Illinois Stakeholders: You’re Invited!
Future of the Field Virtual Conference Day
Thursday, March 16th
10AM - 12PM and 1PM - 3PM CT
The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities, funded by the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities (ICDD), is pleased to offer a FREE Virtual Conference on the future of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities field.
This conference is open to Illinois disability service providers, legislators, ICDD Council members, people with developmental disabilities and self-advocates, family members and anyone else in the intellectual/developmental disabilities field. Registration will be limited to 500 people, so register soon!
Schedule:
Welcome
Session 1: Future of the Field: Where are We Going? (10:00 – 11:00 AM CT)
Session 2: Advocacy & Changing the System (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT)
BREAK (12:00 – 1:00 PM CT)
Session 3: The Workforce: Challenges and Innovations (1:00 – 2:00 PM CT)
Session 4: Ache of Your Absence: A Discussion on Belonging (2:00 - 3:00 PM CT)
Attendees will leave the training with:
• Increased knowledge related to current trends and directions in the intellectual/developmental disabilities field nationally.
• An understanding of how these trends affect the future of the services that providers offer.
• Examples of strategies and resources that will be helpful to improve the quality of services offered in Illinois.
To register for this webinar, please click here.
For Questions – contact Kristen Loomis at kloomis@natleadership.org
Speaker Information
We are excited to share information below about our speakers! More to come!
Session: Advocacy & Changing the System
Max Barrows, Outreach Director, Green Mountain Self-Advocates
Max Barrows is Outreach Director for Green Mountain Self-Advocates, a position he has held since 2007. He mentors youth and adults with developmental disabilities to speak up for themselves and become leaders. GMSA is a lead partner of the Self-Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SARTAC).
Max leads SARTAC’s technical assistance team assisting local and state self-advocacy organizations across the nation. Max connects with people on all levels advocating for true-inclusion of people with developmental disabilities. In his work, he advances the message that when you meet an individual with a disability, presume competence. He received a White House Champions of Change award for this work in 2015 and Champion of Equal Opportunity award from the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities in 2019. Max is an accomplished self-advocate from Vermont who served as a board member for Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered from 2008 to 2016.
Session: The Future of the Field: Where are We Going?
Serena Lowe, Senior Director of LTSS and Community Life, CareSource
Serena Lowe is the Senior Director of Long Term Supports and Services
and Community Life at CareSource, a not-for-profit managed Medicaid
entity. She has dedicated her life to making changes that will help
people with disabilities and other at-risk populations. One of her most
notable contributions was serving as a Senior Policy Adviser for both
the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy
and the Administration for Community Living within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. She also served as the first
Executive Director of the Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination. Dr. Lowe also currently
works at Aneres Strategies LLC, a consulting agency that works to improve the socioeconomic
advancement of individuals with multiple barriers. She is the founder and prime consultant.
Session: National Workforce Panel - The Workforce: Challenges and Innovations
Panel Members:
Joe Macbeth, Chief Executive Officer & President, National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP)
Joe Macbeth: Joseph M. Macbeth is the Chief Executive Officer and
President of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP)
and has worked in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities
for 40 years – beginning as a Direct Support Professional. Macbeth is
recognized as an international leader in the advocacy & movement to
recognize direct support as a profession and is a highly sought after
speaker on the workforce challenges that affect the disability system. He
co-authored the Report to the President: America’s Direct Support
Workforce Crisis: Effects on People with Intellectual Disabilities, Families,
Communities and the U.S. Economy for the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual
Disabilities (PCPID, 2017), he was the Issue Editor for Impact: The Direct Support Workforce and
People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities (University of Minnesota, 2018).
Session: Ache of Your Absence: A Discussion on Belonging
Erik Carter, Luther Sweet Endowed Chair in Disabilities, Baylor University
Erik Carter is the Luther Sweet Endowed Chair in Disabilities at Baylor University and Executive Director of the Baylor Center on Developmental Disabilities. His research and writing focus on principle-driven and research-based strategies for promoting full participation, belonging, and valued roles for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). He is particularly interested in the intersection of faith and disability, where my work focuses on calling, equipping, and supporting churches to be places of deep embrace and contribution for individuals with IDD and their families.