Conference Schedule

The 2010 OADD Conference was a great success - thank you to all!

Below is information on the 2010 program, for information on the 2011 conference please check back in the fall.

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The Power of Partnerships: Energize, Strategize, Realized

We have arrived at the future; the sector has been changing over the years giving us a new reality. Partnerships are needed to move forward and to provide the best of care. Adjusting to this new strategy is easier when we learn from each other.

This conference is an opportunity to share experiences, lessons learned and strategies for adapting. Whether you are a front-line worker seeing your role change or an administrator working through new organizational strategies we value your perspective.

WE are our own best resource. Come and build a new future with us.

For more information please contact the OADD office at oadd@oadd.org

Schedule 2010

Please use the schedule below as a reference; a final program will be available at the conference.

Session abstracts are available on the conference program page.

For information about the Great Lakes Society and Research Special Interest Group seminars, please see the Special Seminars pages.

Thursday, April 8

7:30 am	-	9:00 am	Registration	Atrium
8:45 am	-	9:00 am	Minister of Community and Social Services, Madeleine Meilleur
9:00 am	-	10:15 am	Keynote Speaker Adele Alfano "Why Walk when you can Fly!"	York Halls
10:15 am	-	10:30 am	Break
10:30 am	-	12:00 pm	Sessions
			Workplace Safety - Handle with Care Client Handling Program: Safe Work Practicies to Protect Residential and Community Support Workers *Sector Development* - Developmental Services Human Resource Strategy *Capacity Building* - ODSP Employment Retention Project *Leadership Innovation* - Outcomes in Adolescents and Adults with Autism *Capacity Building* - Crises and Emergency Room Visits Experienced by Adolescents and Adults with Developmental Disabilities
12:00 pm	-	1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	-	2:30 pm	Sessions
			*Workplace Safety* - Understanding Musculoskeletal Disorders: Practices to Protect Residential and Community Support Workers *Sector Development* - Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Part 1 *Capacity Building* - Inter-professional and Community Partnered Transitional Discharge Model *Sector Development* - Core Competencies for the Developmental Services Sector in Ontario *Sector Development* - Capacity Building in Collaborative Research Partnerships: The Experience of Two CIHR Emerging Teams
2:30 pm	-	2:45pm	Break
2:45pm	-	4:15 pm	Sessions:
			*Workplace Safety* - The Impact of Client Aggression on Staff Working in Ontario's Developmental Sector *Sector Development* - Strategies for Effective Intervention and Support for People Impacted by FASD Part 2 *Leadership Innovation* - Effect of Child/Adolescent and Treatment Variables On Communication Skills Acquired Through the Picture Exchange Communication System *Leadership Innovation* - Working with Families: Essential Skills Every Professional and Manager Should Know *Capacity Building* - Mental Health Access Facilitator - A Role is Born
4:30 pm	-	7:00 pm	OADD Annual General Meeting & Awards Ceremony Wine & Cheese followed by: Developmental Services Special Interest Group Introduction of Developmental Services Standards of Practice
7:00 pm	-	10:00 pm	Evening of Casual Networking Hosted by the OADD Board of Directors	12 Floor Suite

Friday, April 9

7:30 am	-	9:00 am	Registration	Atrium
9:00 am	-	10:15 am	RSIG Keynote Speaker (everyone invited) Dr. Wendy Roberts The Earlier the Better: Evidence Driven Autism Care
9:00 am	-	10:15 am	Alternative Sessions:
			Participants have the option to attend the RSIG Keynote or attend one of two sessions that will be running concurrently. *Capacity Building* - How to Baffle and Then Appreciate a Psychiatrist: A Look at Complex Needs and Setting Event Strategies for Individuals who have Intellectual Disabilities *Sector Development* - The DSW Apprenticeship Program: Present Status and Future Possibilities
10:15 am	-	10:30 am	Break
10:30 am	-	12:00 pm	Sessions:
			*Workplace Safety* - Workplace Violence: Risk Assessment and Control in Health and Community Care Settings *Sector Development* - Sharing a Space, Accommodating Needs *Capacity Building* - Two Organizations Share their Experience with Accreditation *Capacity Building* - Adaptation of Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis *Workplace Safety* - Medication Administration in Developmental Services Agencies in the Community
12:00 pm	-	1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	-	2:30 pm	Sessions:
			*Workplace Safety* - The Risk Assessment Checklist *Sector Development* - Using IT to Facilitate Accreditation and Sector Development *Capacity Building* - Community Networks of Specialized Care: Crisis Response Model *Capacity Building* - Provision of Continuum of Specialized Mental Health Services to Individuals with a Dual Diagnosis: Service Model, Client Profile, Clinical Outcomes and Partnership Initiatives *Sector Development* - Developmental Services Application Package Ministry of Community and Social Services
2:30 pm	-	2:45pm	Break
2:45 pm	-	4:15 pm	Sessions:
			*Capacity Building* - Collaborating to Create Better Web-Base Information and Resources for the Developmental Services Sector *Sector Development* - Clinical Standards for Developmental Services *Capacity Building* - Capacity Building Initiatives Aimed at Developmental Services Workers Supporting Individuals with Dual Diagnosis and Challenging Behaviours *Leadership Innovation* - Shifting the Paradigm: Integrating Trauma Theory into Support for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities *Capacity Building* - Professionalism and the Group Home Worker

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