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CEU’s for BrainStorm, the CTD ConventionDon’t forget you can earn continuing education hours at CTD’s convention!In the past CTD has offered breakout sessions during our convention as an educational component to our program. This year we are adding value to these already informative sessions by certifying them with professional associations. Convention-goers who attend the breakout sessions will receive professional development credit (CEUs) from the Commission of Rehabilitation Counselor Certification, National Association of Social Workers, Texas and Commission for Case Management Certification. Take a look below for a brief description of the two session offered by CTD. Consumer Directed Services: Community Service Delivery Option to Maintain IndependenceThis course informs rehabilitation counselors and other social services professionals of recent laws and regulatory changes regarding community service delivery options, so they may best serve their clients with disabilities. It focuses on a somewhat new service delivery option for Medicaid recipients, called Consumer Directed Services (CDS). Persons working with the aforementioned clients are legally required to share information on all service delivery options that are available to them. Once rehabilitation counselors and other related professionals are made aware of, and become increasingly familiar with this option, they will be able to offer CDS as a viable choice for people with disabilities who wish to receive their services in the community, while having more choice and control over their budgeted services. The following topics are addressed:
Effective Interactions With People With DisabilitiesThis course addresses ethical principles such as social action, cultural competence and social diversity within the context of interacting with people with disabilities. Professionals gain insight into the culture and dynamics of disability with the opportunity to ask questions in a non-judgmental environment. The following topics are addressed:
As an added bonus people who sign up for CTD’s CEUs may also sign up for any class being offered by the Brain Injury Association of Texas, our convention partner. In addition to the accreditation from the above professional associations their CEU courses will offer credit from: Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission, Commission on Certification of Work Adjustment and Vocational Evaluation Specialists, Texas Speech Hearing Association, Texas Physical Therapy Association and DSHS. Here are the speakers they will host.
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Academy Awards Features CTD’s Legless Lizard A.K.A. Legislative Lizard
Ausinite and CTD member Mikail Davenport is best known for his Legless Lizard Advocacy Campaign during the 2007 legislative session. In an effort to raise awareness for disability issues Davenport, living with post-polio, cycled a 950 mile trek across the State of Texas without the use of his legs. This trying and emotional effort catapulted CTD’s endurance advocate to the forefront of the national newsfeed. The media spotlight during the campaign helped Irene Taylor-Brodsky catch wind of the awe-inspiring effort causing her to fly from Oregon to Texas to document CTD’s advocacy campaign. Interviews and footage of the cycling trip were used in Taylor-Brodsky’s Oscar nominated film in the Documentary Shorts category, The Final Inch. In the case that you do not believe the words your eyes just read I’ll reiterate the sentence… CTD and one of our members, Mikail Davenport, have been nominated for an Academy Award! CTD was proud of Davenport at the time for his herculean advocacy effort and cannot express enough gratitude to all of the individuals who helped us in this unique advocacy opportunity. We hope you cheered loundly on Sunday night for Mikail, CTD, Irene Taylor-Brodsky, and all of the people who fight to bring opportunity and equality to people with disabilities here at home and around the world. Come to the CTD Convention And Advocate at the Capitol!
Legislative Spotlight on Disability Voting IssuesYou may recall that last session, there were dozens of bills filed that, if implemented, would make it difficult, if not impossible, to have a private, independent ballot. As always, CTD is on the forefront of voting issues and this session, it comes down to three major issues that will disproportionately affect Texans with disabilities: Seeking to reduce accessibility of elections in elections when there is no federal race on the ticket, instituting more stringent rules for voting and increasing the penalty for committing (even unintentional) voter “fraud.” The last two have been dubbed under the moniker “Voter ID”, which has received a lot of press attention as of late. Please note that these are just a fraction of the onerous bills CTD opposes:
You can find out who your legislators are and write them by going to the Raise Your Voice! Section of the CTD website – they need to hear from you on these important issues! www.cotwd.org |
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