The University of Kentucky’s FUSION 2015 (For Unity and Service In Our Neighborhoods) is the largest one-day service event in the state of Kentucky. In its 13th year, more than 75 community agencies and neighborhoods in the Lexington area participated, and more 1,300 faculty, staff, and students were involved in Fusion 2015 on Monday, August 24th. Continue reading
During the week of Aug. 25, the University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute (HDI)/National Center for Prenatal and Postnatal Resources and the Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky (SBAK) are mailing packets of accurate, evidence-based, current, and medically reviewed information about Down syndrome and spina bifida to nearly 400 obstetricians statewide. Continue reading
HDI’s Fund for Excellence Endowment was established to develop critically needed programs, services or products for which funding is currently not available. We are pleased to announce that the review committee has selected three proposals submitted by HDI staff in our first round of Fund For Excellence grant competition. Continue reading
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities will be featuring HDI’s Christina Espinosa and Walt Bower, PhD discussing how to engage diverse communities with disability policy issues on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET. Register here to learn how to improve practices for including everyone.
AUCD’s Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint team hosts a community conversation for UCEDDs and LENDs to engage in open dialogue about the challenges they face in services, programs, and recruitment related to diversity and inclusion. This is an opportunity to also share strategies to better improve practices as well as the operational and infrastructure considerations to support those practices. This conversation on engaging diverse local communities will be facilitated by Christina Espinosa and Walt Bower, PhD. Barbara Wheeler, PhD, will also bring her expertise to react and respond to the conversation and questions.
This webinar is free and will be archived.
Join us for the first presentation in our Fall Seminar series on Friday, September 11, 2015 from 1:00 – 3:00pm ET to learn more about helping young children develop self-regulation skills. Occupational therapist, Julie Kraska OT/L, will discuss strategies to develop those skills that can make it easier for children to take turns, make friends, adapt to school and home routines, follow classroom rules, and problem solve. If you are spending hours in a day attempting to calm a child, you may have a child with self-regulation difficulties and benefit from this presentation. Register today to watch the presentation live at the UK Coldstream Research Campus Human Development Training Room or via live videoconferencing to sites around the state. To become a remote site or for help registering, contact walt.bower@uky.edu.
You can also download a flyer to print and share: Fall15Self-regulationFlyer. Details about more seminars to come soon …