Our Audience Needs:
Our attendees seek hands-on sessions that offer practical knowledge and tools they can take back and share with their agency teams and community. They seek out innovative, out-of-the-box thinking to offer the highest quality of supports and services for people of ALL abilities. As well as proven solutions for navigating a complex regulatory environment, limited funding, and workforce recruitment and retention challenges.
Successful speakers will inspire attendees to:
· Make lasting impact on our collective advocacy
· Motivate, nurture, and lead our teams
· Cultivate unique partnerships for creative solutions
· Weave community networks and resources to enhance the services and supports we provide
IACP Favorite Presenters:
· Lead interactive sessions to stimulate thought-provoking discussions
· Challenge our assumptions
· Teach replicable approaches our attendees can implement in their communities
· Provide tools and resources for attendees to use at home
· Demonstrate the impact and success through data, first-person accounts, and other objective evidence
Presentation Requirements:
· Free of commercialism
· Free of partisan political views
· Standard presentations should fit within 45-minute breakout session to accommodate 15-minute Q&A opportunity
Speaker Benefits:
· Visibility as a subject matter expert in the Disability field
· Complimentary registration to attend full 2-day conference
· Listing on our website and conference program, distributed to all attendees
· Networking opportunities with providers and advocates in the Disability community
Topics of Interest
Topics listed below is sampling of our hot issues, and not an exhaustive list. We encourage you to submit proposals on other critical topics not listed below.
Navigating Policy and Regulations:
· Proficiency in state and federal policies and regulations that impact our work
· Government programs we should maximize
· Techniques to influence policy discussions
· SSI, SSDI, SSA
· Medicare (dual eligible)
· Managed care
Providing Quality Services for People with Disabilities:
· Quality of Care, Care Coordination, Quality Outcomes
· Person-Centered or Person-Directed Models
· Defining Community/Creating Natural Supports
· Providing Complex Behavioral Supports in Community Settings
· Aging and I/DD
· Non-Traditional Service Models
Nurturing Our People:
· Unique Recruitment Strategies
· Engaging Young Leadership
· Preventing Employee Burnout/Stress management
· Career Development Models
· Interpersonal Skills Development (e.g., teamwork, creative-thinking, decision-making/problem-solving, conflict resolution)
Maximizing Technology:
· Adaptive Technology for People with Disabilities
· Technology for Effective Program Management (e.g., data analytics)
· Technology to Support Workforce (e.g., mobile tech)
· Robotics (acquisition and uses)
