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Executive Director for the Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

The State of Arizona is seeking a highly skilled administrator to serve as the Executive Director for the Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. This position requires high level management skills with exceptional leadership ability to support both consumer and family-centered community services for persons with developmental disabilities. Please go to www.azstatejobs.gov for a complete job description. Review of applications will begin October 26.

People with Disabilities and Their Families: How to Create the Life You Want to Live in Economically Difficult Times

Sponsored by the Sonoran University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
The University of Arizona, Department of Family and Community Medicine

A series of forums to share information and tools to help individuals and families build on their own strengths and connect to community resources

September 29 – “Navigating the System” – What services are still out there? How do you access them?
October 13 – “Creating your Own Networks” – In times of decreasing service supports, looking to community activities, organizations, people and generic (non-disability) systems.
October 27 – “10 Tips for Surviving the Recession” – Tools for people using services that will help in the good times and the bad.
Download Nan Carle's document: Tips for Surviving the Economic Downturn
November 3 – “Advocacy and Relationship Building” – To create good partnerships with providers and the community in getting what you want and need.

Please RSVP for Each Forum

All forums are held on a Tuesday evening from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at:
Disability Resource Center, Room B116
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721

To RSVP, get more information about the forums and/or to request reasonable accommodations to attend, please contact the Sonoran UCEDD at (520) 626-0442 or uceddemail [dot] arizona [dot] edu

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Teaching Students About Disabilities and Teamwork: Interprofessional Education

The new medical school curriculum, called ArizonaMed, was implemented in 2006. It integrated several large-group interprofessional (IP) class activities into years 1 and 2. The Disabilities activity, first held in 2007, was updated and offered again in 2008. Faculty from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and law designed and implemented the activity.

The outcomes of the two Disabilities activities were outlined in a poster presentation for the 2008 AUCD Annual Meeting and Conference on November 11, 2008.
Teaching Students About Disabilities and Teamwork: Interprofessional Education

The Border Conference on Disability in Nogales, Sonora on October 17 & 18, 2008 was a success! Conference presentations and photos are now available online.
Go to Presentations & Documents Page
Go to Conference Photo Gallery

Sonoran UCEDD Community Advisory Council (CAC) Five Year Strategic Plan

The UCEDD’s CAC is made up of people with disabilities, their family members and community disability agencies and stakeholders. Throughout 2007, the CAC met to develop the strategic goals and directions for the Sonoran UCEDD’s next years of operation. We would like your input on the goals we have adopted.
Please look at our plan Strategic Plan.

If you’d like to tell us what you think: call Jacy Bell at (520) 626-0442 or e-mail uceddemail [dot] arizona [dot] edu.

Artworks in the News!

The week of January 22, 2009, the Tucson Weekly's "Pick of the Week" was Artworks' closing showcase entitled Arrivals and Departures at the dada contemporary art gallery. Here is the link to the article on Artworks and its artists:

Tucson Weekly Pick of the Week: Outside of the Mainstream