2008 Technical Assistance Institute

July 10-11     Washington, DC

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Welcome!

The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) 2008 Youth Information, Training, and Resource Center (YITRC) Technical Assistance Institute will be held at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., July 10-11, 2008. Staff, youth and emerging leaders from each project will attend this year's Institute.

This year's theme is Achieving Tomorrow's Reality Today!

Who Will Attend

This Institute is intended for the 21 Youth Information, Training, and Resource Center (YITRC) grantees and project staff, as well as youth and emerging leaders, who are implementing and participating in the program activities in their respective serving areas. Attendance is limited to two individuals from each grantee project. Each group attending will include one key staff member and one youth or emerging leader representative.

Institute Sponsors and Hosts

The 2008 YITRC Technical Assistance Institute is sponsored by ADD. Enterprise Services and Technologies, Inc. (EST) is the contracted organizer for the event.

Learning Objectives

The information presented at this year's Technical Assistance Institute will enable participants to:

1. Continue to conduct outreach, serving unserved and underserved youth with disabilities across the United States.
2. Increase the overall success rate of youth (ages 13-17) and emerging leaders (ages 18-30) with developmental disabilities in various functions of life including self advocacy, independent living, employment, higher education, access to healthcare, civil rights, and development of social and leadership skills.
3. Instruct program grantee directors, co-directors, and other staff about the various models and current best practices, and share other important instruction about ensuring full, accessible participation of youth in all programs.
4. Address issues of sustainability and collaboration with partners through outreach, to continue to benefit and make an impact in the communities served.
5. Address a variety of needs in the following topic areas:
1. Assistive Technology
2. Community Activism
3. Cultural Competency
4. Emergency Preparedness
5. Employment
6. Individual Development Accounts
7. Logic Model Reporting
8. Self-Advocacy
9. Voting and the Election Process
10. Youth Advisory Councils