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It's a New Day,
It's a New Life Conference:
Preparing for Dramatic Changes in the Developmental Disabilities System
INCLUDING
THE SELF-DETERMINATION PROGRAM &
NEW FEDERAL MANDATES FOR INCLUSION
Thursday and Friday,
February 18 &19, 2016
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel - Los Angeles Westside
(near LAX Airport)
6161 West Centinela Ave
Culver City, CA 90230
This statewide conference is de
signed for self-advocates,
family members, service providers,
Regional Center staff,
and other professionals -
across ALL developmental disabilities.
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As with our last conference on Self-Determination, this event will
sell out
. Please register early to ensure your space.
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CONFERENCE SESSIONS
*Subject to change
DAY 1 - Thursday, February 18, 2016
Keynote:
Rules for a New Day:
Federal Funding to Require Full Inclusion
A federal official will explain the rules going into effect in 2019 that require services paid for with federal funds (including most regional center funded services) be provided in settings that ensure full access to the greater community and guarantee choice, privacy, and respect.
Keynote:
Implementing the Changes in California:
Managing the Transition
A state official will discuss how California is moving toward these big changes and how individuals, families, providers, and regional centers can start preparing.
Panel
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Leading Fuller Lives:
Ensuring Californians Benefit from the Integration Rules
A diverse panel of experts will respond to the presentations by the federal and state officials. They will talk about the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead as we advance toward a system that ensures inclusion.
Breakouts:
Innovation and Individualization:
How to Get Great Outcomes with Community Integration
Three breakout sessions
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Employment, Living Arrangements, and Social & Recreational Opportunities
- will provide examples of and brainstorming about services and supports
that comply with the new federal rules. The sessions will also explores ways to transition current
programs and create new ones.
Breakouts:
Facing the Challenge:
Working Together to Prepare for the Transition
Three breakouts that explore how different groups -
Consumers/Families, Regional Centers, and Service Providers --
can prepare for these significant shifts in the developmental disabilities system.
Keynote:
New Leaders for a New Day: The Future of Disability Rights
by Ari Ne'eman - President, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN)
This keynote, delivered by a leader in the national disability rights movement, will cover the history of self-advocacy and how public policy today is being driven by individuals with disabilities.
DAY 2 - Friday, February 19, 2016
Optional Workshop:
Self-Determination 101
Quick foundation for individuals who need the basics on the Self-Determination Program.
Keynote:
Disability Rights Are Human Rights:
Freedom, Autonomy, Inclusion, and Self-Determination Can Change a Life... and the World
by Dohn Hoyle - Former Executive Director, The Arc of Michigan
A respected leader and innovator in the disability movement will explore how individuals with developmental disabilities are systemically stigmatized and treated as 2
nd class citizens with little choice or control of their lives. The keynote will cover how community, self-determination, and supported decision-making can advance both individuals and society as a whole.
Panel:
Making It Work: Putting California's Self-Determination Program into Practice
This panel of experts on the Self-Determination Law will focus on the current status of the program and the next steps in implementation at every regional center. Topics will include the selection process for the phase-in, training of consumers, families, providers and staff, and the need for qualified Fiscal Management Services and Independent Facilitators.
Keynote:
Person-Centered Planning: How It Empowers Individuals and Helps Them Reach Their Goals
by Dr. Sally Burton-Hoyle -
Eastern Michigan University
Person-Centered Planning is a process, directed by the individual with a disability, that allows them to determine their future. It is required for all participants in the Self-Determination Program and eventually for all consumers receiving federally supported regional center services by 2019. Dr. Burton-Hoyle, a national expert, will explore the principles and elements of person-centered planning.
Witness a Person-Centered Plan
Diana Ugalde-Lara, a consumer at South
Central Regional Center, will direct her plan with facilitation by Dr. Sally Burton-Hoyle. While abbreviated, this
person-centered plan will highlight the elements of an authentic planning process.
Breakouts:
The Realization of Self-Determination and Inclusion: Taking Advantage of Opportunities and Overcoming Barriers
Four breakouts will include:
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. Ensuring Awareness and Participation by Underserved, Low-Income and Minority Communities
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How to Make Self-Determination and Inclusion Work under Current Budget Realities
C.
Getting Community and Political Support for Employment, Affordable Housing, and Acceptance
D.
Empowering and Organizing Self-Advocates and Families
Final Panel:
The Change Is Coming: The Evolution of the Disability Community
The final panel will react to the conference sessions and explore the possibilities and obstacles that we face. They will look to the future and envision how people's lives and the entire developmental disabilities system will be altered by the new policies and trends.
