2004 Mid-Year Meeting
Sheraton South Portland Hotel
363 Maine Mall Road
Portland, Maine
May 12-14, 2004
Building Supportive Communities
for Individuals Facing Behavioral Challenges
2004
Mid-Year Meeting
FINAL PROGRAM
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Meeting Objectives
Keynote Speaker
Preliminary Schedule
Meeting Series
Hotel Information
Transportation Information
Registration Information
Meeting
Objectives
The NASDDDS 2004 Mid-Year Meeting
will offer state DD agency directors, key staff, and other participants an
opportunity to:
- Learn about ground-breaking ways of employing positive approaches
to support individuals with behavioral challenges in integrated community
settings;
- Explore new strategies for assuring access to state-of-the-art
behavioral treatment services, including promising ways of forging collaborations
between mental health, juvenile justice, adult corrections and developmental
disabilities agencies at the state and local level;
- Share emerging ideas on hot button issues like serving people
with autism and effective management of psychoactive medications; and
- Build a toolbox for strengthening local system-wide capacity
to support people with behavioral challenges through sessions on crisis
intervention services and staff/workforce development.
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Keynote
Speaker
Ruth Ryan, MD
Dr. Ryan is the distinguished author of the Handbook of Mental
Health Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, a step-by-step
guide to "transdisciplinary, whole person assessment and treatment;"
and former director and cofounder of The Community Circle, an innovative
Denver nonprofit research and education foundation that provides mental
health and behavioral services to adults with mental retardation and developmental
disabilities (MR/DD).
She will share her experiences with the core issues facing
MR/DD service systems such as the integration between MR/DD and mental health
services; critical effects of the structure, content, and degree of an individual's
control on services; and need for staff training and support to meet the
unique needs of people with behavioral challenges.
Dr. Ryan will give meeting attendees practical advice on the
characteristics of programs and services that achieve positive outcomes
for individuals with co-occurring conditions.
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Preliminary
Schedule
WEDNESDAY
May 12
|
Registration |
11:00
AM - 6:00 PM |
|
Directors'
Forum
(NASDDDS Members Only)
|
1:00
PM - 5:00 PM |
| Welcome
Reception |
5:30
PM - 7:00 PM |
THURSDAY
May 13 |
Registration |
8:00
AM - 3:00 PM |
| Opening
Plenary |
9:00
AM - 12:00 PM |
| LUNCHEON |
12:00
PM - 1:30 PM |
| Breakout
Sessions |
1:30
PM - 5:00 PM |
| ADJOURN
FOR THE DAY |
5:00 PM |
FRIDAY
May 14 |
Registration |
8:00
AM - 11:45 AM |
| Breakout
Sessions |
9:00
AM - 10:30 AM |
| Morning
Break |
10:30
AM - 10:45 AM |
| Closing
Plenary Session |
10:45
AM - 11:45 AM |
| ADJOURN
FOR THE MEETING |
11:45
AM |
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Meeting
Series
The Mid-Year Meeting is the first of a two-part
series of meetings the Association will be holding in 2004 that focus
on Building community capacity to support people with multiple and complex
needs, one of NASDDDS' five strategic system change goals. The Annual
Meeting (November 17-19, Alexandria, Virginia) will look at ways that
state/local DD service systems are working to improve community access
to high quality health and dental services, and in particular, how states
are providing supports to individuals with the most medically complex
needs.
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Hotel
Information
The staff has reserved a block of rooms at the Sheraton
South Portland Hotel. The special sleeping room rate for meeting participants
is $79 a night (single/double occupancy), excluding local taxes. To make
reservations, call the Sheraton South Portland Hotel at 207-775-6161 or
1-800-325-3535. Be sure to mention that you are with the NASDDDS meeting
so that you receive the special, reduced room rate. THE CUT-OFF DATE
FOR RESERVATIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 5!
So, to avoid any last minute hassles, be sure to make your reservations
well in advance of the meeting.
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Transportation
Information
Driving Directions (from the Sheraton
South Portland Hotel Web site)
From Portland International Jetport
Follow Airport Drive one way to the light.
Take a left out of the drive. Turn right at the next immediate light.
You will be on Maine Mall Road. The hotel is 2 miles down the road on
the right.
From North
Take Interstate 95 (Maine Turnpike) to
Exit 7. Immediately after the toll booth take the Maine Mall Road Exit.
Follow Maine Mall Road for 1/4 of a mile and the hotel will be on the
left.
From South
Take I-95 North (Maine Turnpike) and
take Exit 7. Immediately after the toll booth take the Maine Mall Road
Exit. Follow Maine Mall Road for 1/4 of a mile and the hotel will be on
the left.
From East
Take Interstate 295 South to Exit 1,
the Maine Mall Road Exit. Make a right onto Maine Mall Road and the hotel
will be a 1/2 mile on the left.
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Registration
Information
The registration fee is $250 for state
directors, state agency program staff, and local developmental disability
authority managers and $350 for all other registrants.
If you are unable to access the appropriate registration
form or if you need additional information, please contact the NASDDDS
staff at 703-683-4202.
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