NADD Conferences

NADD sponsors regional, national and international conferences. Additionally NADD co-sponsors conferences, symposia and other training development programs with governmental and private not-for-profit organizations. NADD members are entitled to special conference rates. If you would like NADD to assist you or your organization in training or conference development, contact the NADD office at 800-331-5362.

Conference Objectives:

  • Educating professionals, families and clients of services on standard and state-of-the-art information across many specialties.

  • Enhancing specific skills required to provide maximum benefit to individuals with special or specific cognitive and/or developmental needs.
  • Providing a forum for an exchange of ideas and information among professionals, families and those who may receive services.
  • Satisfying the needs of professionals to be life-long learners by providing current information appropriate to their needs.
  • Assisting all who have an interest in mental retardation-mental illness to learn specific material at an appropriate training level.

Conference Calendar

September 

November

November 2011

  • NADD 28th Conference & Exhibit Show, (November 1-3, 2011) Nashville, Tennessee

Conferences and Programs of interest to NADD members:

Training Announcement: Assessment, Diagnosis & Psychotherapy for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities

The goal of this training is to educate mental health clinicians on assessment skills, diagnostic processes, and psychotherapy techniques for use with youth with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental health challenges.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010

Location: 

BURLINGTON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING CENTER
53 Academy Drive, Westampton, NJ 08060

Click here for brochure

Directions: www.co.burlington.nj.us/pages/pages.aspx?cid=700

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010

Location: 

UMDNJ-UBHC, Behavioral Research & Training Institute
151 Centennial Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854

Click here for brochure

Directions: http://ubhc.umdnj.edu/brti/directions.htm

Advanced registration for the Reinventing Quality Conference ended on June 15th; after that date, a $30 fee is automatically added to all registrations.  HOWEVER, if you or others from your organization would still like to register, send an email to Nancy Weiss at nweiss@udel.edu saying you saw the announcement here and she will send you a link allowing registrations without the $30 additional fee through July 26th! (Website: http://www.reinventingquality.org/upcoming/)

Breaking the Barriers: Forming Cross-System Partnerships to Effectively Serve Individuals with Mental Illness and Intellectual Disabilities October 14-15, 2010. Hyatt Regency, Long Beach, California Click here for brochure

Tennessee Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Conference 2010, October 22-23, 2010, Nashville, TN.  Click here for Save the Date announcement.  Click here for Call for Papers

Additional events are listed in the Environmental Health Project section:
click here for these events

Upcoming Conferences:

TN-NADD CONFERENCE September 23-24, 2010, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE; CONFERENCE THEME: TRANSITIONS

NADD Ohio State 8th Annual MH/MR Conference- (September 28 & 29, 2010) (Tues. and Wed.)

NADD 27th Annual Conference and Exhibit Show, (November 3-5, 2010) Seattle, Washington

Complete Calendar

New Educational Products:

Human Needs and Intellectual Disabilities: Applications for Person Centered Planning, Dual Diagnosis, and Crisis Intervention

Steven Reiss, Ph.D.

Human Needs and Intellectual Disabilities identifies the 12 human needs most relevant to the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, autism and related developmental disabilities.  It includes detailed, practical suggestions for caregivers or parents interested in the happiness, quality of life, and self-determintion of their loved ones or consumers.  The book includes detailed, practical suggestions for reducing episodes of challenging behavior and psychiatric symptoms in people with a dual diagnosis (intellectual disabilities and mental illness).  It shows how to substitute the language of individuality (e.g., "friendly person") for the language of disability (e.g., "person with disability").  It also reduces the tendency of planners to confuse their own value system for that of the consumer.  The book includes scholarly reviews of dual diagnosis literature on mental illness, prevalence, and assessment.

NADD # DA10-048B Details

 

Positive Identity Development

Author: Karyn Harvey, PhD

Positive Identity Development is an exciting new approach to treatment for individuals with intellectual disabilities.  This book provides a new theoretical perspective on treatment along with a variety of innovative tools.  It rejects reducing adults with intellectual disabilities to a mere compilation of their behaviors and promotes the use of a positive, therapeutic approach to each unique individual. Psychologists, social workers and therapists should be able to use the tools presented in this book to directly enhance the effectiveness of the treatment they provide to adults with intellectual disabilities. This book promotes well-being on every level and explores a broad range of issues relevant to the life and mental health of adults with intellectual disabilities

Mbr Price: $34.95
Non-Mbr:  $39.95

NADD #CT09-047B Details

Down Syndrome: When to Worry about Mental Health and What to Do About It

Robin Friedlander, M.D. & Peter Johnson, Ph.D.

NADD # FI09-044B Details

Working with People who have Intellectual Disability and Behavioral Problems: A Self-Study Guide for Interdisciplinary Team Members

Ann R. Poindexter, M.D. & Paul D. Kolstoe, Ph.D.

NADD # ST09-045B Details

Multi-Media CDs of NADD 25th Annual Conference Presentations

Presentations recorded at NADD 25th Annual Conference are available as multi-media CDs.  These CDs contain the video and Power Point from conference presentations and are a great tool for training yourself and your staff.  To order, or for additional information, click here.

Community Networks of Specialized Care:  Building Community Capacity through Training and Education Lisa Holmes, Liz Froese, MSW, Rosanne Stein, LLB, BSc, Sandi Bricker

NADD Competency-Based Dual Diagnosis Certification Program Robert Fletcher, DSW, ACSW, FAAIDD; Donna McNelis, PhD; John McGonigle, PhD; Kathleen Olson, PhD; Jarrett Barnhill, MD

Autism Spectrum Disorders:  Separating the Data from the Myths Ann R. Poindexter, MD

Diagnostic Systems for Use with People with ID Luis Salvador-Carulla, MD, PhD, Robert J. Fletcher, DSW, ACSW, FAAIDD, Sally-Ann Cooper, MD

The price for the above multimedia is:  Member:  $49.95       Non-member:  $59.95

To order, or for additional information, click here.

 

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