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Program Development Associates WEBLETTER
News and Information for Disability Professionals
Volume 15 – 58th Edition
March 30, 2010
With spring and all the colors that come with it just around the corner and the grays of winter quickly becoming a memory we want to welcome you to our 2010 Spring Edition newsletter. We begin our newsletter with a story about a $10,000,000 (that’s right, 10 million!) disability awareness media campaign. We have also included updates on the new DSM-V, an article about hiring and retaining employees with disabilities, community mental health and the Big Apple and last but not least a judges’ decision on eugenics and sterilization. |
| IN THIS ISSUE |
| PDA HIGHLIGHTS QUOTES OF THE MONTH AWARENESS - Using Humor In A Campaign Supporting Disabled People ASSESSMENT - The DSM-V -- Peeling Back Psychiatric Labels EMPLOYMENT - People With Disabilities: The Talent You're Missing MENTAL HEALTH - Judge Grants Enormous Victory For New York Adult Homes Residents EUGENICS - Eugenics Sterilization Comp Fund Finally Gets Its First Leader |
| PDA HIGHLIGHTS |
If you haven’t had the opportunity to attend a training presented by Dr. Tom Pomeranz, our featured resource, Principles & Practices of Building Community DVD series is the next best thing. Dr. Pomeranz (http://www.universallifestiles.com/) is a nationally recognized authority, trainer, clinician and consultant in the field of services for people with disabilities. He is the highly acclaimed creator of Universal Enhancement, which teaches strategies promoting community participation and supporting people to have a quality life. If your agency requires staff training resources focusing on best practices and would like to see a free preview just click on http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Principles_and_Practices_of_Building_Community_Special-pid827.html and then the individual programs you would like to look at. 2010 Catalog now available on line! Hundred’s of disability resources to make your job as a professional in the disability field easier. Just click http://www.disabilitytraining.com/catdigital.php. Our free digital catalog is not only easy to use, it is easy on the environment too. |
| NEW RESOURCES! |
Our collection of over 700 resources is continuously monitored and updated so you can be assured you can are getting the most current and popular disability information and training materials available. A few of the most recent additions we think will be of special interest are: Releasing the Power: District and School-Based Leaders on Inclusive School and Co-Teaching - Hear Charlotte-Mecklenberg School District principals discuss, in practical detail, the expectations, challenges and supports necessary to ensure all students are learning in co-taught classrooms. Instructional Power: Co-Teachers Share Instructional Techniques - A collection of simple yet effective strategies and ideas for increasing student engagement and participation. Watch elementary, middle school, and high school teachers and students in action though filmed in co-taught classes; these techniques are easily adaptable for use by any teacher. Welcome to Holland: Resiliency in Families Raising Children with Special Needs - Follow the journeys of three families with special needs children. Cry for Help - Provides a rare and important look at mental illness among young adults. Creating the Respect Effect - A single legal claim arising out of employment issues can cost an employer $750,000. That 'price tag' includes the average recovery of the successful plaintiff, attorneys' fees awarded by law to successful plaintiff's attorneys, and attorneys' fees paid to defend the claim. Explore Your Community - A full-year curriculum for transition students stressing essential skills for successful independent living. Learning to Work: A Collection of Stories About Life and Work - Provides engaging and age-appropriate reading material for adolescents and young adults who do not read conventionally. Real Life Teens: Self Esteem - As part of the process of adolescence, teens develop both physically and emotionally and as their awareness of self changes, it can be tempting for teens to compare themselves with others as part of the natural desire to feel accepted by their peers. For a complete listing of our latest additions: The Search for New Resources: We are continually looking to add quality disability resources to our collection. If you own or know of a training DVD, educational program or curriculum we should consider please e-mail Hank Riner at hriner@DisabilityTraining.com. |
| QUOTES OF THE MONTH |
"I aim to give them a voice so nothing like this ever happens in state government again." |
| AWARENESS |
Using Humor In A Campaign Supporting Disabled People NEW YORK, NEW YORK-- [Excerpt] A national effort to encourage businesses to employ workers with disabilities is not your father’s hire the handicapped campaign. One difference is that the new ads are paid rather than pro bono, with an estimated budget of $4 million for the first two quarters of 2010. The ads will appear on television, in print, online and outdoors; there is also a sponsorship deal with NPR. The ads are being financed largely by agencies in 30 states that provide employment services as well as health and human services to their citizens who are disabled. The agencies have set a goal of raising $10 million for the campaign’s budget for the full year. Typically, ads that seek to make a case for employing people with disabilities run as public service announcements. That makes them dependent on the kindness of media outlets to place them prominently on television, in print or online. Entire article: Think Beyond The Label This article is reproduced here under special arrangement with Inclusion Daily Express Disability Rights E-mail News Service. http://www.InclusionDaily.com ©Copyright 2010 Inclusion Daily Express. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, redistributed in any form or displayed on any web site without prior approval from Inclusion Daily Express. News@InclusionDaily.com. |
