2006 Annual Conference Agenda

Tuesday, 6/13
	Institutes
Tuesday, 6/13 9:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m.		Utilizing Your PAIMI Councils as a Link to the Community: Effective Outreach to Disparate Communities	Non-Litigation Strategies for Preserving Medicaid	Effecting Systemic change in VR	School-Based Mental Health Services	Secondary Investigations	Communications
Wednesday, 6/14
8:30a - 10:00a	General Session: How Consumer Advocates Can Make a Difference
	Complex Legal	Community Living	Advocacy Strategies	Promoting Employment	Abuse & Neglect	Transformation JJ/CJ	Children's Issues
10:30 -- Noon (session 1)	Supreme Court & Appellate Court Review	Reasonable Accommodations in Housing	Developing Voting Materials for Individuals with Low Literacy	Effective Transition from School to Work	Red. S&R: Experiences, Medical Risks and Leadership	Jail Diversion and Re-Entry	Systemic Approaches to LRE in Schools
Noon -- 1:30	Lunch
1:30 p - 3:00p (Session 2)	Defending Challenges to the PAIMI Act	Section 1983 Pre-Emption	Language as a Tool for Making Services Accessible	CAP and VRLitigation	Red. S&R: Principles & Assumptions	Prisoner Re-Entry - Release & Benefits Planning	How to Read Educational Reports & Records
	Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm (Session 3)	Ethics: Clients with Challenging Behaviors	Rules Governing Election Advocacy	Representation by Advocates at VR Admin. Hearings	CRC Training and Counselor Ethics	Red. S&R: Neurobiological and Psych Effects	Crisis Intervention/ Training Law Enforcement	Discipline in Schools
Thursday, 6/15
8:30a - 10:00a	General Session: Employment -- What is Work
	Complex Legal	Community Living	Advocacy Strategies	Promoting Employment	Abuse & Neglect	Transformation JJ/CJ	Children's Issues
10:30 -- Noon (session 4)	Obtaining Home-Based Services Under EPSDT	Election Protection Efforts	Training Self Advocates with TBI	Underemployment - Who is Eligible for Services	Red. S&R: Risk Factors and Prevention Tools	Misuse and Overuse of Juvenile Detention	P&As' Role in Advocating for Youth in Foster Care
Noon -- 1:30	Lunch
1:30 p - 3:00p (Session 5)	Systemic ADA Enforcement Campaigns	Transportation Beyond the ADA	Advocacy: Working Effectively in Hispanic/Latino Communities	Ticket to Work Developments	Red. S&R: Legislative Strategies	Juv Det Facilities: Standards & Assessment Tools	Keeping Foster Care Children in Community Settings
	Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm (Session 6)	Enforcing Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements	Advocating for Alternatives to Full Guardianships	Empowering Communities	Getting Services for People with Multiple Disabilities	Red. S&R: Legal Strategies	Special Ed in JJ Facilities
Friday, 6/16
8:30 -- 10:00a (Session 7)	Negotiating Attorneys Fees	P&A Role in Emergency Preparedness		New PPR Reporting for PABSS	Interviewing Children: Dev. & Other Considerations	Release & School Re-Entry Planning from JJ Facilities
Break
10:30 a -- Noon (Session 8)	Olmstead Litigation Update		Transportation Advocacy: Effective Strategies to Increase Community Access		Monitoring Juvenile Justice Facilities		Mediating Special Education Disputes