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Effective Networking Activities and Mentoring Experiences

September 25, 2008

AAIDD and AUCD Webinar for Students and Early Career Professionals

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This webinar is provided in partial fulfillment of contract tasks under the UCEDD Resource Center. A project of AUCD, in partnership with ADD, to strengthen and support the network of UCEDDs

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Facilitators

Tammie Picklesimer, MEdDisability Policy Leadership Fellow

Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)

Mian Wang, PhDGevirtz Graduate School of Education,

University of California, Santa Barbara

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

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Ann Turnbull, PhDCo-Director of the Beach Center on Disability and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Special

Education at The University of Kansas

William Gaventa , MDivDirector of Community and

Congregational Supports at the Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities and

Associate Professor, UMDNJ-Robert

Wood Johnson Medical School

Luchara Sayles WallaceDoctoral student in the Department of Special

EducationUniversity of Kansas

Speakers

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AUCD Fellowship Opportunities

• Disability Policy Fellowship• AUCD-NCBDDD Fellowship (CDC)

– Spina Bifida Fellowship– Developmental Disability Team

– Learn the Signs. Act Early

• 2008 Collaborative Research Award (CRA) Opportunities

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The AAIDD Guide Program• Is initiated in 2007 by the AAIDD Student and Early

Career Professional Committee

• Matches experienced AAIDD Fellows with students and new members based on interests or locality.

• Helps students and early career professionals to network and develop relationships with established individuals in the field of intellectual and development disabilities.

For more information visit: http://www.aaidd.org/YP/index.shtml

Effective Networking Activities and Mentoring Experiences

Ann Turnbull, PhDCo-Director of the Beach Center on Disability and a Distinguished Professor in the Department

of Special Education at the University of Kansas.

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My Credentials Upon Receiving my Doctorate

• No publications

• No presentations• Exceedingly limited network

• THERE’S HOPE!

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My Considerations in Choosing Associations

By:

• Disability – AAIDD, TASH• Discipline – CEC

• Role – The Arc• Age group – DEC • Zero to Three – Invitation

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Networking in Associations

• Having deadline to complete innovative work

• Meeting people• Starting with committees

• Progressing through leadership roles• Reaching different audiences

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My Experiences with Publishers

• Merrill/Prentice-Hall/Pearson – 32 years

�Three books, declined opportunity for fourth, 13 editions

• Brookes Publishing

• Pro-Ed

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Networking with Publishers

• Helping established author with one or more chapters

• Networking with editors and staff at conferences

�Setting up meeting in advance�Have AAIDD leaders arrange a meeting to

introduce you to publishers who exhibit.

• Submitting an idea for a book – finding an empty niche

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My Relationships with Federal Agency Project Officers

• National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitative Research (NIDRR)

• Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

• Maternal and Child Health (MCH) – Bonnie Strickland

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Networking with Federal Agencies

• Arranging introductions to project officers

• Participating in project directors’ meetings

• Seeking opportunities to be a reviewer

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My Relationships with Family Organizations

• The Arc

• Parent Training and Information Centers

• Grassroots Consortium

• Parent to Parent

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Networking with Families: Organizations and Individuals

• Connecting at local/state levels

• Contributing to organizational agenda

• Establishing relationships with individual families – offering real help

• Inviting families as speakers in classes

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Networking and Mentoring: A Mentor’s Perspective

Bill Gaventa, M.Div.

Director of Community and Congregational Supports at the Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, and Associate Professor, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

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• Ask for a mentor

• Take initiative• Identify areas of interest.

• Be clear about what you would like and need.• Invite someone to join you on your own journey,

don’t expect them to take you on it.

Mentee’s Role

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Mentor’s Role : What can a mentee expect

• Honesty• Respond to inquiries or questions promptly. • Letter of Recommendations• Assistance with networking• Happy to HELP but not do the work• Personal agent, friend (can be), dissertation

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Mentor & Mentee Relationship

• Not a “fix it”• Not a “do it my way.”• Outward and upward bound - to assist

as needed.

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Strategies for a Positive Experience

• Put your work out there.• Offer to help, take a role, do a job when

the invite is open.• Follow through. • Find out where rituals and traditions come

from.

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Networking and Mentoring: A Student’s Perspective

Luchara Sayles Wallace

A fourth year doctoral student in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas

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• Academic advisor• Mentor

• AAIDD Guide• Mentor

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Developing Natural and Guided Experiences

• Academic advice• Professional contacts• Recommendations for involvement• Access to professional organizations

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Mentoring Expectations

• Availability to answer questions• Inclusion in professional activities• Exposure to professional opportunities

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Career Enhancement

• Supports importance of involvement

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Questions• If you would like to ask a

question press *6 to un-mute your line.

• Please introduce yourself and state your question.

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• Widening and Strengthening Pathways Through Universal Design

• Where do we go from here? Advocacy for Research after the Election

• A Public Health Response to Disability in America

• Including Samuel

AUCD Annual MeetingNovember 9 -12www.aucd.org

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AAIDD Student Membership

• Student Membership is only $50– Provides you full-member voting rights and meeting access– Positions you to network– Join AAIDD Special Interest Groups

– Access to our acclaimed and historic journals• American Journal on Mental Retardation • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities — online

• The online archives, dating back to 1997

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Thank You

For more information visit AUCD website at: www.aucd.orgAAIDD website at: www.aaidd.org

Thank you to the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) for the support of today’s webinar

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