| RELATED RESOURCES FROM PDA |
Getting It Right - An entertaining DVD that uses “tongue-in-cheek” humor for diversity and disability etiquette training. Ten Commandments of Communicating with People with Disabilities - Used by thousands of trainers and advocates for disability awareness. It uses humor to make its very serious points in demonstrating awkwardness, inability of individuals to look directly into the eyes of someone with a disability, people trying too hard, and treating persons with disabilities like children. Look Who’s Laughing - Spotlights some of the most talented and truly funny comics with disabilities that ever hit the stage. |
| ASSESSMENT |
The DSM-V -- Peeling Back Psychiatric Labels MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA-- [Excerpt] This month the American Psychiatric Association published the first draft of a heavy document called DSM-V, which, after worldwide debate, will be used to divide the sane from the not and apply labels to the illnesses of the mind. Since 1994 its predecessor, DSM-IV, has been used like a bird watcher's guide to distinguish autism from Asperger's, addiction from obsession, depression from dysphoria. It is also used by mental health professionals to guide treatment. It affects how the mentally ill view themselves, and how the law views them. It even determines Medicare payments. Any changes, therefore, have far-reaching consequences. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders will not come into force until 2013, but it is already arousing fierce disputes. One of the main changes is the big new category of ''autism spectrum disorders''. Gone is Asperger's disorder, a term used by millions worldwide to uniquely identify themselves. They will now find themselves with ''mild autism''. Entire article: Related: This article is reproduced here under special arrangement with Inclusion Daily Express Disability Rights E-mail News Service. http://www.InclusionDaily.com ©Copyright 2010 Inclusion Daily Express. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, redistributed in any form or displayed on any web site without prior approval from Inclusion Daily Express. News@InclusionDaily.com. |
| RELATED RESOURCES FROM PDA |
Bipolar Disorder in Children: Proper Diagnosis & Treatment Options - Hear what leading experts have to say about proper diagnosis and treatment of Bipolar Disorder in children. Clinical Impressions: Identifying Mental Illness - Rejoin a group of ten adults - five of them healthy and five of them with histories of mental illness - as psychiatric specialists try to spot and correctly diagnose the latter. Dementia Caregiver's Training - A video-based teaching tool for professional caregivers that contains critical information, valuable assessment tools and an in-service handout on Alzheimer’s disease. Diagnosing Depression - Addresses mild, moderate, and severe depression as well as the specialized cases of vascular depression, treatment-resistant depression, and the depressive aspect of bipolar disorder. |
| EMPLOYMENT |
People With Disabilities: The Talent You're Missing WASHINGTON, DC-- [Excerpt] Which group has the largest rate of increase of college graduates by far? Which group has a continuously high rate of retention of loyal employees across all industries? Which group benefits most by technical advances and accommodations that are occurring at lightning speed these days? Which group has great potential to create innovative solutions to organizational and external problems but is most ignored? The answer is clearly people with ADA-defined disabilities. At the suggestion of Deborah Dagit, vice president and chief diversity officer at Merck & Co.and a leading advocate for people with disabilities, DiversityInc recently convened a roundtable of corporate and government experts in Washington, D.C. The purpose was to explore what inhibits organizations from hiring and developing talented people with disabilities and what solutions progressive organizations can offer. Although we hold frequent roundtables, the robust discussion and the substantive solutions made this one stand out, and we’d like to share them with you. Entire article: This article is reproduced here under special arrangement with Inclusion Daily Express Disability Rights E-mail News Service. http://www.InclusionDaily.com ©Copyright 2010 Inclusion Daily Express. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, redistributed in any form or displayed on any web site without prior approval from Inclusion Daily Express. News@InclusionDaily.com. |
| RELATED RESOURCES FROM PDA |
Beyond Barriers to Passion and Possibility - Presents several key inquiries to identifying a person's passion, uncovering their work preferences, and envisioning fresh possibilities in the world of work. Open Futures - The Role Models in Open Futures inspire young people to explore careers and follow their dreams. They also help parents, counselors and prospective employers appreciate the value people with disabilities bring to the workplace. Finding the Perfect Job: How to Succeed in the Job Hunt - Teaches students about organization, persistence, patience, and how to sell their strengths to potential employers. |