Other Highlights
Snapshots of Self-Advocacy -
Throughout the conference we will be hearing from individuals with developmental disabilities who will provide personal anecdotes about how their amazing self-advocacy made a difference for themselves and others.
Networking Expo -
Just outside the meeting rooms, organizations, providers, advocates, and exhibitors will be available to speak and share information with conference participants.
NOTE: Subject to Change
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The developmental disabilities systems at the state and national levels are experiencing a huge paradigm shift - a shift away from institutions and segregated settings and a move towards individuals living, working, and socializing in the general community.
It's a New Life...
The times are changing as individuals with developmental disabilities are determining their own futures through person-centered plans and self-determination and taking leadership roles in the disability community.
Over the next three years, federal and state government agencies will require
significant and dramatic changes
to the system that supports individuals with developmental disabilities. These changes offer the opportunity for individuals, with their families, to gain control over their futures and live full lives in their communities.
At this conference, you will learn about:
- New federal rules, in effect by 2019, that require regional centers to fund only services in settings that provide real inclusion in the general community and do not segregate consumers.
- California's new Self-Determination Program set to begin in 2016.
- The rising power of self-advocates who are helping to set the agenda.
- The increasing use of supported decision-making as an alternative to conservatorship.
NOTE : This conference is for ALL Developmental Disabilities, not just Autism.
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Consumers of Regional Center Services
- must use supports that truly integrate you into your communities.
- may no longer be allowed to use regional center funding to take part in programs or housing that serve only individuals with disabilities.
- may participate in the Self-Determination Program that allows you to choose and control all of your services.
Family Members
- will need to be involved at the earliest stages of transition to ensure that you support your loved ones through any major changes in their daily lives.
- can choose unique services for your younger children or be part of a circle of support for your adult children who participate in the Self-Determination Program.
Service Providers
- may need to change the way you provide services if they do not meet the new federal requirements.
- will be required to prove that the individuals you serve have choices, are not in segregated settings,and have complete access to the community.
- will be able to innovate while supporting participants in unique ways through the Self-Determination Program.
Regional Centers
- must educate your consumers, families, staff, and providers on the Self-Determination Program and the new federal settings rule.
- will be required to monitor services and providers to ensure that they meet the new federal requirements.
- must implement the Self-Determination Program.
Advocates/Policymakers
- should monitor implementation of the Self-Determination Program and ensure that consumers from underserved communities are informed about it.
- must scrutinize how the state and regional centers follow the new federal rules to ensure inclusion and guarantee that federal funding continues to flow into California.
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Early Bird Discount by January 15, 2016
Registration fee includes two full days of sessions
and breakfast, lunch, and snack both days.
Self-Advocate/Consumer/Client
(who are not also paid professionals in the field)
Family Member/Caregiver
$195.00 ($250 after 1/15)
(who are not also paid professionals in the field)
Professionals
$300.00 (
$400 after 1/15)
This conference is vendored by various regional centers:
- Consumers and parents should contact your Regional Center service coordinator for conference funding. If you are requesting your regional center for funding, click on "Pay by Check" on registration.
- If you are unable to get regional center funding, contact ASLA for needs-based scholarship information at [email protected].
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As with our last conference on Self-Determination, this event will
sell out
. Please register early to ensure your space.
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The Autism Society of Los Angeles (ASLA)
works to improve the lives of all affected by autism and other developmental disabilities by empowering in
dividuals, their families, and professionals through advocacy, education, support, and community collaboration.
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DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel - Los Angeles Westside
(near LAX Airport)
6161 West Centinela Ave
Culver City, CA 90230
Tel : 310-649-1776 Fax: 310-649-4411
The conference will be held at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles - Westside. Close to the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the DoubleTree was renovated in 2014 and offers spacious guest rooms, an excellent restaurant, free WiFi, and a pool and fitness center (and, of course, free chocolate chip cookies!).
Hotel Rate -
THERE ARE ONLY A FEW ROOMS LEFT AT THIS RATE. BOOK NOW TO GET THIS SPECIAL RATE!
To make a reservation with the special conference rate:
- King $154/night and Double $144/night*
* These rates apply for rooms booked for February 17 - 20, 2016. Book early to reserve your room. Discounted
rate expires January 27, 2016 but is based on availability and will likely sell out well in advance of that date.
- Call (310) 649-1776 Use code "AUS"
Online Reservations
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As with our last conference on Self-Determination, this event will
sell out
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21250 Hawthorne Blvd Suite 500, Torrance, CA 90503
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