Tentative Workshops for 2010 P&A/CAP Annual Conference

 

With this publication of the TASC Update, we are pleased to publish the preliminary Institutes and Workshops titles that are scheduled for the 2010 P&A/CAP Annual Conference. We are particularly excited this year to be planning and holding the conference jointly with Disability Rights California. Supplementing the exciting mix of your colleagues from around the country, the annual conference this year will also draw the entire attorney and advocacy staff of Disability Rights California presenting an unparalleled opportunity for exchange and growth to all participants.

 

The conference will be held the week of June 7, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA. Stay tuned to the Update and the TASC website for updates and workshop descriptions in February http://www.ndrn.org/Meetings/default.htm. So take a look at the agenda and start your planning for who will join us from your P&A. We look forward to seeing you there.

 

Monday, June 07, 2010: INSTITUTES

• Developing Investigation Priorities
• Intro to Due Process Hearing Skills
• Legal Directors Meeting
• Monitoring in JJ Facilities
• PAIMI Institute
• NITA trial skills building (two days, two separate topics to choose from)

Tuesday, June 08, 2010: WORKSHOPS

• California Budget Cuts: One Year Later
• Challenging Medicaid Cuts
• Collaborating with WIPA
• Connecting with Your Community via Priority Setting
• Discipline (double workshop)
• Doing More with Less After Budget Cuts
• Effective Outreach: Planning and Implementation
• Employment First
• End of Life Issues for Individuals Who Have Guardians/Conservators
• Hate Crime Laws
• Health Wellness Plans
• Investigating in JJ Facilities
• LGBTQ Youth in Out-of-Home Placements
• Managing Incident Reports
• Medical Experts: Employment Cases
• Medical Records Review
• New & Continual Issues in VR (double workshop)
• Outreach to and Serving Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Clients
• Peer Self-Advocacy Program
• Protecting Existing Consent Decrees
• Managing Stress & Avoiding Burnout
• Supreme Court Round-Up
• Systemic Prison Litigation: Negotiating Settlements
• Tenant Rights in Federal Housing Programs
• Test Your Knowledge: Rehab Act Regulations
• Transgender Transition Issues: Individuals in Care Settings
• Working with Investigative Reporters

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

• Accessing AT for Pre-School Students
• Addressing Fraud by VR Service Providers
• Basics of Good Intake
• CAP Outreach and I&R to Underserved Populations
• Defending Against Challenges to Olmstead Class Certification
• Developing Outcome-Based Priorities
• Discharge Planning
• DOJ CRIPA Investigations
• Effective Outreach Planning & Implementation
• Emergency Preparedness: Including People with Disabilities
• Employment of People with Development Disabilities
• Final EEOC ADA Regulations
• IDEA Due Process: ADVANCED (double workshop)
• Investigating in JJ Facilities
• Investigations in Nursing Facilities (double workshop)
• Jail Monitoring
• Land Use & Housing Issues
• Creating a Thorough Administrative Record for Appeal
• Litigating Restraint & Seclusion in Schools
• Medicaid Enforcement
• Olmstead Case Review
• Outreach to and Serving LEP Clients
• P&A Orientation
• P&A Supports for Persons w Cognitive Disabilities
• PBIS: Motivation or Coercion?
• Peer Work: Veterans Who Have Disabilities
• Persuasive Writing
• Preventing A&N in Hospital ERs
• Representative Payee Monitoring – (double workshop)
• School-to-Prison Pipeline (STOPP)
• Self-Advocates & Families: Collaborative Opportunities
• Self-employment & Small Business as Outcomes
• Serving Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
• Sexuality for Persons with Disabilities
• Sheltered or Integrated Employment?
• Structured Negotiations in ADA Cases
• Supporting Self-Advocates (P&A Staff, Boards & PAIMI Councils)
• Supportive Housing: People with Psychiatric Disabilities
• Trauma Informed Advocacy
• Voting Access: Issues & Barriers
• VR Services: Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Thursday, June 10, 2010

• ADA in Jails & Prisons
• Advocacy for Aging Populations
• Assessing Your Board: Ideas for Greater Engagement
• Basic Babble: Simple but Effective and Accessible Training
• California Memorial Project
• RTI and Child Find
• E-Discovery
• Ethics: P&A Access & Confidentiality
• Ethics: Who is the Client – Parent or Child?
• Hiring & Supporting People with Cognitive Disabilities
• Human Rights Treaty: Role of P&As
• Leadership Training
• Litigation Under Title I of Rehab Act
• Questionable EN Practices
• Recovery-Based System
• RSA/CAP Monitoring Process
• Schedule A - Federal Employment
• Strategic Advocacy: Legislative Arena
• Systemic Actions against the State Education Agency (SEA)
• Transition to the Real World (double workshop)
• To Tweet or not to Tweet: Using Social Networking
• Voting Practices in Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities