Return to Registration Brochure > Table of Contents Breakout Sessions: Leadership1. Expanding Self-Advocacy at the Local, State and National Level - A look at successful strategies to expand participation, develop leadership, and support peer-mentorship within the selfadvocacy community. Moderator: James Meadours, Arc of Baton Rouge2. Emerging Models of Leadership in the Family Support Movement A look at how consumer/family driven, community coalition building is being used as a tool to create and sustain successful systems change and create more inclusive and accessible communities that support all residents. Moderator: Susan Fox, Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire 3. Changing of the Guard A focus on the changes taking place in state service delivery systems (e.g., retirements, reorganizations, consolidations), the loss of history, and the resulting implications for the next generation of public policy makers and program administrators. Moderator: James Toews, Oregon Department of Human Services 4. Supporting the Next Generation of Professional Leaders An overview of best practices in the identification, support and education of professionals, including initiatives such as LEND program, mandatory coursework and orientation. The panel will also look at the different experiences, values and beliefs across generations of leaders and their relevance to leadership development. Moderator: Ruth Luckasson, JD, University of New Mexico 5. Building Self-Advocate, Family and Support Leadership via Community Organizing Change doesnt just happen. It is brought to reality through a process of planning and follow-through called organizing. This session provides an overview of community organizing practices that build knowledge and create sustained leadership within the disability community for self advocates, families, and supporters. The focus of this session is on involving self advocates and families in solving their own problems. Moderator: Mary Kay Kennedy, Advocating Change Together 6. Leadership in Research: What are the Issues and Who Will Tackle Them? A look at the important topics facing the next generation of researchers and ways in which the existing research community can motivate college students to take up these challenges. Moderator: Steve Warren, Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span 7. Building Leadership In Diverse Communities A focus on leadership development among self-advocates, family members, staff and administrators in culturally and racially diverse communities. Moderator: Royal P. Walker, Jr., JD, University of Southern Mississippi 8. Emerging Advocacy Agenda Setting Priorities and Recruiting the Next Generation of Individual and Policy Advocates An exploration of emerging advocacy and rights issues, the strategies that can be adopted to tackle these issues, and the places to find new individual and policy advocates. Moderator: Lorriane Sheehan, The Arc of the United States 9. Power and Empowerment Power is probably the most important ingredient in politics, advocacy, and citizenship. Self-advocates who challenge the government, service providers, or the authority of others need to understand how to equalize power. This panel explores different ideas and strategies to equalize power between self-advocacy groups and other major stakeholders. Moderator: Ruthie Marie Beckwith, Tennessee Microboards Association, Inc. |
