Description

This Capacity Building Institute (CBI) is an opportunity to lay the groundwork for creating an inclusive postsecondary education program for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities.

Targeted to institutes of higher education, disability support service professionals, transition coordinators, and others supporting post-secondary education (PSE) development.

The CBI includes:

• National perspective presented by Cate Weir, Coordinator, Think College at Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts-Boston
• Updates from University of Tennessee FUTURES and Next Steps at Vanderbilt’s PSE programs
• North Carolina PSE Model presented by leaders of their statewide movement, Deborah Zuver, Co-Director Project STIR, and Donna Yerby, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities. Information about their eight current PSE options for students with I/DD, and the momentum of their PSE Alliance
• Creating capacity to support and network in each region and across the state to highlight and acknowledge inclusive, continued learning of students with I/DD
• Follow-up allows CBI participants to make plans to attend summer working session.

Organized by Think College. Co-sponsors:

• VKC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
• Tennessee Technology Center
• Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities
• University of Tennessee

Cost $40 includes light breakfast, lunch, and materials.

For more information about the institute, contact (615) 936-8852 or laurie.fleming@vanderbilt.edu.

Registration deadline: April 23, 2012.