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Upcoming Employment First Virtual Core Training

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Virtual 40-Hour Employment First Core Training

LSU Human Development Center (HDC) in collaboration with the Louisiana Association of Persons Supporting Employment First (LA-APSE) has an upcoming virtual training class scheduled!

• March  23-25, 2021 online via Zoom

See the LSU HDC Employment Initiatives Website for more information and to register   

The 40 Hour Employment Core training meets LRS Employment vendor training requirements and OCDD/Medicaid Employment provider rules. Class hours are 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM and will take place online via Zoom. The fee for this class is $400 and includes training materials, presentations, and access to resources. A certificate of completion will be issued once identified course assignments have been completed and reviewed.

LASARD Parent Behavior Webinar

The LASARD Project is posting resources and short videos/webinars to their LASARD Facebook page to support parents who are now “teaching” at home.

Their latest mini-webinar reached 1.6k views. LASARD coordinator, Julie Riley, developed it to help familes understand how they can help their child feel supported and understood during these difficult times. She also shares several low-tech communication supports that can be created at home. Here’s the direct link to the post. https://www.facebook.com/LASARD.Project/posts/2737608002954394

Upcoming HDC Employment First Training in Baton Rouge

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40-Hour Employment First Core Training

LSU Human Development Center (HDC) in collaboration with Louisiana Association of Persons Supporting Employment First (LA-APSE) has an upcoming training class scheduled in Baton Rouge!

• January  28-30, 2020 in Baton Rouge at TBD

See the LSU HDC Employment Initiatives Website for more information and to register   

The 40 Hour Employment Core training meets LRS Employment vendor training requirements and OCDD/Medicaid Employment provider rules. Class hours are 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. The fee for this class is $400 and includes training materials, presentation handouts, access to resources and a certificate of completion which will be issued once identified course assignments have been completed and reviewed. (The fee is $350 for Louisiana APSE members.)

Dr. Rose Angelocci is featured speaker at Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Visually Impaired Expo

Dr. Rose Angelocci, the coordinator of HDC’s Louisiana Deafblind Project, was a featured presenter at the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Visually Impaired Expo hosted by Calcasieu Parish School Board on Friday, November 1, 2019. A clip of her can be seen on TV’s KPLC noon broadcast starting at the 3:08 mark here. More information about the expo can be found in the flyer below.

Early Childhood Initiatives Update

The Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) grant was renewed for an additional 5 years ($17M).  The program has expanded to 8 locations across the city. EHS-CCP provides comprehensive child development services to 210 at risk infants and toddlers and their families.

HDC also has a new contract with the Developmental Disabilities Council to provide training for EarlySteps providers (Louisiana’s Part C-early intervention program) and develop a community of practice for 70 early interventionists in Lafayette and Shreveport.

LASARD Project Approved as Vendor for Louisiana Department of Education

The Louisiana Autism Spectrum and Related Disabilities (LASARD) Project has been selected for inclusion in the Louisiana Department of Education’s Partnership for Success Guide as an approved vendor for the 2020-2021 school year.  The Partnership for Success Guide provides school systems with a list of partners that can provide professional development to build the capacity of educators to deliver specialized supports often required to support the unique needs of students with disabilities.  Only ten vendors from across the US are included in this guide. LASARD facilitators are in the process now of meeting with districts and schools across the state to promote their partnership services and offer support as needed. 

Grant for Interprofessional Preparation for Related Services Personnel Awarded to HDC

Dr. Michael Norman of HDC has just been awarded a $1M grant for providing Interprofessional Preparation for Related Services Personnel over a five-year period. The goal of the program is to augment the training of graduate students in audiology, speech-language pathology, physical therapy, and occupational therapy using interprofessional collaborative practices in educational settings. Using shared coursework, group assignments, and coordinated field experiences, four cohorts of ten each (40 total) graduate students will become prepared to assume primary and leadership roles in the identification, evaluation, and management of students with disabilities requiring high-intensity intervention and supports. Coursework curriculum, seminars, and consultation experiences will be vetted, supervised, and evaluated by LSU HSC discipline-specific faculty, including Kelly Alig, Ph.D., Head, LSU HSC Department of Occupational Therapy; Meher Banajee, Ph.D., Program Director, LSUHSC Department of Communication Disorders; Jane Eason, Ph.D., Head, LSU HSC Department of Physical Therapy; and Annette Hurley-Larmeu, Ph.D., Head, LSU HSC Department of Audiology.

Join Deaf Bayou on Historic Trip to Alabama

Join a historic trip to Tuscumbia & Huntsville, Alabama for the 140^th Anniversary of Birthplace of Helen Keller and NASA Space Center. Arranged by the Louisiana Helen Keller DeafBlind Awareness committee.

When: Friday, June 26^th, 2020 to Sunday, June 28^th, 2020

Cost: Only $30.00 each to reserve a seat for a round-trip 56-passenger chartered coach bus (Limited Space – First Come, First 56 Paid)

Click here for more information on Events/Trip Iternary/Schedules

If interested, please contact Dan Arabie, chair of 2020 LA HKDBA, LSUCajunDan@gmail.com

LASARD Featured in National Autism CARES Newsletter

HDC’s LASARD project was highlighted in the Developments Newsletter. The article describes how LASARD improves outcomes for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related disabilities by developing a pool of highly effective educators across the state.  Read the article here: https://www.aucd.org/template/news.cfm?news_id=13899&id=17

Developments is a newsletter for Autism CARES legislation grantees, published by AUCD’s Interdisciplinary Technical Assistance Center on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (ITAC) in partnership with AMCHP’s State Public Health Autism Resource Center (SPHARC). Its purpose is to share news, activities, events, research, and accomplishments across grantee areas – research, training, and state implementation.

To subscribe to the Developments Newsletter, click here: https://www.aucd.org//itac/template/page.cfm?id=831

Click or Treat: Content Needs Accessibility Conference

Join the Louisiana Special School District for a day of Halloween fun and learning on October 30th, 2019!

The 2019 Click or Treat Conference will host a full day of presentation on assistive technologies that support curriculum accessibility for a variety of diverse learners, including those who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing and those who are blind or visually impaired.