A Look Ahead - August 2024

The A Look Ahead Conference Series brings together expert speakers for training focused on improving the lives of individuals with disabilities, the people who support them, and the community at large. Topics will vary quarterly. Conference participants will leave with information and resources they can use now and in the future.

PLENARY SESSION

• Inclusive Community Living Across the Age and Life Span

Guy Caruso, Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

BREAKOUT SESSION TOPICS & PRESENTERS

• Beyond the Comparison Chart: The Ins and Outs of Medicaid Waiver Programs

Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas and Cindi Paschall, M.O.M. and Disability Rights Advocate

• If I Knew Then, What I Know Now: The Ah-Ha Moments that Made a Difference

Jennifer Jordan and Michelle Lunday

• Living the Good Life – Enabling Vulnerable People to Have Valued Social Roles: An Introduction to Social Role Valorization

Guy Caruso, Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

• Mastering Autonomy While Transitioning into Adulthood

Daniel Durany, Self-Advocate

• Media Imaging and Disability

Guy Caruso, Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

• Texas Medicaid LTSS Programs & Wait Lists

Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas and Cindi Paschall, M.O.M. and Disability Rights Advocate

• THINKing COLLEGE – The Who, When, Where, Why and How of College for Students with Intellectual Disability

Dr. Mindy Lingo, THINK College

• Why Are You Waiting for Services?

Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas and Cindi Paschall, M.O.M. and Disability Rights Advocate

….And More to be Announced!

Registration is non-refundable after July 31, 2024.