ADD Updates

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ADD Updates

• Jennifer G. Johnson, Ed.D.
• ADD Technical Assistance Institute
• May 31, 2007

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Current Initiatives and Partnerships

• Early Childhood Inclusion supporting
• state teams
• 2005
• Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Montana
• 2006
• Tennessee, Delaware, Idaho, Wisconsin
• 2007
• Kansas, Oregon, Massachusetts

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Current Initiatives and Partnerships

• Emergency Management
• PNS projects

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MTARS

• FY 2007
• Pacific Territories (Guam, CNMI, American
  Samoa/Region 10) March 14 15, 2007
• Pennsylvania (Region 3) May 21 25, 2007
• Georgia (Region 4) July 16 20, 2007
• FY 2008
• Rhode Island (Region 1)
• Arizona (Region 9)
• Indiana (Region 5)
• North Dakota (Region 8)
• FY 2009
• South Carolina (Region 4)
• Nevada (Region 9)
• Puerto Rico (Region 2)
• Kentucky (Region 4)

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Grants Management

• Status of Continuation Applications
• Status of 2007 5-year Applications
• FY 2008 5-year Applications
• ADD Project Officers

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Workgroups

• 10 Match
• Need for volunteers
• UCEDD Annual Report Revision Workgroup
• Leadership development and transition workgroup
• 2008 Institute Planning Group

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Guidance for annual reportIntroduction

• Include information about the Center and the
  UCEDD organizational structure
• Provide information about the State
• Describe accomplishments broadly
• Discuss the role of the CAC in reviewing UCEDD
  progress

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Guidance for annual reportProgress Report on
Goals

• Make the narrative progress report for the goals
  descriptive
• Tell ADD your story of how you achieved the goal
• We are not just interested in getting data

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Guidance for annual reportProgress Report on
Goals

• Use outcome information where applicable
• Tell ADD what kind of impact you had on
• Trainees
• Individuals
• Families
• Service providers
• Policy Makers

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Guidance for annual reportProgress Report on
Goals

• Describe what kind of research activities
  conducted
• Explain research findings
• Describe products that were developed
• Discuss how were products disseminated

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Guidance for annual reportAppendix

• When using appendices, be sure to refer to them
  in the report
• Include copy of evaluation plan in the appendix

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Annual report

• Suggested length of report between 30 50 pages
• Report will have to be resubmitted if it does not
  provide enough detail
• Use plain text formatting tools (capitol letters
  to set of section, outline)
• Sample reports
• Due Monday July 30, 2007