center (HDC) is to provide leadership and innovation in interdisciplinary education, community service, research, and to disseminate information to strengthen and increase the capacity of local communities to support and include individuals with [developmental] disabilities and their families in all aspects of life in the community.
AUCD Sponsored Webinars
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LAS*PIC Recognized by The University of Memphis
The University of Memphis Psychology Department is granting an award to the LSUHSC Human Development Center's LAS*PIC project for its distinguished service to its School Psychology Program. LAS*PIC will be recognized at the University of Memphis Spring Awards Luncheon on April 26th, 2012.
 LAS*PIC Holds Video Awards
LAS*PIC coordinator, Dr. George Hebert, presented awards in various catagories to intern teams who created short teaching videos as part of the Louisiana School Psychology Intership Program. To view the videos and information about the awards, click HERE.
 The LASARD Project and the LSUHSC Human Development Center are proud to
present the 2012 LASARD Summer Institute. The Institute is open to any family members
or professionals.
Click for more information.
LSUHSC-Human Development Center (HDC) in collaboration with Louisiana APSE will provide statewide Employment Specialist Core Training starting in
January of 2012. The 40 hour training incorporates APSE’s CORE
Supported Employment competencies and will include:
8 hours of online instruction and resource information
Three days (20 hours) of classroom instruction
1 additional half day (4 hours) of small group activity in which participants will complete case study examples that are incorporated throughout the classroom instruction.
Portfolio fieldwork assignment completion and submission (8 hours).
 HDC's LASARD Project
Hosts On-Line Workgroups
Beginning in September 2011, the LSU Human Development Center’s LASARD Project will continue its series of free on-line workgroups. The workgroups focus on effective practices and key issues related to programming for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related Disabilities. For more information, Click to register for Effective Practices Workgroups.
Training on Providing Supported Employment Services
The LSUHSC Human Development Center will hold 2-day training sessions on the basics of providing supported employment services. This training is partially funded by the Louisiana Developmental Disability Council and is presented in partnership with Louisiana APSE. LRS CEU credits and CRC credits are available for participants. Register for Supported Employment Training.
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News
U.S. Department of Education Releases Resource Document on Restraint and Seclusion
Today, May 15, 2012, the U.S. Department of Education released Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document, outlining principles for developing or refining policies and procedures to encourage positive behavioral interventions and avoid the use of restraint and seclusion. AIDD is pleased to have supported the Department of Education in developing the publication, which also includes a list of resources addressing national concerns about using restraint and seclusion in schools and website links to state restraint and seclusion policies and procedures.
Review the document and share your comments at restraint.seclusion@ed.gov.
Justice Department decides that limiting people with disabilities to sheltered workshops is no different than segregating them in institutions.
Organizational Announcement - Administration for
Community Living (ACL)
Today, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced a
new organization within the Department of Health and Human Services --
the “Administration for Community Living” (ACL). The ACL will include
the Administration on Aging, the Office on Disability and the
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) in a single agency
with the goal of increasing access to community supports and full
participation in all aspects of society, while continuing to focus
specific attention and resources on the unique needs of older Americans
and people with disabilities. In addition, in order to honor and
acknowledge the current landscape and changes in contemporary language,
as well as the work done through ADD to support the President’s
Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, the Administration
on Developmental Disabilities will become the “Administration on
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.”
Please click here
for additional information.
CDC: U.S. kids with autism up 78% in past decade
The number of children with autism in the United States continues to rise, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The latest data estimate that 1 in 88 American children has some form of autism spectrum disorder. That's a 78% increase compared to a decade ago, according to the report. Read the report.
AUCD Statement on Establishment of the
Administration for Community Living
SILVER SPRING, MD (April 16, 2012) — Today, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the establishment of the Administration for Community Living within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Administration for Community Living is a single agency charged with working with states, localities, the nonprofit sector, businesses and families to help seniors and people with developmental and other disabilities across the lifespan to live in their homes and fully participate in their communities. Read more of the statement.
ADD Commissioner Sharon Lewis's Guest Blog at Disability.Org
In recognition of Developmental Disability Awareness Month, ADD Commissioner Lewis appeared as a guest blogger at Disability.gov. Her post, From Awareness to Respect, illustrates ADD’s vision for improving the lives of people with developmental disabilities and moving beyond awareness to respect. Feel free to share this with your networks.
Autism Prevalence: More Affected or More Detected?
On March 29, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new numbers from their ongoing surveillance of autism prevalence conducted through the Autism and Developmental Disability Monitoring (ADDM) Network. Dr. Thomas Insel, Chair of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) and Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)/NIH, discusses the new data in his blog. Read his blog on the NIMH website.
APSE Establishes the Employment Support Professional Certification Council (ESPCC)
APSE has established the Employment Support Professional Certification Council (ESPCC) to oversee the first national certification program for employment support professionals. Now job coaches, job developers, transition employment specialists, job placement personnel, and employment specialists/consultants can earn the designation of Certified Employment Support Professional (CESP) by passing the national CESP examination. Read about CESP Informational Webinars offered by APSE.
Be alert to efforts to maintain the status quo of subminimum-wage and exclusion from community employment being mounted by proponents of segregated Sheltered Workshops
Rep. Clifford Stearns (R-FL 6th District) introduced H.R. 3086 in the US House of Representatives. This bill would phase out special wage certificates under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; under which individuals with disabilities may be employed at subminimum wage rates. In response to H.R. 3086, a sheltered workshop proponent has crafted an email letter with the subject line: “Working together to keep sheltered workshops open”. This letter has been broadly distributed to other sheltered workshop proponents and organizations across the country warning them to "beware of H.R. 3086" and "urging the creation of a national alliance to combat this legislation". This regressive policy harkens back to the tactics of the Voice of the Retarded (VOR) who have, and continue to lobby for segregated services of all types for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read more about subminimum wage.
Community Employment versus Day Treatment: Some Facts to Consider
What is a Sheltered Workshop?
A Sheltered Workshop is a segregated employment setting that exclusively employs people with
disabilities or where people with disabilities work separately from others. The tasks that individuals with disabilities perform in sheltered workshops are generally rote and mundane, and offer little, if any, skill development, training or advancement. These segregated work experiences rarely result in transition to community work environments.
What is “integrated employment”?
Integrated employment is a real job in a community business setting where employees
work alongside non-disabled co-workers and earn at least minimum wage.
Read more facts
Information from National APSE
The concept of “Employment First” is one that has gained attention
over the past few years in terms of services and supports for
individuals with disabilities. In an effort to ensure that this concept
is utilized and applied in a consistent fashion, on October 11, 2010,
APSE’s Executive Board approved APSE’s Statement on Employment First.
This statement outlines both the underlying
principles and characteristics of successful implementation of
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