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QCDD Family Support Services Conference
October 27, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY, 11367
Student Union – 4th Floor” (at Queens College), “located on the campus at the corner of Kissena Blvd and Melbourne Ave”
Registration:
FREE for Self-Advocates, Families, & Caregivers: CLICK HERE
$35* for Professionals: CLICK HERE
$150* for Non-Profit QCDD members (a member is an agency whose annual dues are paid in full) /$200* for Non-Profit Agencies who are not QCDD members/$250* for For-Profit Agencies who would like to register a table for the Resource Fair: CLICK HERE
*Payable by CHECK ONLY.
PAYABLE TO: Queens Council on Developmental Disabilities (QCDD)
MAIL TO: Mary Knox, Heaven’s Hands Community Services, Attn: FSF Resource Fair Registration, 882 3rd Ave., 10th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Schedule:
Registration / Continental Breakfast: 8:00—8:45
Welcome / Keynote / QCDD June Marcus Award honoring Donna Limiti / Beverly Berger Family Advocacy Award: 8:45—10:00
Workshops: 10:30—2:00 / 1 – 2:30pm
Break 12:00 – 1:00
Resource Fair, including “Get Smart, Get Connected!”: 10:00—3:00
Additional Information:
Workshops:
- Front Door in English and Spanish
- Benefits and Entitlements
- Self Direction from Start to Finish: Panel including people receiving services, broker, service providers and OPWDD
- Understanding the IEP Process
- Transition to Adult Services: From Entitlement to Eligibility
- Legislative Advocacy 101, including all updates on Federal and State Medicaid, Managed Care and Social Security Legislation and Benefit Changes
- Crisis Behavior Management Panel Including NY START and other service providers