Announcements
AUCD 2023 Conference Storytelling Workshop Lottery
How can personal relationships developed through storytelling help us frame discussions aimed at building stronger, more cohesive communities? This interactive workshop explores the role of storytelling as a tool to transform what you do every day into stories that help to strengthen and inspire your work and role in building community. Renowned storyteller, peacebuilder, and folklorist Kiran Singh Sirah will hold two exclusive workshops on Tuesday, November 7th—one for UCEDD and LEND directors and one for the Emerging Leaders Community. Please register below for a chance to win one of thirty coveted spots; participants will get to work with Kiran in a smaller group setting and hone their story craft! Enter the lottery to win a seat in the workshop today.
nTIDE Deeper Dive – Employment Trends for Women with Disabilities
Friday, October 20, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
Since the pandemic began, we have hosted a mid-month COVID-19 Update webinar. As emerging needs have changed, this webinar will now be a Deeper Dive into the issues. Please join us on October 20, from 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. EST, for "Employment Trends for Women with Disabilities."
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Funding
Deadline: November 14, 2023
Award Ceiling: TBD
Wellcome invites applications for its Mental Health Award: Understanding how anxiety- and trauma-related problems develop, persist, and resolve. Through this award mechanism, funding of up to $4.8 million over up to five years will be awarded to support researchers investigating the causal mechanisms through which brain, body, and environment interact over time in the development, persistence, and resolution of anxiety- and trauma-related disorders. Knowing more about these mechanisms will help find better ways to identify these problems and intervene at an early stage. Applications must focus on the causal mechanisms underlying the development, persistence, and/or resolution of anxiety-related problems.
American Psychological Foundation, Child Psychology Research
Deadline: November 15, 2023
Award Ceiling: $25,000
The American Psychological Foundation invites applications for its Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship. Through the program, the foundation aims to nurture excellent young scholars for careers in psychology, such as child-clinical, pediatric, school, educational, and developmental psychopathology, and support scholarly work to advance knowledge in these areas. The foundation will provide fellowships of $25,000 to support graduate research projects and scholarships in child psychology.
Resources
Institute on Community Integration (ICI) Public Service Announcements: Double Dose of Awareness
Amid worries about a fall surge in COVID-19 cases, ICI has created new public service announcements encouraging direct support professionals (DSPs) and other caregivers to get vaccinated. It will also distribute about 500 kits with information about COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, pain-relief devices for people with needle fears, and other items at upcoming fall events.
NDEAM 2023: Resources Now Available
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is well on its way with employers, educators, services professionals, advocacy organizations and others implementing a wide variety of events across the nation. Learn more about NDEAM – including how you can get involved and find resources available to assist in planning observances.
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