| MENTAL HEALTH |
Judge Grants Enormous Victory For New York Adult Homes Residents NEW YORK, NEW YORK-- [Excerpt] New York State must begin moving thousands of people with mental illness into their own apartments or small homes and out of large, institutional adult homes that keep them segregated from society, a federal judge ordered on Monday. The decision, by Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of Federal District Court in Brooklyn, followed his ruling in September that the conditions at more than two dozen privately run adult homes in New York City violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by leaving approximately 4,300 mentally ill residents isolated in warehouse like conditions. The remedial plan offered by Judge Garaufis, drawn from a proposal presented by advocates for the mentally ill that was backed by the Justice Department, calls on New York to develop at least 1,500 units of so-called supported housing a year for the next three years in New York City. That would give nearly all residents the opportunity to move out of adult homes. “This will give adult home residents the opportunity to live the way the rest of us do,” said Jennifer Mathis, deputy legal director of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, which provided legal support for the lawsuit. “In the future people should not be steered to adult homes if they don’t want it and they don’t need it.” Entire article: Related: Judge: Mentally Ill Should Move Homes to Neighborhoods (ABC News) This article is reproduced here under special arrangement with Inclusion Daily Express Disability Rights E-mail News Service. http://www.InclusionDaily.com ©Copyright 2010 Inclusion Daily Express. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, redistributed in any form or displayed on any web site without prior approval from Inclusion Daily Express. News@InclusionDaily.com. |
| RELATED RESOURCES FROM PDA |
Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America - Brings to light the complex and controversial history of the mental institution. Madness: A History - Through testimonials, original manuscripts, photos, and extensive footage from medical archives, leading doctors and medical historians trace the history of asylums and mental health treatments. Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness and Survival - An uplifting family memoir and reveals the engaging personality of Robert while expressing considerable frustration in dealing with the mental health establishment. This program is ideal for opening a dialogue on the treatment and impact of mental disorders. Maintaining Mental Health - Focuses on mental health at the personal level, offering suggestions on how to nourish or reestablish—a sense of well being and the crucial role community groups play in mental health maintenance. |
| EUGENICS |
Eugenics Sterilization Comp Fund Finally Gets Its First Leader RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA-- [Excerpt] North Carolina's effort to help thousands of mental patients and prisoners sterilized against their will decades ago moved forward Tuesday as state officials announced its first hire to lead a program to determine how to compensate victims. Charmaine Fuller Cooper, named the first executive director of the North Carolina Justice for Victims of Sterilization Foundation, will help develop criteria to determine whether patients or their descendants qualify for financial restitution or other assistance, according to the Department of Administration. More than 7,600 people were sterilized by choice or coercion under the state's so-called eugenics program between 1933 and 1973. Then-Gov. Mike Easley apologized in 2002 for the state's role in the sterilizations. Activities to help victims have been slow due to financial constraints and political obstacles. "I'm excited about this opportunity and see it as a turning point to bringing justice to so many families and individuals affected by this tragic moment in North Carolina history," Cooper said in a statement. "I aim to give them a voice so nothing like this ever happens in state government again." Entire article: Related: North Carolina's Eugenics Past (Inclusion Daily Express Archives) This article is reproduced here under special arrangement with Inclusion Daily Express Disability Rights E-mail News Service. http://www.InclusionDaily.com ©Copyright 2010 Inclusion Daily Express. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, redistributed in any form or displayed on any web site without prior approval from Inclusion Daily Express. News@InclusionDaily.com. |
| RELATED RESOURCES FROM PDA |
A Little History Worth Knowing - Doesn't shy away from the abuses of the past including Hitler's extermination of more than 200,000 people with disabilities. However, it ends with a hopeful look at the future as changing attitudes and advancing technology help people with disabilities to enter the global economy. A World Without Bodies - Begins with an overview of American and European Eugenics ideology, the filmmakers delved into the instruments of mass murder developed first on the bodies of people with disabilities and later transferred to concentration camps. Abandoned to their Fate - For professional development and community awareness that focuses on the moral, aesthetic and economic policies that shaped the lives of people with disabilities. |
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